Exclusive: Christine Günther and Chevy Chen, the co-founding heads of Berlin and Los Angeles-based production company Fireglory Pictures, first met in Germany via Doug Liman’s executive produced series Covert Affairs.
“I was handling international producing work and met Christine when I came over to Berlin for some unit work,” recounts Chen.
The pair hit it off and started collaborating on a piecemeal basis and then firmed up the working relationship with the creation of joint company Fireglory Pictures just over eight years ago.
They have completed three features under the banner to date: whacky rom-com Kiss Me Kosher, feature documentary Nasima, and ex-convict drama Home, on which they were co-producers.
Projects on the boil include hybrid live variety show and documentary project Music and the Machine by Jacob Kornbluth, best known for Inequality For All and Saving Capitalism; transhumanism drama The Procreators, in which a couple are given the...
“I was handling international producing work and met Christine when I came over to Berlin for some unit work,” recounts Chen.
The pair hit it off and started collaborating on a piecemeal basis and then firmed up the working relationship with the creation of joint company Fireglory Pictures just over eight years ago.
They have completed three features under the banner to date: whacky rom-com Kiss Me Kosher, feature documentary Nasima, and ex-convict drama Home, on which they were co-producers.
Projects on the boil include hybrid live variety show and documentary project Music and the Machine by Jacob Kornbluth, best known for Inequality For All and Saving Capitalism; transhumanism drama The Procreators, in which a couple are given the...
- 10/25/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Closing out the summer, Mubi has unveiled their August 2021 lineup, kicking off most fittingly with Brett Story’s acclaimed recent documentary The Hottest August. Also among the lineup is Akira Kurosawa’s epic Ran, Fritz Lang’s hugely entertaining two-parter The Tiger of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb. As his latest films arrive, Pablo Larraín’s The Club is also part of the lineup.
Xinyuan Zheng Lu’s Rotterdam winner The Cloud in Her Room is coming to Mubi in August, plus a “late film” special featuring Manoel de Olviera’s Gebo and the Shadow and The Last Sentence by Jan Troell. There will also be a canine double feature of Heddy Honigmann’s Buddy and Los Reyes by Bettina Perut and Ivan Osnovikoff.
See the lineup below and get 30 days of Mubi free here.
August 1 | The Hottest August | Brett Story
August 2 | Gebo and the Shadow | Manoel de Oliveria | Twilight...
Xinyuan Zheng Lu’s Rotterdam winner The Cloud in Her Room is coming to Mubi in August, plus a “late film” special featuring Manoel de Olviera’s Gebo and the Shadow and The Last Sentence by Jan Troell. There will also be a canine double feature of Heddy Honigmann’s Buddy and Los Reyes by Bettina Perut and Ivan Osnovikoff.
See the lineup below and get 30 days of Mubi free here.
August 1 | The Hottest August | Brett Story
August 2 | Gebo and the Shadow | Manoel de Oliveria | Twilight...
- 7/19/2021
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
You’ll feel compelled to turn up the volume during Patrick Shen’s documentary about the beneficial effects of silence. For one thing, your hearing has probably already been affected by the pernicious noise levels afflicting our everyday lives. For another, every commentator in the film speaks in the sort of quiet, measured tones apparently meant to signify inner calm but will mostly leave you asking, “What did he say?”
The sort of documentary for which the term “meditative” is usually applied, In Pursuit of Silence is a freewheeling examination of its subject that will make you crave a nice, long walk...
The sort of documentary for which the term “meditative” is usually applied, In Pursuit of Silence is a freewheeling examination of its subject that will make you crave a nice, long walk...
- 6/28/2017
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With mindfulness being the latest craze in self care, the human relationship to noise both literal and conceptual (there are few places louder than online or in a movie theater these days) is being reappraised. Be it schools located next to train tracks or the simple hustle and bustle of a work week, noise and noise pollution are effecting everyone on a moment to moment, day to day basis.
