Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
And the Razzie Goes to . . .
As much as we hate to give Razzies any sort of promotion, The Criterion Channel has a new series to show just how wrong the execrable organization has been over the past decades. Launching today, they are spotlighting comedic gems like Tom Green’s Freddy Got Fingered, Elaine May’s Ishtar, and Neil Labute’s The Wicker Man, alongside Cruising, Heaven’s Gate, Xanadu, Querelle, Under the Cherry Moon, Cocktail, Showgirls, Barb Wire, The Blair Witch Project, Swept Away and Gigli.
Where to Stream: The Criterion Channel
BlackBerry (Matt Johnson)
In BlackBerry, the rise of a blue-chip tech company sets the stage for the dissolution of a longstanding friendship. Sound familiar? Just wait ‘til you hear the score.
And the Razzie Goes to . . .
As much as we hate to give Razzies any sort of promotion, The Criterion Channel has a new series to show just how wrong the execrable organization has been over the past decades. Launching today, they are spotlighting comedic gems like Tom Green’s Freddy Got Fingered, Elaine May’s Ishtar, and Neil Labute’s The Wicker Man, alongside Cruising, Heaven’s Gate, Xanadu, Querelle, Under the Cherry Moon, Cocktail, Showgirls, Barb Wire, The Blair Witch Project, Swept Away and Gigli.
Where to Stream: The Criterion Channel
BlackBerry (Matt Johnson)
In BlackBerry, the rise of a blue-chip tech company sets the stage for the dissolution of a longstanding friendship. Sound familiar? Just wait ‘til you hear the score.
- 3/1/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
With a title like “God Save Texas, “ a new three-part docuseries inspired by an acclaimed piece of nonfiction carrying the same name and authored by Lawrence Wright, one might think this particular program will unquestionably take a harsh look at the Lone Star State, focusing solely on its flaws and a bleak viewpoint as it looks to the future. There’s no doubt that Texas has, time and again, been mired in a barrage of controversial moments throughout the past 178 years of its existence as the 28th United state, but under the direction of Texas natives Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton and Iliana Sosa (“What We Leave Behind”), here three specific Texan sticking points are touched upon extensively, each handled well individually but when joined together paint a fascinating picture of how far Texas has come and how far it has yet to go.
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- 2/27/2024
- by Brian Farvour
- The Playlist
Three acclaimed filmmakers—Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton, and Iliana Sosa—take an intimate and multifaceted look at their home state of Texas through both the people that propel it forward the problems that set it back, from the prison and oil industries and their impact on disenfranchised community to the feelings of “in-between-ness” from straddling multiple cultures. The three-part HBO Original documentary “God Save Texas” will premiere on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 9 p.m. Et on HBO and Max with Parts Two and Three debuting back-to-back on Wednesday, Feb. 28. All three parts will be available to stream on Max beginning on Feb. 27. You can watch with a subscription to Max.
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Inspired by the book “God Save Texas: A Journey Into the...
How to Watch ‘God Save Texas’ Premiere When: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Where: Max Stream: Watch with a subscription to Max. Sign Up$9.99+ / month Max via amazon.com About ‘God Save Texas’ Premiere
Inspired by the book “God Save Texas: A Journey Into the...
- 2/27/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Prepare to delve deeper into the rich cultural tapestry of Texas with “God Save Texas” as Season 1 continues with Episode 3 titled “La Frontera.” Airing at 10:00 Pm on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, on HBO, this episode promises to offer a thought-provoking exploration of identity and heritage.
In “La Frontera,” filmmaker Iliana Sosa takes viewers on a journey through the concept of “nepantla,” an embrace of in-betweenness that characterizes her relationship to both her Mexican heritage and her hometown of El Paso, Texas. Through intimate interviews, stunning visuals, and personal anecdotes, Sosa invites audiences to reflect on the complexities of cultural identity and belonging.
From navigating the borderlands to celebrating the vibrant traditions of the region, “La Frontera” offers a nuanced and compelling perspective on what it means to straddle multiple worlds. Don’t miss this illuminating episode of “God Save Texas,” exclusively on HBO. It’s a captivating exploration of culture, heritage,...
In “La Frontera,” filmmaker Iliana Sosa takes viewers on a journey through the concept of “nepantla,” an embrace of in-betweenness that characterizes her relationship to both her Mexican heritage and her hometown of El Paso, Texas. Through intimate interviews, stunning visuals, and personal anecdotes, Sosa invites audiences to reflect on the complexities of cultural identity and belonging.
