Better than ever, now in its seventh year, the spectacular program with its filmmaking guests and a committed community of dedicated and intellectually alive filmgoers invigorates the mind and activist tendencies already in play.
Take for instance, University of Arizona Professor Noam Chomsky, one of the most influential public intellectuals in the world, speaking with Regents’ Professor Toni Massaro about social justice and the environment. Here he is, in person, being honored as every word he speaks is treated as a jewel. Considered the founder of modern linguistics, Chomsky has written more than 100 books, his most recent being Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power. An ardent free speech advocate, Chomsky has published and lectured widely on U.S. foreign policy, Mideast politics, terrorism, democratic society and war. Chomsky, who joined the UA faculty this fall, is a laureate professor in the Department of...
Take for instance, University of Arizona Professor Noam Chomsky, one of the most influential public intellectuals in the world, speaking with Regents’ Professor Toni Massaro about social justice and the environment. Here he is, in person, being honored as every word he speaks is treated as a jewel. Considered the founder of modern linguistics, Chomsky has written more than 100 books, his most recent being Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power. An ardent free speech advocate, Chomsky has published and lectured widely on U.S. foreign policy, Mideast politics, terrorism, democratic society and war. Chomsky, who joined the UA faculty this fall, is a laureate professor in the Department of...
- 11/13/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The refugee crisis, the departure of festival director Dimitri Eipides and the appointment of a new general director dominated the 18th Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival.Scroll down for full list of winners
The Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival (March 11-20) will be largely remembered for three important events: the resignation of its director ahead of the festival, the refugee crisis dominating the programme and the appointment of a new general director.
This was the last year director Dimitri Eipides was at the helm of the event he founded 18 years ago. The executive had simultaneously held the post of general and artistic director of the March documentary event and the November Thessaloniki international film festival (Tiff) now in its 57th year.
The decision of the festival board to attribute the post of general director to French producer Elise Jalladeau, pending her confirmation by the Culture Ministry, was welcome by the local cinema community.
Previous to her...
The Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival (March 11-20) will be largely remembered for three important events: the resignation of its director ahead of the festival, the refugee crisis dominating the programme and the appointment of a new general director.
This was the last year director Dimitri Eipides was at the helm of the event he founded 18 years ago. The executive had simultaneously held the post of general and artistic director of the March documentary event and the November Thessaloniki international film festival (Tiff) now in its 57th year.
The decision of the festival board to attribute the post of general director to French producer Elise Jalladeau, pending her confirmation by the Culture Ministry, was welcome by the local cinema community.
Previous to her...
- 3/22/2016
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
Other winners include hit Us podcast Serial.
Laurent Bécue-Renard’s Of Men and War has won the Vpro Idfa Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary.
The trophy, which comes with a cash prize of €12,500, was handed out in Amsterdam’s Compagnietheater at the awards ceremony of the 27th Idfa.
The French-Swiss co-production is about a group of American Iraq veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Director Bécue-Renard followed the group for many years during therapy sessions in a clinic for veterans.
A statement from the jury said the film “confronts us with our fragility as human beings, revealing that we must treat each other with gentleness and love. In a way that is never intrusive, the camera participates in therapy sessions for traumatized veterans. (…) A more powerful anti-war film is hard to imagine.”
In addition, the special jury award was a given to Something Better to Come (Denmark / Poland) by Hanna Polak, who for 14 years...
Laurent Bécue-Renard’s Of Men and War has won the Vpro Idfa Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary.
The trophy, which comes with a cash prize of €12,500, was handed out in Amsterdam’s Compagnietheater at the awards ceremony of the 27th Idfa.
The French-Swiss co-production is about a group of American Iraq veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Director Bécue-Renard followed the group for many years during therapy sessions in a clinic for veterans.
A statement from the jury said the film “confronts us with our fragility as human beings, revealing that we must treat each other with gentleness and love. In a way that is never intrusive, the camera participates in therapy sessions for traumatized veterans. (…) A more powerful anti-war film is hard to imagine.”
In addition, the special jury award was a given to Something Better to Come (Denmark / Poland) by Hanna Polak, who for 14 years...
- 11/29/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
More than 80 documentaries to receive world premieres.
The line-up for the 27th Idfa (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam) has been unveiled.
A total of 298 titles, selected from 3,200 submissions, will be screened from Nov 19-30 in Amsterdam - of which 81 will receive their world premiere.
This year, a special themed programme, titled The Female Gaze, is dedicated to the role of women in documentary.
Another strand, Of Media and Men, will focus on how opinions are shaped within a democracy through the media.
This year’s Top 10 is provided by Heddy Honigmann, and a retrospective of her work will also be screening. Her film, Around the World in 50 Concerts, opens this year’s Idfa and also plays in Competition.
Idfa and Eye, the Netherlands national museum for film, will be present a joint themed programme concentrating on hybrid film: Framing Reality.
The festival’s main locations will once again be Pathé Tuschinski, Pathé de Munt...
The line-up for the 27th Idfa (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam) has been unveiled.
A total of 298 titles, selected from 3,200 submissions, will be screened from Nov 19-30 in Amsterdam - of which 81 will receive their world premiere.
