Sheffield DocFest today announced the full industry program for its 31st edition, a lineup of panel discussions, marketplace sessions, live pitch forums, the annual Filmmaker Challenge, marketplace rough cuts and more.
The industry program runs concurrently with the festival from June 12-17. DocFest last week revealed a slate of 109 films that will be showcased in the 2024 event, including 49 world premieres.
“The Industry program dives into the business of documentary in all its many forms,” a release noted, “complimenting the previously announced film program, exploring the skills and techniques behind many of this year’s films…” [Scroll for the full lineup].
‘Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice’
Among the intriguing panel discussions is one set for Thursday, June 13 titled “Women in the Frame: Representing Women in Crime Documentaries,” which will include the participation of Kirsty Cunningham, creative director of the documentary Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice. That BBC Studios film, which premiered in the U.
The industry program runs concurrently with the festival from June 12-17. DocFest last week revealed a slate of 109 films that will be showcased in the 2024 event, including 49 world premieres.
“The Industry program dives into the business of documentary in all its many forms,” a release noted, “complimenting the previously announced film program, exploring the skills and techniques behind many of this year’s films…” [Scroll for the full lineup].
‘Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice’
Among the intriguing panel discussions is one set for Thursday, June 13 titled “Women in the Frame: Representing Women in Crime Documentaries,” which will include the participation of Kirsty Cunningham, creative director of the documentary Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice. That BBC Studios film, which premiered in the U.
- 5/15/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The public television series Pov has acquired Who I Am Not, the award-winning documentary executive produced by Patricia Arquette that explores “what it means to be intersex in a binary world.”
The film directed by Tünde Skovrán will make its broadcast debut this summer as part of Pov’s 37th season on PBS. Pov, produced by American Documentary, is the longest-running show on American television devoted to independent documentary films. [Watch the Who I Am Not trailer below]
Intersex people constitute an estimated 1.7 percent of the population, according to the Intersex Campaign for Equality, which the organization notes “makes being intersex about as common as having red hair (1%-2%).” Yet, intersex people have been largely invisible in most cultures. Who I Am Not combats that invisibility by foregrounding the experience of two intersex people in South Africa, a beauty queen and a male-presenting activist.
‘Who I Am Not’
The documentary “reveals...
The film directed by Tünde Skovrán will make its broadcast debut this summer as part of Pov’s 37th season on PBS. Pov, produced by American Documentary, is the longest-running show on American television devoted to independent documentary films. [Watch the Who I Am Not trailer below]
Intersex people constitute an estimated 1.7 percent of the population, according to the Intersex Campaign for Equality, which the organization notes “makes being intersex about as common as having red hair (1%-2%).” Yet, intersex people have been largely invisible in most cultures. Who I Am Not combats that invisibility by foregrounding the experience of two intersex people in South Africa, a beauty queen and a male-presenting activist.
‘Who I Am Not’
The documentary “reveals...
- 2/15/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: American Documentary has acquired Elaine McMillion Sheldon’s award-winning documentary King Coal for the upcoming season of Pov, the longest-running nonfiction series on television.
The film set in Central Appalachia premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last January and went on to win prizes at the RiverRun International Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival, and Seattle International Film Festival, among other festivals. It is expected to debut in the summer of 2024 on Pov, the public television series whose films have claimed three Oscars, 47 Emmys, 27 Peabody Awards, and more than a dozen duPont-Columbia awards over the span of 36 seasons.
‘King Coal’
“King Coal, through the personal memories of a 4th generation coal miner’s daughter, meditates on the complex history and future of the coal industry, the communities it has shaped, and the myths it has created,” notes a description of the documentary. “Filmed in Central Appalachia, where McMillion Sheldon was raised and lives,...
The film set in Central Appalachia premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last January and went on to win prizes at the RiverRun International Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival, and Seattle International Film Festival, among other festivals. It is expected to debut in the summer of 2024 on Pov, the public television series whose films have claimed three Oscars, 47 Emmys, 27 Peabody Awards, and more than a dozen duPont-Columbia awards over the span of 36 seasons.
‘King Coal’
“King Coal, through the personal memories of a 4th generation coal miner’s daughter, meditates on the complex history and future of the coal industry, the communities it has shaped, and the myths it has created,” notes a description of the documentary. “Filmed in Central Appalachia, where McMillion Sheldon was raised and lives,...
- 12/4/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Things got political on Wednesday at Doc NYC’s 10th annual Visionaries Tribute Honorees, when honoree Michael Moore asked the crowd to take a pledge “to let our Jewish brothers and sisters know that we will never, ever allow what happened in the 20th century” to happen again.
The Gotham Hall gala marks the opening day of the 14th annual Doc NYC and attracts the who’s who of the doc community from both coasts. Hundreds of documentary filmmakers, cinematographers, producers, editors, publicists, and distributors hobnob with Academy doc branch members in hopes of winning their votes.
Moore, American Documentary executive director Erika Dilday, and docu filmmakers Deborah Shaffer and Maite Alberdi, were honored during the four-hour lunch.
“Few of us are in a very festive mood right now,” Moore said during his 40-plus minute acceptance speech. “And so I’d like to start by just asking you to join...
The Gotham Hall gala marks the opening day of the 14th annual Doc NYC and attracts the who’s who of the doc community from both coasts. Hundreds of documentary filmmakers, cinematographers, producers, editors, publicists, and distributors hobnob with Academy doc branch members in hopes of winning their votes.
Moore, American Documentary executive director Erika Dilday, and docu filmmakers Deborah Shaffer and Maite Alberdi, were honored during the four-hour lunch.
