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Weinstein Company to appeal “R” rating of “Bully”
FILMThe MPAA has assigned an “R” rating to the documentary Bully (pictured), a decision which will be appealed by the film’s backers The Weinstein Company prior to its scheduled theatrical release in March.
Indomina to uncover “The Imposter”
FILM / TVU.S. distributor The Indomina Group has acquired North American rights to Bart Layton’s hit Sundance documentary The Imposter (pictured) from A&E IndieFilms.
Sundance Selects picks up Ai Weiwei documentary
FILMSundance Selects has picked up Alison Klayman’s Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, a doc about the famous Chinese artist and dissident (pictured), which recently screened at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival.
Oscars 2012: Marshall Curry on “If A Tree Falls”
FILMSecond-time Oscar nominee Marshall Curry talks to realscreen about his eco-terrorism doc, If A Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front (pictured), a film he calls his most challenging to date.
“Caesar Must Die” triumphs in Berlin
FILMPaolo and Vittorio Taviani’s documentary Caesar Must Die (pictured) was the surprise winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, while the audience award for best documentary went to Matthew Akers’ Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present.
Archivist Rick Prelinger to receive lifetime achievement award
FILM / PEOPLE NEWS / TVThe author, filmmaker and footage expert will be honored at this year’s edition of the FOCAL International Awards, to be held in London this May.
MIPDoc teams with Indie Go Go for International Pitch, reveals keynotes
DIGITAL / FILM / TVEntrants to this year’s pitch competition in Cannes can work with the crowdfunding site to promote their projects and pitch for investment online.
Hot Docs’ Bloor Cinema to re-open in March
FILMThe refurbished Toronto theater (pictured) will open its doors on March 14, with an opening slate that includes recent doc hits such as Being Elmo, Fightville and Sound It Out, alongside classic efforts such as Grizzly Man, The Thin Blue Line and When We Were Kings.
Hot Docs’ Doc Ignite lights up “Time Machine”
DIGITAL / FILMDirector Jay Cheel’s How To Build A Time Machine (pictured) is the first project to seek financing using Canadian film festival Hot Docs’ new crowdfunding platform, Doc Ignite.
Archive Masterclass: The making of “Senna”
FILMSenna scored a double triumph at the BAFTA Film Awards in London yesterday, picking up prizes in the documentary and editing categories. Here, the film’s director Asif Kapadia (left) and archive producer Paul Bell (right) talk to realscreen about the making of the F1 doc.
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Factual Entertainment Forum 2011 - Kinetic Content CEO Chris Coelen moderates “Crossing Borders: Intel from International Buyers” at Realscreen’s Factual Entertainment Forum.