This year, a special themed programme, titled The Female Gaze, is dedicated to the role of women in documentary.
Another strand, Of Media and Men, will focus on how opinions are shaped within a democracy through the media.
This year’s Top 10 is provided by Heddy Honigmann, and a retrospective of her work will also be screening. Her film, Around the World in 50 Concerts, opens this year’s Idfa and also plays in Competition.
Idfa and Eye, the Netherlands national museum for film, will be present a joint themed programme concentrating on hybrid film: Framing Reality.
The festival’s main locations will once again be Pathé Tuschinski, Pathé de Munt...
- 10/10/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Special jury award went to Attacking the Devil [pictured], while Lifetime Achievement was presented to Roger Graef.
Sheffield Doc/Fest has unveiled the winners of this year’s awards.
The Inspiration Award was presented to Laura Poitras, while Roger Graef received the Lifetime Achievement award. Accepting the award, Graef paid tribute to “those souls who have been brave enough to let us capture them”.
Judged by Mark Cousins, Eugene Hernandez, Kate Kinninmont, Karolina Lidin and Dawn Porter, the Special Jury prize went to Jacqui Morris & David Morris’ Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime.
Porter commented: “We unanimously found this film to be an elegant examination of complex themes. We appreciated his film on all levels - it is a work approached with relevance and rigor, a historical film that feels contemporary and engaging, blossoms like a novel, and is surprising when least expected, epic in its scope, traversing decades...
Sheffield Doc/Fest has unveiled the winners of this year’s awards.
The Inspiration Award was presented to Laura Poitras, while Roger Graef received the Lifetime Achievement award. Accepting the award, Graef paid tribute to “those souls who have been brave enough to let us capture them”.
Judged by Mark Cousins, Eugene Hernandez, Kate Kinninmont, Karolina Lidin and Dawn Porter, the Special Jury prize went to Jacqui Morris & David Morris’ Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime.
Porter commented: “We unanimously found this film to be an elegant examination of complex themes. We appreciated his film on all levels - it is a work approached with relevance and rigor, a historical film that feels contemporary and engaging, blossoms like a novel, and is surprising when least expected, epic in its scope, traversing decades...
- 6/12/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
As Sheffield Doc/Fest 2014 draws to a close (with some outro parties still to take place over the weekend of course), it’s time to take a look at this year’s award winners. In a ceremony held this morning at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre, the top-doc Special Jury Award was won by Jacqui Morris and David Morris’ combative documentary on Sir Harold Evans and The Sunday Times’ decade-long campaign to gain compensation for victims of Thalidomide. It’s thrilling to see a special mention handed out to Andre Singer’s Night Will Fall – and that both documentaries deal with the gruesome legacies of the Nazis. For the full list of winners, see below.
Special Jury Award
Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime (Jacqui Morris, David Morris)
Special mention to Night Will Fall (Andre Singer)
In The Dark Sheffield International Audio Award
Everything, Nothing, Harvey Keitel...
Special Jury Award
Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime (Jacqui Morris, David Morris)
Special mention to Night Will Fall (Andre Singer)
In The Dark Sheffield International Audio Award
Everything, Nothing, Harvey Keitel...
- 6/12/2014
- by Andrew Latimer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It always sucks when someone dies. But in the small world of documentary filmmaking, where the directors are a close-knit, dogged group, traveling to the same events and sharing the same few resources to tell their often personal or passionate stories, the loss of a fellow intrepid traveler cuts deep. It’s like losing a member of your extended family. The last six months have been particularly tough on the international nonfiction community, with the passings of Ed Pincus, Peter Wintonick, Michael Glawogger, and Malik Bendjelloul. The loss of just one of these filmmakers provides plenty to mourn, but the death of four beloved directors within a short time is cause for serious pause. Not only will the documentary community miss out on their future projects, it also loses their voices: creative, intellectual, and in some cases, rabble-rousing, these were filmmakers who were defined as much by their outstanding work as their character.
- 5/29/2014
- by Anthony Kaufman
- Indiewire
Four Letters Apart [pictured] and Becoming an Actor among winners.
The 16th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (Tdf) and its concurrent Doc Film Market has unveiled the winners for its 2014 edition.
At the Tdf, the Peter Wintonick Audience Award for a foreign feature length documentary went to Four Letters Apart by Erlend E. Mo (Denmark), while Dimitris Koutsiabasiakos’ Becoming an Actor was the recipient of the Tdf Audience Award for Greek features.
Four Letters Apart centres on three children at odds with themselves and the world around them, at a time when more and more are being diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Adhd). The film, produced by Lise Lense-Møller, is sold by Danish outlet Magic Hours Films.
Becoming an Actor deals with a group of young actors, chronicling their anxieties and dreams throughout a three-year course of study. Produced by Koutsiabasiakos, the film is sold by the Greek production company KinoLab.
This is the second year in a row...
The 16th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (Tdf) and its concurrent Doc Film Market has unveiled the winners for its 2014 edition.
At the Tdf, the Peter Wintonick Audience Award for a foreign feature length documentary went to Four Letters Apart by Erlend E. Mo (Denmark), while Dimitris Koutsiabasiakos’ Becoming an Actor was the recipient of the Tdf Audience Award for Greek features.
