Exclusive: The wild story of crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried and the 32B meltdown of Ftx is drawing considerable interest from Hollywood.
Michael Lewis is writing a book that has the likes of Amazon, Netflix, David Fincher, Josh Gad and David Heyman circling, while Scott Burns and Jonathan Glickman’s Panoramic are looking at a potential project with The New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin.
Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning writer behind Benedict Cumberbatch film The Imitation Game, has also thrown his hat in the ring.
Moore is set to write and direct an adaptation of New York Magazine’s deep dive into the subject.
The magazine cover story, which looks at Bankman-Fried’s rise from an honest crypto guy ready to spend his fortune to save the world, to Ftx’s fall into Chapter 11 with him having to sell his property in the Bahamas.
Scoop Wasserstein will produce on behalf of...
Michael Lewis is writing a book that has the likes of Amazon, Netflix, David Fincher, Josh Gad and David Heyman circling, while Scott Burns and Jonathan Glickman’s Panoramic are looking at a potential project with The New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin.
Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning writer behind Benedict Cumberbatch film The Imitation Game, has also thrown his hat in the ring.
Moore is set to write and direct an adaptation of New York Magazine’s deep dive into the subject.
The magazine cover story, which looks at Bankman-Fried’s rise from an honest crypto guy ready to spend his fortune to save the world, to Ftx’s fall into Chapter 11 with him having to sell his property in the Bahamas.
Scoop Wasserstein will produce on behalf of...
- 11/22/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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The blowup of crypto exchange Ftx and the fall from grace of its founder Sam Bankman-Fried (also known as Sbf) is going to be the subject of a new documentary feature in the works from Vice Media and the tech business publication The Information.
The doc, Sbf and the End of Silicon Valley, will be delivered in Q2 2023 and will feature reporting from The Information‘s crypto and venture capital teams, and Vice’s Motherboard team. Ftx’s inexperienced leadership, the role of VCs and Bankman-Fried’s obsession with “effective altruism” will all be dissected in the doc.
Vice Distribution will sell the project in all territories.
The project is the first documentary effort for The Information, which was founded by veteran business journalist Jessica Lessin in 2013.
“There are so many people involved in this story who should have known better, and did know better,...
The blowup of crypto exchange Ftx and the fall from grace of its founder Sam Bankman-Fried (also known as Sbf) is going to be the subject of a new documentary feature in the works from Vice Media and the tech business publication The Information.
The doc, Sbf and the End of Silicon Valley, will be delivered in Q2 2023 and will feature reporting from The Information‘s crypto and venture capital teams, and Vice’s Motherboard team. Ftx’s inexperienced leadership, the role of VCs and Bankman-Fried’s obsession with “effective altruism” will all be dissected in the doc.
Vice Distribution will sell the project in all territories.
The project is the first documentary effort for The Information, which was founded by veteran business journalist Jessica Lessin in 2013.
“There are so many people involved in this story who should have known better, and did know better,...
- 11/17/2022
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The implosion of cryptocurrency platform Ftx and its increasingly infamous founder Sam Bankman-Fried is the subject of a new documentary from premium nonfiction studio Xtr.
The company behind docs including “They Call Me Magic,” “Meet Me in the Bathroom” and the Emmy and Peabody award-winning “76 Days” is already in production on the untitled Ftx feature. Oscar nominee and Emmy winner David Darg is directing and presently on the ground in the Bahamas, where Ftx is headquartered and where Bankman-Fried is currently being questioned by securities officials.
The project touts “unprecedented access to key players at Ftx and the cryptocurrency community.” The doc “will explore the corporate drama that upended markets, sparked government investigations and sent shock waves through an industry still battling to gain mainstream credibility,” the filmmakers told Variety.
The international scandal has riveted the entertainment and media sector over the past month, since Ftx’s liquidity was called into question.
The company behind docs including “They Call Me Magic,” “Meet Me in the Bathroom” and the Emmy and Peabody award-winning “76 Days” is already in production on the untitled Ftx feature. Oscar nominee and Emmy winner David Darg is directing and presently on the ground in the Bahamas, where Ftx is headquartered and where Bankman-Fried is currently being questioned by securities officials.
The project touts “unprecedented access to key players at Ftx and the cryptocurrency community.” The doc “will explore the corporate drama that upended markets, sparked government investigations and sent shock waves through an industry still battling to gain mainstream credibility,” the filmmakers told Variety.
The international scandal has riveted the entertainment and media sector over the past month, since Ftx’s liquidity was called into question.
- 11/17/2022
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Tom Stourton co-wrote the screenplay and stars.
Boutique label Super Ltd has acquired North American rights to Andrew Gaynord’s UK feature directorial debut and Tribeca selection All My Friends Hate Me.
The film received its world premiere in the international narrative competition and centres on a college reunion that turns sour when Pete suspects his friends may be out to get him.
Tom Palmer and Tom Stourton co-wrote the screenplay, and Palmer produced. Stourton stars alongside Charly Clive, Georgina Campbell, Joshua Mcguire, and Antonia Clarke.
Mason Speta negotiated the deal for Super Ltd with Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers.
Boutique label Super Ltd has acquired North American rights to Andrew Gaynord’s UK feature directorial debut and Tribeca selection All My Friends Hate Me.
The film received its world premiere in the international narrative competition and centres on a college reunion that turns sour when Pete suspects his friends may be out to get him.
Tom Palmer and Tom Stourton co-wrote the screenplay, and Palmer produced. Stourton stars alongside Charly Clive, Georgina Campbell, Joshua Mcguire, and Antonia Clarke.
Mason Speta negotiated the deal for Super Ltd with Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 7/30/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Academy has released a list of 366 feature films in contention for the upcoming 93rd Oscars. The number of eligible movies is up from the 344 submitted in 2019, although it’s not an AMPAS record. This is the highest total since the 1970 awards, which had 374 eligible entries.
All the expected awards contenders are among the “reminder list of productions eligible for the 93rd Academy Awards,” which include Florian Zeller’s “The Father,” Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah,” Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari,” Paul Greengrass’ “News of the World,” Regina King’s “One Night in Miami,” Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” Pete Docter and Kemp Powers’ “Soul,” and Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”
Some of the more unconventional contenders are also on the list, including Robert Downey Jr.’s family pic “Dolittle,” the horror film “The Empty Man” from David Pryor,...
All the expected awards contenders are among the “reminder list of productions eligible for the 93rd Academy Awards,” which include Florian Zeller’s “The Father,” Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah,” Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari,” Paul Greengrass’ “News of the World,” Regina King’s “One Night in Miami,” Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” Pete Docter and Kemp Powers’ “Soul,” and Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”
Some of the more unconventional contenders are also on the list, including Robert Downey Jr.’s family pic “Dolittle,” the horror film “The Empty Man” from David Pryor,...
- 2/25/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Autlook handles international sales.
All Light, Everywhere, the Sundance award-winning selection that premiered last month, has landed a North American deal with Neon’s boutique division and incubator Super Ltd.
Theo Anthony’s film debuted in U.S. Documentary Competition and won a special jury prize for non-fiction experimentation.
It explores of the shared histories of cameras, weapons, policing and justice and questions the objectivity of point of view amid an explosion in surveillance technology.
