Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound unveiled today the independent directors and composers selected for Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Lab – Documentary. Set for September 15-23 at Skywalker Ranch in California’s Marin County, it’s the second of two music and sound design labs for 2014. Sundance Institute will host 15 residential labs this year, collectively representing 20 weeks of residency support and mentorship. Below are the artists and projects selected for the music and sound design docu lab:
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Marc Silver (director) / 3 1/2 Minutes: 3 1⁄2 Minutes dissects the shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, the aftermath of this tragedy and contradictions within the American criminal justice system.
Mike Day (director) / The Island and the Whales: The pilot whale hunters of the Nordic Faroe Islands believe that hunting is vital to their way of life, but...
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Filmmakers
Marc Silver (director) / 3 1/2 Minutes: 3 1⁄2 Minutes dissects the shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, the aftermath of this tragedy and contradictions within the American criminal justice system.
Mike Day (director) / The Island and the Whales: The pilot whale hunters of the Nordic Faroe Islands believe that hunting is vital to their way of life, but...
- 8/21/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
Take a look at the end credits of any given Sundance preemed title, and you’ll more than likely find the name of Michelle Satter in the “special thanks” portion. Just how all encompassing is the Sundance Institute support in helping spread filmmaker’s wings? With a whopping fifteen yearly labs, it goes without saying, that there are many folks that got a leg up thanks to Satter and co.
Fittingly and not surprisingly, the month of September is when the festival portion (programming) gets into high gear, and it’s also when the 2014 Sundance Institute Music & Sound Design Labs (Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound) help out with the docu branch. Now in its second year, lucky folks Marc Silver, Mike Day, Anna Sandilands and Ewan McNicol, Bill Ross and Turner Ross (see pic of duo above) are being paired with some audibly cool folk.
Here is the press release...
Fittingly and not surprisingly, the month of September is when the festival portion (programming) gets into high gear, and it’s also when the 2014 Sundance Institute Music & Sound Design Labs (Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound) help out with the docu branch. Now in its second year, lucky folks Marc Silver, Mike Day, Anna Sandilands and Ewan McNicol, Bill Ross and Turner Ross (see pic of duo above) are being paired with some audibly cool folk.
Here is the press release...
- 8/20/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Why are lemurs so unique? We’ll let the experts tell you why.
Dr. Patricia Wright, a primatologist, joins Island of Lemurs: Madagascar’s director-cinematographer, David Douglas, and writer-producer, Drew Fellman, to give Cineplex an exclusive inside scoop on Disney’s upcoming adventure with the lemurs of Madagascar.
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar is narrated by the dulcet-voiced Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman, and opens in Cineplex theatres on August 22. Douglas filmed Lemurs using IMAX® 3D cameras, so make sure to catch the incredible journey of these endangered explorers in IMAX® 3D!
Check out an exclusive sneak peek into the Island of Lemurs: Madagascar below:...
Dr. Patricia Wright, a primatologist, joins Island of Lemurs: Madagascar’s director-cinematographer, David Douglas, and writer-producer, Drew Fellman, to give Cineplex an exclusive inside scoop on Disney’s upcoming adventure with the lemurs of Madagascar.
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar is narrated by the dulcet-voiced Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman, and opens in Cineplex theatres on August 22. Douglas filmed Lemurs using IMAX® 3D cameras, so make sure to catch the incredible journey of these endangered explorers in IMAX® 3D!
Check out an exclusive sneak peek into the Island of Lemurs: Madagascar below:...
- 8/18/2014
- by Sasha James
- Cineplex
Highlights include Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man, starring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Abel Ferrara’s controversial Dsk feature Welcome To New York.
The full line-up of the 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been revealed this morning by artistic director Chris Fujiwara at Edinburgh’s Filmhouse.
This year’s festival, which runs from June 18-29, will comprise 156 features from 47 countries, including 11 world premieres, eight international premieres, seven European premieres and 95 UK premieres.
New titles announced today include Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man, starring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman in one of his final performances that was first shown at Sundance in January.
Straight from its lively premiere in Cannes is Abel Ferrara’s controversial title Welcome To New York, inspired by the case of former Imf managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, starring Gérard Depardieu, which will receive its UK premiere at Eiff.
Other new titles added to the line-up include [link=nm...
The full line-up of the 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been revealed this morning by artistic director Chris Fujiwara at Edinburgh’s Filmhouse.
This year’s festival, which runs from June 18-29, will comprise 156 features from 47 countries, including 11 world premieres, eight international premieres, seven European premieres and 95 UK premieres.