Four Letters Apart centres on three children at odds with themselves and the world around them, at a time when more and more are being diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Adhd). The film, produced by Lise Lense-Møller, is sold by Danish outlet Magic Hours Films.
Becoming an Actor deals with a group of young actors, chronicling their anxieties and dreams throughout a three-year course of study. Produced by Koutsiabasiakos, the film is sold by the Greek production company KinoLab.
This is the second year in a row...
- 3/25/2014
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
The 16th edition of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, a popular companion event to the city's 55-year-old November fiction fest, came to a close in Greece's second largest city this weekend. Over ten days, the event hosted 185 films, including a healthy representation of new Greek and Balkan regional productions, recent highlights from the festival circuit, and tributes to French filmmaker Nicolas Philibert, in attendance for a nine-film retrospective; and to the late Canadian producer/director, Peter Wintonick, who passed away last November.Concurrent with the public side of the event is the Doc Market, a meeting point for filmmakers and industry professionals from across Europe and beyond, which featured masterclasses on documentary distribution, daily conversations, lectures, a pitching forum, and the festival's annual Docs in Progress, which offers an advance peek at scenes from upcoming nonfiction from the Mediterranean, Balkans, and Central Europe. An extended look at these...
- 3/24/2014
- by Basil Tsiokos
- Indiewire
India and Canada have signed a co-production agreement, wrapping up talks that have been on-going since 2010.
The agreement was signed in New Delhi by India’s Information & Broadcasting Secretary Bimal Julka, and Canada’s High Commissioner to India, Stuart Beck, during the visit of Canada’s Governor General David Johnston to India.
Co-productions made under the agreement will have access to Canadian subsidies and tax breaks and also be eligible for India’s National Film Awards and the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India (Iffi). India also has some government assistance available to filmmakers.
India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting also said that the treaty could lead to more Canadian films shooting in India. “The agreement will also lead to the transparent funding of film production and will boost export of Indian films into the Canadian market,” the I&B Ministry said in a statement.
India already has co-production treaties with the UK...
The agreement was signed in New Delhi by India’s Information & Broadcasting Secretary Bimal Julka, and Canada’s High Commissioner to India, Stuart Beck, during the visit of Canada’s Governor General David Johnston to India.
Co-productions made under the agreement will have access to Canadian subsidies and tax breaks and also be eligible for India’s National Film Awards and the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India (Iffi). India also has some government assistance available to filmmakers.
India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting also said that the treaty could lead to more Canadian films shooting in India. “The agreement will also lead to the transparent funding of film production and will boost export of Indian films into the Canadian market,” the I&B Ministry said in a statement.
India already has co-production treaties with the UK...
- 2/25/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
India and Canada have signed a co-production agreement, wrapping up talks that have been on-going since 2010.
The agreement was signed in New Delhi by India’s Information & Broadcasting Secretary Bimal Julka, and Canada’s High Commissioner to India, Stuart Beck, during the visit of Canada’s Governor General David Johnston to India.
Co-productions made under the agreement will have access to Canadian subsidies and tax breaks and also be eligible for India’s National Film Awards and the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India (Iffi). India also has some government assistance available to filmmakers.
India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting also said that the treaty could lead to more Canadian films shooting in India. “The agreement will also lead to the transparent funding of film production and will boost export of Indian films into the Canadian market,” the I&B Ministry said in a statement.
India already has co-production treaties with the UK...
The agreement was signed in New Delhi by India’s Information & Broadcasting Secretary Bimal Julka, and Canada’s High Commissioner to India, Stuart Beck, during the visit of Canada’s Governor General David Johnston to India.
Co-productions made under the agreement will have access to Canadian subsidies and tax breaks and also be eligible for India’s National Film Awards and the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India (Iffi). India also has some government assistance available to filmmakers.
India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting also said that the treaty could lead to more Canadian films shooting in India. “The agreement will also lead to the transparent funding of film production and will boost export of Indian films into the Canadian market,” the I&B Ministry said in a statement.
India already has co-production treaties with the UK...
- 2/25/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
This first person by Mira Burt-Wintonick details her quest to complete her late father Peter Wintonick's final film. Read more about Peter and his life's work here. Completing your father's dying wish is one of the more daunting tasks that life can hand you. Particularly when your father happens to have been so brilliant that only a masterpiece would really do. My dad, Peter Wintonick, was a remarkable filmmaker who devoted his life to the idea that documentaries can change the world, one story at a time. He passed away in November. For the past few decades, Peter had been obsessed with the concept of Utopia. He shot hours and hours of footage as he travelled around the world on his quest. Over the years, he became busier and busier mentoring young filmmakers and jurying film festivals, and so the project was put on the back burner, but he...
- 2/24/2014
- by Mira Burt-Wintonick
- Indiewire
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Nato’s John Fithian: Hollywood, Fix the 2014 Movie Calendar
The entire cast of Futurama on one massive poster.
47 Ronin: The Inside Story of Universal’s Samurai Disaster
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Filmmaker Peter Wintonick was Canada’s documentary ambassador to the world.
What It’s Like to Be a Woman Director in a Country with a Tiny Film Industry.