All Light, Everywhere is a Memory production in association with Sandbox Films. Riel Roch-Decter and Sebastian Pardo produced for Memory, alongside Jonna McKone. Executive producers...
All Light, Everywhere, the Sundance award-winning selection that premiered last month, has landed a North American deal with Neon’s boutique division and incubator Super Ltd.
Theo Anthony’s film debuted in U.S. Documentary Competition and won a special jury prize for non-fiction experimentation.
It explores of the shared histories of cameras, weapons, policing and justice and questions the objectivity of point of view amid an explosion in surveillance technology.
All Light, Everywhere is a Memory production in association with Sandbox Films. Riel Roch-Decter and Sebastian Pardo produced for Memory, alongside Jonna McKone. Executive producers...
- 2/17/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Are non-fiction films easier to finance and produce in 2020?
Some of the buzziest projects in production in the UK right now are non-fiction: Altitude’s untitled Princess Diana documentary, directed by Ed Perkins and produced by Lightbox, the team behind Man On Wire; Embankment’s untitled Queen Elizabeth documentary directed by Roger Michell; and a new Alex Ferguson documentary produced by DNA’s Andrew Macdonald and Ventureland’s John Battsek, which will aim for a theatrical release in 2021.
More and more companies are embracing non-fiction work during the pandemic.
“Some of the best films we’ve seen in recent months have been documentaries.
Some of the buzziest projects in production in the UK right now are non-fiction: Altitude’s untitled Princess Diana documentary, directed by Ed Perkins and produced by Lightbox, the team behind Man On Wire; Embankment’s untitled Queen Elizabeth documentary directed by Roger Michell; and a new Alex Ferguson documentary produced by DNA’s Andrew Macdonald and Ventureland’s John Battsek, which will aim for a theatrical release in 2021.
More and more companies are embracing non-fiction work during the pandemic.
“Some of the best films we’ve seen in recent months have been documentaries.
- 11/19/2020
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: You Cannot Kill David Arquette, the SXSW doc chronicling actor Arquette’s extraordinary life and return to professional wrestling, has been picked up for UK distribution by Blue Finch Films.
The company has also acquired the project’s international sales rights ahead of the AFM. The deal sees Blue Finch expand into the sales arena for the first time, a move that will see it specialize in documentaries.
Neon’s boutique label Super Ltd previously took the doc’s North American rights.
Branded as the most hated man in wrestling after winning a highly controversial WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 2000, Arquette’s attempt to return to the sport stalled his Hollywood career.
Christina McLarty Arquette, Bryn Mooser, David Darg, Ross Levine, and Stacey Souther produced the Xtr and One Last Run film. Exec producers include Franklin and Gabby McLarty, Justin Lacob, and Kathryn Everett. Darg and Price James directed.
The company has also acquired the project’s international sales rights ahead of the AFM. The deal sees Blue Finch expand into the sales arena for the first time, a move that will see it specialize in documentaries.
Neon’s boutique label Super Ltd previously took the doc’s North American rights.
Branded as the most hated man in wrestling after winning a highly controversial WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 2000, Arquette’s attempt to return to the sport stalled his Hollywood career.
Christina McLarty Arquette, Bryn Mooser, David Darg, Ross Levine, and Stacey Souther produced the Xtr and One Last Run film. Exec producers include Franklin and Gabby McLarty, Justin Lacob, and Kathryn Everett. Darg and Price James directed.
- 10/7/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Features: David Arquette, Patricia Arquette, Courteney Cox | Directed by David Darg, Price James
“If you’re part of the joke, it’s not as painful as being the joke” – David Arquette.
I was always a guy who didn’t quite understand the hate that David Arquette received when he became the WCW World Champion back in 2000. He didn’t book the win, he wasn’t writing the shows, he got paid to do a job with a company, and he did that job. I never hated him for that. It was perhaps a weird booking decision, sure… but wrestling is weird. Wrestling is silly. The hatred was always unnecessary.
You Cannot Kill David Arquette is a documentary that takes a look at the life, career and passions of the man himself. It focuses mainly on his personal wish to redeem himself by learning how to wrestle and become part of the wrestling business,...
“If you’re part of the joke, it’s not as painful as being the joke” – David Arquette.
I was always a guy who didn’t quite understand the hate that David Arquette received when he became the WCW World Champion back in 2000. He didn’t book the win, he wasn’t writing the shows, he got paid to do a job with a company, and he did that job. I never hated him for that. It was perhaps a weird booking decision, sure… but wrestling is weird. Wrestling is silly. The hatred was always unnecessary.
You Cannot Kill David Arquette is a documentary that takes a look at the life, career and passions of the man himself. It focuses mainly on his personal wish to redeem himself by learning how to wrestle and become part of the wrestling business,...
- 9/24/2020
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Features: David Arquette, Patricia Arquette, Courteney Cox | Directed by David Darg, Price James
If you had of told me a week ago that a documentary about Deputy Dewey from the Scream movies was something I needed in my life right now, I would of called you a damn fool. I you had told me that a documentary about that actor who tried to be a wrestler for five minutes would take me on a rollercoaster of emotions – and I mean the full spectrum of human feeling: the highs, the lows and everything in between – well again I would of scoffed at you.
However I am somewhat of a wrestling fan… I am somewhat of a David Arquette fan… Also at the best of times if there is one thing us Brits cant get enough of is a bloody good redemption story and at our worst we love good car crash...
If you had of told me a week ago that a documentary about Deputy Dewey from the Scream movies was something I needed in my life right now, I would of called you a damn fool. I you had told me that a documentary about that actor who tried to be a wrestler for five minutes would take me on a rollercoaster of emotions – and I mean the full spectrum of human feeling: the highs, the lows and everything in between – well again I would of scoffed at you.
However I am somewhat of a wrestling fan… I am somewhat of a David Arquette fan… Also at the best of times if there is one thing us Brits cant get enough of is a bloody good redemption story and at our worst we love good car crash...
- 9/2/2020
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
You Cannot Kill David Arquette Deliver’s A Body Slam From The Heart An Interview With The Director’s
Back in 2000, David Arquette actor turned wrestler turned out to be the biggest heal in the hearts of wrestling fans when he won the World Heavyweight Championship in WCW. Arquette pinned Eric Bischoff in what many fans considered one of the dyer moments of the already dying wrestling promotion that was WCW. You Cannot Kill David Arquette is a film directed by David Darg and Price James that takes a look at Arquette and the ups and downs that the actor has faced since the day’s Arquette became a heel in the eyes of wrestling fan’s and the jokester of Hollywood. The film is funny, and entertaining, and I dear say heartfelt in Arquette’s persistence to get back in the ring and be taken seriously as a professional wrestler. We had the awesome opportunity to interview the directors of the film and get an insight into the film.
- 8/28/2020
- by Stephen Nepa
- Age of the Nerd
Directors David Darg and Price James were brought on to document David Arquette's return to the wrestling ring in You Cannot Kill David Arquette, but they wanted to focus on his emotional journey as he was in a dark place when they met him. The filmmakers discuss the negative reaction he received from fans and wrestlers, and how training with Mexican luchadores turned his wrestling career around. ...
