As the year draws to a close, realscreen has quizzed figures from across the factual spectrum for their 2014 highlights, lowlights, reflections and future aspirations. Here, Ro*co Films founder Annie Roney (pictured) offers her take.
My favorite documentary film of the past year was:
I never thought they’d make a program about:
Particle physics.
The program/series/doc people will still be talking about five years from now is:
Particle Fever.
In 18 months, no one will be talking about:
The 2014 Oscar shortlist.
The most positive development in the non-fiction content industry in 2014 was:
Netflix expanding into the rest of the world.
The most troubling development in the non-fiction content industry in 2014 was:
Also Netflix expanding into the rest of the world.
The idea I wish I thought of from this past year was:
Hiring [Sundance Film Festival programmer] Hussain Currimbhoy.
The idea I’m most glad that I had this year was:
Launching [community screening service] Simple Cinema.
If 2014 taught me one thing, it was:
If you don’t do it, no one else will.
The buzzword I don’t want to hear in 2015:
“Impact.”
My New Year’s resolution for 2015 is:
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