From navigating the borderlands to celebrating the vibrant traditions of the region, “La Frontera” offers a nuanced and compelling perspective on what it means to straddle multiple worlds. Don’t miss this illuminating episode of “God Save Texas,” exclusively on HBO. It’s a captivating exploration of culture, heritage,...
- 2/21/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
"It's hard to be a Texan right now." HBO has revealed an official trailer for a fascinating new docu series titled God Save Texas, a three part look into the lives of Texans living in three different cities. This brand new HBO Original Documentary Trilogy is inspired by Lawrence Wright's book that's also called "God Save Texas", and follows three filmmakers' distinct perspectives on their own Texas hometowns. The three Texan filmmakers who direct the films in this series are Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton, and Iliana Sosa – a personal and panoramic journey through one of the most controversial states in the union. Returning to their hometowns to shed light on an underrepresented story, the filmmakers chronicle the complex history of each city, exploring how it intertwines with their own provenance and evolution, and placing it in the larger picture of America today. Linklater's film God Save Texas: Hometown Prison is set in Huntsville.
- 2/19/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Three Texas directors head back to their hometowns and focus their cameras on stories that affect their cities in HBO’s documentary series God Save Texas. Inspired by Lawrence Wright’s God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State, the three-part documentary focuses on Huntsville’s prisons, the impact of the oil industry in Houston, and immigration issues in El Paso.
Oscar nominee Richard Linklater directs God Save Texas: Hometown Prison premiering on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt. Part two, The Price of Oil, debuts on February 28th at 9pm Et/Pt, followed by La Frontera at 10pm Et/Pt.
HBO released the following descriptions of the documentary trilogy:
God Save Texas: Hometown Prison – Huntsville is the capital of the Texas prison colossus, with seven prisons in the area and one-quarter of the town’s adult population incarcerated. In his second documentary, five-time Oscar nominated filmmaker Richard Linklater,...
Oscar nominee Richard Linklater directs God Save Texas: Hometown Prison premiering on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt. Part two, The Price of Oil, debuts on February 28th at 9pm Et/Pt, followed by La Frontera at 10pm Et/Pt.
HBO released the following descriptions of the documentary trilogy:
God Save Texas: Hometown Prison – Huntsville is the capital of the Texas prison colossus, with seven prisons in the area and one-quarter of the town’s adult population incarcerated. In his second documentary, five-time Oscar nominated filmmaker Richard Linklater,...
- 2/17/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
HBO kicked off the current iteration of the premium true-crime movement with The Jinx back in 2015.
As they prepare to launch The Jinx – Part 2, Lisa Heller and Nancy Abraham, EVPs of HBO Documentary and Family Programming, laid out their strategy to find films involving “crime with a conscience.”
The pair, speaking at the Realscreen event in New Orleans, highlighted recent docs including The Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York, directed by Anthony Caronna, and Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning from The Last Dance director Jason Hehir.
Heller said of The Last Call, which premiered in July, “[Caronna] feels that the true-crime in that case was a trojan horse to getting the audience there and then having a much deeper issue about homophobia and the NYPD and all of the bad things that allowed this bad man to stay on the loose and brutalize people. That was...
As they prepare to launch The Jinx – Part 2, Lisa Heller and Nancy Abraham, EVPs of HBO Documentary and Family Programming, laid out their strategy to find films involving “crime with a conscience.”
The pair, speaking at the Realscreen event in New Orleans, highlighted recent docs including The Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York, directed by Anthony Caronna, and Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning from The Last Dance director Jason Hehir.
Heller said of The Last Call, which premiered in July, “[Caronna] feels that the true-crime in that case was a trojan horse to getting the audience there and then having a much deeper issue about homophobia and the NYPD and all of the bad things that allowed this bad man to stay on the loose and brutalize people. That was...
- 1/30/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Films are made of and from places: the locations they are filmed in, the settings they are meant to evoke, the geographies where they are imagined and worked on. What place tells its own story about your film, whether a particularly challenging location that required production ingenuity or a map reference that inspired you personally, politically or creatively? God Save Texas: La Frontera unfolds its narrative amidst the backdrop of El Paso, Texas—a sister city to Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. Within the embrace of the Border, a realm pulsating with political fervor, two cultures harmonize, forging the unique tapestry that defines this […]
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- 1/25/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Films are made of and from places: the locations they are filmed in, the settings they are meant to evoke, the geographies where they are imagined and worked on. What place tells its own story about your film, whether a particularly challenging location that required production ingenuity or a map reference that inspired you personally, politically or creatively? God Save Texas: La Frontera unfolds its narrative amidst the backdrop of El Paso, Texas—a sister city to Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. Within the embrace of the Border, a realm pulsating with political fervor, two cultures harmonize, forging the unique tapestry that defines this […]
The post “A Departure From Narratives of Division” | Iliana Sosa, God Save Texas: La Frontera first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “A Departure From Narratives of Division” | Iliana Sosa, God Save Texas: La Frontera first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/25/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Anchored by Richard Linklater’s exceptional feature-length “Hometown Prison,” HBO’s God Save Texas may only be a three-part anthology docuseries, but in those three parts, it manages to be wide-ranging, timely and vitally important.
