15 Documentary Features Continue in 2009 Oscar(R) Race

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 19, 2009 under Academy award, Documentary | Comments are off for this article

“Every Little Step” James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo

“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:

Read more of this article »

Oscilloscope Laboratories to Release “Burma VJ’ In The Spring

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on March 10, 2009 under Documentary, Theatrical Release | Comments are off for this article

burmavj
Image from ‘Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country’

Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Anders Østergaard’s documentary “Burma VJ,” which looks at the 2007 uprising in Myanmar through the cameras of the independent journalist group Democratic Voice of Burma.

Oscilloscope plans a theatrical release this spring, followed by a DVD release in 2010.

Burma VJ is currently doing the film festival circuit, with a win for the World Cinema Documentary Film Editing Award at the Sundance Film Festival  [via]