- 8/28/2020
- by luperhaas@cinemovie.tv (Lupe R Haas)
- CineMovie
Can you trust a documentary that’s set in the world of professional wrestling, where the action is scripted and the storylines are phony?
Can you believe what you see in a nonfiction film about an actor who has always to some degree approached his career like an extended piece of performance art?
And if you don’t trust it and you can’t believe it, can you still be entertained and maybe even touched by “You Cannot Kill David Arquette?”
I’d say the answers to those questions are no, no and hell, yeah.
Also Read: 'You Cannot Kill David Arquette' Documentary About Actor's Return to Wrestling in the Works
A documentary that sends up more red flags than a Maga rally, “You Cannot Kill David Arquette” is nonetheless a robust (albeit bloody) piece of entertainment. And it’s also a character study of a guy who...
Can you believe what you see in a nonfiction film about an actor who has always to some degree approached his career like an extended piece of performance art?
And if you don’t trust it and you can’t believe it, can you still be entertained and maybe even touched by “You Cannot Kill David Arquette?”
I’d say the answers to those questions are no, no and hell, yeah.
Also Read: 'You Cannot Kill David Arquette' Documentary About Actor's Return to Wrestling in the Works
A documentary that sends up more red flags than a Maga rally, “You Cannot Kill David Arquette” is nonetheless a robust (albeit bloody) piece of entertainment. And it’s also a character study of a guy who...
- 8/26/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Actor David Arquette — who once posed on the cover of Vanity Fair alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, and the rest of 1996’s hottest leading men before the “Scream” franchise left him typecast as a terminal doofus — is just kind of sick of being a joke. “I’m just kind of sick of being a joke,” the now-48-year-old laments at one point in his new documentary while dressed in nothing but a rhinestone cape and vaping on the back of a pony in his backyard. It’s a funny moment in a movie full of good-natured howlers, but Arquette isn’t kidding. On the contrary, he’s willing to die for a little respect. And he just might have to in order to earn the kind of respect he’s looking for.
It all started when Arquette partnered with World Championship Wrestling to promote his goofy 2000 comedy “Ready to Rumble.
It all started when Arquette partnered with World Championship Wrestling to promote his goofy 2000 comedy “Ready to Rumble.
- 8/25/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
David Arquette is known for a few things. He’s best recognized as Deputy Dewey Riley in the Scream franchise of films, of course. However, he’s also famous, or perhaps infamous, for being an actor who cameoed for a time in World Championship Wrestling (better known as WCW). Not only did he get in the ring, but a storyline had him win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, something that wrestling fans hated with a vicious passion. Not only did this halt whatever wrestling career the passionate fan of the sport had, it torpedoed his ascent in Hollywood, as well. The new documentary You Cannot Kill David Arquette not just tackles this bit of his history, but his recent decision to try and wrestle again, all in an effort to get some measure of respect. If it sounds silly, it’s actually surprisingly empathetic and emotional. The movie is a documentary about,...
- 8/25/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
In 2000, David Arquette, coming off “Never Been Kissed” and the third “Scream” film, co-starred in a comedy called “Ready to Rumble,” which attempted to satirize the hyperbolic freak show of professional wrestling. To promote the movie, Arquette got woven into World Championship Wrestling storylines, mostly as a comic foil — after all, he wasn’t a real wrestler. But a few weeks into the film’s release, in a setup bogus enough to shame Andy Kaufman, it was arranged that Arquette would win a fight to become the WCW Heavyweight Champion. Which he did (his reign lasted all of 12 days).
This was a stunt so outlandish that wrestling fans considered it a bridge of fakery too far. Some said that Arquette’s championship had ruined the sport. So even though Arquette, a wrestling aficionado from way back, was just riding the cross-promotional PR train and doing what he’d been told,...
This was a stunt so outlandish that wrestling fans considered it a bridge of fakery too far. Some said that Arquette’s championship had ruined the sport. So even though Arquette, a wrestling aficionado from way back, was just riding the cross-promotional PR train and doing what he’d been told,...
- 8/25/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Before I start this review, I feel like I should go ahead and just admit a few things. One, I am a ridiculously huge fan of David Arquette and his work, which includes his performances in the Scream series to Ready to Rumble to his directorial effort on The Tripper and everything in between. And two, I’m one of the few people out there who was actually excited when he was working in WCW. With that in mind, I was already totally and completely on board for You Cannot Kill David Arquette before I even saw a single minute of footage. But now that I have had the opportunity to check out this all-encompassing project from directors David Darg and Price James, You Cannot Kill David Arquette quickly has become not only my favorite documentary of 2020, but one of my favorite films, regardless of category, of the year as well.
- 8/24/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
For everyone that is walking around in life thinking they could kill David Arquette, I have some disappointing news for you: think again. While the intentionally provocative title of a new documentary featuring the actor isn’t quite literal, it does capture his unstoppable journey of perseverance and redemption.
You Cannot Kill David Arquette, shot over three years by directors David Darg and Price James, explores Arquette’s comeback in professional wrestling after getting flack for winning the World Championship Wrestling grand prize in 2000 around the time he made Ready to Rumble. Looking like a documentary take on The Wrestler judging from the first trailer, the film was an SXSW 2020 selection and will now arrive at the end of the month.
See the trailer and poster below.
Branded as the most hated man in wrestling after winning a highly controversial WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 2000, actor David Arquette attempts a...
You Cannot Kill David Arquette, shot over three years by directors David Darg and Price James, explores Arquette’s comeback in professional wrestling after getting flack for winning the World Championship Wrestling grand prize in 2000 around the time he made Ready to Rumble. Looking like a documentary take on The Wrestler judging from the first trailer, the film was an SXSW 2020 selection and will now arrive at the end of the month.
See the trailer and poster below.
Branded as the most hated man in wrestling after winning a highly controversial WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 2000, actor David Arquette attempts a...
- 8/11/2020
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
“You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” the upcoming SXSW-selected documentary about the wrestler and actor, has dropped its official trailer and set a release date.
Here’s the documentary’s synopsis:
Branded as the most hated man in wrestling after winning a highly controversial WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 2000, actor David Arquette attempts a rocky return to the sport that stalled his promising Hollywood career. Dangerously determined to redeem his reputation and reclaim his self-respect, Arquette will stop at nothing to earn his place in professional wrestling.
The documentary’s trailer promises a candid and inside look at Arquette’s career arc and efforts to return to wrestling, as well as a handful of laugh-out-loud moments. “You Cannot Kill David Arquette” will premiere August 28 via digital release and on-demand. The documentary will also open in drive-in theaters August 21.
“You Cannot Kill David Arquette” was directed by David Darg and Price James over a three-year period.
Here’s the documentary’s synopsis:
Branded as the most hated man in wrestling after winning a highly controversial WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 2000, actor David Arquette attempts a rocky return to the sport that stalled his promising Hollywood career. Dangerously determined to redeem his reputation and reclaim his self-respect, Arquette will stop at nothing to earn his place in professional wrestling.
The documentary’s trailer promises a candid and inside look at Arquette’s career arc and efforts to return to wrestling, as well as a handful of laugh-out-loud moments. “You Cannot Kill David Arquette” will premiere August 28 via digital release and on-demand. The documentary will also open in drive-in theaters August 21.