New titles announced today include Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man, starring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman in one of his final performances that was first shown at Sundance in January.
Straight from its lively premiere in Cannes is Abel Ferrara’s controversial title Welcome To New York, inspired by the case of former Imf managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, starring Gérard Depardieu, which will receive its UK premiere at Eiff.
Other new titles added to the line-up include [link=nm...
- 5/28/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
There have been many wildlife documentaries released into theatres over the last couple of years, but Island of Lemurs: Madagascar is certainly a highlight among its peers. It follows Dr. Patricia Wright, an accomplished American primatologist, anthropologist and conservationist who has been instrumental in helping to save lemurs from extinction.
The movie documents how the lemurs first arrived in Madagascar millions of years ago as castaways and how nowadays, they are an endangered special. For those who aren’t familiar with the animal, it’s a real eye-opener and will no doubt leaving you wanting to learn more. Island of Lemurs: Madagascar is also beautifully shot, showing off both the lemurs and their environments in stunning IMAX 3D.
It was a privilege to talk with David Douglas who directed Island of Lemurs: Madagascar. David is a cinematographer and director who has given us a number of great documentaries including Fires of Kuwait,...
The movie documents how the lemurs first arrived in Madagascar millions of years ago as castaways and how nowadays, they are an endangered special. For those who aren’t familiar with the animal, it’s a real eye-opener and will no doubt leaving you wanting to learn more. Island of Lemurs: Madagascar is also beautifully shot, showing off both the lemurs and their environments in stunning IMAX 3D.
It was a privilege to talk with David Douglas who directed Island of Lemurs: Madagascar. David is a cinematographer and director who has given us a number of great documentaries including Fires of Kuwait,...
- 4/7/2014
- by Ben Kenber
- We Got This Covered
Chicago – It’s challenging to enjoy this film purely for what it is rather than fault it for what it could have been. “Island of Lemurs: Madagascar,” which opened exclusively in IMAX 3D and 2D on April 4, 2014 and is narrated by Morgan Freeman, is only 39 minutes. The film too simply grazes the surface of a complicated problem.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
It feels like an elementary-school field trip rather than a film ready for nationwide IMAX distribution. It’s tough to tell if that’s because it was so expensive to film with IMAX cameras or because that’s as much of a story as is warranted by this adorable arboreal primate who is getting marketed as “nature’s greatest explorer”.
Read Adam Fendelman’s full review of “Island of Lemurs: Madagascar”.
Either way, it’s an incomplete project that only starts to touch the surface of elements it needed to be a full body of work.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
It feels like an elementary-school field trip rather than a film ready for nationwide IMAX distribution. It’s tough to tell if that’s because it was so expensive to film with IMAX cameras or because that’s as much of a story as is warranted by this adorable arboreal primate who is getting marketed as “nature’s greatest explorer”.
Read Adam Fendelman’s full review of “Island of Lemurs: Madagascar”.
Either way, it’s an incomplete project that only starts to touch the surface of elements it needed to be a full body of work.
- 4/6/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The nature documentary, invented by Walt Disney himself and maintained, in the years since, by various filmmakers, philanthropists, and causes, has seen something of a resurgence in recent years, mostly thanks to the annual DisneyNature documentary that focuses on some exotic (but still cuddly) aspect of the animal kingdom. This year's entry, in theaters later this month, is "Bears." But that doesn't mean that Disney, founder of the genre and pioneer since, has cornered the market on the nature documentary. In the fallow years between its invention and the recent initiative, the best nature documentaries were typically seen in large-format IMAX theaters. Together with Warner Bros., IMAX released documentarian's David Douglas' genuinely gripping monkey tale "Born to Be Wild" in 2011, and that same team has reassembled for this week's enthralling "Island of Lemurs: Madagascar."Narrated, like breakout nature documentary "March of the Penguins," by Morgan Freeman, "Island of Lemurs:.
- 4/4/2014
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Explorers and adventurers alike will be delighted to know that director David Douglas’ Island of Lemurs: Madagascar is as fun and informative a short film as any in recent memory. Captured using IMAX 3D cameras, the documentary presents the country of its title in all its glorious landscapes and colors. Of course, the film wouldn’t be much of anything without its titular creature: the lemur. As picturesque as the rainforest is when rendered in breathtaking 3D, it is the lemurs that bring Madagascar bursting out of the screen with stunning urgency.
The main action here surrounds Dr. Patricia Wright’s efforts to preserve the golden bamboo lemurs. This particular breed was thought to be extinct until she happened upon a few stragglers in what remains of Madagascar’s rainforest. At the onset of the film, only two golden bamboo lemurs dwell on preserved land. Dr. Wright’s team of...