That’s ostensibly the thesis behind director Patrick Shen’s latest film, In Pursuit of Silence. Shot over two years across the globe, Shen’s film tries to take a worldwide view of noise and the human interaction with it, ranging from festival season in India to tea ceremonies in Kyoto. However, despite the expansive shoot schedule, the film is at its very best when taking an almost experiential type of aesthetic route.
Opening with a lengthy silent sequence in homage to composer John Cage’s legendary 4’33”, the film blends talking head interviews with sensory moments that offer an almost spiritual response from the viewer. The interviews are intriguing and offer the science side of this argument, yet Shen’s heart seems to be in the spiritual realm of this discussion. At its most compelling when giving itself over to the experience of sitting in silence, the film really comes alive in these sequences. It may be due to Shen’s own interest in the healing powers of silence, but it may also be due to the film’s superlative photography.
Shot digitally, the film is absolutely gorgeous. Rich and textured, there may not be much to take in when we are in the midst of an interview piece, yet Shen’s interest in cultural relationships to art is thrilling. Being thrust into the middle of a parade in Mumbai is captivating, as is our brief visit to the Denali National Park in Alaska. It is in these brief asides, these experiential moments, that the film’s argument that silence (or more so noiselessness, if the difference makes sense) is physically and spiritually healing comes through clearest. Sure, telling the viewer that interacting online may lead to earlier signs of dementia, but there’s something much more impactful, much more tactile in actually seeing the beauty of silence first hand.
That being said, the film is rightly dense for a roughly 80 minute run time. While the experiential moments do take up a majority, the scientific and cultural discussion is quite engrossing. Noise is something one interacts with from the moment they wake up to the moment they fall asleep, yet it’s something few people truly grasp conceptually. Be it walking to work or going to a football game, noise is everywhere and in the volume that one encounters it, it can be unfathomably dangerous.
Again, clocking in at just around 80 minutes, Silence is a captivating meditation (quite literally) on noise, silence and the human relationship with and to them. With noise coming at us from all ends throughout the day, every day, silence is something one should truly strive for, and this documentary hints as to just why it’s worth the effort.
That’s ostensibly the thesis behind director Patrick Shen’s latest film, In Pursuit of Silence. Shot over two years across the globe, Shen’s film tries to take a worldwide view of noise and the human interaction with it, ranging from festival season in India to tea ceremonies in Kyoto. However, despite the expansive shoot schedule, the film is at its very best when taking an almost experiential type of aesthetic route.
Opening with a lengthy silent sequence in homage to composer John Cage’s legendary 4’33”, the film blends talking head interviews with sensory moments that offer an almost spiritual response from the viewer. The interviews are intriguing and offer the science side of this argument, yet Shen’s heart seems to be in the spiritual realm of this discussion. At its most compelling when giving itself over to the experience of sitting in silence, the film really comes alive in these sequences. It may be due to Shen’s own interest in the healing powers of silence, but it may also be due to the film’s superlative photography.
Shot digitally, the film is absolutely gorgeous. Rich and textured, there may not be much to take in when we are in the midst of an interview piece, yet Shen’s interest in cultural relationships to art is thrilling. Being thrust into the middle of a parade in Mumbai is captivating, as is our brief visit to the Denali National Park in Alaska. It is in these brief asides, these experiential moments, that the film’s argument that silence (or more so noiselessness, if the difference makes sense) is physically and spiritually healing comes through clearest. Sure, telling the viewer that interacting online may lead to earlier signs of dementia, but there’s something much more impactful, much more tactile in actually seeing the beauty of silence first hand.
That being said, the film is rightly dense for a roughly 80 minute run time. While the experiential moments do take up a majority, the scientific and cultural discussion is quite engrossing. Noise is something one interacts with from the moment they wake up to the moment they fall asleep, yet it’s something few people truly grasp conceptually. Be it walking to work or going to a football game, noise is everywhere and in the volume that one encounters it, it can be unfathomably dangerous.
