RIDM ’14: The Use and Abuse of Poetry in Documentary Film
Gusts of bitingly cold wind eat away at the inch of precocious snow on the ground, offering a fittingly bracing…
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TIFF 2014: The Cinema Guild is Evolving with Cinephiles On and Offline
Sprinkle a little adamant optimism over a new digital partnership with The Flaherty Film Seminar and a heaping embrace of the educational market, and you have a few of the most recent distribution strategies that The Cinema Guild’s Ryan Krivoshey discussed with The Independent’s Courtney Sheehan at TIFF.
From Screen to Political Action, Cinema Politica is a Global Catalyst
Cinema Politica is the world’s largest campus and community-based documentary screening network, reaching a total audience of over one million across its network each year. Engaged, questioning, eager to take action: this is the type of audience filmmakers dream of.
TIFF 2014: Drafthouse’s Tim League on the State of Distribution and Oppenheimer’s “The Look of Silence”
From his purview at TIFF 2014, Drafthouse’s Tim League weighs what is and isn’t apocalyptic about the future of distribution in a season of down box offices and new acquisitions such as Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence.
Michael Apted Talks “Bending the Light” and the Move from Film to Digital
Michael Apted talked with Canon’s factory workers and artisans in Japan, as well as the filmmakers who have used those lenses, in his latest documentary, Bending the Light. Rebecca Reynolds caught up with him (on camera!) at the Traverse City Film Festival.
10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2014: Miho Yamamoto
From making news to making indie films, Miho Yamamoto is on our 10 to Watch list for her work on the powerful documentary about one of Canada’s most horrific crimes, <i>The Exhibition</i>.
10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2014: Darius Clark Monroe
Evolution of a Filmmaker: Darius Clark Monroe makes our 10 to Watch list for his documentary <em>Evolution of a Criminal</em>, which premiered at SXSW. Read about how Monroe’s autobiographical documentary gives us his inside view on past errors and forgiveness.
10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2014: In Country team (Mike Attie, Meghan O’Hara, and Lindsay Utz)
This year, the filmmaking team of 10 to Watch is co-directors Mike Attie and Meghan O’Hara, and editor Lindsay Utz for their collaborative work on <em>In Country</em>. Read about how their film documents veterans who participate in reenactments of the Vietnam War.
10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2014: Robert Greene
Robert Greene’s unique vision and practice for documentary caught our attention. Check out his plethora of work in 2014, including <i>Actress</i> and <i>Approaching the Elephant</i>, on 10 to Watch.