It's a rare thing to see a town rise from the ground up, especially at the hands of a 22 year-old politician, as seen in Kevin Gordon's documentary "True Son." With infamously troubled Stockton, CA in danger of bankruptcy and ruin, Gordon tries to document both the attempted gentrification of the community while trying desperately to get inside the mind of the young man who might save it. Tell us about yourself. I'm not one of those filmmakers who was born with a camera in his hands. I came to film after college when I discovered the power of image and storytelling to shift culture. I was drawn to documentary specifically as an invitation to go places I normally wouldn't go and meet people I wouldn't otherwise meet. Along the way, I became seduced by its artistic potential and am excited by the current movement to push the boundaries of non-fiction cinema.
- 4/14/2014
- by Ziyad Saadi
- Indiewire
The 13th Tribeca Film Festival has announced its complete lineup for next month’s New York celebration, which runs April 16-27. Culled from more than 6,000 submissions, Tribeca 2014 includes 55 world premieres, 37 first-time filmmakers, and 22 female directors. Half the slate had been announced on Tuesday, with Spotlight, Midnight, and Storyscapes films unveiled today, as well as special screenings. “Spotlight and special screenings are an especially dynamic aspect of this year’s program, both in range of styles and stories,” said Genna Terranova, Tribeca’s director of programming. “Many films feature real-life personalities who’ve accomplished extraordinary feats, while in other films we...
- 3/6/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Tribeca Film Festival 2014 world premieres include Every Secret Thing, Miss Meadows and Zombeavers.
Spotlight features 31 films comprising 22 narratives and nine documentaries, of which 20 receive world premieres. The Midnight section will open with Preservation and includes the Efm buzz title Zombeavers.
Special Screenings include 6, a work-in-progress documentary by The Cove director Louie Psihoyos. The transmedia Storyscapes line-up returns for the second year. As previously announced, the festival will open on April 16 with the Nas documentary Time Is Illmatic and runs through April 27.
“Spotlight and Special screenings are an especially dynamic aspect of this year’s programme, both in range of styles and stories,” said director of programming Genna Terranova, “Many films feature real-life personalities who’ve accomplished extraordinary feats, while in other films we see personal relationships at pivotal moments of transition. We look forward to sharing these engaging stories with audiences.”
“Whether they made us laugh, squirm, or plain scared the heck out of us, each of the...
Spotlight features 31 films comprising 22 narratives and nine documentaries, of which 20 receive world premieres. The Midnight section will open with Preservation and includes the Efm buzz title Zombeavers.
Special Screenings include 6, a work-in-progress documentary by The Cove director Louie Psihoyos. The transmedia Storyscapes line-up returns for the second year. As previously announced, the festival will open on April 16 with the Nas documentary Time Is Illmatic and runs through April 27.
“Spotlight and Special screenings are an especially dynamic aspect of this year’s programme, both in range of styles and stories,” said director of programming Genna Terranova, “Many films feature real-life personalities who’ve accomplished extraordinary feats, while in other films we see personal relationships at pivotal moments of transition. We look forward to sharing these engaging stories with audiences.”
“Whether they made us laugh, squirm, or plain scared the heck out of us, each of the...
- 3/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Tribeca Film Festival 2014 world premieres include Every Secret Thing, Miss Meadows and Zombeavers.
Spotlight features 31 films comprising 22 narratives and nine documentaries, of which 20 receive world premieres. The Midnight section will open with Preservation and includes the Efm buzz title Zombeavers.
Special Screenings include 6, a work-in-progress documentary by The Cove director Louie Psihoyos. The transmedia Storyscapes line-up returns for the second year. As previously announced, the festival will open on April 16 with the Nas documentary Time Is Illmatic and runs through April 27.
“Spotlight and Special screenings are an especially dynamic aspect of this year’s programme, both in range of styles and stories,” said director of programming Genna Terranova, “Many films feature real-life personalities who’ve accomplished extraordinary feats, while in other films we see personal relationships at pivotal moments of transition. We look forward to sharing these engaging stories with audiences.”
“Whether they made us laugh, squirm, or plain scared the heck out of us, each of the...