Alfonso Cuarón Discusses His Films.
Video: True Detective released a third trailer.
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- 1/3/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The 13th Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films (Miff) has unveiled its lineup for International and Indian competition sections.
The biennial festival will be held from February 3-9, 2014 at the National Centre for Performing Arts (Ncpa) in Mumbai. The festival received 600 entries from India and 205 international entries out of which films from 34 countries have been selected.
Ian McDonald’s Algorithms, Kim Longinotto’s Salma, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing, Dylan Mohan Gray’s Fire in the Blood, Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang and Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia’s I Am Micro are some of the prominent documentaries that will compete in International Competition.
For complete lineup of International Competition, click here
Tamaash (The Puppet) by Satyanshu Singh and Devanshu Singh, Golden Mango by Govinda Raju, Have You Seen the Arana? by Sunanda Bhat, Celluloid Man by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and Shepherds of Paradise...
The biennial festival will be held from February 3-9, 2014 at the National Centre for Performing Arts (Ncpa) in Mumbai. The festival received 600 entries from India and 205 international entries out of which films from 34 countries have been selected.
Ian McDonald’s Algorithms, Kim Longinotto’s Salma, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing, Dylan Mohan Gray’s Fire in the Blood, Nishtha Jain’s Gulabi Gang and Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia’s I Am Micro are some of the prominent documentaries that will compete in International Competition.
For complete lineup of International Competition, click here
Tamaash (The Puppet) by Satyanshu Singh and Devanshu Singh, Golden Mango by Govinda Raju, Have You Seen the Arana? by Sunanda Bhat, Celluloid Man by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and Shepherds of Paradise...
- 1/1/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A still from “My Name is Salt”
My Name is Salt, a documentary by Farida Pacha, has been nominated for First Appearance Competition at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa). The other two nominees in this category are Ariel by Laura Bari (Canada) and Judgment in Hungary by Eszter Hajdú (Hungary / Germany).
The winner of the competition will be announced on Friday in Amsterdam. The award consists of a cash component of €5,000. Besides, the Jury will present the Peter Wintonick Special Jury Award for First Appearance (€2,500) named after the Canadian filmmaker who passed away earlier this month.
My Name is Salt (India/Switzerland) revolves around the families that move to a barren desert in India year after year. They work for eight months straight to produce the “whitest salt in the world”, until monsoon season is upon them. The documentary patiently observes the intense work done by a family of salt pan workers.
My Name is Salt, a documentary by Farida Pacha, has been nominated for First Appearance Competition at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa). The other two nominees in this category are Ariel by Laura Bari (Canada) and Judgment in Hungary by Eszter Hajdú (Hungary / Germany).
The winner of the competition will be announced on Friday in Amsterdam. The award consists of a cash component of €5,000. Besides, the Jury will present the Peter Wintonick Special Jury Award for First Appearance (€2,500) named after the Canadian filmmaker who passed away earlier this month.
My Name is Salt (India/Switzerland) revolves around the families that move to a barren desert in India year after year. They work for eight months straight to produce the “whitest salt in the world”, until monsoon season is upon them. The documentary patiently observes the intense work done by a family of salt pan workers.
- 11/28/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The nominations in the various competition sections have been announced at the documentary festival.
Idfa (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) has announced the nominees for its 26th edition. Winners will be named on Friday evening in Amsterdam.
The jury of the Idfa Competition for First Appearance will also present an extra Award in memory of Peter Wintonick, who died earlier this month.
The BankGiro Loterij Idfa Audience Award, worth €5,000, and the Idfa Music Audience Award, worth €2,500, will then also be presented.
In addition, the Mediafonds Kids & Docs Award 2013, which consists of € 15,000 with which to develop a new youth documentary, will be presented by a youth jury.
Idfa Competition for Feature-Length Documentary (€12,500)
Ai Weiwei The Fake Case by Andreas Johnson (Denmark);Ne Me Quitte Pas by Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden (the Netherlands / Belgium);Song from the Forest by Michael Obert (Germany).
Idfa Competition for Mid-Length Documentary (€10,000)
Kismet by Nina Maria Paschalidou (Greece / Cyprus);Pussy Versus...
Idfa (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) has announced the nominees for its 26th edition. Winners will be named on Friday evening in Amsterdam.
The jury of the Idfa Competition for First Appearance will also present an extra Award in memory of Peter Wintonick, who died earlier this month.
The BankGiro Loterij Idfa Audience Award, worth €5,000, and the Idfa Music Audience Award, worth €2,500, will then also be presented.
In addition, the Mediafonds Kids & Docs Award 2013, which consists of € 15,000 with which to develop a new youth documentary, will be presented by a youth jury.
Idfa Competition for Feature-Length Documentary (€12,500)
Ai Weiwei The Fake Case by Andreas Johnson (Denmark);Ne Me Quitte Pas by Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden (the Netherlands / Belgium);Song from the Forest by Michael Obert (Germany).
Idfa Competition for Mid-Length Documentary (€10,000)
Kismet by Nina Maria Paschalidou (Greece / Cyprus);Pussy Versus...