While the inspiration is Lawrence Wright’s book of the same title, and the focus is the Lone Star State, the template set by Linklater, Alex Stapleton and Iliana Sosa could be applied to personal/political hybrid storytelling delving into the fractured identities of all 50 states and the artists who call them home.
Or maybe we just need more seasons of God Save Texas — premiering at Sundance before coming to HBO on Feb. 27 and 28 — since Texas represents so much of what 21st century America is likely to look like moving forward. A red state with blue cities, in which the ideology and voting interests of each demographic are far more complicated than “Democrat” or “Republican,...
While the inspiration is Lawrence Wright’s book of the same title, and the focus is the Lone Star State, the template set by Linklater, Alex Stapleton and Iliana Sosa could be applied to personal/political hybrid storytelling delving into the fractured identities of all 50 states and the artists who call them home.
Or maybe we just need more seasons of God Save Texas — premiering at Sundance before coming to HBO on Feb. 27 and 28 — since Texas represents so much of what 21st century America is likely to look like moving forward. A red state with blue cities, in which the ideology and voting interests of each demographic are far more complicated than “Democrat” or “Republican,...
- 1/24/2024
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
IndieWire has partnered with Sundance Film Festival presenting sponsor Adobe to host several panels at the Adobe on Main space. The last of these will take place today, January 21, at 11 a.m. Mt. It’s called New Voices in Film: Sundance x Adobe Fellows Spotlight, and it’s moderated by IndieWire Executive Editor, Craft and Special Projects, Chris O’Falt. Speakers Gerardo Coello, Gabriela Ortega, Iliana Sosa, and Sean Wang will discuss their latest projects, creative processes, and their unique stories shaping the future of film.
If you can’t make it in person, IndieWire will be live streaming the panel right here.
Coello is a 2018 Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellow director/screenwriter whose short film “Viaje de Negocios” is debuting at 2024 Sundance. Ortega, one of the 2023 Sundance Women to Watch x Adobe Fellows, is the producer and actor behind short film “Border Hopper.” Sosa, a 2020 Sundance Women to Watch x Adobe Fellow,...
If you can’t make it in person, IndieWire will be live streaming the panel right here.
Coello is a 2018 Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellow director/screenwriter whose short film “Viaje de Negocios” is debuting at 2024 Sundance. Ortega, one of the 2023 Sundance Women to Watch x Adobe Fellows, is the producer and actor behind short film “Border Hopper.” Sosa, a 2020 Sundance Women to Watch x Adobe Fellow,...
- 1/21/2024
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
This isn’t a meteorology blog. We’re under no obligation to inform you that–despite a historically slow ski season start–the snow now falling across Northern Utah’s Wasatch Valley is voluminous and omnipresent. All the better excuse for sequestering oneself inside the weatherproofed walls of Park City’s myriad Sundance screening venues. And whether you’re a Sundance programmer, filmmaker, critic, industry wonk or civilian attendee, one thing is certain: there are currently a lot of granola bars getting smushed in a lot of people’s pockets.
Of course, our favorite among these snowblind wretches are our own Film Independent Fellows proudly debuting their new works at the festival. And by “Fellows” here we of course mean filmmakers who have been directly supported by Film Independent’s Lab Programs, Project Involve, Fast Track and Fiscal Sponsorship programs, as well as Emerging Filmmaker Award winners and grant recipients.
Of course, our favorite among these snowblind wretches are our own Film Independent Fellows proudly debuting their new works at the festival. And by “Fellows” here we of course mean filmmakers who have been directly supported by Film Independent’s Lab Programs, Project Involve, Fast Track and Fiscal Sponsorship programs, as well as Emerging Filmmaker Award winners and grant recipients.
- 1/20/2024
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent News & More
IndieWire’s 2024 Sundance lineup of events is officially being revealed.
In addition to IndieWire’s annual Sundance Studio, the publication is partnering with Adobe for three panel discussions taking place at Adobe’s 558 Main Street location in Park City. Sign up to gain access to the space here.
The first, taking place January 20 at 3 p.m. Mt, is titled IndieWire: Creative Collaborations in Filmmaking, presented by Adobe.
Join the guest list here.