Again, clocking in at just around 80 minutes, Silence is a captivating meditation (quite literally) on noise, silence and the human relationship with and to them. With noise coming at us from all ends throughout the day, every day, silence is something one should truly strive for, and this documentary hints as to just why it’s worth the effort.
- 6/23/2017
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
If science fiction is meant to hold up a mirror to societal fears, it would be difficult to find a more pressing one than overpopulation and limited environmental resources. Set in a world where every family is allowed only one child, “Seven Sisters” stars Willem Dafoe as a grandfather who must hide the existence of his septuplet grandchildren, each played by Noomi Rapace. Rapace made a splash in the original Swedish version of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” and she dives back into the thriller in “Seven Sisters.”
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Previously titled “What Happened to Monday,” each septuplet is named after the day of the week that she is allowed to go outside. Out in the world, they all assume the same identity of Karen Settman. When Monday goes missing on her day,...
Read More: ‘Logan Lucky’ First Trailer: Steven Soderbergh Races Back to the Big Screen After A Four-Year Hiatus
Previously titled “What Happened to Monday,” each septuplet is named after the day of the week that she is allowed to go outside. Out in the world, they all assume the same identity of Karen Settman. When Monday goes missing on her day,...
- 6/6/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Discovery Channel has released the first trailer for “Manhunt: Unabomber,” a forthcoming anthology series about (you guessed it) the manhunt for the Unabomber. Sam Worthington plays the cat to Paul Bettany’s mouse in the eight-part series, which premieres later this summer. Avail yourself of the trailer below.
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Here’s the synopsis, if you haven’t read up on your history lately: “’Manhunt: Unabomber’ tells the dramatic and gripping true story of the FBI’s hunt for the Unabomber, the deadliest serial bomber in history. The story focuses on FBI Agent and Criminal Profiler Jim ‘Fitz’ Fitzgerald (played by Sam Worthington of ‘Avatar’ and ‘Hacksaw Ridge’), who pioneered the use of forensic linguistics to identify and ultimately capture the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski (Paul Bettany, ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ ‘Avengers’ series and...
Read More: ‘Downward Dog’: Allison Tolman Talks About Strong Single Women, Smart Pups and Season 1 Guest Stars — Watch
Here’s the synopsis, if you haven’t read up on your history lately: “’Manhunt: Unabomber’ tells the dramatic and gripping true story of the FBI’s hunt for the Unabomber, the deadliest serial bomber in history. The story focuses on FBI Agent and Criminal Profiler Jim ‘Fitz’ Fitzgerald (played by Sam Worthington of ‘Avatar’ and ‘Hacksaw Ridge’), who pioneered the use of forensic linguistics to identify and ultimately capture the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski (Paul Bettany, ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ ‘Avengers’ series and...
- 6/5/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
‘Night School’: Andrew Cohn’s Timely Documentary Explores Americans Pushing for Better Lives — Watch
Emmy-winning director Andrew Cohn’s latest documentary, “Night School,” takes its audience inside the lives of a trio of American dreamers as they struggle to overcome conditions outside their control and a system that hasn’t made things any easier for them to achieve something incredible: earning an education.
Set in Indianapolis, which has one of the lowest high school graduation rates in the country, the doc follows “victims of circumstance and a broken system, Greg, Melissa, and Shynika are optimistic that they don’t need to be on the wrong side of statistics.”
Read More: Oscilloscope Rounds Out Growing Documentary Slate with ‘Night School’ and ‘Santoalla’ — Exclusive
The film “observes their individual pursuits, fraught with the challenges of daily life and the broader systemic roadblocks faced by many Americans as they strive to improve their lives in the face of adversity.” Cohn’s latest documentary outing premiered at the...
Set in Indianapolis, which has one of the lowest high school graduation rates in the country, the doc follows “victims of circumstance and a broken system, Greg, Melissa, and Shynika are optimistic that they don’t need to be on the wrong side of statistics.”