Spotlight features 31 films comprising 22 narratives and nine documentaries, of which 20 receive world premieres. The Midnight section will open with Preservation and includes the Efm buzz title Zombeavers.
Special Screenings include 6, a work-in-progress documentary by The Cove director Louie Psihoyos. The transmedia Storyscapes line-up returns for the second year. As previously announced, the festival will open on April 16 with the Nas documentary Time Is Illmatic and runs through April 27.
“Spotlight and Special screenings are an especially dynamic aspect of this year’s programme, both in range of styles and stories,” said director of programming Genna Terranova, “Many films feature real-life personalities who’ve accomplished extraordinary feats, while in other films we see personal relationships at pivotal moments of transition. We look forward to sharing these engaging stories with audiences.”
“Whether they made us laugh, squirm, or plain scared the heck out of us, each of the...
- 3/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
2010 Student Academy Award winners: (front row, left to right) Kim Spurlock, Jennifer Bors, Lumbomir Kocka, Emily Hendricks, Rebekah Meredith, Tanel Toom, Andres Salaff, Ruth Fertig; (back row, left to right) Luke Matheny, Kevin Gordon, Varathit Uthaisri, Jeremy Casper, Maria Royo, Isaiah Powers No less than 523 entries from students representing 136 U.S. colleges and universities, in addition to 52 entries from 32 countries (mostly from Europe and the Americas), are in competition for the 2011 Student Academy Awards. An awards presentation ceremony, which will include screenings of the winning films, will be held on Saturday, June 11, at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Better late than never: For the first time since the Student Academy Awards were established in 1972, up to three films may be honored with medals and cash grants in the Foreign Student Film category, just like in the individual [...]...
- 4/18/2011
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Last week, the 2010 Student Academy Awards winners spent time with members of the American Society of Cinematographers. The Student Academy Awards ceremony took place at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Saturday, June 12. Presenters at the ceremony included Jeremy Renner, Henry Selick, and Penelope Spheeris. Seated (left to right): Asc members Jonathan Erland, Karl Walter Lindenlaub, Daryn Okada, Woody Omens, Michael Goi, Victor Kemper and Isidore Mankofsky. Standing (left to right): Student Academy Award winners and their cinematographers: Andres Salaff, Emily Henricks, Rebekah Meredith, Jeremy Casper, Ruth Fertig, Maria Royo, Varathit Uthaisri, Jun Oshimi, Bobby Webster, Luke Matheny, Rasto Trizma, Stuart Bury, Lubomir Kocka, Kevin Gordon, Jennifer Bors, Isaiah Powers, Tanel Toom and Kim Spurlock. Photo: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 6/15/2010
- by Zhea D.
- Alt Film Guide
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out medals to 13 students from 11 colleges and universities at its 27th annual Student Academy Awards Saturday night at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Gold medals were awarded to Varathit Uthaisri of New York's Parsons School of Design for "Surface: Film from Below" in the alternative category; Jennifer Bors of Florida's Ringling College of Art and Design for the animated film "Depature of Love"; Ruth Fertig of the University of Texas at Austin for the documentary "Yizkor (Remembrance)"; and Luke Matheny of New York University for the narrative film "God of Love."
The honorary foreign film winner, selected from 61 entries from 36 countries, was "The Confession," directed by Tanel Toom, from the National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, U.K.
Actor Jeremy Renner and directors Henry Selick and Penelope Spheeris took part in the ceremonies, which capped several days of industry-related...
Gold medals were awarded to Varathit Uthaisri of New York's Parsons School of Design for "Surface: Film from Below" in the alternative category; Jennifer Bors of Florida's Ringling College of Art and Design for the animated film "Depature of Love"; Ruth Fertig of the University of Texas at Austin for the documentary "Yizkor (Remembrance)"; and Luke Matheny of New York University for the narrative film "God of Love."
The honorary foreign film winner, selected from 61 entries from 36 countries, was "The Confession," directed by Tanel Toom, from the National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, U.K.
Actor Jeremy Renner and directors Henry Selick and Penelope Spheeris took part in the ceremonies, which capped several days of industry-related...
- 6/13/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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