- 11/27/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) has announced that they will present an extra award in memory of the late Peter Wintonick -- who had hosted the popular "Idfa talkshow" at the festival. Idfa founder and director Ally Derks said the Peter Wintonick Special Jury Award for First Appearance will be given out with a prize of €2,500. "Throughout his career, Peter Wintonick was committed to guiding young filmmakers," Idfa said. "This encouragement award is Idfa’s tribute to his work and his spirited enthusiasm." Jan Röfekamp, sales agent at Canada’s Films Transit provided the financial support for the award. Wintonick passed away last week, leaving behind a remarkable amount of friends in the film world, many of whom have posted in the comments section of the linked article. Another, Sheffield Doc/Fest Director Heather Croall, offered this beautiful essay on Wintonick's final days.
- 11/25/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Heather Croall is the director of Sheffield Doc/Fest and longtime friend of filmmaker, journalist, festival programmer and mentor Peter Wintonick, who passed away Monday morning in Montreal. Croall offered Indiewire this beautiful essay on her experiences sharing Wintonick's final days, and it was our great pleasure to publish it. Seven weeks ago Peter Wintonick Skyped me. He had been diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer. I said, "I'll come and see you in Montreal." He said, "Well, I've had an idea. We've been all over the world Heather but we've never been to Cuba. I've never been to Cuba, you've never been to Cuba. So Let's Go To Cuba!" I said, "Ok, we'll go to Cuba." In the background of the Skype I heard his partner Christine call out from across the room, "come over!" She said it in a very very matter-of-fact way, nothing urgent or dramatic in the tone,...
- 11/21/2013
- by Heather Croall
- Indiewire
Kevin Macdonald, Marcel Ophuls, Fred Wiseman and Claude Lanzmann are among the top directors attending the 26th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) (Nov 20 - Dec 1).The festival opens this evening (Nov 20) with the world premiere of Talal Derki’s Return To Homs, a feature doc that centres on young revolutionaries in Western Syria. The film, being talked up by festival insiders as a potential Oscar contender, was co-financed by Idfa through the Idfa B
Kevin Macdonald, Marcel Ophuls, Fred Wiseman and Claude Lanzmann are among the top directors attending the 26th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) (Nov 20 - Dec 1).
The festival opens this evening (Nov 20) with the world premiere of Talal Derki’s Return To Homs, a feature doc that centres on young revolutionaries in Western Syria. The film, being talked up by festival insiders as a potential Oscar contender, was co-financed by Idfa through the Idfa Bertha Fund.
Before the film, Idfa’s Living...
Kevin Macdonald, Marcel Ophuls, Fred Wiseman and Claude Lanzmann are among the top directors attending the 26th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) (Nov 20 - Dec 1).
The festival opens this evening (Nov 20) with the world premiere of Talal Derki’s Return To Homs, a feature doc that centres on young revolutionaries in Western Syria. The film, being talked up by festival insiders as a potential Oscar contender, was co-financed by Idfa through the Idfa Bertha Fund.
Before the film, Idfa’s Living...
- 11/20/2013
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival -- honoring the memory of the late Peter Wintonick -- has renamed its Audience Award for a foreign feature documentary The Peter Wintonick Award. The festival noted that Wintonick attended the first edition of Tdf and was a regular ever since, never having missed a single one of its 15 editions. "He was a faithful friend and staunch supporter of the Tdf, as well as a mentor to many of the young filmmakers bringing their work to Thessaloniki," the festival said. "The Peter Wintonick Audience Award is the Tdf tribute to this great man, a small token of gratitude and honor for his work and personality." Wintonick -- a filmmaker, journalist, festival programmer and mentor who was a beloved presence in the international documentary film world -- passed away Monday in Montreal, Canada. Indiewire's initial report of his death brought an outpouring of love in the comments section,...
- 11/20/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Documentary festival to rename audience award in honour of the filmmaker who died last week.
The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival-Images of the 21st Century-tdf is to pay tribute the memory of Canadian documentary maker Peter Wintonick by renaming one of it awards in his honour.
From its next edition (March 14-23), the audience award for a foreign feature documentary will be renamed The Peter Wintonick Award.
Wintonick attended the first Tdf and did not miss one of its 15 editions.
One organiser said: “He was a faithful friend and staunch supporter of the Tdf, as well as a mentor to many of the young filmmakers bringing their work to Thessaloniki.”
The Canadian film-maker, journalist and documentary advocate died in Montreal following a battle with cancer. He was 60.
The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival-Images of the 21st Century-tdf is to pay tribute the memory of Canadian documentary maker Peter Wintonick by renaming one of it awards in his honour.
From its next edition (March 14-23), the audience award for a foreign feature documentary will be renamed The Peter Wintonick Award.
Wintonick attended the first Tdf and did not miss one of its 15 editions.
One organiser said: “He was a faithful friend and staunch supporter of the Tdf, as well as a mentor to many of the young filmmakers bringing their work to Thessaloniki.”
The Canadian film-maker, journalist and documentary advocate died in Montreal following a battle with cancer. He was 60.
- 11/20/2013
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
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Canadian documentarian Peter Wintonick has passed away at the age of 60. Aaron Cutler has some words and links on the artist.
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Canadian documentarian Peter Wintonick has passed away at the age of 60. Aaron Cutler has some words and links on the artist.
The Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma, also known as the Rome Film Festival, has announced its awards from a Jury chaired by James Gray. Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Seventh Code was among the winners, picking up Best Director and Best Technical Contribution.
The Seventh Art's latest video mag is now online, featuring interviews with João Pedro Rodrigues and Corneliu Porumboiu, among others. What's next for Joe Dante? A horror-comedy starring Anton Yelchin titled Burying the Ex (it's the sort of cheesy title we'd only let him get away with!).
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Above: from our friend Adrian Curry's Tumblr, a French poster for The Big Sleep that auctioned off for $21,510. Check out this fun, totally bizarre interactive video for Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone". For Film Comment, Max Nelson...
- 11/20/2013
- by Adam Cook
- MUBI
Peter Wintonick, whose exemplary work in documentary was surpassed only by his passionate championing of the documentary form, died yesterday in Montreal. He was 60 and had been diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer.
Wintonick's best known work included Manufacturing Dissent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992), directed with Mark Achbar, and Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment (1999). According to a press release from the National Film Board of Canada, with whom Wintonick worked closely for decades, Manufacturing Consent was one of the most successful documentaries in Canadian history, earning ...
Wintonick's best known work included Manufacturing Dissent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992), directed with Mark Achbar, and Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment (1999). According to a press release from the National Film Board of Canada, with whom Wintonick worked closely for decades, Manufacturing Consent was one of the most successful documentaries in Canadian history, earning ...
- 11/19/2013
- by twhite
- International Documentary Association
The Canadian film-maker, journalist and documentary advocate has died in Montreal following a battle with cancer. He was 60.
Industry members tweeted tributes to Wintonick and have got behind an effort to raise funds to pay for his medical treatment.
Wintonick was diagnosed recently with a rare form of liver cancer and was admitted to hospital on Friday (Nov 15).
EyeSteelFilm has stepped in to provide finishing funds on Wintonick’s last film, Be Here Now.
His directing credits include pilgrIMAGE, A Case Study: Cambodia And East Timor and Cinéma Vérité: Defining The Moment. He won the Canadian Governor General’s Award in 2006 for Visual and Media Arts.
Wintonick’s daughter Mira Burt-Wintonick told an audience at the Montreal International Documentary Film Festival at the weekend that her father had married his longtime partner Christine the day before his death.
The Toronto International Film Festival leadership issued a statement on November 19: “We are deeply saddened by the news...
Industry members tweeted tributes to Wintonick and have got behind an effort to raise funds to pay for his medical treatment.
Wintonick was diagnosed recently with a rare form of liver cancer and was admitted to hospital on Friday (Nov 15).
EyeSteelFilm has stepped in to provide finishing funds on Wintonick’s last film, Be Here Now.
His directing credits include pilgrIMAGE, A Case Study: Cambodia And East Timor and Cinéma Vérité: Defining The Moment. He won the Canadian Governor General’s Award in 2006 for Visual and Media Arts.
Wintonick’s daughter Mira Burt-Wintonick told an audience at the Montreal International Documentary Film Festival at the weekend that her father had married his longtime partner Christine the day before his death.
The Toronto International Film Festival leadership issued a statement on November 19: “We are deeply saddened by the news...
- 11/18/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Peter Wintonick -- a filmmaker, journalist, festival programmer and mentor who was a beloved presence in the international documentary film world -- passed away this morning in Montreal. Born in Trenton, Ontario in 1953, Wintonick was a pioneering voice in the documentary film world. His career spanned 35 years, with involvement in more than 100 films and transmedia projects. Among them were 1992's "Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media" and 2000's "Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment," both documentary features he directed. He notably won the Canadian Governor General's Award in 2006 for Visual and Media Arts (Canada's highest such honor), and was one of the founders of DocAgora, an event inserted into various film festivals showcasing cutting-edge digital strategies. Wintonick announced a few weeks ago that he had been diagnosed with Cholangio Carcinoma, a rare form of liver cancer. He was using the diagnosis as motivation for a new film, "Be Here Now,...
- 11/18/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Budding filmmakers: You have until July 15th to apply for a the Reykjavík International Film Festival's Transatlantic Talent Lab, a wholly unique educational experience taking place over four days this fall in one of the world's most truly spectacular settings. Bringing together hopeful filmmakers from Europe and America who want to meet up with other like-minded individuals, the lab consists of a schedule "stuffed with great films, workshops, events and seminars." Running October 1st-5th, 2013 -- parallel to the Reykjavík International Film Festival (this fall celebrating its 10th year) -- the labs have seen the likes of Dario Argento, Jim Jarmusch, Milos Forman, Béla Tarr, Lone Scherfig, Richie O'Donnell, James Marsh, Arto Halonen, Baltasar Kormákur, João Pedro Rodrigues, Jessica Hausner, Giorgos Lanthimos and Valdis Oskarsdottir, producers Peter Wintonick and Cédomir Kolar, actors Paprika Steen and Ulrich Thomsen, Tiff director Cameron Bailey and Tribeca director...