Read More: Oscilloscope Rounds Out Growing Documentary Slate with ‘Night School’ and ‘Santoalla’ — Exclusive
The film “observes their individual pursuits, fraught with the challenges of daily life and the broader systemic roadblocks faced by many Americans as they strive to improve their lives in the face of adversity.” Cohn’s latest documentary outing premiered at the...
- 6/5/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The subject of Patrick Shen’s “In Pursuit of Silence” doesn’t sound particularly revelatory on paper — the new documentary explores the history and current state of silence, yes, silence around the world — but the final result is one of the most truly mediative and deeply inventive films of the year.
“In Pursuit of Silence” aims to takes its viewer “on an immersive cinematic journey around the globe — from a traditional tea ceremony in Kyoto, to the streets of Mumbai, the loudest city on the planet — and inspires us to both experience silence and celebrate the wonders of our world.” Combining stunning footage with compelling anecdotal and historical evidence, the result is a film that pushes its audience to reflect on the world around them in ways that aren’t so easy to shake.
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“In Pursuit of Silence” aims to takes its viewer “on an immersive cinematic journey around the globe — from a traditional tea ceremony in Kyoto, to the streets of Mumbai, the loudest city on the planet — and inspires us to both experience silence and celebrate the wonders of our world.” Combining stunning footage with compelling anecdotal and historical evidence, the result is a film that pushes its audience to reflect on the world around them in ways that aren’t so easy to shake.
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- 6/5/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
“Wonder Women” is currently basking in the glory of its $100.5 million debut weekend, proving it shouldn’t have taken 75 years for the superhero to make her first standalone trip to the big screen. While critics and audiences continue to embrace Patty Jenkins’ superhero movie, Annapurna Pictures are getting ready to introduce the real origin story of Wonder Woman in the upcoming drama “Professor Marston & The Wonder Women.”
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From director Angela Robinson, “Professor Marston & The Wonder Women” tells the true story of Dr. William Moulton Marston, whose relationships with his wife Elizabeth and domestic partner Olive Byrne led to the creation of the iconic superhero in 1941. Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall and Bella Heathcoate are playing the three lead characters, while Frank L. Ridley, Connie Britton and Oliver Platt will take on supporting roles.
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From director Angela Robinson, “Professor Marston & The Wonder Women” tells the true story of Dr. William Moulton Marston, whose relationships with his wife Elizabeth and domestic partner Olive Byrne led to the creation of the iconic superhero in 1941. Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall and Bella Heathcoate are playing the three lead characters, while Frank L. Ridley, Connie Britton and Oliver Platt will take on supporting roles.
- 6/5/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Before Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman get to work on the much anticipated “Edge of Tomorrow” sequel, the duo will bring one of the CIA’s most infamous true stories to the big screen this fall. “American Made” stars Cruise as Barry Seal, an airline pilot turned drug smuggler turned CIA informant who worked with the Medellin Cartel and was assassinated at age 46. It’s not going to have the alien combat of “Edge of Tomorrow,” but it’s surely going to be just as wild.
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“American Made” marks Liman’s return to Universal Pictures for the first time since “The Bourne Identity.” Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are producing through their Imagine Entertainment banner, while Sarah Wright, Domhnall Gleeson, Jayma Mays, Jesse Plemons and Lola Kirke are staring in supporting roles.
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“American Made” marks Liman’s return to Universal Pictures for the first time since “The Bourne Identity.” Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are producing through their Imagine Entertainment banner, while Sarah Wright, Domhnall Gleeson, Jayma Mays, Jesse Plemons and Lola Kirke are staring in supporting roles.
- 6/5/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Over the course of a year, we talk to a lot of Hollywood’s brightest talents, about the projects which have inspired them most and the industry which at times supports, and at times hinders, their efforts to make their best work. As individuals, we’re often blown away by their insights; in gathering them together, we end up with a portrait of a community of artists and creators who love their art, for better and for worse.