“You Cannot Kill David Arquette” was directed by David Darg and Price James over a three-year period.
- 8/11/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
"I'm just kinda sick of being a joke." SuperLTD has released an official trailer for a documentary titled You Cannot Kill David Arquette, which is about exactly what it sounds like it's about. Branded as the most hated man in wrestling after winning the highly controversial World Heavyweight Championship in 2000, actor David Arquette attempts a rocky return to the sport that stalled his promising Hollywood career. Dangerously determined to redeem his reputation and reclaim his self-respect, Arquette will stop at nothing to earn his place in professional wrestling. This was set to premiere at the SXSW Film Festival earlier this year, and it will also play at the Fantasia Film Festival this summer before it hits VOD later this month. "An unexpectedly emotional and heartfelt documentary directed by David Darg and Price James, this is a truly outrageous portrait of a dangerously determined former A-lister." This is a fantastic trailer!
- 8/10/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Well, this looks like a hoot. David Darg and Price James' documentary You Cannot Kill David Arquette was meant to have its world premiere at SXSW. When that didn't happen the actor held a spontanious premiere in his living room. The doc following the 48-year-old’s quest to be taken seriously as a professional wrestler was just announced in the final wave of the Fantasia Film Festival here in Canada. This trailer should help sell a few more tickets for that virtual screening on August 24th. Branded as the most hated man in wrestling after winning a highly controversial WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 2000, actor David Arquette attempts a rocky return to the sport that stalled his promising Hollywood career. Dangerously determined...
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- 8/10/2020
- Screen Anarchy
The Canadian virtual festival will include more than 100 features and 200 shorts.
Canada’s Fantasia Film Festival has announced a third and final wave of feature films, as well as details of its panels, talks, tributes and special events.
This year’s virtual edition of the Montreal-based festival, running from August 20 to September 2, will include more than 100 features and more than 200 shorts.
Among the latest titles added to the line-up are Vincent Paronnaud’s Hunted, getting its world premiere, Jorge Michel Grau’s Perdida, getting its international premiere, and Kiel McNaughton’s Indigenous action-comedy The Legend Of Baron To’A, which will be the closing night film.
Canada’s Fantasia Film Festival has announced a third and final wave of feature films, as well as details of its panels, talks, tributes and special events.
This year’s virtual edition of the Montreal-based festival, running from August 20 to September 2, will include more than 100 features and more than 200 shorts.
Among the latest titles added to the line-up are Vincent Paronnaud’s Hunted, getting its world premiere, Jorge Michel Grau’s Perdida, getting its international premiere, and Kiel McNaughton’s Indigenous action-comedy The Legend Of Baron To’A, which will be the closing night film.
- 8/6/2020
- by 31¦John Hazelton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival, which runs August 20-September 2 and is being held digitally this year due to the pandemic, has unveiled its final lineup.
The fest has also announced that revered genre filmmaker John Carpenter will be the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award and will host an online masterclass as part of its virtual events.
New pics selected include Kiel McNaughton’s Indigenous action-comedy The Legend Of Baron To’a, which closes the fest, the world premiere of Persepolis co-director Vincent Paronnaud’s Hunted, Johnnie To’s Chasing Dream, and Finn Wolfhard’s directorial debut short Night Shifts.
Further events will include talks with Mike Flanagan and Mick Garris, Simon Barrett, and Dennison Ramalho with José Mojica Marins aka Coffin Joe.
As reported previously, this year’s fest will open with Neil Marshall’s horror The Reckoning. The online screenings, which will run via Festival Scope and Shift72’s virtual screening platform,...
The fest has also announced that revered genre filmmaker John Carpenter will be the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award and will host an online masterclass as part of its virtual events.
New pics selected include Kiel McNaughton’s Indigenous action-comedy The Legend Of Baron To’a, which closes the fest, the world premiere of Persepolis co-director Vincent Paronnaud’s Hunted, Johnnie To’s Chasing Dream, and Finn Wolfhard’s directorial debut short Night Shifts.
Further events will include talks with Mike Flanagan and Mick Garris, Simon Barrett, and Dennison Ramalho with José Mojica Marins aka Coffin Joe.
As reported previously, this year’s fest will open with Neil Marshall’s horror The Reckoning. The online screenings, which will run via Festival Scope and Shift72’s virtual screening platform,...
- 8/6/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, the documentary “You Cannot Kill David Arquette” and the thriller “Broil” find homes and AFI unveils winners of its Writers’ Room Ready Awards.
Acquisitions
Super Ltd, Neon’s boutique division, has acquired North American rights to David Darg and Price James’ documentary, “You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” which is an official selection of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival.
Filmed over three years chronicling the journey through Arquette’s life and stint in wrestling, the film had its debut in early March at Arquette’s California home 24 hours after hearing about the SXSW cancellation, surrounded by friends, family and a homemade wrestling ring.
Arquette starred as a wrestling-obsessed fan in the 2000 movie “Ready to Rumble” and was crowned world champion as a marketing stunt, making him the most hated man in professional wrestling as a result. In “You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” Arquette seeks redemption by...
Acquisitions
Super Ltd, Neon’s boutique division, has acquired North American rights to David Darg and Price James’ documentary, “You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” which is an official selection of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival.
Filmed over three years chronicling the journey through Arquette’s life and stint in wrestling, the film had its debut in early March at Arquette’s California home 24 hours after hearing about the SXSW cancellation, surrounded by friends, family and a homemade wrestling ring.
Arquette starred as a wrestling-obsessed fan in the 2000 movie “Ready to Rumble” and was crowned world champion as a marketing stunt, making him the most hated man in professional wrestling as a result. In “You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” Arquette seeks redemption by...
- 5/2/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Documentary premiered in Arquette’s California home 24 hours after festival cancellation.
Neon boutique division and incubator Super Ltd has picked up North American rights from Cinetic to the documentary You Cannot Kill David Arquette in what the distributor claimed was the first documentary acquisition out of the cancelled SXSW Film Festival.
David Darg and Price James directed the film, which shot over three years and chronicles the actor’s life in pro wrestling as he makes a bid at redemption following years of notoriety in the ring, and family and addiction troubles.
You Cannot Kill David Arquette includes interviews with sisters Patricia and Rosanna Arquette,...
Neon boutique division and incubator Super Ltd has picked up North American rights from Cinetic to the documentary You Cannot Kill David Arquette in what the distributor claimed was the first documentary acquisition out of the cancelled SXSW Film Festival.
David Darg and Price James directed the film, which shot over three years and chronicles the actor’s life in pro wrestling as he makes a bid at redemption following years of notoriety in the ring, and family and addiction troubles.
You Cannot Kill David Arquette includes interviews with sisters Patricia and Rosanna Arquette,...
- 5/1/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Super Ltd, the boutique division and incubator from Neon, has secured the North American distribution right to You Cannot Kill David Arquette, the SXSW-selected documentary that details the journey through Arquette’s life and wrestling.
David Darg and Price James directed the doc, which was filmed over a three-year period. Following his infamous championship run as part of a marketing stunt for the film Ready to Rumble, Arquette is widely known as the most hated man in pro-wrestling worldwide. Nearly 20 years after he “won” the initial title, through ups and downs in his career, with his family, and with his struggles with addiction, Arquette seeks redemption by returning to the ring for real this time.