“Few of us are in a very festive mood right now,” Moore said during his 40-plus minute acceptance speech. “And so I’d like to start by just asking you to join...
- 11/9/2023
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Pov Shorts and Chicken & Egg Pictures is giving a major career boost to five young documentary filmmakers. Today, the organizations announced the recipients of the inaugural Chicken & Egg Pictures/Pov Shorts Co-Production Fund, which will provide $120,000 for development and production funding to three short documentary projects helmed by women and nonbinary filmmakers.
The quintet earning the grants are Imani Dennison, Latajh Weaver, Aurora Brachman, Brit Fryer, and Lydia Cornett [scroll for details on their doc projects]. They will be spending the next several days attending the Camden International Film Festival in coastal Maine; the Points North Institute, which puts on the festival, is welcoming the filmmakers as “an official fellowship cohort” at Ciff 2023.
The inaugural co-production fund “marks the two organizations’ first joint content development project, and all films are co-productions of Pov Shorts and Chicken & Egg Pictures,” according to a release. “Chicken & Egg Pictures and Pov Shorts each contributed $60,000 to finance the fund which...
The quintet earning the grants are Imani Dennison, Latajh Weaver, Aurora Brachman, Brit Fryer, and Lydia Cornett [scroll for details on their doc projects]. They will be spending the next several days attending the Camden International Film Festival in coastal Maine; the Points North Institute, which puts on the festival, is welcoming the filmmakers as “an official fellowship cohort” at Ciff 2023.
The inaugural co-production fund “marks the two organizations’ first joint content development project, and all films are co-productions of Pov Shorts and Chicken & Egg Pictures,” according to a release. “Chicken & Egg Pictures and Pov Shorts each contributed $60,000 to finance the fund which...
- 9/14/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The PBS series Pov today announced the lineup of films for its historic 36th season, a diverse slate highlighted by documentaries with Oscar pedigree.
The season kicks off June 26 with Jon-Sesrie Goff’s acclaimed After Sherman, winner of best documentary prizes at the Atlanta Film Festival and Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The Academy Award-nominated A House Made of Splinters makes its Pov debut on July 17. Simon Lereng Wilmont’s film creates a deeply moving portrait of Ukrainian children sheltered in a temporary orphanage, where empathetic caregivers tend to their emotional needs as war with Russia rumbles around them.
‘Children of the Mist’
Children of the Mist, premiering on Pov on July 31, earned a spot on the Oscar shortlist. Hà Lệ Diễm’s film centers on a Hmong teenager living in rural Northern Vietnam who resists a cultural tradition that permits girls to be kidnapped and forced into marriage.
The season kicks off June 26 with Jon-Sesrie Goff’s acclaimed After Sherman, winner of best documentary prizes at the Atlanta Film Festival and Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The Academy Award-nominated A House Made of Splinters makes its Pov debut on July 17. Simon Lereng Wilmont’s film creates a deeply moving portrait of Ukrainian children sheltered in a temporary orphanage, where empathetic caregivers tend to their emotional needs as war with Russia rumbles around them.
‘Children of the Mist’
Children of the Mist, premiering on Pov on July 31, earned a spot on the Oscar shortlist. Hà Lệ Diễm’s film centers on a Hmong teenager living in rural Northern Vietnam who resists a cultural tradition that permits girls to be kidnapped and forced into marriage.
- 5/4/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The Neutral Ground co-screenwriter James Hamilton with Anne-Katrin Titze: “The director, Cj Hunt, is my longtime best friend. Our comedy brain had to be working and our storytelling brain had to be working." Photo: Ed Bahlman
Cj Hunt’s The Neutral Ground, co-written with James Hamilton (comedian and journalist) and Jane Geisler (who is also the editor), shot by Paavo Hanninen, executive produced by Roy Wood Jr. and Sally Jo Fifer, produced by Darcy McKinnon with co-producer Jeremy Blum, was a highlight of the 20th edition of the Tribeca Film Festival. The documentary is also a co-production of the PBS program Pov (season 34), executive produced by Erika Dilday, Justine Nagan, and Chris White, and Itvs, in association with the Center for Asian American Media.
Cj Hunt in front of the Robert E Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia
In addition, at Tribeca, Cj Hunt received an Albert Maysles Award Special Jury...
Cj Hunt’s The Neutral Ground, co-written with James Hamilton (comedian and journalist) and Jane Geisler (who is also the editor), shot by Paavo Hanninen, executive produced by Roy Wood Jr. and Sally Jo Fifer, produced by Darcy McKinnon with co-producer Jeremy Blum, was a highlight of the 20th edition of the Tribeca Film Festival. The documentary is also a co-production of the PBS program Pov (season 34), executive produced by Erika Dilday, Justine Nagan, and Chris White, and Itvs, in association with the Center for Asian American Media.
Cj Hunt in front of the Robert E Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia
In addition, at Tribeca, Cj Hunt received an Albert Maysles Award Special Jury...
- 4/9/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Exclusive: Emmy-winning filmmaker Erika Dilday is joining Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon as co-director and co-producer of the upcoming documentary film Emancipation to Exodus (working title). It’s a long-term commitment – the film about a critical period in the African American experience isn’t expected to air on PBS until 2027.
Dilday’s participation in the project will be as an independent filmmaker – in other words, separate from her role as executive director of American Documentary and executive producer of AmDoc’s PBS series Pov and World Channel’s America ReFramed.
Emancipation to Exodus (wt) explores the African American struggle for freedom and opportunity “from the Civil War and end of slavery, through Reconstruction and the start of the Great Migration out of the south that began in the early 20th century,” according to a release about the film.