The main action here surrounds Dr. Patricia Wright’s efforts to preserve the golden bamboo lemurs. This particular breed was thought to be extinct until she happened upon a few stragglers in what remains of Madagascar’s rainforest. At the onset of the film, only two golden bamboo lemurs dwell on preserved land. Dr. Wright’s team of...
- 4/4/2014
- by Adrian Centeno
- We Got This Covered
Next week, Island of Lemurs: Madagascar premieres in theaters, and audiences will be getting a first-ever look at this stunning and fascinating society of animals.
On Friday, we got to head to the Island of Lemurs: Madagascar premiere conference, and got to chat with some of the big names behind the movie.
With so many nature documentaries out every year, you'd think that Madagascar and it's unique jungles would have been explored at some point, but director David Douglas surprised us when he said, "Madagascar has been sitting there for so long, you'd think that maybe there's a reason that nobody has made a documentary?"
Coming to a finished product was no easy task. To get to their destination, Mr. Douglas told us how the entire crew dug out two canoes that were left by a riverside, and for stability, "we were holding the two canoes together with our hands,...
On Friday, we got to head to the Island of Lemurs: Madagascar premiere conference, and got to chat with some of the big names behind the movie.
With so many nature documentaries out every year, you'd think that Madagascar and it's unique jungles would have been explored at some point, but director David Douglas surprised us when he said, "Madagascar has been sitting there for so long, you'd think that maybe there's a reason that nobody has made a documentary?"
Coming to a finished product was no easy task. To get to their destination, Mr. Douglas told us how the entire crew dug out two canoes that were left by a riverside, and for stability, "we were holding the two canoes together with our hands,...
- 3/31/2014
- by dbethke@fanlala.com (Dave B.)
- kidspickflicks
Chicago – Family 4-packs in IMAX! In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 100 advance-screening IMAX seats up for grabs to the new film “Island of Lemurs: Madagascar,” which is narrated by Morgan Freeman!
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“Island of Lemurs: Madagascar,” which is rated “G” and opens exclusively in IMAX on April 4, 2014, follows Dr. Patricia C. Wright’s mission to help lemurs: the highly evolved creatures who arrived on Madagascar millions of years ago as castaways but are now highly endangered.
To win your free “Island of Lemurs: Madagascar” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our unique Hookup technology below. That’s it! This IMAX screening is on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 10 a.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score...
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“Island of Lemurs: Madagascar,” which is rated “G” and opens exclusively in IMAX on April 4, 2014, follows Dr. Patricia C. Wright’s mission to help lemurs: the highly evolved creatures who arrived on Madagascar millions of years ago as castaways but are now highly endangered.
To win your free “Island of Lemurs: Madagascar” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our unique Hookup technology below. That’s it! This IMAX screening is on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 10 a.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score...
- 3/28/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Go inside the ‘Island of Lemurs: Madagascar’ with a new featurette for the upcoming documentary. The video offers insight into the lifestyle of the exotic animal. The film’s narrator, Morgan Freeman, offers such tidbits as lemurs being the world’s oldest primates in the clip. The featurette also includes shots of different lemurs living and playing in their natural habitats. The videos of the primates are interwoven with such people as Dr. Patricia Wright, a Primatologist, and the movie’s writer-producer, Drew Fellman. ‘Island of Lemurs: Madagascar’ was directed by David Douglas. The adventure documentary is set to be released on April 4 in 3D, 2D and IMAX. In ‘Island of Lemurs: [ Read More ]
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- 3/24/2014
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Ready to have a huge theatrical adventures with lemurs? Lovers of these hardy and unique primates will need to come out in droves to see “Island of Lemurs: Madagascar.” The film, directed by David Douglas, written and produced by Drew Fellman and narrated by Morgan Freeman, follows a mission to save these wondrous creatures. “Morgan Freeman narrates the incredible true story of nature’s greatest explorers—lemurs. Captured with IMAX® 3D cameras, the film takes audiences on a spectacular journey to the remote and wondrous world of Madagascar. Lemurs arrived in Madagascar as castaways millions of years ago and evolved into hundreds of diverse species but are now highly endangered. Join trailblazing [ Read More ]
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- 3/20/2014
- by monique
- ShockYa
© 2013 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. And Ratpac Entertainment. Photo Credit: Keith Bernstein.