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David Darg and Price James directed the doc, which was filmed over a three-year period. Following his infamous championship run as part of a marketing stunt for the film Ready to Rumble, Arquette is widely known as the most hated man in pro-wrestling worldwide. Nearly 20 years after he “won” the initial title, through ups and downs in his career, with his family, and with his struggles with addiction, Arquette seeks redemption by returning to the ring for real this time.
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- 5/1/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Super Ltd, the boutique division of the distributor Neon, has acquired the North American rights to “You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” a documentary that follows the actor’s stint as a pro wrestler, it was announced Friday.
David Darg and Price James directed the film that was a selection of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. Within 24 hours of the festival being canceled in early March, Arquette actually hosted the premiere of the film in his California home surrounded by friends, family and a homemade wrestling ring.
Release plans for “You Cannot Kill David Arquette” will be announced at a later date.
Also Read: David Arquette Left Bloodied in Violent Wrestling Match (Video)
The directors followed Arquette over three years as he aimed to redeem himself as a pro-wrestler after initially becoming the most hated man in wrestling when he “won” a title as part of a marketing stunt for his film “Ready to Rumble.
David Darg and Price James directed the film that was a selection of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. Within 24 hours of the festival being canceled in early March, Arquette actually hosted the premiere of the film in his California home surrounded by friends, family and a homemade wrestling ring.
Release plans for “You Cannot Kill David Arquette” will be announced at a later date.
Also Read: David Arquette Left Bloodied in Violent Wrestling Match (Video)
The directors followed Arquette over three years as he aimed to redeem himself as a pro-wrestler after initially becoming the most hated man in wrestling when he “won” a title as part of a marketing stunt for his film “Ready to Rumble.
- 5/1/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The once SXSW-bound feature doc You Cannot Kill David Arquette has landed at Super Ltd, Neon's boutique distribution division.
The doc, which filmed for three years, is co-directed by Oscar nominee David Darg and Price James.
The feature comes two decades after Arquette starred as a wrestling-obsessed fan in Ready to Rumble, which was promoted through World Championship Wrestling's network. During promotion, Arquette was crowned world champion as a marketing stunt, making him the most hated man in professional wrestling as a result. You Cannot Kill David Arquette witnesses David setting out to clear his name, competing in 19 ...
The doc, which filmed for three years, is co-directed by Oscar nominee David Darg and Price James.
The feature comes two decades after Arquette starred as a wrestling-obsessed fan in Ready to Rumble, which was promoted through World Championship Wrestling's network. During promotion, Arquette was crowned world champion as a marketing stunt, making him the most hated man in professional wrestling as a result. You Cannot Kill David Arquette witnesses David setting out to clear his name, competing in 19 ...
The once SXSW-bound feature doc You Cannot Kill David Arquette has landed at Super Ltd, Neon's boutique distribution division.
The doc, which filmed for three years, is co-directed by Oscar nominee David Darg and Price James.
The feature comes two decades after Arquette starred as a wrestling-obsessed fan in Ready to Rumble, which was promoted through World Championship Wrestling's network. During promotion, Arquette was crowned world champion as a marketing stunt, making him the most hated man in professional wrestling as a result. You Cannot Kill David Arquette witnesses David setting out to clear his name, competing in 19 ...
The doc, which filmed for three years, is co-directed by Oscar nominee David Darg and Price James.
The feature comes two decades after Arquette starred as a wrestling-obsessed fan in Ready to Rumble, which was promoted through World Championship Wrestling's network. During promotion, Arquette was crowned world champion as a marketing stunt, making him the most hated man in professional wrestling as a result. You Cannot Kill David Arquette witnesses David setting out to clear his name, competing in 19 ...
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Bryn Mooser, the Oscar-nominated producer of Lifeboat and Body Team 12, launched non-fiction studio Xtr last year. He was set to premiere You Cannot Kill David Arquette, a feature documentary exploring how the Scream actor’s pursuit of a professional wrestling belt impacted his career, at the SXSW festival before it was cancelled...
Bryn Mooser, the Oscar-nominated producer of Lifeboat and Body Team 12, launched non-fiction studio Xtr last year. He was set to premiere You Cannot Kill David Arquette, a feature documentary exploring how the Scream actor’s pursuit of a professional wrestling belt impacted his career, at the SXSW festival before it was cancelled...
- 3/27/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmakers Jason Sussberg and David Alvarado were holed up in a studio Friday at Skywalker Ranch, putting the finishing touches on the sound mix for their film “We Are As Gods,” a documentary about the environmentalist Stewart Brand. The two men were scrambling to get everything ready for the film’s March 15 premiere at South by Southwest when they saw the news. For the first time in its 34 year history, the Austin, Texas-based film festival was cancelled amidst fears of the coronavirus outbreak.
“There’s no words,” said Alvarado. “To have labored on a documentary for three years and then find out the festival was cancelled on the same day you’ve finished — it was just devastating.”
Now, like so many filmmakers impacted by the SXSW cancellation, Sussberg and Alvarado are trying to figure out how to sell their film to a studio without the boost that comes with a high-profile premiere.
“There’s no words,” said Alvarado. “To have labored on a documentary for three years and then find out the festival was cancelled on the same day you’ve finished — it was just devastating.”
Now, like so many filmmakers impacted by the SXSW cancellation, Sussberg and Alvarado are trying to figure out how to sell their film to a studio without the boost that comes with a high-profile premiere.
- 3/10/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Nonfiction studio Xtr has announced feature doc You Cannot Kill David Arquette, which will tracks actor David Arquette's attempt to become a professional wrestler.
The project, which has been filming for two years, is co-directed by Oscar-nominee David Darg and Price James.
It comes two decades after Arquette starred as a wrestling-obsessed fan in Ready to Rumble, which was promoted through World Championship Wrestling's network. During promotion, Arquette was crowned world champion as a marketing stunt, making him the most hated man in professional wrestling as a result. You Cannot Kill David Arquette witnesses David set out ...
The project, which has been filming for two years, is co-directed by Oscar-nominee David Darg and Price James.
It comes two decades after Arquette starred as a wrestling-obsessed fan in Ready to Rumble, which was promoted through World Championship Wrestling's network. During promotion, Arquette was crowned world champion as a marketing stunt, making him the most hated man in professional wrestling as a result. You Cannot Kill David Arquette witnesses David set out ...
- 12/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nonfiction studio Xtr has announced feature doc You Cannot Kill David Arquette, which will tracks actor David Arquette's attempt to become a professional wrestler.
The project, which has been filming for two years, is co-directed by Oscar-nominee David Darg and Price James.
It comes two decades after Arquette starred as a wrestling-obsessed fan in Ready to Rumble, which was promoted through World Championship Wrestling's network. During promotion, Arquette was crowned world champion as a marketing stunt, making him the most hated man in professional wrestling as a result. You Cannot Kill David Arquette witnesses David set out ...
The project, which has been filming for two years, is co-directed by Oscar-nominee David Darg and Price James.
It comes two decades after Arquette starred as a wrestling-obsessed fan in Ready to Rumble, which was promoted through World Championship Wrestling's network. During promotion, Arquette was crowned world champion as a marketing stunt, making him the most hated man in professional wrestling as a result. You Cannot Kill David Arquette witnesses David set out ...