IndieWire’s Crafts editor Chris O’Falt will moderate a discussion with Duplass Brothers Productions president Mel Eslyn and producer/director/actor Mark Duplass. The conversation will focus on the longtime partnership behind the production company behind projects such as HBO’s “Room 104,” “Somebody Somewhere,” Hulu’s “Sasquatch,” and new release “Penelope,” which is premiering at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
The second conversation, at 3:30 p.m. Mt, January 20, will have O’Falt moderate a discussion with the...
In addition to IndieWire’s annual Sundance Studio, the publication is partnering with Adobe for three panel discussions taking place at Adobe’s 558 Main Street location in Park City. Sign up to gain access to the space here.
The first, taking place January 20 at 3 p.m. Mt, is titled IndieWire: Creative Collaborations in Filmmaking, presented by Adobe.
Join the guest list here.
IndieWire’s Crafts editor Chris O’Falt will moderate a discussion with Duplass Brothers Productions president Mel Eslyn and producer/director/actor Mark Duplass. The conversation will focus on the longtime partnership behind the production company behind projects such as HBO’s “Room 104,” “Somebody Somewhere,” Hulu’s “Sasquatch,” and new release “Penelope,” which is premiering at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
The second conversation, at 3:30 p.m. Mt, January 20, will have O’Falt moderate a discussion with the...
- 1/19/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Sundance’s Fifth Annual Latinx House to Feature Artists From ‘Ponyboi,’ ‘In the Summers’ (Exclusive)
The 2024 edition of The Latinx House at Sundance will feature filmmakers and castmembers from many of the Latino-centered films screening at the festival.
“When we launched The Latinx House in 2019, we were committed to honoring the long legacy that Latinx creatives have built at the Sundance Film Festival,” co-founder Olga Segura said in a statement. “Over the last five years, we have built a home that’s welcoming and accepting of the journeys being told and inclusive of the leaders who are shaping our culture.”
Featured Sundance projects at Latinx House include anthology series God Save Texas, represented by director Iliana Sosa; short film Border Hopper, represented by filmmaker and star Gabriela Ortega; and U.S. dramatic competition entries Ponyboi, represented by director Esteban Arango and writer/star/producer River Gallo, and filmmaker Alessandra Lacorazza’s In the Summers. The latter will be feted at an invite-only party hosted by...
“When we launched The Latinx House in 2019, we were committed to honoring the long legacy that Latinx creatives have built at the Sundance Film Festival,” co-founder Olga Segura said in a statement. “Over the last five years, we have built a home that’s welcoming and accepting of the journeys being told and inclusive of the leaders who are shaping our culture.”
Featured Sundance projects at Latinx House include anthology series God Save Texas, represented by director Iliana Sosa; short film Border Hopper, represented by filmmaker and star Gabriela Ortega; and U.S. dramatic competition entries Ponyboi, represented by director Esteban Arango and writer/star/producer River Gallo, and filmmaker Alessandra Lacorazza’s In the Summers. The latter will be feted at an invite-only party hosted by...
- 1/17/2024
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
IndieWire’s Sundance partner Adobe has big news for rising filmmakers: Today, January 16, Adobe and the Adobe Foundation announced the inaugural Adobe Film & TV Fund, aimed to support underrepresented creatives within the film industry.
Adobe has committed $6 million in grants, contributions, and Adobe Creative Cloud product donations to help creators and filmmakers find career opportunities in the film and TV industry. The initiative seeks to address the inequity in funding, career, and training opportunities across multiple communities in the industry with grants, contributions, and fellowships. The fund marks an ongoing collaboration between Adobe, the Adobe Foundation, and a slew of global organizations, including Easterseals, Gold House, The Latinx House, NAACP, Sundance Institute, and Yuvaa, to support representation in film and TV.
The fund will focus on providing fellowships and apprenticeships that offer direct, hands-on industry access through mentorships and networking with production houses, studios, and distributors to support filmmaking. The...
Adobe has committed $6 million in grants, contributions, and Adobe Creative Cloud product donations to help creators and filmmakers find career opportunities in the film and TV industry. The initiative seeks to address the inequity in funding, career, and training opportunities across multiple communities in the industry with grants, contributions, and fellowships. The fund marks an ongoing collaboration between Adobe, the Adobe Foundation, and a slew of global organizations, including Easterseals, Gold House, The Latinx House, NAACP, Sundance Institute, and Yuvaa, to support representation in film and TV.
The fund will focus on providing fellowships and apprenticeships that offer direct, hands-on industry access through mentorships and networking with production houses, studios, and distributors to support filmmaking. The...
