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05/01/2025

FYC | 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN UKRAINE' the Oscar-shortlisted documentary short film. A 2024 nominee for the Critics Choice Documentary Awards for Best Short Documentary, the film was produced by Oscar nominee Earle I. Mack, directed by Betsy West, and executive produced by Liev Schreiber.

A surprising story of resilience: how children in Ukraine are finding ways to survive the brutal Russian war machine that has targeted them and their families. Verite scenes and childhood reflections of life behind the frontlines.

EXCLUSIVE: Actor-activist Liev Schreiber has joined the Oscar-shortlisted documentary Once Upon a Time in Ukraine as an executive producer. The short film directed by Oscar nominee Betsy West (RBG) explores how Ukrainian children cope with the devastation and terror of war – finding poignant and o...

05/01/2025

FYC | 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN UKRAINE' the Oscar-shortlisted documentary short film. A 2024 nominee for the Critics Choice Documentary Awards for Best Short Documentary, the film was produced by Oscar nominee Earle I. Mack, directed by Betsy West, and executive produced by Liev Schreiber.

A surprising story of resilience: how children in Ukraine are finding ways to survive the brutal Russian war machine that has targeted them and their families. Verite scenes and childhood reflections of life behind the frontlines.

22/12/2024

Actor-activist Liev Schreiber joins 'Once Upon a Time in Ukraine,' the Oscar-shortlisted documentary directed by Betsy West, as an exec. producer.

12/12/2024

GVN Releasing and the Museum of Tolerance invite you to a special screening of THE PERFORMANCE

IN-PERSON Wednesday, December 11th at 7:00pm

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1930s Berlin. Harold May, an American Jewish tap dancer, accepts an extraordinary offer for a one-night performance in a city teetering on tyranny. With his troupe, Harold must turn art into survival in a gripping tale of courage and resilience, based on a short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller.

Q&A with Director Shira Piven and Lead Actor Jeremy Piven.

A reception will follow the conversation. This film is rated R.

11/12/2024

FYC - WATCH EXCLUSIVE trailer for 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN UKRAINE' the documentary feature short film awards contender. The film, a 2024 nominee for the Critics Choice Documentary Awards for Best Short Documentary, was produced by Oscar nominee Earle I. Mack and directed by Betsy West.

Synopsis: A surprising story of resilience: how children in Ukraine are finding ways to survive the brutal Russian war machine that has targeted them and their families. Verite scenes and childhood reflections of life behind the frontlines.

04/10/2023

WATCH NOW: "OASIS" – The New York Times Op-Docs, the Academy Award-winning distributor behind "The Queen of Basketball" and other award-winning short films, just debuted the award-winning documentary short film "Oasis" from Canadian director Justine Martin on nytimes.com.

Raphaël and Rémi are twins who see their fusional bond begin to crumble as they enter their teenage years. Rémi is growing up faster than Raphaël, who has an increasingly marked developmental disability and is struggling to adapt to this new reality. But during one last summer surrounded by nature, time seems to stand still.

"Oasis" had its world premiere at Dok Leipzig and then screened at more than 80 film festivals around the world including IDFA the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Docaviv as well as TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival 2023. It has received numerous awards this year including the Academy Awards-qualifying Grand Prize for Documentary Short at IndyShorts International Film Festival; Academy Awards-qualifying Best Documentary Short at RiverRun Film Festival; the Solveig Anspach Award at Solveig Anspach, Iceland; the NEON Award at Mo & Friese Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg; the Award for Best Documentary Short at Lunenburg Doc Fest and more.

At the dawn of their teenage years, the bond between the twins Raphaël and Rémi begins to weaken. But during the summer, time seems to stand still.

04/10/2023

WATCH NOW! The documentary short film GOLDIE was just released by The New Yorker. After his mother begins needing long-term care, a wild rock musician takes his performances to facilities like hers, in this short documentary by Billy Miossi. The film was produced by Alissa Shapiro and Weigel Productions.

After his mother begins needing long-term care, a wild rock musician takes his performances to facilities like hers, in a short documentary by Billy Miossi.

16/04/2023

WATCH NOW - 'AMERICAN RECKONING' is the PEABODY AWARD NOMINATED documentary (in the Public Service category) and NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARD CONTENDER.

FRONTLINE and Retro Report tell the story of the 1967 killing of Wharlest Jackson Sr., a local NAACP leader in Natchez, Mississippi. The documentary follows Jackson’s family as they search for the truth about what happened and examines the history of white supremacy in Natchez. It is part of FRONTLINE's multiplatform Un(re)solved initiative, which is nominated for a Peabody Award for Immersive & Interactive.

Watch the full 84 minute film now here: https://www.pbs.org/video/american-reckoning-assg68/

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