- 12/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
David Arquette made an unlikely return to professional wrestling last year, and a documentary about his comeback is in the works called “You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” the film’s production company Xtr announced Thursday.
Arquette learned some basic wrestling moves back for his 2000 film “Ready to Rumble,” and at the time, he was even crowned a world champion from World Championship Wrestling as part of a marketing stunt. He became a perfect villain in the sport, and now nearly two decades later, he made the real wrestling circuit and competed in 19 different professional matches, some of which even left him bloodied as seen in this video.
David Darg, an Oscar-nominee for the documentary short film “Body Team 12,” directed “You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” and he’s been filming throughout Arquette’s tour for the last two years. Xtr, a new nonfiction film and TV studio, will be part of...
Arquette learned some basic wrestling moves back for his 2000 film “Ready to Rumble,” and at the time, he was even crowned a world champion from World Championship Wrestling as part of a marketing stunt. He became a perfect villain in the sport, and now nearly two decades later, he made the real wrestling circuit and competed in 19 different professional matches, some of which even left him bloodied as seen in this video.
David Darg, an Oscar-nominee for the documentary short film “Body Team 12,” directed “You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” and he’s been filming throughout Arquette’s tour for the last two years. Xtr, a new nonfiction film and TV studio, will be part of...
- 12/12/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Jeremy Merrifield’s “Balloon,” Carolina Markowicz’s “The Orphan” and Siqi Song’s “Sister” have won the top awards at the 2019 HollyShorts Film Festival, which handed out its awards on Saturday Night at the Harmony Gold in Hollywood.
Those three films won in categories that automatically qualify a short for the Best Animated Short or Best Live-Action Short categories at this year’s Academy Awards.
“Balloon” stars Jonah Beres and Paul Scheer is the story of a high schooler who discovers he has super powers. The film, made at the American Film Institute, is also a finalist at the 2019 Student Academy Awards.
Also Read: 2019 ShortList Film Festival Finalists Announced: Watch and Vote for the Winner!!
“The Orphan” is based on true stories and deals with a teen orphan given up by his adoptive parents for being too effeminate.
“Sister,” which is also a finalist in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival,...
Those three films won in categories that automatically qualify a short for the Best Animated Short or Best Live-Action Short categories at this year’s Academy Awards.
“Balloon” stars Jonah Beres and Paul Scheer is the story of a high schooler who discovers he has super powers. The film, made at the American Film Institute, is also a finalist at the 2019 Student Academy Awards.
Also Read: 2019 ShortList Film Festival Finalists Announced: Watch and Vote for the Winner!!
“The Orphan” is based on true stories and deals with a teen orphan given up by his adoptive parents for being too effeminate.
“Sister,” which is also a finalist in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival,...
- 8/18/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
“Dark Money,” “Free Solo,” “Minding the Gap,” “The Silence of Others” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” have been nominated for the top film award at the International Documentary Association’s 2018 Ida Documentary Awards, the Ida announced on Wednesday.
Those five films will be joined in the feature category by another five: “Crime + Punishment,” “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” “Of Fathers and Sons,” “Sky and Ground” and “United Skates.”
The 10 Ida Documentary Awards feature nominees is the largest number ever nominated in the category, which has typically consisted of five films. Half of the films were directed by women.
Also Read: 'Free Solo' Leads Critics' Choice Documentary Awards Nominations
Missing from the list are a few of the most successful docs of the year, including “Rbg,” “Three Identical Strangers” and “Fahrenheit 11/9.”
In the television categories, nominees include “American Masters,” “Pov” and “Independent Lens” in Curated Series,...
Those five films will be joined in the feature category by another five: “Crime + Punishment,” “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” “Of Fathers and Sons,” “Sky and Ground” and “United Skates.”
The 10 Ida Documentary Awards feature nominees is the largest number ever nominated in the category, which has typically consisted of five films. Half of the films were directed by women.
Also Read: 'Free Solo' Leads Critics' Choice Documentary Awards Nominations
Missing from the list are a few of the most successful docs of the year, including “Rbg,” “Three Identical Strangers” and “Fahrenheit 11/9.”
In the television categories, nominees include “American Masters,” “Pov” and “Independent Lens” in Curated Series,...
- 10/24/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The International Documentary Assn. announced nominees for the 34th annual Ida Awards Wednesday, spotlighting the best in documentary filmmaking.
Among the feature nominees were mainstays on the circuit so far this year like Hulu’s “Crime + Punishment” and “Minding the Gap,” as well as National Geographic’s “Free Solo” and Focus Features’ “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
In recognition of another banner year for non-fiction cinema, which has been reflected in box office spikes around key titles this year, the Ida expanded the number of nominees in the best feature and short films categories to 10 films.
In “creative recognition” fields, winners and nominees were announced. “Distant Constellation” won the cinematography prize, while “Minding the Gap” took editing. “The Other Side of Everything” won the writing award, and the music category saw a tie, between “Bisbee ’17” and “Hale County This Morning, This Evening.”
Additionally, the Ida’s Courage Under...
Among the feature nominees were mainstays on the circuit so far this year like Hulu’s “Crime + Punishment” and “Minding the Gap,” as well as National Geographic’s “Free Solo” and Focus Features’ “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
In recognition of another banner year for non-fiction cinema, which has been reflected in box office spikes around key titles this year, the Ida expanded the number of nominees in the best feature and short films categories to 10 films.
In “creative recognition” fields, winners and nominees were announced. “Distant Constellation” won the cinematography prize, while “Minding the Gap” took editing. “The Other Side of Everything” won the writing award, and the music category saw a tie, between “Bisbee ’17” and “Hale County This Morning, This Evening.”
Additionally, the Ida’s Courage Under...
- 10/24/2018
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Variety Film + TV
The International Documentary Association is out with the nominees for its 2018 Ida Documentary Awards. Winners of the 34th edition will be announced December 8 duyring a ceremony hosted by Ricki Lake at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. See the full list of nominees below.
Up for Best Feature — which has been expanded to 10 nominees this year — are Stephen Maing’s Crime + Punishment, Kimberly Reed’s Dark Money, E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s Free Solo, RaMell Ross’ Hale County This Morning, This Evening, Bing Liu’s Minding the Gap, Talal Derki’s Of Fathers and Sons, Talya Tibbon and Joshua Bennett’s Sky and Ground, Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar’s The Silence of Others, Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown’s United Skates and Morgan Neville’s Won’t You Be My Neighbor.
“This year’s nominees and winners of the Ida Awards reflects that 2018 has been a remarkable...
Up for Best Feature — which has been expanded to 10 nominees this year — are Stephen Maing’s Crime + Punishment, Kimberly Reed’s Dark Money, E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s Free Solo, RaMell Ross’ Hale County This Morning, This Evening, Bing Liu’s Minding the Gap, Talal Derki’s Of Fathers and Sons, Talya Tibbon and Joshua Bennett’s Sky and Ground, Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar’s The Silence of Others, Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown’s United Skates and Morgan Neville’s Won’t You Be My Neighbor.
“This year’s nominees and winners of the Ida Awards reflects that 2018 has been a remarkable...