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Here are some of the best things our favorite actors, directors, writers, producers and more have shared with us over the last 12 months.
Diversity in the Industry (and The World)
“Do I want to make a huge studio picture that’s incredibly successful? Fuck yes, of course.” – Lake Bell
“‘Dolores, run!’ The first take we did, I ran — I’m not supposed to run.
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Here are some of the best things our favorite actors, directors, writers, producers and more have shared with us over the last 12 months.
Diversity in the Industry (and The World)
“Do I want to make a huge studio picture that’s incredibly successful? Fuck yes, of course.” – Lake Bell
“‘Dolores, run!’ The first take we did, I ran — I’m not supposed to run.
- 12/16/2016
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
Patrick Shen’s occasionally pretentious but persuasive documentary wants us to reclaim the art of silence in an age of cultural digital tinnitus
This documentary is calling for a nothing less than a global audio detox; it’s about reclaiming the lost virtue of silence. The film occasionally hits a rather loud note of passive-aggressive piety, but it is very persuasive. The great violinist Yehudi Menuhin used to tell his pupils to cultivate and appreciate silence: musicians need it the way painters need a blank canvas. But the canvases of our lives are increasingly splodged and muddled with traffic noise, street noise, loud music from other people’s houses and cars, not to mention our own, TVs and radios. Then of course there is the even more insidious digital white noise we fill our heads with – the frantically insecure smartphone-checking chatter on Facebook, Twitter, etc. (I am on this final...
This documentary is calling for a nothing less than a global audio detox; it’s about reclaiming the lost virtue of silence. The film occasionally hits a rather loud note of passive-aggressive piety, but it is very persuasive. The great violinist Yehudi Menuhin used to tell his pupils to cultivate and appreciate silence: musicians need it the way painters need a blank canvas. But the canvases of our lives are increasingly splodged and muddled with traffic noise, street noise, loud music from other people’s houses and cars, not to mention our own, TVs and radios. Then of course there is the even more insidious digital white noise we fill our heads with – the frantically insecure smartphone-checking chatter on Facebook, Twitter, etc. (I am on this final...
- 10/20/2016
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★☆☆ One summer evening in 1952 in Woodstock, New York, a pianist sat down at a piano and didn't play it for four minutes and thirty-three seconds. The audience were furious and the composer and pianist were even threatened. The piece was of course 4:33 of Silence by John Cage. A musical equivalent of Duchamp's Fountain, Cage's most famous non-composition was at once a mickey-take and a revolution, infuriating and perplexing; and intriguing and amusing. Partly inspired by this seminal moment, Patrick Shen's new film In Pursuit of Silence is an examination of silence and its role in the contemporary world.
- 10/20/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Miramax has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Whitney” from director Kevin Macdonald and will reteam with frequent partner Roadside Attractions to handle the U.S. theatrical release. The forthcoming documentary feature about the career of the late legendary singer Whitney Houston will be produced by Simon Chinn, along with his Lightbox Media partner and Emmy-winning producer Jonathan Chinn and producer Lisa Erspamer. Executive producers on the film are Will Clarke, Andy Mayson and Mike Runagall from Altitude Film Entertainment, who are handling international sales and introduced the project to buyers at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where the project sold out.
– Wolfe Releasing has acquired gay coming-of-age family drama “Akron” and has secured all worldwide rights (except U.
– Miramax has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Whitney” from director Kevin Macdonald and will reteam with frequent partner Roadside Attractions to handle the U.S. theatrical release. The forthcoming documentary feature about the career of the late legendary singer Whitney Houston will be produced by Simon Chinn, along with his Lightbox Media partner and Emmy-winning producer Jonathan Chinn and producer Lisa Erspamer. Executive producers on the film are Will Clarke, Andy Mayson and Mike Runagall from Altitude Film Entertainment, who are handling international sales and introduced the project to buyers at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where the project sold out.