- 1/16/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Two days after ”Everything Everywhere All at Once“ won seven Oscars, including best picture, the SXSW Film Festival, where Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s movie launched last year, has announced its own awards. To be clear, “Eeaao” was a studio-backed opening night premiere (not one of the smaller movies launched in competition at the indie-focused fest), but you can still feel the excitement in Austin around the landmark Oscar win. After all, SXSW was the first festival to take Daniels seriously, awarding them top prize for their Battles music video (“My Machines”) in 2012.
Will any of the movies or directors screening here this year go on to change film history?
With five days still to go at SXSW, the juries convened to present the winners.
Narrative feature honors went to writer-director Paris Zarcilla’s “Raging Grace.” On the surface, the tense story of an undocumented Filipina house cleaner and...
Will any of the movies or directors screening here this year go on to change film history?
With five days still to go at SXSW, the juries convened to present the winners.
Narrative feature honors went to writer-director Paris Zarcilla’s “Raging Grace.” On the surface, the tense story of an undocumented Filipina house cleaner and...
- 3/15/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The Gotham Awards, honoring the best in American independent films, held their 32nd annual event on Monday night, November 28, launching the fall and winter awards season. So who were the big winners? Scroll down for the complete list of film and television champs in all categories, updating live throughout the night.
SEE2023 Oscars: Best Picture Predictions [Updated: November 28]
Nominees were decided by panels of film and television critics, journalists, festival programmers, and film curators. The winners were then selected by juries of writers, directors, actors, producers, editors, and others directly involved in filmmaking. Those small juries change from year to year and from category to category, so these awards can produce surprising results.
Telling the story of a composer and conductor who comes under fire, “Tar” led the nominations with five bids including Best Feature, as well as for writer-director Todd Field‘s screenplay and for the performances by lead actress Cate Blanchett...
SEE2023 Oscars: Best Picture Predictions [Updated: November 28]
Nominees were decided by panels of film and television critics, journalists, festival programmers, and film curators. The winners were then selected by juries of writers, directors, actors, producers, editors, and others directly involved in filmmaking. Those small juries change from year to year and from category to category, so these awards can produce surprising results.
Telling the story of a composer and conductor who comes under fire, “Tar” led the nominations with five bids including Best Feature, as well as for writer-director Todd Field‘s screenplay and for the performances by lead actress Cate Blanchett...
- 11/29/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“It was really about trying to make this the best film possible in the sense of honoring my grandfather,” declares director Iliana Sosa about her new documentary, “What We Leave Behind.” The film, Sosa’s feature debut, is a portrait of Sosa’s grandfather Julian Moreno as he revisits his past and makes surprising plans for his future. “What We Leave Behind” had its world premiere at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival and is currently streaming on Netflix. Check out more of our exclusive video interview with Sosa above.
When Sosa first approached her grandfather about filming him, she describes his initial reaction as rather nonchalant before eventually becoming incredibly active in the process. “I felt that he was as much a director in that sense as I was,” she explains. “I don’t think he quite understood at the time that this would be a multiyear process and also rather intense,...
When Sosa first approached her grandfather about filming him, she describes his initial reaction as rather nonchalant before eventually becoming incredibly active in the process. “I felt that he was as much a director in that sense as I was,” she explains. “I don’t think he quite understood at the time that this would be a multiyear process and also rather intense,...
- 11/17/2022
- by Tony Ruiz
- Gold Derby
“Tar” leads the 2022 Gotham Awards for independent film with five nominations including Best Feature. Nominees were selected by committees of film and television critics, journalists, festival programmers, and film curators (find out who was on those committees below). Next, the winners will be decided by juries of writers, directors, actors, producers, editors, and others directly involved in filmmaking.
SEEGotham Awards 2022: Michelle Williams to receive Performer Tribute on her road to Oscars
Telling the story of a world-renowned composer and conductor who comes under fire, “Tar” is also nominated for writer-director Todd Field‘s screenplay and for the performances by lead actress Cate Blanchett and supporting players Nina Hoss, and Noémie Merlant.
Following close behind with four nominations is “Aftersun,” which is up for Best Feature, Charlotte Wells‘s breakthrough direction, and the acting of lead Paul Mescal and breakthrough performer Frankie Corio. Rounding out the Best Feature category are...
SEEGotham Awards 2022: Michelle Williams to receive Performer Tribute on her road to Oscars
Telling the story of a world-renowned composer and conductor who comes under fire, “Tar” is also nominated for writer-director Todd Field‘s screenplay and for the performances by lead actress Cate Blanchett and supporting players Nina Hoss, and Noémie Merlant.