Erika Dilday at the IDA Documentary Awards on December 10, 2022 in Los Angeles.
Dilday’s participation in the project will be as an independent filmmaker – in other words, separate from her role as executive director of American Documentary and executive producer of AmDoc’s PBS series Pov and World Channel’s America ReFramed.
Emancipation to Exodus (wt) explores the African American struggle for freedom and opportunity “from the Civil War and end of slavery, through Reconstruction and the start of the Great Migration out of the south that began in the early 20th century,” according to a release about the film.
Erika Dilday at the IDA Documentary Awards on December 10, 2022 in Los Angeles.
- 4/6/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The Australian International Documentary Conference celebrated a record-breaking edition after holding its first expanded in-person event after two previous hybrid and virtual outings.
Held at Melbourne’s Australia Centre for the Moving Image on March 5- 8, the lively four-day conference of industry panels, screenings and networking events was followed by a three-day online international marketplace (March 9 – 11) that drew 820 documentary and factual industry delegates. The numbers were the highest in 20 years and the most attendees since the event relocated to Melbourne in 2016.
The third annual awards were also announced on March 8 with the top prize for best documentary feature going to “Wash My Soul in the River’s Flow,” director Philippa Bateman’s portrait of musician and activists Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter.
The award for best documentary/factual series was won by Blackfella Films’ “The Australian Wars,” a three-part series, commissioned by Sbs, that illuminates and questions Australia’s dark colonial past.
Held at Melbourne’s Australia Centre for the Moving Image on March 5- 8, the lively four-day conference of industry panels, screenings and networking events was followed by a three-day online international marketplace (March 9 – 11) that drew 820 documentary and factual industry delegates. The numbers were the highest in 20 years and the most attendees since the event relocated to Melbourne in 2016.
The third annual awards were also announced on March 8 with the top prize for best documentary feature going to “Wash My Soul in the River’s Flow,” director Philippa Bateman’s portrait of musician and activists Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter.
The award for best documentary/factual series was won by Blackfella Films’ “The Australian Wars,” a three-part series, commissioned by Sbs, that illuminates and questions Australia’s dark colonial past.
- 3/20/2023
- by Katherine Tulich
- Variety Film + TV
PBS documentary strand “Pov” has acquired Jon-Sesrie Goff’s “After Sherman” and Marco Williams’ “Murders That Matter.” Both docus are co-productions with Itvs and will make their national broadcast premieres as part of “Pov’s” upcoming 36th season launching in summer 2023.
“After Sherman” is comprised of intimate accounts of the lives of the Black community in Goff’s South Carolina hometown, on land that has been in his family for 150 years, where they were once enslaved. The film explores how systemic racial discrimination and violence have affected generations in the South. “After Sherman,” which is Goff’s feature debut, won the best documentary award at four film festivals in 2022: The Santa Barbara Intl. Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Tacoma Film Festival, and Fists Up! Film Festival. The docu screened at True/False and Tribeca film fests and was nominated for a 2023 Cinema Eye Honors. Additionally, the film is recipient...
“After Sherman” is comprised of intimate accounts of the lives of the Black community in Goff’s South Carolina hometown, on land that has been in his family for 150 years, where they were once enslaved. The film explores how systemic racial discrimination and violence have affected generations in the South. “After Sherman,” which is Goff’s feature debut, won the best documentary award at four film festivals in 2022: The Santa Barbara Intl. Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Tacoma Film Festival, and Fists Up! Film Festival. The docu screened at True/False and Tribeca film fests and was nominated for a 2023 Cinema Eye Honors. Additionally, the film is recipient...
- 2/16/2023
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Pov has acquired the Oscar-shortlisted feature documentary Children of the Mist, a film that explores a disturbing tradition among Vietnam’s Hmong minority that involves kidnapping girls and forcing them into marriages.
The vérité film from first-time feature director Hà Lệ Diễm will premiere on the PBS series as part of Pov’s 36th season, which launches in the summer. The central character in the film is Di, a 12-year-old Hmong girl living in rural Northern Vietnam who casually flirts with a boy, then finds herself the target of a kidnapping which could determine the rest of life.
The Guardian called the documentary “shattering,” and awarded it four stars. In a review for the New York Times, critic Beatrice Loayza wrote, “‘Bride-napping’ is a Hmong custom that permits boys, often with the help of their families, to nab girls and detain them for three days. Throughout this time, the...
The vérité film from first-time feature director Hà Lệ Diễm will premiere on the PBS series as part of Pov’s 36th season, which launches in the summer. The central character in the film is Di, a 12-year-old Hmong girl living in rural Northern Vietnam who casually flirts with a boy, then finds herself the target of a kidnapping which could determine the rest of life.
The Guardian called the documentary “shattering,” and awarded it four stars. In a review for the New York Times, critic Beatrice Loayza wrote, “‘Bride-napping’ is a Hmong custom that permits boys, often with the help of their families, to nab girls and detain them for three days. Throughout this time, the...
- 2/2/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Pov has snapped up Sundance-winning doc “A House Made of Splinters,” helmed by Simon Lereng Wilmont and produced by Oscar nominee Monica Hellström (“Flee”). Shortlisted for the 95th Academy Awards, the acclaimed doc will have its broadcast premiere on pubcaster PBS as part of Pov’s 36th season starting in the summer.
A co-production involving Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Ukraine, “A House Made of Splinters” follows three children awaiting their fate in a temporary shelter in war-torn Eastern Ukraine.
As described by Variety’s Guy Lodge in his review: “Neglect and abandonment is what unites the young residents of the Lysychansk Center in Eastern Ukraine, where the children of unfit parents are sheltered for up to nine months while their next steps are decided.”
