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Hot Docs 2012: NFB sells “Boxing Girls” abroad
FILM / TVThe National Film Board of Canada has penned a string of international sales for Ariel Nasr’s documentary The Boxing Girls of Kabul (pictured), which is playing this week at Hot Docs in Toronto.
“Burn” takes doc audience award at Tribeca
FILMAudiences at the Tribeca Film Festival selected Burn (pictured), a documentary on Detroit firefighters directed by Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez, as one of the recipients of its audience awards.
Hollywood aims to (re)make a difference
FILM / TVWith Oscar-winner Undefeated set for the Hollywood treatment, ro*co productions partnering with The Help‘s producers, and Scott Rudin buying remake rights for Indie Game and Brooklyn Castle (pictured), the fiction realm is increasingly turning to docs for inspiration.
Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Awards, grants handed out
FILMThe Tribeca Film Institute gave out US$92,000 in funds as part of its Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Awards and alumni grants, in a ceremony in Manhattan on April 26.
Hot Docs 2012: “Weiwei” director discusses “unpredictable” China
FILMDirector Alison Klayman (pictured) recounted her experiences working under the radar in China at the Canadian premiere of her doc Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, which kicked off the 19th annual Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto last night (April 26).
Hot Docs 2012: Finding the “Beauty” in Wayne White
FILMAhead of the Canadian premiere of Beauty is Embarrassing at Hot Docs tomorrow (April 28), first-time filmmaker Neil Berkeley (pictured) tells realscreen why he needed to document pop-culture artist Wayne White’s career, which encompasses everything from Pee Wee’s Playhouse to his famous word paintings.
Autlook, Sideways take on Wadja Studios docs
FILMVienna-based Autlook Filmsales will handle distribution for the Polish studio’s Losing Sonia (pictured), while London-based Sideways Films will shop Paparazzi and 3 Days of Freedom.
“World Before Her,” “Wavumba” triumph at Tribeca Film Festival
FILMThe World Before Her (pictured), from Canadian director Nisha Pahuja, has scooped the Best Documentary Feature prize at the 11th annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
Sheffield Doc/Fest exploring British coastline with interactive doc
DIGITAL / FILMFrom the Sea to the Land Beyond, a cross-platform doc making its debut at the UK doc fest in June, takes 100 years of BFI Archive footage to deliver a one-hour “poetic meditation on the British coastline.”
New York Film Festival co-founder Amos Vogel dies
FILM / PEOPLE NEWSAmos Vogel (pictured), the co-founder of the New York Film Festival and creator of Manhattan film club Cinema 16, has passed away in New York City, aged 91.
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Factual Entertainment Forum 2011 - Zodiak Rights’ VP acquisitions for North America, JC Mills, moderating “Formats that Fly” at Realscreen’s Factual Entertainment Forum in Santa Monica, June 2011.