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The 2012 Hot Docs Forum report, part one: Weddings, Wars and Ortiz
FILM / TVIn the first installment of realscreen‘s annual three-part complete report on the Hot Docs Forum, which took place at Toronto’s Hart House earlier this month, we examine all 26 feature doc projects pitched at the annual event, along with detailed commissioner responses and analysis.
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Morgan Spurlock to speak at Realscreen West
DIGITAL / FILM / PEOPLE NEWS / TVThe acclaimed and irreverent documentarian (Super Size Me, Comic Con: Episode IV – A Fan’s Hope) will take the stage at realscreen‘s upcoming factual entertainment conference in Santa Monica to discuss his latest projects, and his experiences in the burgeoning world of producing and distributing content for the Web.
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ESPN brings back ’30 for 30′
FILM / TVESPN Films is lining up a second season of its Peabody-winning ’30 for 30′ film series, to kick off in October, accompanied this time by an additional 30 short films.
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Kim Kardashian named Personality of the Year for Factual Entertainment Awards
PEOPLE NEWS / TVThe star of Keeping Up with the Kardashians will be inducted into the realscreen Factual Entertainment Awards Hall of Fame during the ceremony in Santa Monica on May 30.
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Hot Docs 2012: The complete festival wrap
FILM / TVWith the 19th annual Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival having drawn to a close last night (May 6), realscreen offers a comprehensive review of the past 11 days’ highlights, detailing all the key news, views and talking points.
Smithsonian taps Story House, Parthenon for “Forensic Firsts”
TVU.S. net Smithsonian Channel has commissioned Story House Productions and Parthenon Entertainment to make Forensic Firsts, a six-part series looking at the history of modern day forensic tools.
Upfronts 2012: USA Network lines up “Bride or Best Man”
TVUSA Network is moving into reality programming, unveiling a slate of titles as part of its annual Upfront, including a pilot pick-up of Bride or Best Man (working title) from Shed Media.
An inside look at Inside Out
FILMWith President Obama’s support for same-sex marriage drawing issues of gay rights to a global audience, the LGBT-focused Inside Out festival – which kicks off today in Toronto – offers an outlet to learn more, the festival’s director of programming Andrew Murphy (pictured) tells realscreen.
Zodiak Rights acquires “Norway Massacre: The Survivors”
TVThe 60-minute documentary from UK prodco firstlooktv features exclusive, first-person testimony from those who survived last summer’s massacre in Norway, close to one year on.
NHNZ, Korea’s ETRI team up for 3D conversion project
FILM / TVThe production company is providing information on broadcast quality needs, as well as offering its natural history series Life Force (pictured) as a test case for the 2D to 3D conversion software being developed by the Korean tech giant.
UKTV and C4 sign factual and lifestyle output deal
TVBuilding on a previous output deal covering drama, comedy and entertainment, the deal includes a number of successful series from the UK pubcaster, such as One Born Every Minute (pictured), Embarrassing Bodies, and Time Team, which will air on the relevant UKTV channels.
Cannes 2012: Marina Abramovic doc sells to France, Germany
FILMDogwoof Global, the international sales division of Dogwoof, has penned four sales for Matthew Akers’ documentary Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present, which is screening this week in the Marche du Film at the Cannes International Films Festival.
Showtime lines up docs for Gay Pride month
FILM / TVU.S. net Showtime is lining up three documentaries focusing on issues affecting the LGBT community in honor of Gay Pride month in June, including Melissa Johnson’s acclaimed doc No Look Pass (pictured).
Upfronts 2012: CBS orders “The Job,” ABC dances with ‘all-stars’
TVA reality competition series from executive producers Mark Burnett and Michael Davies and an all-star edition of Dancing with the Stars (pictured) are among the unscripted programming Americans can expect in CBS and ABC’s fall seasons.
PBS slates “Broadway or Bust,” “Half the Sky” for fall
FILM / TVThe public broadcaster also revealed more films due to air on doc strands ‘Independent Lens’ and ‘POV’ over the fall season, including Give Up Tomorrow (pictured).
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Factual Entertainment Forum 2011 - The scene at the Realscreen Factual Entertainment Forum closing cocktail, sponsored by TruTV.