Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 25, 2009 under Academy award, Documentary | 
“The Beaches of Agnès”, a film by Agnès Varda, was recently announced as selection by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of for the short-list Documentary Feature category. If nominated, it will be the first Oscar nomination for filmmaker/legend Agnès Varda, who at 81, has been making films for the past 50 years. Distributed by Cinema Guild, “The Beaches of Agnès” has received rave press during its theatrical release, including a 96% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and it is the best reviewed documentary of the year, according to Metacritic.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 19, 2009 under Academy award, Documentary |
“Every Little Step” James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo
As award season heats up, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday announced the 15 films in the Documentary Feature category that will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Eighty-nine pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:
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Tags: Adam Del Deo, Agnès Varda, Anders Østergaard, Andrew Thompson, Andy Abrahams Wilson, Bill Guttentag, Burma VJ, Dan Sturman, Every Little Step, Facing Ali, Food Inc, Garbage Dreams, Greg Barker, James D. Stern, Judith Ehrlich, Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders, Louie Psihoyos, Lucy Bailey, Mai Iskander, Mark N. Hopkins, Matt Tyrnauer, Mugabe And The White African, Pete McCormack, Rebecca Cammisa, Rick Goldsmith, Robert Kenner, Sergio, Soundtrack for a Revolution, The Beaches of Agnes, The Cove, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Under Our Skin, Valentino: The Last Emperor, Which Way Home
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 14, 2009 under Awards, Documentary |
"Diary of a Times Square Thief" Directed & Written by Klaas Bense
The nominees for the International Documentary Association’s 2009 IDA Documentary Awards competition were announced this week. The winners will be announced December 4th at the Directors Guild in Los Angeles, in a ceremony hosted by This American Life’s Ira Glass.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 12, 2009 under Documentary, Foreign Film |
Norwegian freelance journalist Paal Refsdal, kidnapped a week ago in eastern Afghanistan was released Thursday along with his Afghan interpreter, the AP reported. Refsdal was in Afghanistan filming a documentary for a Norwegian production company with funding from the Norwegian Film Institute.
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Donal Mosher’s 'October Country'
The Cinema Eye Honors, which recognize excellence in artistic achievement in nonfiction filmmaking, announced the nominees for the 2010 event. Louie Psihoyos’ The Cove led the field with seven nominations, followed by Danish film Burma VJ, by director Anders Østergaard, and Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher’s debut feature October Country, each receiving five nominations.
The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking will be held at the Times Center in New York City on January 15, 2010.
And the nominees are:
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 8, 2009 under Documentary |
The trailer for rapper Lil’ Wayne documentary “The Carter” was released over the weekend.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 31, 2009 under Documentary |
The documentary film “Willie Francis Must Die Again” which tells the story of a 16-year-old Louisiana man who survived the state’s attempt to execute him in the electric chair in 1946, premieres next Tuesday on Louisiana Public Broadcasting.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 29, 2009 under Documentary |
William “Bill” Basch, a retired Los Angeles garment industry executive who was one of the Holocaust survivors whose stories were told in the Oscar-winning documentary “The Last Days,” has died. He was 82.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 20, 2009 under Documentary |
Justin hears the piano for the first time, played by his wife Davina in 'From Silence to Sound'
Brooklyn Girl Productions presents the New York City premiere of the award-winning documentary film From Silence to Sound at the New York International Film Festival on Friday, October 23, 2009.
From Silence to Sound is an inspiring film that tells the extraordinary story of Justin Garrett, a man who has been profoundly deaf since birth. On March 13, 2006, Justin made history as the first recipient of a bilateral cochlear implant in Oklahoma.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 16, 2009 under Documentary |
The documentary “Fuel,” an independent movie that explores America’s addiction to oil and extols alternative-energy sources, had its San Diego premiere tonight at the Ken Cinema. Fuel is last year’s Sundance Film Festival winner for Best Documentary.
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