Following close behind with four nominations is “Aftersun,” which is up for Best Feature, Charlotte Wells‘s breakthrough direction, and the acting of lead Paul Mescal and breakthrough performer Frankie Corio. Rounding out the Best Feature category are...
- 10/25/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Todd Field’s drama “Tár,” starring Cate Blanchett as a troubled musician, leads the pack with five nominations for the 2022 Gotham Awards, the Gotham Film & Media Institute announced on Tuesday in New York City by actress Angelica Ross (“Pose”) and the Gotham’s executive director Jeffery Sharp.
In the kick-off to the 2022 awards season, “Tár” was followed in the film nomination tally by “Aftersun,” which received four nominations, and “Everything Everywhere All at Once, “The Inspection,” and “Women Talking” with three nominations.
With 15 total nominations, indie distributor A24 decisively led the tally among studios, followed by Focus Features and United Artists Releasing, each with six nominations.
For the second consecutive year, the Gotham’s used gender neutral categories to highlight lead, supporting, and breakthrough performances. In the lead and supporting rosters, which each featured 10 nominees, the lists included 12 women and eight men.
The acting nominees included awards-season heat-seekers such...
In the kick-off to the 2022 awards season, “Tár” was followed in the film nomination tally by “Aftersun,” which received four nominations, and “Everything Everywhere All at Once, “The Inspection,” and “Women Talking” with three nominations.
With 15 total nominations, indie distributor A24 decisively led the tally among studios, followed by Focus Features and United Artists Releasing, each with six nominations.
For the second consecutive year, the Gotham’s used gender neutral categories to highlight lead, supporting, and breakthrough performances. In the lead and supporting rosters, which each featured 10 nominees, the lists included 12 women and eight men.
The acting nominees included awards-season heat-seekers such...
- 10/25/2022
- by Joe McGovern
- The Wrap
The 2022 Gotham Award nominations are out this morning — the October noms and late November event are industry bellwethers, coming at the start of awards season following fall festival buzz. More to come, but here’s the list below.
Best Feature
Aftersun
Charlotte Wells, director; Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, producers (A24)
The Cathedral
Ricky D’Ambrose, director; Graham Swon, producer (Mubi)
Dos Estaciones
Juan Pablo González, director; Ilana Coleman, Jamie Gonçalves, Bruna Haddad, Makena Buchanan, producers (Cinema Guild)
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, directors; Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang, producers (A24)
Tár
Todd Field, director; Alexandra Milchan, Scott Lambert, Todd Field, producers (Focus Features)
Best Documentary Feature
All That Breathes
Shaunak Sen, director; Aman Mann, Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer producers (A Sideshow & Submarine Deluxe Release in Association with HBO Documentary Films)
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Laura Poitras,...
Best Feature
Aftersun
Charlotte Wells, director; Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, producers (A24)
The Cathedral
Ricky D’Ambrose, director; Graham Swon, producer (Mubi)
Dos Estaciones
Juan Pablo González, director; Ilana Coleman, Jamie Gonçalves, Bruna Haddad, Makena Buchanan, producers (Cinema Guild)
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, directors; Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang, producers (A24)
Tár
Todd Field, director; Alexandra Milchan, Scott Lambert, Todd Field, producers (Focus Features)
Best Documentary Feature
All That Breathes
Shaunak Sen, director; Aman Mann, Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer producers (A Sideshow & Submarine Deluxe Release in Association with HBO Documentary Films)
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Laura Poitras,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced the nominations for the 32nd Annual Gotham Awards, with Todd Field’s Tár leading the pack with five nominations and Charlotte Wells’ debut Aftersun close behind with four. The Cathedral, Dos Estaciones, and Everything Everywhere All At Once rounded out the Best Feature nominations, while All That Breathes, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, I Didn’t See You There, The Territory, and What We Leave Behind picked up Best Documentary nominations.
Check out the full list of film nominations below ahead of the 2022 Gotham Awards Ceremony at 7 pm on Monday, November 28.
Best Feature
Aftersun
Charlotte Wells, director; Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, producers (A24)
The Cathedral
Ricky D’Ambrose, director; Graham Swon, producer (Mubi)
Dos Estaciones
Juan Pablo González, director; Ilana Coleman, Jamie Gonçalves, Bruna Haddad, Makena Buchanan, producers (Cinema Guild)
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert,...
Check out the full list of film nominations below ahead of the 2022 Gotham Awards Ceremony at 7 pm on Monday, November 28.
Best Feature
Aftersun
Charlotte Wells, director; Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, producers (A24)
The Cathedral
Ricky D’Ambrose, director; Graham Swon, producer (Mubi)
Dos Estaciones
Juan Pablo González, director; Ilana Coleman, Jamie Gonçalves, Bruna Haddad, Makena Buchanan, producers (Cinema Guild)
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Click here to read the full article.