He added, “The camera waits with them, quietly observing a fragile limbo period from which life can go in any number of directions — including, for the least fortunate,...
A co-production involving Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Ukraine, “A House Made of Splinters” follows three children awaiting their fate in a temporary shelter in war-torn Eastern Ukraine.
As described by Variety’s Guy Lodge in his review: “Neglect and abandonment is what unites the young residents of the Lysychansk Center in Eastern Ukraine, where the children of unfit parents are sheltered for up to nine months while their next steps are decided.”
He added, “The camera waits with them, quietly observing a fragile limbo period from which life can go in any number of directions — including, for the least fortunate,...
- 1/13/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
The International Documentary Association (IDA) presented awards to the winners in 18 categories for the 38th IDA Documentary Awards on December 10, 2022 at the Paramount Theater in Los Angeles. Shaunak Sen‘s “All That Breathes” went into the evening with four nominations and emerged as a winner of three, including the top prize. See the full list of winners below.
In addition to taking home Best Feature Documentary, Shen was named Best Director and the film’s editor Charlotte Munch Bengtsen won for Best Editing. Of its four nominations, “All That Breathes” lost only the award for Best Cinematography which went to the team on “Fire of Love” instead.
“Fire of Love” was the leader in nominations with five and won twice — it was also victorious in Best Writing. “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues” won for Best Music Documentary and “The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons” won for Best Music Score.
In addition to taking home Best Feature Documentary, Shen was named Best Director and the film’s editor Charlotte Munch Bengtsen won for Best Editing. Of its four nominations, “All That Breathes” lost only the award for Best Cinematography which went to the team on “Fire of Love” instead.
“Fire of Love” was the leader in nominations with five and won twice — it was also victorious in Best Writing. “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues” won for Best Music Documentary and “The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons” won for Best Music Score.
- 12/13/2022
- by John Benutty
- Gold Derby
The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the winners in 18 categories at the 38th annual IDA Documentary Awards Ceremony on December 10, 2022 at the Paramount Theater in Los Angeles. Hosted by Jenny Yang, the show was live-streamed on IDA’s YouTube channel.
Shaunak Sen’s Indian eco-documentary “All That Breathes” won Best Director, Editing, Feature Film, and the Pare Lorentz Award, beating out in that category Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Sara Dosa’s Best Cinematography and Writing winner “Fire of Love,” Simon Lereng Wilmont’s “A House Made of Splinters,” Edward Buckles’ “Katrina Babies,” Isabel Castro’s “Mija,” Daniel Roher’s “Navalny,” Akuo de Mabior’s “No Simple Way Home,” Lukasz Kowalski’s “The Pawnshop,” and Neasa Ní Chianáin and Declan McGrath’s “Young Plato.”
The winner of the Sundance Film Festival 2022 Grand Jury Prize for World Documentary, “All the Breathes” is building momentum on the awards circuit,...
Shaunak Sen’s Indian eco-documentary “All That Breathes” won Best Director, Editing, Feature Film, and the Pare Lorentz Award, beating out in that category Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Sara Dosa’s Best Cinematography and Writing winner “Fire of Love,” Simon Lereng Wilmont’s “A House Made of Splinters,” Edward Buckles’ “Katrina Babies,” Isabel Castro’s “Mija,” Daniel Roher’s “Navalny,” Akuo de Mabior’s “No Simple Way Home,” Lukasz Kowalski’s “The Pawnshop,” and Neasa Ní Chianáin and Declan McGrath’s “Young Plato.”
The winner of the Sundance Film Festival 2022 Grand Jury Prize for World Documentary, “All the Breathes” is building momentum on the awards circuit,...
- 12/11/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
“All That Breathes” took top prize for best feature at the International Documentary Assn. Awards Dec. 10, also grabbing prizes for director Shaunak Sen, editing and the special Pare Lorentz award.
“We Need to Talk About Cosby” won the award for multi-part documentary, while “Fire of Love” took the cinematography and writing prizes.
The 38th annual event, held at L.A.’s Paramount Theater, was hosted by comic-actor Jenny Yang. Prizes were announced in 18 categories. The show was also LiveStreamed on IDA’s YouTube channel and the recording is now available.
There were 16 competitive categories and two special categories, the ABC News VideoSource Award and the Pare Lorentz Award.
This year’s shortlists and nominees were selected by independent committees of 310 documentary makers, curators, critics, and industry experts from 52 countries. IDA received 806 submissions in all categories, 40 of which are internationally produced or coproduced projects from 86 countries.
The winners are:
Feature: “All That Breathes...
“We Need to Talk About Cosby” won the award for multi-part documentary, while “Fire of Love” took the cinematography and writing prizes.
The 38th annual event, held at L.A.’s Paramount Theater, was hosted by comic-actor Jenny Yang. Prizes were announced in 18 categories. The show was also LiveStreamed on IDA’s YouTube channel and the recording is now available.
There were 16 competitive categories and two special categories, the ABC News VideoSource Award and the Pare Lorentz Award.
This year’s shortlists and nominees were selected by independent committees of 310 documentary makers, curators, critics, and industry experts from 52 countries. IDA received 806 submissions in all categories, 40 of which are internationally produced or coproduced projects from 86 countries.
The winners are:
Feature: “All That Breathes...
- 12/11/2022
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
The Gotham Film & Media Institute on Monday has selected the films and series for its Project Market, a slate which IndieWire can exclusively reveal. Taking place during September’s Gotham Week at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the annual sales and development forum connects creators to distributors, financiers, and other industry decision-makers. It offers a look ahead at what could become the next buzzy films; “Moonlight” and “American Factory” are recent Oscar winners that were launched at past Project Market events.