– Wolfe Releasing has acquired gay coming-of-age family drama “Akron” and has secured all worldwide rights (except U.
- 6/17/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The distributor has acquired all Us rights to Patrick Shen’s documentary following its screening at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
In Pursuit Of Silence played in official selection at SXSW, Cph: Dox, and Full Frame and is produced by Transcendental Media.
The documentary explores humanity’s relationships with sound and silence around different parts of the globe.
Cinema Guild plans to release the film theatrically this autumn and Blandine Mercier-McGovern of Cinema Guild brokered the deal with the film-makers.
“Rather than a straightforward, hard-hitting documentary, In Pursuit Of Silence delivers a profound, mesmerising celebration of silence with long-lasting effects,” said Mercier-McGovern.
In Pursuit Of Silence played in official selection at SXSW, Cph: Dox, and Full Frame and is produced by Transcendental Media.
The documentary explores humanity’s relationships with sound and silence around different parts of the globe.
Cinema Guild plans to release the film theatrically this autumn and Blandine Mercier-McGovern of Cinema Guild brokered the deal with the film-makers.
“Rather than a straightforward, hard-hitting documentary, In Pursuit Of Silence delivers a profound, mesmerising celebration of silence with long-lasting effects,” said Mercier-McGovern.
- 6/15/2016
- by govi2016@lawnet.ucla.edu (Alec Govi)
- ScreenDaily
Documentary festival announces winners.
Cameraperson, a documentary about the career of cinematographer Kirsten Johnson, has won the grand jury award at Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15).
Johnson, who also directs the film, is the Us cinematographer behind Laura Poitras’ Oscar-winning Edward Snowden doc Citizenfour and Kirby Dick’s The Invisible War among many others.
The award, supported by Screen International and Broadcast, comes with a cash prize of £2,000 ($2,800).
The jury described the film as “a work that´s both expansive and intimate, formally ambitious and morally humble”.
“Though this filmmaker has travelled the world to tell others stories, her real...
Cameraperson, a documentary about the career of cinematographer Kirsten Johnson, has won the grand jury award at Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15).
Johnson, who also directs the film, is the Us cinematographer behind Laura Poitras’ Oscar-winning Edward Snowden doc Citizenfour and Kirby Dick’s The Invisible War among many others.
The award, supported by Screen International and Broadcast, comes with a cash prize of £2,000 ($2,800).
The jury described the film as “a work that´s both expansive and intimate, formally ambitious and morally humble”.
“Though this filmmaker has travelled the world to tell others stories, her real...
- 6/14/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
What:
A panel discussion on ‘The Art of Capturing Reality- Documentary’. Anjali Monterio in conversation with Debra Zimmerman, Surabhi Sharma, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur & Patrick Shen.
When:
17th January, 2014.
4.30pm – 6.30pm, followed by tea & networking.
Entry:
Free
Venue:
Conference Hall,
St. Andrews College,
St. Dominic Street,
Bandra West, Mumbai: 400050
About the event:
Participating will be Debra Zimmerman, a U.S. film expert and Executive Director of the non-profit group Women Make Movies; PatrickShen, a multiple award-winning U.S. filmmaker; filmmaker Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Celluloid Man; and Surabhi Sharma (Bidesia in Bambai). Anjali Monteiro (Professor and Dean, School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences) will moderate.
A panel discussion on ‘The Art of Capturing Reality- Documentary’. Anjali Monterio in conversation with Debra Zimmerman, Surabhi Sharma, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur & Patrick Shen.
When:
17th January, 2014.
4.30pm – 6.30pm, followed by tea & networking.