- 7/2/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
As part of their Focus Forward - Short Films, Big Ideas program, Ge and Cinelan are happy to announce the 95 semifinalists in the Focus Forward $200K Filmmaker Challenge Competition. The contest, officially announced at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, invited interested filmmakers to submit a 3-minute film about a person or an organization that has made a difference in the world through innovation and ingenuity in fields such as medicine, robotics, green energy and so on. Out of nearly 100 semifinalists, five will receive cash prizes, including the Grand Jury Prize of $100,000, to be awarded at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The finalists for the cash prizes will be announced on Wednesday, November 28, through the Focus Forward website. The esteemed jury consists of Joe Berlinger, actress Daryl Hannah, Barbara Kopple, Jose Padilha, Floyd Webb, Peter Wintonick and Sundance Film Festival Senior Programmer Caroline Libresco. Let your voice be heard by voting ...
- 11/16/2012
- TribecaFilm.com
$200,000 Filmmaker Competition
Deadline Extended to Oct. 7!
Pros, Students, Procrastinators still have time to submit 3-minute nonfiction film on innovation and win up to $100,000 because the deadline has been extended to Oct. 7th. Your work deserves to be right up there alongside 30 Focus Forward shorts, and for selected finalists, that's exactly what will happen, providing a global showcase like no other. The Grand Prize Winner will be unveiled at Sundance 2013. Ff's jury of industry luminaries, including José Padilha, Barbara Kopple, Daryl Hannah, Caroline Libresco, Joe Berlinger, Peter Wintonick, and Floyd Webb will determine the top five winners, awarding a total of $200K in cash. This is the largest prize package ever offered for nonfiction shorts, so what are you waiting for? It's Free to enter. More information and FAQs about the competition can be found at www.focusforwardfilms.com/challenge. For complete rules and submission guidelines visit www.vimeo/focusforwardfilms/rules.
The four latest Focus Forward shorts generated a lot of buzz last week at the Melbourne International Film Festival and online after their day-and-date world premiere. If you haven't seen them yet, take a look.
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Pros, Students, Procrastinators still have time to submit 3-minute nonfiction film on innovation and win up to $100,000 because the deadline has been extended to Oct. 7th. Your work deserves to be right up there alongside 30 Focus Forward shorts, and for selected finalists, that's exactly what will happen, providing a global showcase like no other. The Grand Prize Winner will be unveiled at Sundance 2013. Ff's jury of industry luminaries, including José Padilha, Barbara Kopple, Daryl Hannah, Caroline Libresco, Joe Berlinger, Peter Wintonick, and Floyd Webb will determine the top five winners, awarding a total of $200K in cash. This is the largest prize package ever offered for nonfiction shorts, so what are you waiting for? It's Free to enter. More information and FAQs about the competition can be found at www.focusforwardfilms.com/challenge. For complete rules and submission guidelines visit www.vimeo/focusforwardfilms/rules.
The four latest Focus Forward shorts generated a lot of buzz last week at the Melbourne International Film Festival and online after their day-and-date world premiere. If you haven't seen them yet, take a look.
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- 9/7/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The Year of the Dragon calls for boldness, passion and power. What better way for Sundance to usher in the new year than a dragon dance up and down the aisles of the Yarrow Theatre? Cavorting to drums and cymbals, the dragons were introducing the world premiere of the documentary, China Heavyweight.
China Heavyweight is the second feature-length doc from Montreal’s Yung Chang, who helmed the award-winning Up The Yangtze. Chang follows coach Qi Moxiang and his two boxers, Zongli He and Yunfei Miao, in southwestern China as they train for the championships. The area they come from is poor, isolated and a breeding ground for kids looking for a way out. One way is boxing. These kids dream of being world stars like Mike Tyson, amazing given the fact that during his reign Chairman Mao Tse-tung banned pugilism for being violent and decadent.
Like Up The Yangtze, China Heavyweight...
China Heavyweight is the second feature-length doc from Montreal’s Yung Chang, who helmed the award-winning Up The Yangtze. Chang follows coach Qi Moxiang and his two boxers, Zongli He and Yunfei Miao, in southwestern China as they train for the championships. The area they come from is poor, isolated and a breeding ground for kids looking for a way out. One way is boxing. These kids dream of being world stars like Mike Tyson, amazing given the fact that during his reign Chairman Mao Tse-tung banned pugilism for being violent and decadent.
Like Up The Yangtze, China Heavyweight...
- 1/29/2012
- by Allan Tong
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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- 11/11/2011
- by Dan Schneider
- Alt Film Guide
A workshop on Crowd Funding for production and distribution of documentaries will be conducted in the 4th edition of Persistence Resistance film festival. The 2011 Persistence Resistance: Edge of Visual Narrative will be held from February 7-10, 2011 in India International Centre, New Delhi.
This workshop will be conducted on February 8 by Charlie Phillip, director of Markets at Sheffield Doc fest and Jamie King, director Vodo, an on-line distribution platform. Peter Wintonick, from Canada; award winning filmmaker and creator of several public access digital archives, will moderate the workshop.
The festival will screen more than 80 documentary films. Retrospectives of filmmakers Rahul Roy, Kim Longinotto and Arun Khopkar will be held in the festival.