This year’s lineup includes 65 fiction features and series, 60 nonfiction features and series, and 17 audio projects in various stages of development or production, including new projects from the producers of “Dopesick,” “Pose,” and “Sorry to Bother You.” For the first time since the pandemic, the annual event will include both in-person and virtual participation. In-person meetings run September 17-23, while virtual meetings will be held September 22-23.
“Being able...
This year’s lineup includes 65 fiction features and series, 60 nonfiction features and series, and 17 audio projects in various stages of development or production, including new projects from the producers of “Dopesick,” “Pose,” and “Sorry to Bother You.” For the first time since the pandemic, the annual event will include both in-person and virtual participation. In-person meetings run September 17-23, while virtual meetings will be held September 22-23.
“Being able...
- 8/1/2022
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
PBS documentary strand ‘Pov’ has acquired “An Act of Worship,” a counter-narrative of the last 30 years of Muslim life in America, out of the Tribeca Film Festival.
Directed by Pakistani-American helmer Nausheen Dadabhoy, the film centers on a diverse range of Muslim Americans who recount the past three decades of pivotal moments in U.S. history and policy from their own perspectives.
The film weaves together observational footage of activists who came of age after the 9/11 attacks, community-sourced home videos and recollections from individuals impacted by incidents of Islamophobia.
“An Act of Worship” premiered at Tribeca on June 9, and will make its national broadcast premiere on Oct. 17.
The film, which will sit within ‘Pov’s’ 35th season, is produced by DuPont-Crichton Award-winner Heba Elorbany, Emmy Award winner Kristi Jacobson and Emmy-nominated Sofian Khan.
The deal was negotiated by Chris White and Erika Dilday for strands ‘American Documentary’ and ‘Pov,...
Directed by Pakistani-American helmer Nausheen Dadabhoy, the film centers on a diverse range of Muslim Americans who recount the past three decades of pivotal moments in U.S. history and policy from their own perspectives.
The film weaves together observational footage of activists who came of age after the 9/11 attacks, community-sourced home videos and recollections from individuals impacted by incidents of Islamophobia.
“An Act of Worship” premiered at Tribeca on June 9, and will make its national broadcast premiere on Oct. 17.
The film, which will sit within ‘Pov’s’ 35th season, is produced by DuPont-Crichton Award-winner Heba Elorbany, Emmy Award winner Kristi Jacobson and Emmy-nominated Sofian Khan.
The deal was negotiated by Chris White and Erika Dilday for strands ‘American Documentary’ and ‘Pov,...
- 6/10/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
“Pov,” the longest-running series for independent documentaries on television, has unveiled the majority of its slate for the series’ 35th season, which launches on July 11 with Yung Chang’s “Wuhan Wuhan.”
Neighborhood gentrification on Chicago’s south side, land defenders in the Philippines and the 2018 Zimbabwean general election are among the many topics that will be examined by the 14 feature docus in the upcoming season, which will run through Jan. 16.
PBS has revealed 13 of the upcoming season’s “Pov” films beyond “Wuhan Wuhan,” an observational documentary about the first wave of the Covid-19 lockdown, with one more entry slated to be unveiled in June.
While celebrity driven docs are all the rage with streaming services, “Pov” will stay true to its roots and program social issues films that delve into topics including environmental justice immigration and systemic inequity.
“PBS is proud that after 35 years, “Pov” continues to deliver artistically unique,...
Neighborhood gentrification on Chicago’s south side, land defenders in the Philippines and the 2018 Zimbabwean general election are among the many topics that will be examined by the 14 feature docus in the upcoming season, which will run through Jan. 16.
PBS has revealed 13 of the upcoming season’s “Pov” films beyond “Wuhan Wuhan,” an observational documentary about the first wave of the Covid-19 lockdown, with one more entry slated to be unveiled in June.
While celebrity driven docs are all the rage with streaming services, “Pov” will stay true to its roots and program social issues films that delve into topics including environmental justice immigration and systemic inequity.
“PBS is proud that after 35 years, “Pov” continues to deliver artistically unique,...
- 5/11/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
“Pov,” the Emmy-winning PBS documentary series, has announced the acquisition of environmental thriller “Delikado” as part of its upcoming 35th season.
The film, which premiered April 29 at the Hot Docs Canadian Intl. Documentary Festival, is the directorial debut of award-winning journalist Karl Malakunas. “Delikado” is produced by two-time Emmy nominees Marty Syjuco and Michael Collins, as well as Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala.
“Delikado” takes place in the Philippines on the island of Palawan, a Unesco World Heritage site with one of the oldest, largest and most diverse rainforests in the world. It is also the country’s “last ecological frontier” and one of the deadliest places for land defenders in the world, next to Brazil, the Congo and Colombia. The film follows three inspirational leaders – a charismatic lawyer, an ex-illegal logger and a fearless politician – as they work with indigenous communities trying to save their increasingly valuable natural resources from being plundered.
The film, which premiered April 29 at the Hot Docs Canadian Intl. Documentary Festival, is the directorial debut of award-winning journalist Karl Malakunas. “Delikado” is produced by two-time Emmy nominees Marty Syjuco and Michael Collins, as well as Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala.
“Delikado” takes place in the Philippines on the island of Palawan, a Unesco World Heritage site with one of the oldest, largest and most diverse rainforests in the world. It is also the country’s “last ecological frontier” and one of the deadliest places for land defenders in the world, next to Brazil, the Congo and Colombia. The film follows three inspirational leaders – a charismatic lawyer, an ex-illegal logger and a fearless politician – as they work with indigenous communities trying to save their increasingly valuable natural resources from being plundered.