The nominations for the 2022 Gotham Awards have been revealed.
Tár leads the film nominees with five nods, followed by Aftersun with four nominations. Meanwhile, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Inspection and Women Talking each scored three nominations.
Tár, Aftersun and Everything Everywhere All at Once are all nominated for best feature along with The Cathedral and Dos Estaciones.
On the TV side, the following shows each received two nominations: Abbott Elementary, Pachinko, Station Eleven, Severance, This Is Going to Hurt, Yellowjackets and As We See It, which was recently canceled after one season on Amazon’s Prime Video.
The nominations, in 12 categories across film and TV, recognize 23 feature films, 15 series and 35 performances.
Since last year, the Gotham Awards has recognized performers in gender-neutral categories.
The nominations were announced live at Cipriani Wall Street, where the awards ceremony itself will take place next month,...
The nominations for the 2022 Gotham Awards have been revealed.
Tár leads the film nominees with five nods, followed by Aftersun with four nominations. Meanwhile, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Inspection and Women Talking each scored three nominations.
Tár, Aftersun and Everything Everywhere All at Once are all nominated for best feature along with The Cathedral and Dos Estaciones.
On the TV side, the following shows each received two nominations: Abbott Elementary, Pachinko, Station Eleven, Severance, This Is Going to Hurt, Yellowjackets and As We See It, which was recently canceled after one season on Amazon’s Prime Video.
The nominations, in 12 categories across film and TV, recognize 23 feature films, 15 series and 35 performances.
Since last year, the Gotham Awards has recognized performers in gender-neutral categories.
The nominations were announced live at Cipriani Wall Street, where the awards ceremony itself will take place next month,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Click here to read the full article.
“Life is hard work,” Julián Moreno tells his granddaughter, filmmaker Iliana Sosa, as she interviews him from behind her camera. He’s about 90 when he says this, and there isn’t a note of complaint or regret in his words. There’s more than a little fond teasing, though, when he puzzles over Sosa’s “different way of working,” one that has nothing to do with raising crops or building a house. A man of few words, all of them well chosen, Moreno is the focus of What We Leave Behind, a poetic meditation on family, mortality, tradition and the U.S.-Mexico border.
Receiving a theatrical release via Ava DuVernay’s Array before its streaming debut on Netflix, Sosa’s concise but unhurried ode to her grandfather, which received two special jury prizes at SXSW, strikes reverberant chords, regardless of whether you...
“Life is hard work,” Julián Moreno tells his granddaughter, filmmaker Iliana Sosa, as she interviews him from behind her camera. He’s about 90 when he says this, and there isn’t a note of complaint or regret in his words. There’s more than a little fond teasing, though, when he puzzles over Sosa’s “different way of working,” one that has nothing to do with raising crops or building a house. A man of few words, all of them well chosen, Moreno is the focus of What We Leave Behind, a poetic meditation on family, mortality, tradition and the U.S.-Mexico border.
Receiving a theatrical release via Ava DuVernay’s Array before its streaming debut on Netflix, Sosa’s concise but unhurried ode to her grandfather, which received two special jury prizes at SXSW, strikes reverberant chords, regardless of whether you...
- 9/29/2022
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When September rolls around, it means one thing for many of the top filmmakers in the world – time to hit the road. Venice, Telluride and Toronto come in rapid succession, to the point of overlapping. But for documentary filmmakers eager to showcase their work, there’s another important stop to make in September: the Camden International Film Festival in mid-coast Maine.
“We are strategically aligned to be right after Toronto and a week after Telluride, and we’re documentary only,” emphasizes Ben Fowlie, festival founder and executive director of the Points North Institute, which stages Ciff. “In terms of being able to highlight some of the larger [awards] contenders, so to speak, we can do it in a way that puts them on the main stage… This is just the moment for us to recognize the incredible artistry behind the documentary films that we’re going to be talking about at...
“We are strategically aligned to be right after Toronto and a week after Telluride, and we’re documentary only,” emphasizes Ben Fowlie, festival founder and executive director of the Points North Institute, which stages Ciff. “In terms of being able to highlight some of the larger [awards] contenders, so to speak, we can do it in a way that puts them on the main stage… This is just the moment for us to recognize the incredible artistry behind the documentary films that we’re going to be talking about at...