(L-r) John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli, Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio, Vincent Piazza as Tommy DeVito and Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi in Warner Bros. Pictures’ musical “Jersey Boys, ” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Warner Bros. Pictures has released their slate of films for 2014. Along with each movie’s synopsis and photos, you will find Hobbits, dolphins, legos, Godzilla as well as the latest info and first image of Clint Eastwood’s take on the musical Jersey Boys.
The cinematic lineup hosts a bevy of A-listers for fans of Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe, Colin Farrell, Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Bryan Cranston, Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Chris Pine, Kevin Spacey, and Christoph Waltz.
Further on down the cinematic...
(L-r) John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli, Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio, Vincent Piazza as Tommy DeVito and Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi in Warner Bros. Pictures’ musical “Jersey Boys, ” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Warner Bros. Pictures has released their slate of films for 2014. Along with each movie’s synopsis and photos, you will find Hobbits, dolphins, legos, Godzilla as well as the latest info and first image of Clint Eastwood’s take on the musical Jersey Boys.
The cinematic lineup hosts a bevy of A-listers for fans of Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe, Colin Farrell, Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Bryan Cranston, Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Chris Pine, Kevin Spacey, and Christoph Waltz.
Further on down the cinematic...
- 1/2/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Photo copyright ©2013 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Photo: Drew Fellman
IMAX and Warner Bros. Pictures, a division of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: Twx), today announced that Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) will narrate the upcoming IMAX 3D® documentary adventure Island Of Lemurs: Madagascar. The film will be released in select IMAX® and IMAX® 3D theatres starting April 4, 2014.
Island Of Lemurs: Madagascar reunites Freeman with Drew Fellman, who also wrote and produced the 2011 IMAX 3D documentary Born to Be Wild 3D, and director David Douglas, who served as director of photography on that film.
Island Of Lemurs: Madagascar is the incredible true story of nature’s greatest explorers – lemurs. Captured with IMAX® 3D cameras, the film takes audiences on a spectacular journey to the remote and wondrous world of Madagascar. Lemurs arrived in Madagascar as castaways millions of years ago and evolved into hundreds of diverse species but are now highly endangered.
IMAX and Warner Bros. Pictures, a division of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: Twx), today announced that Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) will narrate the upcoming IMAX 3D® documentary adventure Island Of Lemurs: Madagascar. The film will be released in select IMAX® and IMAX® 3D theatres starting April 4, 2014.
Island Of Lemurs: Madagascar reunites Freeman with Drew Fellman, who also wrote and produced the 2011 IMAX 3D documentary Born to Be Wild 3D, and director David Douglas, who served as director of photography on that film.
Island Of Lemurs: Madagascar is the incredible true story of nature’s greatest explorers – lemurs. Captured with IMAX® 3D cameras, the film takes audiences on a spectacular journey to the remote and wondrous world of Madagascar. Lemurs arrived in Madagascar as castaways millions of years ago and evolved into hundreds of diverse species but are now highly endangered.
- 10/1/2013
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Cannes - Morgan Freeman is set to narrate the upcoming Imax 3D documentary Island of Lemurs: Madagascar, a co-production with Warner Bros. The film will be released in select Imax theaters beginning April 4, 2014. Island of Lemurs: Madagascar reunites Freeman with Drew Fellman, who also wrote and produced the 2011 Imax documentary Born to Be Wild 3D, and director David Douglas, who served as director of photography on that film. Greg Foster, CEO of Imax Entertainment and senior executive vp of Imax Corp, said Tuesday in a statement: "As proven with Imax documentaries such as Born to Be Wild
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- 10/1/2013
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman ( Million Dollar Baby ) will narrate the upcoming IMAX 3D documentary adventure Island of Lemurs: Madagascar . The film will be released in select IMAX and IMAX 3D theaters starting April 4, 2014. Island of Lemurs: Madagascar reunites Freeman with Drew Fellman, who also wrote and produced the 2011 IMAX 3D documentary Born to Be Wild 3D , and director David Douglas, who served as director of photography on that film. "I am thrilled to continue my partnership with IMAX and Warner Bros.," said writer/producer Drew Fellman. "Lemurs are amazing critters and one of the most canny survivors in the history of life on earth. Their incredible story belongs on the giant...
- 10/1/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Yoshi's recently announced prolific saxophonist, composer and MacArthur fellow, John Zorn will take up residence at Yoshi's San Francisco March 10th through 15th. Each of the 6 nights will feature a different ensemble performing Zorn?s works. The musicians featured nightly include some of the finest players in New York's Downtown scene including: Dave Douglas, Marc Ribot, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron, Erik Friedlander and Cyro Baptista.
- 1/20/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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