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AFI Docs ’13: From Watergate to Super 8
FILMAs AFI Docs kicks off in Washington DC, realscreen launches a series profiling a range of female doc-makers, starting with director Penny Lane (pictured), whose all-archive doc Our Nixon aims to cast new light on the former U.S. president.
ITV in $30m deal for Thinkfactory
TVAfter taking over Duck Dynasty indie Gurney Productions and Cake Boss firm High Noon, UK broadcaster ITV has made yet another U.S. power play, buying control of Thinkfactory Media, the prodco behind Hatfields & McCoys (pictured).
Doc/Fest ’13: “Act of Killing,” “Uganda” land gongs
FILMJoshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing (pictured) continued its run of festival award wins by picking up the Special Jury Prize in Sheffield, while Roger Ross Williams’ God Loves Uganda took the Youth Jury Award.
Doc/Fest ’13: BBC promises to protect blue-chip wildlife series
TVThe BBC has promised it will continue to produce and air big-budget, blue-chip natural history series such as Frozen Planet (pictured), Life, Africa and Planet Earth, following a UK report suggesting that its multimillion dollar coproduction partnership with Discovery is coming to an end.
Realscreen West 2013: The complete wrap
TVRealscreen recaps all the key news and views from its fifth annual West Coast conference, which took place over two sold-out days in Santa Monica last week.