- 5/3/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Ahead of its world premiere at Hot Docs, London-based MetFilm Sales has acquired worldwide rights (excluding the U.S.) for feature documentary “Delikado,” directed by Karl Malakunas.
The film is an environmental thriller set in Palawan, one of Asia’s hottest new tourist destinations. Within this idyllic setting, forests and wildlife are being pillaged by criminal gangs, often supported by politicians and their cronies.
Human life is cheap and mortal danger constant and pulpable. In such an environment, a tiny network of environmental crusaders, led by the charismatic Bobby, Tata and Mayor Nieves, risk their lives and the safety of their families to prevent the thieving and destruction of their homeland.
The film is the first feature film for filmmaker and journalist Karl Malakunas, who has been covering environmental issues, conflict, natural disasters and political upheavals for two decades. After living in the Philippines for eight years while working as Afp’s Manila bureau chief,...
The film is an environmental thriller set in Palawan, one of Asia’s hottest new tourist destinations. Within this idyllic setting, forests and wildlife are being pillaged by criminal gangs, often supported by politicians and their cronies.
Human life is cheap and mortal danger constant and pulpable. In such an environment, a tiny network of environmental crusaders, led by the charismatic Bobby, Tata and Mayor Nieves, risk their lives and the safety of their families to prevent the thieving and destruction of their homeland.
The film is the first feature film for filmmaker and journalist Karl Malakunas, who has been covering environmental issues, conflict, natural disasters and political upheavals for two decades. After living in the Philippines for eight years while working as Afp’s Manila bureau chief,...
- 4/28/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Last Out, the Cuban baseball documentary from Oscar-nominated St. Louis Superman director Sami Khan and Michael Gassert, has been acquired by PBS’ Pov. Both the English- and Spanish-language versions of the feature-length film will premiere as part of Pov‘s 35th season in October timed to Hispanic Heritage Month and the start of the MLB postseason.
The deal comes on opening day of the 2022 MLB regular season.
The pic, which won a special jury award at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, filmed over more than four years to track the progress of three Cuban baseball players — Happy Oliveros, Carlos O. González and Victor Baró — who risked exile to train in Central America as they chase their dreams of playing in the major leagues.
Gassert, Khan and Jonathan Miller produced the pic, which is a co-production between Brew Media, Oscura Film and Trogon Productions and was backed by the Sundance Institute,...
The deal comes on opening day of the 2022 MLB regular season.
The pic, which won a special jury award at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, filmed over more than four years to track the progress of three Cuban baseball players — Happy Oliveros, Carlos O. González and Victor Baró — who risked exile to train in Central America as they chase their dreams of playing in the major leagues.
Gassert, Khan and Jonathan Miller produced the pic, which is a co-production between Brew Media, Oscura Film and Trogon Productions and was backed by the Sundance Institute,...
- 4/7/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
PBS’s long-running documentary showcase “Pov” has picked up Sundance documentary contender “Midwives.”
Directed by Snow Hnin El Hlaing and filmed over five years, the film — which premiered on Monday as part of the World Documentary Competition at the virtual Sundance Film Festival — is set in western Myanmar and tells the story of a makeshift medical clinic run by two women, Hla and Nyo Nyo, in a region torn apart by violent ethnic divisions.
Hla, the owner of the clinic, is a Buddhist in the western region of the country, where Muslim minority community the Rohingya are persecuted and denied basic rights. Nyo Nyo is a Muslim and an apprentice ze who acts as an assistant and translator at the clinic. Her family has lived in the area for generations, yet they’re still considered intruders.
Encouraged and challenged by Hla, who risks her own safety daily by helping Muslim patients,...
Directed by Snow Hnin El Hlaing and filmed over five years, the film — which premiered on Monday as part of the World Documentary Competition at the virtual Sundance Film Festival — is set in western Myanmar and tells the story of a makeshift medical clinic run by two women, Hla and Nyo Nyo, in a region torn apart by violent ethnic divisions.
Hla, the owner of the clinic, is a Buddhist in the western region of the country, where Muslim minority community the Rohingya are persecuted and denied basic rights. Nyo Nyo is a Muslim and an apprentice ze who acts as an assistant and translator at the clinic. Her family has lived in the area for generations, yet they’re still considered intruders.
Encouraged and challenged by Hla, who risks her own safety daily by helping Muslim patients,...
- 1/26/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
The International Documentary Association has announced nominations for its 37th annual awards, with “Summer of Soul” picking up four noms and “Not Going Quietly” nabbing three.
Winners will be announced Feb. 5 at the awards ceremony at Paramount Studios.
“Summer of Soul,” Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s look at 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival, picked up nominations for Thompson for director in addition to best feature, best music doc and best editing. “Not Going Quietly,” about healthcare activist Ady Barkan, received noms for Nicholas Bruckman for best director along with best feature and best writing.
IDA members may vote online for the best feature and best short categories starting Dec. 13.
PBS earned 14 nominations, followed by Netflix and Hulu with seven nominations each and HBO with six. This year’s submissions included 314 documentary features, 137 shorts, 172 series, 54 student films, 29 music docs and 41 audio documentaries or podcasts.
Here’s the full list of 2021 nominees:
Best Feature...
Winners will be announced Feb. 5 at the awards ceremony at Paramount Studios.
“Summer of Soul,” Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s look at 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival, picked up nominations for Thompson for director in addition to best feature, best music doc and best editing. “Not Going Quietly,” about healthcare activist Ady Barkan, received noms for Nicholas Bruckman for best director along with best feature and best writing.
