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10/09/2014

Wonderful new Op-Doc by Errol Morris!

They deposed a dictator, helped defeat Communism and started a movement to end famine. In this series, the Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee, the former Polish president L**h Walesa and the rocker Bob Geldof talk about their campaigns for peace.

02/14/2014

Gotta love the Criterion team!

There are few names that represent a commitment to the distribution of classic films like the Criterion Collection. Since the 1980s, they have remastered and released hundreds of movies on Laserdisc, DVD and Blu-Ray. We recently visited the Criterion headquarters in New York to get a first-hand look...

01/31/2014

wow.

Yesterday Indiewire‘s Anne Thompson and TheWrap‘s Steve Pond reported on a firm “either-or” declaration by Toronto Film Festival artistic director Cameron Bailey, to wit: if producers/distributors henceforth unveil their Oscar-bait films at the Telluride Film...

01/27/2014

We're looking forward to watching Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's new documentary this Saturday!

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will present the world premiere of Oscar , a brand-new documentary tracing the history of the Academy Awards�, as part of its annual 31 Days of Oscar showcase, leading up to ABC?s live Academy Awards telecast on March 2.� Produced by Telling Pictures, Inc. , in associatio...

01/14/2014

a Minnesota directed New York Times Op-Doc!
congrats to Jonah, Lewis, James and Eliot.

A young woman, lured to North Dakota for a truck-driving job in the oil industry, shares her agonizing existence in an isolated boomtown.

12/17/2013

Rock on Casey Neistat!

help the children effected by typhoon Haiyan by giving to Unicef http://tinyurl.com/lt32ruk the whole story; i often get solicitations for work, all kinds of...

12/11/2013

Congratulations to Linda Lichter for being one of Hollywood Reporter's 2013 Women in Entertainment Power 100!

12/11/2013

Gear!

POV asked documentarians to share their experiences with equipment and documentary tools - from cameras and lenses to animation software and mobile apps - to create a comprehensive equipment list based on what filmmakers are actually using in the field. Whether you're a novice or veteran, this uniqu...

11/26/2013

Spirit Awards nominees announced Today!

Award Season Fever is about to reach epidemic proportions thanks to this morning’s announcement of the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominees. We a

11/19/2013

A recent shift in independent financing...

Hollywood's legacy movie studios are leaning more on third-party financing for middle-budget movies, so they themselves can put their chips on expensive superhero movies and sequels with a built-in following.

11/07/2013

Many interesting films are being presented at AFM this year with a new producers forum also taking place. Werks' VP of Production, Mark Steele, will be attending. Enjoy, Mark!

The American Film Market kicks off Wednesday with a kind of cautious bullishness, following the relatively robust business at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival in September. With 402 films scheduled ...

10/29/2013

How nice!

Animation studio behind Toy Story and Monsters University answers appeal from veteran director for editing supplies.