There will be Special packages from Doc Alliance films brought by Dok Leipzig, Selection from London International Documentary Festival and Student films from Zelig School, Italy. The other highlight of the festival is selected films from South Korea curated...
This workshop will be conducted on February 8 by Charlie Phillip, director of Markets at Sheffield Doc fest and Jamie King, director Vodo, an on-line distribution platform. Peter Wintonick, from Canada; award winning filmmaker and creator of several public access digital archives, will moderate the workshop.
The festival will screen more than 80 documentary films. Retrospectives of filmmakers Rahul Roy, Kim Longinotto and Arun Khopkar will be held in the festival.
There will be Special packages from Doc Alliance films brought by Dok Leipzig, Selection from London International Documentary Festival and Student films from Zelig School, Italy. The other highlight of the festival is selected films from South Korea curated...
- 1/28/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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- 10/1/2010
- Indiewire
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- 5/6/2010
- Indiewire
Montreal, September 7, 2009 – Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce that nine Canadian feature films have been officially selected for the 14th edition of the Pusan International Film Festival, which takes place in Pusan, South Korea from October 8 to 19, 2009.
“Telefilm recognizes Pusan as a valuable venue for Canadian filmmakers to showcase their work to international audiences,” states Sheila de la Varende, Director, International & National Business Development. “Participation in Pusan supports our efforts to increase foreign sales, encourage co-production, and raise the profile of Canada’s industry on the international scene, all of which are critically important to building a sustainable, vibrant film industry in this country.”
In 14 years, Pusan has become one of Asia’s most important film festivals, to which a market component, the Asian Film Market, was added in 2006. Telefilm has been organizing screenings for Pusan’s selection committee and facilitating the selection of Canadian films...
“Telefilm recognizes Pusan as a valuable venue for Canadian filmmakers to showcase their work to international audiences,” states Sheila de la Varende, Director, International & National Business Development. “Participation in Pusan supports our efforts to increase foreign sales, encourage co-production, and raise the profile of Canada’s industry on the international scene, all of which are critically important to building a sustainable, vibrant film industry in this country.”
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- 9/9/2009
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
TORONTO -- Faced with the prospect of having to choose between warring Montreal film festivals, a group of Canadian filmmakers on Thursday came out in support of Claude Chamberlan's embattled Festival of New Cinema and New Media, now in its 33rd year. "Claude Chamberlan shouldn't be put in a position where he has to defend his wonderful festival nor should he need to fight to maintain its funding," John L'Ecuyer (Regenesis) said in an open letter. The letter of support from English-Canadian and bilingual directors, also signed by Bruce McDonald, Ryan Larkin, Peter Wintonick, John Pozer, Ron Mann, Manfred Becker and Jerry Ciccoritti, follows a March 3 open letter by French-language directors, led by Robert Lepage and Andre Forcier, urging support for Chamberlan and his event.
- 3/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Faced with the prospect of having to choose between warring Montreal film festivals, a group of Canadian filmmakers on Thursday came out in support of Claude Chamberlan's embattled Festival of New Cinema and New Media, now in its 33rd year. "Claude Chamberlan shouldn't be put in a position where he has to defend his wonderful festival nor should he need to fight to maintain its funding," John L'Ecuyer ("Regenesis") said in an open letter. The letter of support from English-Canadian and bilingual directors, also signed by Bruce McDonald, Ryan Larkin, Peter Wintonick, John Pozer, Ron Mann, Manfred Becker and Jerry Ciccoritti, follows a March 3 open letter by French-language directors, led by Robert Lepage and Andre Forcier, urging support for Chamberlan and his event. L'Ecuyer and his colleagues called attention to the New Montreal FilmFest's plans to unspool Oct. 12-23, virtually at the same time that the Festival of New Cinema and New Media will be running this year (Oct. 13-23).
- 3/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SYDNEY-- Documentary maker Peter Wintonick, trend monitor Olivier Levet, producer Peter Loehr and product placement specialist Howard Owens are among the speakers just added to the program for the Screen Producers Association of Australia conference, to be held Aug. 8-10 on Queensland's Gold Coast. Levet is head of international research at World Information Tracking in France, which provides broadcasters, producers and distributors with information on new programs and trends worldwide.
- 7/14/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on Wednesday selected a jury to judge 77 films during the April 23-May 2 event in Toronto. Set for jury duty were documentary filmmakers Jehane Noujaim (Startup.com), Frederick Wiseman (Titticut Follies), Jennifer Baichwal (The True Meaning of Pictures), Tracey Deer (One More River), John Kastner (Rage Against Darkness), Ali Kazimi (Passage to India), Peter Wintonick (Manufacturing Consent, Noam Chomsky and the Media) and Peter Lynch (Cyberman). Also named were Sundance Channel vp acquisitions Christian Vesper; Wolter Braamhorst, a commissioning editor for Dutch broadcaster AVRO, film producer Robin Cass, Toronto One executive director Karen King, Globe and Mail newspaper foreign editor John Stackhouse, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. head of documentary production Mark Starowicz and Sheffield International Documentary Festival director Brent Woods. The blue ribbon jury will choose prize winners in the categories of best Canadian short, best Canadian feature, best international short, best international feature and best film from the National Spotlight on the Netherlands.
- 3/25/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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