All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 162
-
CommentBanana-gate
Fredrik Gertten was sued by Dole for his documentary Bananas!*. Now he’s back with a thriller-like documentary that reveals what happened after the lawsuit.
-
NewsBertha Foundation joins forces with Britdoc, launches two new funds
Two new funds worth £1.5 million, first new investment is Kirpalani’s We The People.
-
CommentBehind the red lights
Meet the Fokkens introduces the remarkable twin sisters who worked as Amsterdam prostitutes for 40 years.
-
NewsTop prize at Animated Dreams festival goes to The External World
First AnimaCampus welcomes 100 participants.
-
CommentTodd Solondz talks film school...and Charlie's Angels
Solondz talked about his career as he was being honoured at the American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland.
-
NewsSomewhere Tonight, Sing Your Song win at Wroclaw's American fest
Somewhere Tonight and Sing Your Song have won the audience awards at the second edition of the American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland.
-
NewsRotterdam unveils first 2012 Tiger Competition titles
All five films are debut features, including first 3D film in Tiger selection.
-
CommentAmerican invasion
The strange sensation of being inundated with American indies in the heart of Europe.
-
NewsTaskovski Film adds Daughter, Mustafa's Sweet Dreams
London-based sales company Taskovski Films has added two more titles to its slate during IDFA.
-
NewsIDFA PLAY music doc award goes to Last Days Here
The first IDFA PLAY award for best music documentary has been awarded to Last Days Here by Don Argott and Demian Fenton.
-
NewsIDFA becomes strategic partner of GE, Cinelan's Focus Forward
New filmmakers joining the short doc initiative include Urbanized director Gary Hustwit [pictured].
-
NewsNot Waving wins $60,000 post-production award at Wroclaw's first Gotham In Progress
American filmmakers screened 11 projects to European sales companies and distributors, at the first edition of the event running alongside Wroclaw’s American Film Festival.
-
NewsTaskovski reveals cross-media slate including Tesla doc
Company also boards sales for Little Heaven and Work Hard - Play Hard.
-
NewsFirst Run takes on US rights to Pink Ribbons Inc., Surviving Progress
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has sold US distribution rights to First Run Features for two of its documentaries, both of which screened in Toronto and are now in competition this week at IDFA.
-
FeaturesGotham In Progress organisers
This year marks the first Gotham In Progress, a new industry initiative of New York and Paris-based Black Rabbit Films and New Horizons Association (which runs the New Horizons International Film Festival and the American Film Festival).The initiative is a showcase for US indies that are in the final stages ...
-
FeaturesMads Brugger, director of The Ambassador
Danish journalist/filmmaker Brugger goes undercover with a diplomatic passport to expose corruption in the Central African Republic.
-
NewsFast Girls adds supporting cast, starts shooting Monday
Regan Hall [pictured] directs the sports drama.
-
NewsFortissimo takes on IDFA competitor El Gusto
Fortissimo Films has taken on international rights outside of France to Safinez Bousbia’s documentary El Gusto, which screens this week in Competition at IDFA.
-
NewsExperts convene in Brisbane to discuss creating new lab for Asia Pacific
A thinktank will convene on Saturday in Brisbane to discuss the possibility of creating an Asia Pacific Screen Laboratory.
-
NewsSally Caplan named MD of Entertainment One's international division
Caplan to be based in London; Charlotte Mickie will remain in Toronto.