Articles Tagged ‘Errol Morris’
Errol Morris making doc on Donald Rumsfeld
FILMOscar-winning director Errol Morris (pictured, left) has begun work on a doc looking at the life of former U.S. secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld (right), backed by History Films, RADiUS-TWC and Participant Media.
TIFF ’12: First look at “The Act of Killing”
FILMCheck out an extended, provocative trailer for Joshua Oppenheimer’s anticipated TIFF doc The Act of Killing (pictured), which challenges self-professed mass murderers to recreate and act out their war-time atrocities.
TIFF ’12: Powers predicts doc sales slew
FILMTIFF doc programmer Thom Powers is predicting an increase in the number of doc deals done at the Toronto festival this year, with The Act of Killing (pictured), a doc backed by both Werner Herzog and Errol Morris, among the hot tips.
ESPN sets fall dates for ’30 for 30′ season two
FILM / TVU.S. net ESPN is to kick off the second season of its ’30 for 30′ series in October, with TIFF selection 9.79* (pictured) and Billy Corben’s Broke among the first docs to air on the strand.
Filmmakers honor late documentarian Chris Marker
FILM / PEOPLE NEWSThe film world has paid tribute to Chris Marker (pictured), the pioneering film essayist and documentarian behind La Jetée, Sans Soleil and Letter From Siberia, following his death aged 91 in Paris on Sunday.
TIFF ’12: Burns, Gibney, Zenovich lead documentary picks
FILMTIFF has unveiled its 2012 docs line-up, with Ken Burns collaboration The Central Park Five (pictured) set to have its North American premiere in Toronto, alongside a doc from Alex Gibney looking at abuses of power in the Catholic Church.
Worldwide Short Film Festival unveils doc slate
FILMDocumentary projects from Errol Morris (pictured), the Quay Brothers and Roger Nygard are among the short films making their way to the annual fest, taking place in Toronto from June 5-10.
“The Interrupters” triumphs at Cinema Eye Honors
FILM / PEOPLE NEWSSteve James’s Chicago-set epic (pictured) picked up the top two prizes at the fifth annual Cinema Eye Honors, with other awards honoring Pina, Senna, Buck, Tabloid, The Arbor and a short film by the late Tim Hetherington.
“Tabloid,” “Cave,” “Nim” feted by U.S. critics
FILMFilm critics associations in LA, San Francisco, Boston and New York have chosen their picks for the year’s best docs, with Errol Morris’s Tabloid (pictured), Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams and James Marsh’s Project Nim among the winners.
BAFTA Guru to kick off with Errol Morris lecture
DIGITAL / FILMUK organization BAFTA has unveiled BAFTA Guru, an online resource featuring long-form lectures and interviews, which it will launch with a live stream of the annual David Lean Lecture, delivered this year by Oscar-winning director Errol Morris (pictured).
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