- 10/24/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Winners of the 2017 Whistler Film Festival were announced at the Awards Celebration this morning on the final day of the 17th annual Festival. Ian Lagarde’s first feature All You Can Eat Buddha and Jason and Carlos Sanchez’s A Worthy Companion tied for the $15,000 cash prize presented by the Directors Guild of Canada, British Columbia and the $15,000 post-production prize sponsored by Encore Vancouver in the 14th edition of the coveted Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature Film. The jury states “each in their own way convey unique visions and creative storytelling the jury believes have made and will make powerful contributions to the world of cinema.”A Worthy Companion
A Worthy Companion takes a fresh and new perspective that explores the complexity and humanity within the predator, victim relationship. This film questions how we perpetuate manipulative power dynamics between adult and child through the inner struggle of our female protagonists.
A Worthy Companion takes a fresh and new perspective that explores the complexity and humanity within the predator, victim relationship. This film questions how we perpetuate manipulative power dynamics between adult and child through the inner struggle of our female protagonists.
- 12/5/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
“From documentaries, we learn about our world and humanity,” was the greeting by Documentary Branch governor Kate Amend to the audience in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Wednesday evening at the opening of Documentary program. Amend said while this year’s nominated shorts were tragic, they were also about “courage and compassion.”
Referring to the Documentary Shorts as “The Big Shorts,” Amend (editor of The Long Way Home, Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport and The Case against 8) mentioned that 124 films qualified in both the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject categories.
The evening included a screening of clips from the nominated films. Nominees from all 10 films also took part in panel discussions talked about their own films and shared insights on the craft of documentary filmmaking. All the directors gratefully acknowledged the collaboration of the cinematographers and editors in the success of their movies.
Best...
Referring to the Documentary Shorts as “The Big Shorts,” Amend (editor of The Long Way Home, Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport and The Case against 8) mentioned that 124 films qualified in both the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject categories.
The evening included a screening of clips from the nominated films. Nominees from all 10 films also took part in panel discussions talked about their own films and shared insights on the craft of documentary filmmaking. All the directors gratefully acknowledged the collaboration of the cinematographers and editors in the success of their movies.
Best...
- 2/25/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The 88th Annual Academy Awards are just around the corner on Sunday evening, so once again, it’s time to lay down my predictions for who has the best chance of winning in each of the 24 categories, along with a bit of analysis as to why they appear to be the frontrunners. As usual, I’ll start from the smallest categories and work my way up, so let’s get started:
Best Animated Short Film
“Bear Story” Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
“Prologue” Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
“Sanjay’s Super Team” Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
“We Can’t Live without Cosmos” Konstantin Bronzit
“World of Tomorrow” Don Hertzfeldt
Best Live Action Short Film
“Ave Maria” Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
“Day One” Henry Hughes
“Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)” Patrick Vollrath
“Shok” Jamie Donoughue
“Stutterer” Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
Best Documentary Short Subject
“Body Team 12...
Best Animated Short Film
“Bear Story” Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
“Prologue” Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
“Sanjay’s Super Team” Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
“We Can’t Live without Cosmos” Konstantin Bronzit
“World of Tomorrow” Don Hertzfeldt
Best Live Action Short Film
“Ave Maria” Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
“Day One” Henry Hughes
“Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)” Patrick Vollrath
“Shok” Jamie Donoughue
“Stutterer” Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
Best Documentary Short Subject
“Body Team 12...
- 2/24/2016
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
Read More: HBO Doc Films Picks Up Tragic Ebola Short 'Body Team 12' HBO Documentary Films is directing its attention towards the West African Ebola outbreak next month by releasing a special presentation of three short films about the subject, including "Ebola: The Doctors' Story," "Orphans of Ebola" and the Academy Award-nominated "Body Team 12." Each documentary short follows a new perspective and subject, trailing the doctors, response teams and orphaned children who struggle against the rapidly spreading disease. Individual film descriptions are as follows, courtesy of HBO Documentary Films. "Body Team 12" This year’s Academy Award-nominated film highlights the heroic and heartbreaking work of a female Liberian Red Cross worker tasked with collecting the dead from homes and villages, removing the bodies to halt transmission of the disease. In a tightrope act of high-risk filmmaking, director-journalist David Darg,...
- 2/17/2016
- by Kristen Santer
- Indiewire
More than 150 Oscar nominees came together at noon on Monday at the Beverly Hilton as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored this year’s Oscar contenders at its annual Nominees Luncheon.
From Left to Right:
Seated: Adam Benzine, Paul Massey, Michael Standish, Chris Jenkins, Randy Thom, Jason Smith, Josh Cooley, Maryann Brandon, Richard Williams, Patrick Vollrath, Ed Lachman, Mary Parent, David Acord, Anders Langland, Henry Hughes, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Tom Yellin
First Row: Rosa Tran, Jacqueline West, Ed Guiney, Evgeny Afineevsky, Matthew Shumway, Amy Hobby, Jonas Rivera, Gregg Rudloff, Signe Byrge Sorensen, Love Larson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Courtney Marsh, Nomi Talisman, Mark Ruffalo, Diane Warren, Paco Delgado, Bryan Cranston, Jistin Wilkes, Blye Pagon Faust, Roger Guyett, Basil Khalil, Drew Kunin, Sian Grigg, Andrea Berloff,
Second Row:Adam Stockhausen, Tom McArdle, Keith Redmon, Damian Martin, Ale Abreu, Matthew Heineman, Matt Damon, Bernhard Henrich, Cameron Waldbauer, Alan Robert Murray,...
From Left to Right:
Seated: Adam Benzine, Paul Massey, Michael Standish, Chris Jenkins, Randy Thom, Jason Smith, Josh Cooley, Maryann Brandon, Richard Williams, Patrick Vollrath, Ed Lachman, Mary Parent, David Acord, Anders Langland, Henry Hughes, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Tom Yellin
First Row: Rosa Tran, Jacqueline West, Ed Guiney, Evgeny Afineevsky, Matthew Shumway, Amy Hobby, Jonas Rivera, Gregg Rudloff, Signe Byrge Sorensen, Love Larson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Courtney Marsh, Nomi Talisman, Mark Ruffalo, Diane Warren, Paco Delgado, Bryan Cranston, Jistin Wilkes, Blye Pagon Faust, Roger Guyett, Basil Khalil, Drew Kunin, Sian Grigg, Andrea Berloff,
Second Row:Adam Stockhausen, Tom McArdle, Keith Redmon, Damian Martin, Ale Abreu, Matthew Heineman, Matt Damon, Bernhard Henrich, Cameron Waldbauer, Alan Robert Murray,...
- 2/9/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“A Girl in the River” masterfully portrays a culture that justifies killing women, its rage subsumed by a dispiriting account of how its customs are perpetuated. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s an extraordinary group of short documentaries that received Oscar nominations this year, and I’m having a tough time picking a favorite, a best, or a guess about which will win the Academy Award. I am partial to stories about women, however, and in particular about the special hardships that women face because of our gender, so I’m gonna throw my hopes for a win behind “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” [IMDb | official site], from Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (who won this same Oscar in 2012 for her short doc “Saving Face”). This is a horrifying story of an attempted “honor killing” in Gujranwala,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s an extraordinary group of short documentaries that received Oscar nominations this year, and I’m having a tough time picking a favorite, a best, or a guess about which will win the Academy Award. I am partial to stories about women, however, and in particular about the special hardships that women face because of our gender, so I’m gonna throw my hopes for a win behind “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” [IMDb | official site], from Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (who won this same Oscar in 2012 for her short doc “Saving Face”). This is a horrifying story of an attempted “honor killing” in Gujranwala,...