Entry:
Free
Venue:
Conference Hall,
St. Andrews College,
St. Dominic Street,
Bandra West, Mumbai: 400050
About the event:
Participating will be Debra Zimmerman, a U.S. film expert and Executive Director of the non-profit group Women Make Movies; PatrickShen, a multiple award-winning U.S. filmmaker; filmmaker Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Celluloid Man; and Surabhi Sharma (Bidesia in Bambai). Anjali Monteiro (Professor and Dean, School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences) will moderate.
- 1/15/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
In honor of a few highly motivating stories of individuals who have moved mountains to affect change, we gathered three filmmakers from our DocuWeeks Theatrical Showcase and asked them to answer one major question: What does it mean to document change? We asked a seasoned filmmaker Amanda Pope, who lectures on documentary production at USC, to moderate a panel of filmmakers to attempt to answer just this question. Joined by Nicole Karsin (director, We Women Warriors), Patrick Shen (director, La Source), and Sandra Itkoff (producer, Love Free or Die), Amanda ...
- 8/31/2012
- by krelth
- International Documentary Association
The short story goes... After an earthquake devastates his beloved country, a Haitian Princeton janitor seeks the support of the privileged community he serves everyday and sacrifices everything to revive his lifelong dream to bring what is most fundamental to his village’s survival; clean water. Narrated by Oscar nominated actor Don Cheadle, directed and produced by Patrick Shen, a longer description of La Source (pronounced lah-soos), reads: Haiti water does not come easily. Each day, villagers of this small, rural community must choose between enduring a long, treacherous walk to retrieve clean water or drink contaminated water from a nearby river. For over 30 years,...
- 7/2/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The documentary The Philosopher Kings, directed by Patrick Shen, is punctuated by Bill Clinton’s 2007 commencement address to the 2007 class of the Rochester Institute of Technology. (My old film school alma mater, by the way.) In the speech, the former president advises the recent graduates to consider the workers who set up the chairs for them to sit on during the ceremony, and who will then remove the chairs and clean up the mess they leave behind before they move out into the real world.
Shen does just that. While the director doesn’t profile any custodians at Rit — the Clinton footage appears to have been acquired, rather than produced for this film — The Philosopher Kings gets up close and personal with eight maintenance workers at seven different institutes of higher learning all over the country for an extremely moving and engaging film.
Choosing this topic for a documentary, and...
Shen does just that. While the director doesn’t profile any custodians at Rit — the Clinton footage appears to have been acquired, rather than produced for this film — The Philosopher Kings gets up close and personal with eight maintenance workers at seven different institutes of higher learning all over the country for an extremely moving and engaging film.
Choosing this topic for a documentary, and...
- 3/29/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
London -- U.S. filmmakers may come out on top in the competition strands during this year's upcoming Raindance Film Festival with nominees popping up in best international, best debut and best documentary categories.
Ry Russo-Young's "You Won't Miss Me" and David Lee Miller's "My Suicide" are among the five titles competing for best international nod.
For the best debut, Asiel Norton's "Redland" and Daniel Stamm's "A Necessary Death" find themselves in the running.
The documentary competition is dominated by titles from the U.S. with three out of the five.
Patrick Shen's "The Philosopher Kings," "It Came from Kuchar," directed by Jennifer M. Kroot and Tony Zierra's "My Big Break" feature in the doc competition.
The festival also dishes out nods for best U.K. feature and best micro budget work at the event, which runs Sept. 30 through Oct. 11.
All award winners will...
Ry Russo-Young's "You Won't Miss Me" and David Lee Miller's "My Suicide" are among the five titles competing for best international nod.
For the best debut, Asiel Norton's "Redland" and Daniel Stamm's "A Necessary Death" find themselves in the running.
The documentary competition is dominated by titles from the U.S. with three out of the five.
Patrick Shen's "The Philosopher Kings," "It Came from Kuchar," directed by Jennifer M. Kroot and Tony Zierra's "My Big Break" feature in the doc competition.
The festival also dishes out nods for best U.K. feature and best micro budget work at the event, which runs Sept. 30 through Oct. 11.
All award winners will...
- 9/11/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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