IDA members may vote online for the best feature and best short categories starting Dec. 13.
PBS earned 14 nominations, followed by Netflix and Hulu with seven nominations each and HBO with six. This year’s submissions included 314 documentary features, 137 shorts, 172 series, 54 student films, 29 music docs and 41 audio documentaries or podcasts.
Here’s the full list of 2021 nominees:
Best Feature...
- 11/15/2021
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Immediately following premieres of their latest documentaries at major awards-circuit festivals, veteran filmmakers Liz Garbus, Robert Greene and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi headed to a small, remote village on the coast of Maine – two hours from a major airport.
The trio made the trek so they could attend the 17th edition of the Camden Intl. Film Festival. Each brought with them their Oscar-contending docus — “Becoming Cousteau,” “Procession” and “The Rescue,” respectively.
Fresh off showings at Telluride and the Toronto film fests, Garbus’ ‘Becoming Cousteau” kicked off Ciff, which was held in-person Sept. 16-19 and continues online until Sept. 26. During its first weekend, a who’s who of the docu community — including Oscar winner Alex Gibney, Cinetic Media founder and principal John Sloss, former Sundance Institute CEO Keri Putnam, NBC News Studios’ head of documentary Molly O’Brien and Pov executive director Erika Dilday — could be seen at various festival venues in...
The trio made the trek so they could attend the 17th edition of the Camden Intl. Film Festival. Each brought with them their Oscar-contending docus — “Becoming Cousteau,” “Procession” and “The Rescue,” respectively.
Fresh off showings at Telluride and the Toronto film fests, Garbus’ ‘Becoming Cousteau” kicked off Ciff, which was held in-person Sept. 16-19 and continues online until Sept. 26. During its first weekend, a who’s who of the docu community — including Oscar winner Alex Gibney, Cinetic Media founder and principal John Sloss, former Sundance Institute CEO Keri Putnam, NBC News Studios’ head of documentary Molly O’Brien and Pov executive director Erika Dilday — could be seen at various festival venues in...
- 9/20/2021
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Sundance Institute Sets 10 Producers For 2021 Lab & Summit, Unveils Advisors & Industry Participants
On Wednesday, Sundance Institute named the fellows selected for its 2021 Producers Lab and Summit.
Producers and projects selected on the feature film side include Katie White (Caity), Deidre Backs (Fancy Dance), Duran Jones (The Incredible Heist of Hallelujah Jones), Shao Min Chew Chia (The Plutonians), and Austin Sepulveda (Sundown Town).
Those chosen for the Documentary Producers Lab are Jole Estrella Horwitz (All that is Solid (Todo Lo Sólido)), Darcy McKinnon (Commuted), Keith Wilson (I Didn’t See You There), Razi Jafri (Loyalty) and Ann Bennett (Razing Liberty Square).
Fiction producers serving as advisors at this year’s program include Mollye Asher (Nomadland), Amy Lo (Nancy), Paul Mezey (After Yang) and Laura Rister (The Tale). Nonfiction advisors will include Violeta Bava (Azor), Jannat Gargi (Vice Studios), Andrea Meditch (Fathom), and Tracy Rector (Nia Tero).
This year’s Producers Lab is set for July 25-29. The Producers Summit will take place between...
Producers and projects selected on the feature film side include Katie White (Caity), Deidre Backs (Fancy Dance), Duran Jones (The Incredible Heist of Hallelujah Jones), Shao Min Chew Chia (The Plutonians), and Austin Sepulveda (Sundown Town).
Those chosen for the Documentary Producers Lab are Jole Estrella Horwitz (All that is Solid (Todo Lo Sólido)), Darcy McKinnon (Commuted), Keith Wilson (I Didn’t See You There), Razi Jafri (Loyalty) and Ann Bennett (Razing Liberty Square).
Fiction producers serving as advisors at this year’s program include Mollye Asher (Nomadland), Amy Lo (Nancy), Paul Mezey (After Yang) and Laura Rister (The Tale). Nonfiction advisors will include Violeta Bava (Azor), Jannat Gargi (Vice Studios), Andrea Meditch (Fathom), and Tracy Rector (Nia Tero).
This year’s Producers Lab is set for July 25-29. The Producers Summit will take place between...
- 7/22/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Erika Dilday, who earlier this year became the first Black executive director of American Documentary Inc., oversees various ventures for the nonprofit, including management of the long-running “Pov” series on PBS and “America ReFramed,” a showcase of independent documentaries on the World Channel. Formerly executive director of the Maysles Documentary Center, where she produced Albert Maysles’ final film, “In Transit,” she joined AmDoc from Futuro Media Group, a nonprofit that produces programming including “Latino USA,” where she had been CEO since 2017. She spoke with Variety about the 34th season lineup of “Pov,” which she executive produces and kicked off July 5, along with the recent PBS-Ken Burns controversy about diversity and competing with streaming services such as Netflix.
You most recently were CEO of Futuro Media Group and before that executive director of Maysles Documentary Center. What do you expect to carry over from those experiences into your new role...
You most recently were CEO of Futuro Media Group and before that executive director of Maysles Documentary Center. What do you expect to carry over from those experiences into your new role...
- 7/6/2021
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Peacock has acquired Civil War, a documentary from director Rachel Boynton whose EPs include Brad Pitt and Henry Louis Gates Jr. The film will bow June 17 on NBCUniversal’s streamer, then premiere on MSNBC in October.
The pic is having a limited theatrical release starting Friday.
