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Louie Psihoyos, R.J. Cutler named to Tribeca Film Festival jury
The Tribeca Film Festival has enlisted award-winning filmmakers, actors and journalists to comprise the festival jury, including the directors of The Cove, The September Issue and The Tillman Story....
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Academy honors Hetherington with first posthumous invite
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended invitations to 10 documentary filmmakers to join the organization, including issuing its first posthumous invite, to Restrepo co-director...
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BEF: Scott Free and RSA reveal “Friday Night Fights,”“Regeneration”
At yesterday's Branded Entertainment Forum in New York City, presented by realscreen, Scott Free Productions' Mary Lisio and RSA Films' Tom Dunlap discussed their upcoming series for the new Elite TV...
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Full Frame to honor Jessica Yu, Amir Bar-Lev, Molly Thompson
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is to screen a retrospective of Jessica Yu's work and give A&E IndieFilm VP Molly Thompson its Advocate Award, while filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev will curate a...
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TIFF ’13: Weinstein, Howard to talk concert docs
This year's TIFF Mavericks program will feature Harvey Weinstein discussing the Hurricane Sandy concert doc 12.12.12. (pictured) and director Ron Howard discussing his doc about Jay Z's Made In America...
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Scorsese backs 50th anniversary Grateful Dead doc
Martin Scorsese (pictured) has signed on to exec produce a documentary on the Grateful Dead, to be directed by Amir Bar-Lev and marking the band's 50th anniversary.Read More
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“Helvetica” filmmaker launches VR firm
Gary Hustwit has launched Scenic, a virtual reality content studio that will fund and produce original VR documentary shorts and series made by an all-star collective of award-winning filmmakers.Read More
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Top documentarians join Democratic Super PAC
Led by filmmaker Lee Hirsch (pictured), the documentarians are developing a series of ads for battleground states plus traditional Republican strongholds ahead of the 2016 presidential election.Read More
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Extra: Sundance adds two; Armoza sells “Babushka”
Sundance adds two documentary premieres Documentary world premieres Bending the Arc and Long Strange Trip have been added to the 2017 edition of the Sundance Film Festival. Kief Davidson and Pedro...
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Amazon takes Amir Bar-Lev’s “Long Strange Trip”
Amazon Studios, the production arm of the e-commerce and digital content giant, has acquired Emmy-winning director Amir Bar-Lev‘s Long Strange Trip ahead of its Sundance premiere on Jan. 23. Executive...
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Mizrahi, Jakovleski make up True/False ’17 lineup
Documentaries from filmmakers Shevaun Mizrahi, Viktor Jakovleski and Jonathan Olshefski will bow at the 14th annual True/False Film Festival in March. The festival’s slate of films is expected to push...
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Amazon’s “Long Strange Trip” coming to theaters
Director Amir Bar-Lev‘s acclaimed documentary Long Strange Trip, about rock band the Grateful Dead, will be released in theaters on May 26 in New York and Los Angeles. After its release, the film...
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Coming Soon: “Mommy Dead and Dearest, “Long Strange Trip”
In this week’s round-up, new non-fiction specials and documentaries are slated to debut across Amazon, Bravo Media and HBO. Bravo Media will look into the posh society of Savannah, Georgia in ...Read More
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Extra: BBC sets Christmas slate; “Strong Island” wins at Gotham Awards
BBC gets festive this Christmas season British pubcaster BBC has unveiled a festive slate of programs for the coming Christmas season. Anchoring the slate across BBC1 is a Strictly Come Dancing...
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