Art meets science on Nat Geo’s series “Breakthrough,” when critically acclaimed filmmakers like Ana Lily Amirpour decide to put their skills into telling stories about the latest innovations and how they can change our lives.
The “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” director spoke to IndieWire about why she decided to direct an episode of the series, which returns for a second season on Tuesday, May 2.
“I was excited to collaborate with Nat Geo because I’ve been a fan of since I was a kid; I grew up watching shows on nature and science with my Dad, who’s also a big fan,” she said. “And when I sat down with the producers of ‘Breakthrough,’ discussing possible topics I could tackle, I found myself drawn to the topic of cancer treatment without really knowing why.
Read More: IndieWire and FilmStruck’s ‘Movies That Inspire Me’: Ana Lily Amirpour...
The “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” director spoke to IndieWire about why she decided to direct an episode of the series, which returns for a second season on Tuesday, May 2.
“I was excited to collaborate with Nat Geo because I’ve been a fan of since I was a kid; I grew up watching shows on nature and science with my Dad, who’s also a big fan,” she said. “And when I sat down with the producers of ‘Breakthrough,’ discussing possible topics I could tackle, I found myself drawn to the topic of cancer treatment without really knowing why.
Read More: IndieWire and FilmStruck’s ‘Movies That Inspire Me’: Ana Lily Amirpour...
- 5/2/2017
- by Ben Travers and Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Leonardo DiCaprio has been rather vocal when it comes to fighting for environmental issues. He’s produced several documentaries about climate change, clean energy and more such as The 11th Hour, Catching the Sun and Before the Flood. Now he’s turned his attention to the threat of extinction facing African elephants due to the illegal ivory […]
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- 10/21/2016
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
By Todd Garbarini
It is no secret that the earth is in a state of constant and rapid change. Global warming, economic impoverishment for a growing number of people who have few options available to them, the threat of earthquakes in areas of the country that are long overdue for a massive shaking – all of these are stress factors that large segments of the population contend with daily.
The Chevron Richmond Refinery in Richmond, CA was constructed by Standard Oil in 1901 and opened in 1902 (John D. Rockefeller, who was a founder, chairman and major shareholder of the company, became the richest man in the world following Standard Oil’s dissolution into 33 smaller companies). The refinery has had its share of problems over the years, suffering explosions and fires in 1989 and again in 1999. On August 6, 2012, there was an eruption of such intensity that it displaced over 15,000 people living in the surrounding areas,...
It is no secret that the earth is in a state of constant and rapid change. Global warming, economic impoverishment for a growing number of people who have few options available to them, the threat of earthquakes in areas of the country that are long overdue for a massive shaking – all of these are stress factors that large segments of the population contend with daily.
The Chevron Richmond Refinery in Richmond, CA was constructed by Standard Oil in 1901 and opened in 1902 (John D. Rockefeller, who was a founder, chairman and major shareholder of the company, became the richest man in the world following Standard Oil’s dissolution into 33 smaller companies). The refinery has had its share of problems over the years, suffering explosions and fires in 1989 and again in 1999. On August 6, 2012, there was an eruption of such intensity that it displaced over 15,000 people living in the surrounding areas,...
- 4/19/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Shalini Kantayya
Us filmmaker Shalini Kantayya will open the 5th annual Transitions Film Festival with the Australian Premiere of her feature documentary Catching the Sun.
Shalini Kantayya finished in the top 10 out of 12,000 filmmakers on Fox.s On The Lot, a show by Steven Spielberg in search of Hollywood.s next great director.
Her sci-fi film about the world water crisis, A Drop in the Life, won Best Short at Palm Beach International, and was broadcast on national television in the Us and India.
She is a Sundance Fellow, a Ted Fellow, and was a finalist for the ABC Disney | DGA Directing Fellowship.
The mission of her production company, 7th Empire Media, is to create a culture of human rights and a sustainable planet through imaginative media that makes real impact.
Catching the Sun follows the hope and heartbreak of unemployed American workers seeking jobs in the solar industry.
An...
Us filmmaker Shalini Kantayya will open the 5th annual Transitions Film Festival with the Australian Premiere of her feature documentary Catching the Sun.
Shalini Kantayya finished in the top 10 out of 12,000 filmmakers on Fox.s On The Lot, a show by Steven Spielberg in search of Hollywood.s next great director.
Her sci-fi film about the world water crisis, A Drop in the Life, won Best Short at Palm Beach International, and was broadcast on national television in the Us and India.
She is a Sundance Fellow, a Ted Fellow, and was a finalist for the ABC Disney | DGA Directing Fellowship.
The mission of her production company, 7th Empire Media, is to create a culture of human rights and a sustainable planet through imaginative media that makes real impact.
Catching the Sun follows the hope and heartbreak of unemployed American workers seeking jobs in the solar industry.
An...
- 1/10/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Top brass at the 21st Los Angeles Film Festival have announced the Us Fiction, Documentary and World Competition sections.
Seventy-four films in total will screen at the event, scheduled to run from June 10-18, while 54 play in competition including 39 world premieres.
Organisers pointed out that nearly 40% of the directors in the six competitive categories are female and nearly 30% of the films are directed by people of colour.
New sections this year are the Us Fiction and World Fiction Competitions and Launch, as well as the previously announced Buzz, Nightfall and Zeitgeist programmes.
The Launch section is designed to showcase innovative storytelling crafted in digital media including music videos, web series, podcasts, interactive games and digital activism shorts.
Selections include Making Cool Sh*t: The Music Videos Of Ok Go followed by a talk with frontman and director Damian Kulash and Funny Or Die’s Make ‘Em Laff Showcase.
Among the Us Fiction Competition entries are world premieres...
Seventy-four films in total will screen at the event, scheduled to run from June 10-18, while 54 play in competition including 39 world premieres.
Organisers pointed out that nearly 40% of the directors in the six competitive categories are female and nearly 30% of the films are directed by people of colour.
New sections this year are the Us Fiction and World Fiction Competitions and Launch, as well as the previously announced Buzz, Nightfall and Zeitgeist programmes.
The Launch section is designed to showcase innovative storytelling crafted in digital media including music videos, web series, podcasts, interactive games and digital activism shorts.
Selections include Making Cool Sh*t: The Music Videos Of Ok Go followed by a talk with frontman and director Damian Kulash and Funny Or Die’s Make ‘Em Laff Showcase.
Among the Us Fiction Competition entries are world premieres...
- 5/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
While not all films mentioned below are necessarily guaranteed future place among the Sundance Film Festival elite, it’s certainly a step in the right direction for the filmmakers and more importantly the producers backing the future of independent film. Among the eleven project participants below selected for the annual Creative Producing Labs and Creative Producing Summit (July 30 – August 3) in the Feature Film category we find such names as future superstars in Summer Shelton (she worked with Ramin Bahrani) and receives the first ever Bingham Ray Creative Producing Fellow, Tory Lenosky (worked as an assistant to Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen) and Lucas Joaquin (second unit producer for Beasts of the Southern Wild). Here is the full press release below.
Feature Film Creative Producing Lab
The Feature Film Creative Producing Lab is a five-day Lab where narrative feature film producers work with an accomplished group of Creative Advisors to develop their creative instincts,...
Feature Film Creative Producing Lab
The Feature Film Creative Producing Lab is a five-day Lab where narrative feature film producers work with an accomplished group of Creative Advisors to develop their creative instincts,...
- 7/18/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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