Sunday, June 17----------After five days of what was admittedly some very difficult subject matter explored on screen (torture, imprisonment, war, racism, genocide and all forms of denial of freedom and equality), SILVERDOCS ended on a lighter note, while still staying committed to the issue-oriented nature of the event. The Closing Night Film, making its East Coast Premiere (while screening simultaneously in Seattle, Washington) is this year's nature sensation ARTIC TALE. Directed by Sarah ...
Friday, May 18-------Like most New Yorkers, Alan Berliner cannot quite get to sleep. The veteran documentarian uses this as his touchstone to explore his own insomnia and the effect it has on his family, in WIDE AWAKE, which will screen twice tomorrow at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center. The director, undoubtedly with bags under his eyes, will introduce the film at the 6:00pm screening. For the night owl crowd, there will be a second screening at 11:00pm. Following both screenings, Be...
Thursday, April 19-----SHARKWATER, the eco-activist documentary by Canadian director Rob Stewart, took the Acura Grand Jury Feature Film Award, with a cash prize of $10,000, at the Gen Art Film Festival Awards Ceremonies on Tuesday night. The film has already won eleven major international awards, and opened theatrically earlier this month in its native Canada with a record-breaking opening weekend (beating out such high profile documentaries as the Oscar winning AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH an...
With its 2006 schedule, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival expands its enormously popular “My First Movies” screenings, where interactive movie watching is encouraged! This series of programs is created especially for young audiences, ages 2-5 and 4-6, and consists of positive, age-appropriate films that have been specially approved for young children by Facets Artistic Director and the Festival’s Program Director. The CICFF will extend their “My First Movies” interactive...
Friday, September 15----A late, but welcome, addition to the film schedule of the Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival, is a fascinating look at the life and work of whale biologist Dr. Roger Payne. The film, A LIFE AMONG WHALES, features breathtaking underwater photography along with its ecological message of environmental activism.
Dr. Payne, a MacArthur Fellowship winner and one of the leading oceanographic researchers in the field, has advanced the boundaries of science and activ...
The 2006 Rural Route Film Festival will take place at Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue (at 2nd Street), from Friday, July 28 through Sunday, July 30. Tickets are $8.00 for all films.Programs include: a special screening of the acclaimed PBS series COUNTRY BOYS (chronicling the lives of two Kentucky high school students) w/award-winning PBS documentarian DAVID SUTHERLAND in person for Q&A, music documentary "HOMEMADE HILBILLY JAM", and the New York premiere of "DISAPPEARANCES", starri...
EcoVision - 1th edition International Festival of environmental cinema(Palermo, May 27 / June, 1th. 2005)In late May 2005 the first edition of the Film Festival EcoVision will take place in the most prestigious monumental centres of Palermo.During the Festival we will expect the arrival of very important personalities with a leading role in the survey of the environmental protection.We will also offer cashprizes and benefits to those who will take part in the film festival.The festival is chi...
Does knowing where we come from tell us who we are ? This somewhat philosophical question is a token of the diversity of the angles taken by Ecocinema 4th International Environmental Film Festival in Rhodes (Greece) to address the complex relationships between man and his environment. This is also the subject of Motherland : a genetic journey, by Archie Baron from the UK, a 89-minute long documentary that spurred a series of questions among the audience on the second day of the festival.The dire...
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 2004 The Explorers Club's 2004 Documentary Film Festival is a day-long celebration of the best in films on the subjects of Scientific Exploration, Field Research, Wildlife and Conservation. The Explorers Club Documentary Film Festival represents a continuation and extension of the Club’s longstanding mission, as we seek to honor filmmakers who share our vision for, and commitment to, a healthier planet in the 21st century. The Festival will be held at The Explorers Club'...
