TONI ERDMANN, Maren Ade’s German hilarious father-daughter dramedy, leads nominations for the 29th European Film Awards, with five nominations, including film, directing and screenplay
A Family Affair
145 Documentary Feature Submitted For 2016 Oscar Race
One hundred forty-five features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 89th Academy Awards.
12th Zurich Film Festival Awards, THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI Wins Golden Eyes
THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI by Juho Kuosmanen, MRS. B., A NORTH KOREAN WOMAN by Jero Yun and HIDDEN RESERVES by Valentin Hitz have been awarded the top prize – Golden Eyes at the 12th Zurich Film Festival.
15 Documentaries on Shortlist for EFA European Documentary 2016 Award
15 European documentaries have been shortlisted for a nomination for this year’s European Film Awards – European Documentary 2016.
AFI DOCS 2016 Lineup Revealed, Incl AUDRIE & DAISY; MISS SHARON JONES!
AFI DOCS 2016 taking place from June 22 to 26, 2016 will showcase 94 films representing 30 countries. Films include Robert Kenner’s COMMAND AND CONTROL, the world premiere of DOC & DARRYL directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio and MISS SHARON JONES! directed by Barbara Kopple.
Don Juan Wins Best Feature-Length Documentary Award at 28th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Jerzy Sladkowski’s Don Juan won the VPRO IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary and Ukrainian Sheriffs by Roman Bondarchuk won the IDFA Special Jury Award for Feature-Length Documentary at the 28th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam IDFA award ceremony. The prize for the best Dutch documentary went to Ester Gould for A Strange Love Affair with Ego. The festival’s opening film A Family Affair by Tom Fassaert was awarded the IDFA Special Jury Award for […]
Filmmakers Thomas Vroege and Tom Fassaert Win Awards at 2015 IDFA
The 2015 IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam just officially opened with the screening of A Family Affair directed by Tom Fassaert (pictured above) and presented awards to filmmakers Thomas Vroege and Tom Fassaert. The 2015 Dutch Cultural Media Fund Documentary Award of €125,000 went to Thomas Vroege to fund his film plan for Theater of the Crowd, and Tom Fassaert, director of A Family Affair, received The Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Documentary Award of €50,000. Theater of the […]
15 Documentary Films to Compete at 28th IDFA; Fest to Open with A FAMILY AFFAIR
15 films will compete in the feature-length documentary competition of the upcoming 28th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), which takes place in Amsterdam from November 18 to 29, 2015. The 28th IDFA opens on 18 November with A Family Affair by Dutch director Tom Fassaert. In A Family Affair, Fassaert explores the delicate history of his own family, which is marked by conflict. This personal journey takes him through four generations, and becomes complicated […]