With stories from Israel/Palestine, Russia, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Tibet and the U.S., our grantees have covered the globe at this year’s DocuWeek screening series. Please check out their projects below and join us in support of their screenings in New York and Los Angeles!
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The Sundance Documentary Film Program would like to congratulate Ngawang Choephel (Tibet In Song) and Natalia Almada (El General), for their nominations at this year’s International Documentary Association Doc Awards.
Congratulations to James Longley (Iraq in Fragments) for the recent award of $500,000 over five years in recognition of filmmaking and contribution to the documentary field.
Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter screened in the Sundance Institute Screening Series in Park City, Utah on September 10. Filmmakers Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater sat down for an interview ahead of their screening.
July 20, 2009
This weekend, Iranian-born artist Shirin Neshat, a Sundance Institute Artist Trustee, sat at our annual Board Retreat and described in terrifying detail a situation we all know about, but perhaps not in enough detail. Among many others recently arrested in Iran’s post-election demonstrations are Iranian artists, journalists, filmmakers and human rights leaders, including [...]
Sundance Institute announced the selection of 12 Documentary Film Fellows representing six projects to participate in the sixth Documentary Film Edit and Story Laboratory, June 21 – 28 in Sundance, Utah. Complete list of projects and advisors included.
OUT IN THE SILENCE filmmakers Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer sit for a Q&A prior to screening their work-in-progress to a packed house at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 19.
Congratulations to DFP fellow Mai Iskander, 2009 recipient of the REEL Current Award. Former Vice President Al Gore presented Mai the award this week in a private meeting at the closing of the Nashville Film Festival. The REEL Current award is presented to a film that provides extraordinary insight into contemporary global issues.
During the meeting Iskander told [...]