Per the logline, Civil War travels across the United States to explore how Americans tell the story of their Civil War. Filmed from President Obama’s final year in office through the present, it interweaves insightful scenes and interviews filmed North and South, painting a uniquely crafted, multi-faceted portrait of the American psyche and the deep roots of its turbulent times. With delicacy and strength, subtlety and determination, the lays bare a nation in denial, haunted by an embittered past and the stories it refuses to tell.
“In this time of reckoning in the country, Rachel Boynton...
The pic is having a limited theatrical release starting Friday.
Per the logline, Civil War travels across the United States to explore how Americans tell the story of their Civil War. Filmed from President Obama’s final year in office through the present, it interweaves insightful scenes and interviews filmed North and South, painting a uniquely crafted, multi-faceted portrait of the American psyche and the deep roots of its turbulent times. With delicacy and strength, subtlety and determination, the lays bare a nation in denial, haunted by an embittered past and the stories it refuses to tell.
“In this time of reckoning in the country, Rachel Boynton...
- 6/3/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Erika Dilday will join American Documentary, Inc. as executive director.
Dilday, who succeeds Justine Nagain, will be the company’s first Black executive director. The AmDoc board of director announced on Tuesday that Dilday will begin her duties as executive director in May.
As executive director Dilday will oversee all aspects of AmDocs programs and operations, including production and programming, community engagement and education, digital strategy, development, business affairs, communications and overall management of the Pov series on PBS. She will also serve as executive producer of America ReFramed, the company’s year-round showcase of independent documentaries featuring contemporary American stories that airs on the World Channel.
Coming to AmDoc from Futuro Media Group, where she served as CEO since 2017, Dilday has years of executive documentary work under her belt. Prior to Futuro Media Group, Dilday was the executive director of Maysles Documentary Center where she oversaw community cinema and...
Dilday, who succeeds Justine Nagain, will be the company’s first Black executive director. The AmDoc board of director announced on Tuesday that Dilday will begin her duties as executive director in May.
As executive director Dilday will oversee all aspects of AmDocs programs and operations, including production and programming, community engagement and education, digital strategy, development, business affairs, communications and overall management of the Pov series on PBS. She will also serve as executive producer of America ReFramed, the company’s year-round showcase of independent documentaries featuring contemporary American stories that airs on the World Channel.
Coming to AmDoc from Futuro Media Group, where she served as CEO since 2017, Dilday has years of executive documentary work under her belt. Prior to Futuro Media Group, Dilday was the executive director of Maysles Documentary Center where she oversaw community cinema and...
- 4/13/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Nonprofit organization American Documentary, which supports the acclaimed PBS series Pov, has hired Erika Dilday as its first Black executive director.
Most recently CEO of the Futuro Media Group, Dilday also becomes executive producer of AmDoc’s Pov doc series on PBS and America ReFramed on the World Channel. “It was clear to the Board that Erika’s experience and commitment to independent voices were the perfect fit for AmDoc at this time. She’s a visionary and we believe that, as executive director, she will be a tremendous asset to the organization going forward,” Margaret Drain, chair ...
Most recently CEO of the Futuro Media Group, Dilday also becomes executive producer of AmDoc’s Pov doc series on PBS and America ReFramed on the World Channel. “It was clear to the Board that Erika’s experience and commitment to independent voices were the perfect fit for AmDoc at this time. She’s a visionary and we believe that, as executive director, she will be a tremendous asset to the organization going forward,” Margaret Drain, chair ...
- 4/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Nonprofit organization American Documentary, which supports the acclaimed PBS series Pov, has hired Erika Dilday as its first Black executive director.
Most recently CEO of the Futuro Media Group, Dilday also becomes executive producer of AmDoc’s Pov doc series on PBS and America ReFramed on the World Channel. “It was clear to the Board that Erika’s experience and commitment to independent voices were the perfect fit for AmDoc at this time. She’s a visionary and we believe that, as executive director, she will be a tremendous asset to the organization going forward,” Margaret Drain, chair ...
Most recently CEO of the Futuro Media Group, Dilday also becomes executive producer of AmDoc’s Pov doc series on PBS and America ReFramed on the World Channel. “It was clear to the Board that Erika’s experience and commitment to independent voices were the perfect fit for AmDoc at this time. She’s a visionary and we believe that, as executive director, she will be a tremendous asset to the organization going forward,” Margaret Drain, chair ...
- 4/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Filmmaker Albert Maysles, whose pioneering documentary work chronicled some of rock music's most transformational moments, died Thursday. Maysles had battled pancreatic cancer and become ill about a month before his death, Erika Dilday, executive director of the Maysles Institute, told Newsweek. "He died at home surrounded by his family," she said. Maysles collaborated alongside his brother David on films that showcased the emergent talents of such icons as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The Stones' blues-infused, sexually charged sound was on display in Maysles' 1970 music film classic, Gimme Shelter. Before that film, Maysles helmed 1964's What's Happening!
- 3/6/2015
- by Andrea Billups
- PEOPLE.com
Filmmaker Albert Maysles, whose pioneering documentary work chronicled some of rock music's most transformational moments, died Thursday. Maysles had battled pancreatic cancer and become ill about a month before his death, Erika Dilday, executive director of the Maysles Institute, told Newsweek. "He died at home surrounded by his family," she said. Maysles collaborated alongside his brother David on films that showcased the emergent talents of such icons as Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The Stones' blues-infused, sexually-charged sound was on display in Maysles' 1970 music film classic, Gimme Shelter. Before that film, Maysles also helmed 1964's What's Happening!
- 3/6/2015
- by Andrea Billups
- PEOPLE.com
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