- 2/1/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’re reviewing each short category. See the Documentary section below and the other shorts sections here.
Body Team 12 – Liberia – 13 minutes
For Americans the Ebola scare was a handful of cases and nurses who weren’t as careful as they should have been. To the world it was thousands upon thousands of dead bodies—loved ones that family members can’t normally mourn because every second the deceased’s blood lays in the streets is an extra second risking greater contamination. It’s easy to forget the scope of epidemics like this when ground zero isn’t in our own backyard. We blame countries for being inferior, rejoice in our capabilities to put a lid on things, and go about our daily business as though nothing is wrong. This isn’t the case for citizens of Liberia where outbreak numbers exploded exponentially. It was a plague destroying their country.
Body Team 12 – Liberia – 13 minutes
For Americans the Ebola scare was a handful of cases and nurses who weren’t as careful as they should have been. To the world it was thousands upon thousands of dead bodies—loved ones that family members can’t normally mourn because every second the deceased’s blood lays in the streets is an extra second risking greater contamination. It’s easy to forget the scope of epidemics like this when ground zero isn’t in our own backyard. We blame countries for being inferior, rejoice in our capabilities to put a lid on things, and go about our daily business as though nothing is wrong. This isn’t the case for citizens of Liberia where outbreak numbers exploded exponentially. It was a plague destroying their country.
- 1/28/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
ShortsHD, the Only Short Film Channel (www.shorts.tv), working with Magnolia Pictures, will open “The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016” on over 400 screens across the United States, Canada, Europe and Latin America on Friday January 29, 2016. “The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016” will showcase the Live Action, Animation and Documentary short film nominees compilation as three separate theatrical events.
This marks the 11th year of the Oscar nominated short films theatrical experience and is the only opportunity for audiences to watch the nominated short films prior to the 88th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 28, 2016.
In 2015, the Oscar Nominated Short Films earned over $2.4 million worldwide, nearly doubling from just a few years prior. One of the most diverse categories in Academy consideration, this year’s Oscar® Nominated Short Films feature with projects originating from United States, France, Germany, Palestine, United Kingdom, Kosovo, Austria, Chile, Russia, Liberia, Pakistan, Vietnam, and Canada.
“Films...
This marks the 11th year of the Oscar nominated short films theatrical experience and is the only opportunity for audiences to watch the nominated short films prior to the 88th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 28, 2016.
In 2015, the Oscar Nominated Short Films earned over $2.4 million worldwide, nearly doubling from just a few years prior. One of the most diverse categories in Academy consideration, this year’s Oscar® Nominated Short Films feature with projects originating from United States, France, Germany, Palestine, United Kingdom, Kosovo, Austria, Chile, Russia, Liberia, Pakistan, Vietnam, and Canada.
“Films...
- 1/20/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
If there’s a trio of categories that aren’t given the respect that they deserve (or frankly, any respect at all), it’s the short film categories. Be it Best Animated Short, Best Documentary Short, or Best Live Action Short, they all are mostly ignored by the masses, especially when the first two have feature length cousins in Best Animated Feature and Best Documentary Feature to compete with as well. Still, they deserve to be noticed, so I wanted to quickly list what’s in contention this year. I’ve included the categories in my most recent Oscar prediction update, so there’s that as well. The Academy Awards are the sum total of all the categories, so these have their place, no doubt about that. It’s just a shame that more folks don’t recognize this. Here are the three short subject categories and the remaining contenders...
- 11/24/2015
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Plus… HBO Documentary Films acquires Body Team 12; Sphe unveils first 4K Ultra HD Disc releases; Timur Bekmambetov produces play… and more.
Jessica Chastain will serve as honourary chair at Film Independent’s Spirit Awards this year. Chastain was nominated for a Spirit Award for Take Shelter (2012) and A Most Violent Year (2015). John Boyega and Elizabeth Olsen will present the 2016 nominees on November 24.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment top brass on Tuesday announced the studio’s first releases in the 4K Ultra HD Disc format that features four times the resolution of HD and includes high dynamic range. The discs will arrive in early 2016 and include The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Salt, Hancock, Chappie, Pineapple Express and The Smurfs 2.
HBO Documentary Films has acquired Us TV rights to Body Team 12 directed by Ryot co-founder David Darg. The film won the Tribeca Film Festival award for best documentary short and was nominated for an International Documentary Association award for...
Jessica Chastain will serve as honourary chair at Film Independent’s Spirit Awards this year. Chastain was nominated for a Spirit Award for Take Shelter (2012) and A Most Violent Year (2015). John Boyega and Elizabeth Olsen will present the 2016 nominees on November 24.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment top brass on Tuesday announced the studio’s first releases in the 4K Ultra HD Disc format that features four times the resolution of HD and includes high dynamic range. The discs will arrive in early 2016 and include The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Salt, Hancock, Chappie, Pineapple Express and The Smurfs 2.
HBO Documentary Films has acquired Us TV rights to Body Team 12 directed by Ryot co-founder David Darg. The film won the Tribeca Film Festival award for best documentary short and was nominated for an International Documentary Association award for...
- 11/10/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Cinema Eye Honors Announces 2015 Shorts List The U.S. television rights to "Body Team 12," the winner of the Tribeca Film Festival award for Best Documentary Short, have been acquired by HBO Documentary Films, the company has announced. Director David Darg put his life at risk by surrounding himself with a team of Liberian Red Cross workers who collected the dead during the height of the Ebola outbreak. The deal was negotiated by Paul G. Allen's Vulcan Productions and HBO Documentary Films. The official synopsis reads: "Executive produced by Paul G. Allen and Olivia Wilde, and produced by Ryot Co-Founder Bryn Mooser, 'Body Team 12' lays bare the heartbreaking but lifesaving work of removing bodies from loved ones in order to halt the transmission of the disease. The filmmakers capture devasting and poignant images, shot on the ground in Monrovia, Liberia, that reveal the Ebola...
- 11/10/2015
- by Sonya Saepoff
- Indiewire
Read More: Camden International Film Festival Announces 2015 Slate Cinema Eye Honors has announced the 10 finalists on its Cinema Eye Shorts List. The collection of nonfiction short films will be screened at the 11th Annual Camden International Film Festival and out of these ten films, five will be chosen as nominees for the Oustanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking Award. This will be the 9th edition of Cinema Eye Honors, one of the largest celebrations of nonfiction filmmaking in the United States. The ten finalists are as follows: "Body Team 12" (Liberia/USA), Directed by David Darg "Born to Be Mild" (UK), Directed by Andy Oxley "The Breath" (Switzerland), Directed by Fabian Kaiser "Buffalo Juggalos" (USA), Directed by Scott Cummings "Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah" (Canada), Directed by Adam Benzine "The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul"...
- 9/21/2015
- by Ryan Anielski
- Indiewire
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