- 9/25/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Between 1942 and 1964, the US government’s Bracero Program saw thousands of people travel from Mexico to engage in manual labour in the US. One of them was Julián, the grandfather of filmmaker Iliana Sosa. She was born and grew up in El Paso, Texas, but formed a strong attachment to Julián’s home in Northern Mexico on visits there, and wanted to address these things in a film, as well as reflecting on the lengthy bus journeys which he would make regularly, for as long as his health remained, to visit his US-based family. What emerged was a well deserved award winner at 2022’s SXSW, a refreshingly nuanced and highly detailed portrait in microcosm of the relationship between Mexico and its northern neighbour.
The poverty of the Mexican region which we visit is starkly apparent, and not something which Sosa wished to conceal, yet Julián, at 89 years of age,...
The poverty of the Mexican region which we visit is starkly apparent, and not something which Sosa wished to conceal, yet Julián, at 89 years of age,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced the full program for its annual screening series, including the 10 films that have been chosen for its Awards Campaign Access Initiative (Acai).
The program will open with Netflix’s “Descendant,” a film produced by the Obamas’ company Higher Ground Productions. The documentary sees director Margaret Brown return to her hometown of Mobile, Alabama to document the search for The Clotilda, the last known ship to arrive in the United States, illegally carrying enslaved Africans, and the ramifications its discovery has on the community.
What will follow is a showcase of 43 feature-length documentary films that are eligible for consideration for the upcoming Academy Awards; 20 films will be screened both in-person and online, and 35 will be available for virtual viewing only.
The films selected for the Acai, a program meant to support independent filmmakers from historically excluded communities currently pursuing a film awards campaign, are:
Beba | Dir.
The program will open with Netflix’s “Descendant,” a film produced by the Obamas’ company Higher Ground Productions. The documentary sees director Margaret Brown return to her hometown of Mobile, Alabama to document the search for The Clotilda, the last known ship to arrive in the United States, illegally carrying enslaved Africans, and the ramifications its discovery has on the community.
What will follow is a showcase of 43 feature-length documentary films that are eligible for consideration for the upcoming Academy Awards; 20 films will be screened both in-person and online, and 35 will be available for virtual viewing only.
The films selected for the Acai, a program meant to support independent filmmakers from historically excluded communities currently pursuing a film awards campaign, are:
Beba | Dir.
- 8/30/2022
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
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Array Releasing has acquired director Iliana Sosa’s documentary What We Leave Behind.
The Peabody Award-winning distribution arm of Ava DuVernay’s narrative change collective has nabbed the U.S., Canadian, U.K., Australian and New Zealand rights to the film, which had its world premiere at this year’s SXSW Festival. The doc’s release will coincide with Mexican Independence Day and Hispanic Heritage Month, with a debut set for Sept. 16 on Netflix and select theatrical screens.
What We Leave Behind is an intimate and personal project for Sosa, who chronicles the final days of 89-year-old Julián Moreno after he decides to build a house in rural Mexico.
Tracing his decades back and forth on buses across the U.S.-Mexico border to visit his family, the documentary serves as a poetic love letter from Sosa to her grandfather Moreno. It’s...
Array Releasing has acquired director Iliana Sosa’s documentary What We Leave Behind.
The Peabody Award-winning distribution arm of Ava DuVernay’s narrative change collective has nabbed the U.S., Canadian, U.K., Australian and New Zealand rights to the film, which had its world premiere at this year’s SXSW Festival. The doc’s release will coincide with Mexican Independence Day and Hispanic Heritage Month, with a debut set for Sept. 16 on Netflix and select theatrical screens.
What We Leave Behind is an intimate and personal project for Sosa, who chronicles the final days of 89-year-old Julián Moreno after he decides to build a house in rural Mexico.
Tracing his decades back and forth on buses across the U.S.-Mexico border to visit his family, the documentary serves as a poetic love letter from Sosa to her grandfather Moreno. It’s...
- 8/19/2022
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In-person and virtual meetings set for September.
New work from Venice Horizons 2019 best director Théo Court and Australian filmmaker Darlene Johnson are among 142 international and US titles selected for the 2022 Gotham Week Project Market.
In-person Project Market industry meetings with distributors, financiers, production companies, festival programmers, sales and talent agents and other potential collaborators are set for September 19-21, while virtual meetings take place from September 22-23.
The Gotham Week Conference exploring the art and business of film and media returns and programming highlights include the inaugural Gotham Week Expo, which will bring together partners from The Gotham’s Expanding Communities,...
New work from Venice Horizons 2019 best director Théo Court and Australian filmmaker Darlene Johnson are among 142 international and US titles selected for the 2022 Gotham Week Project Market.
In-person Project Market industry meetings with distributors, financiers, production companies, festival programmers, sales and talent agents and other potential collaborators are set for September 19-21, while virtual meetings take place from September 22-23.
The Gotham Week Conference exploring the art and business of film and media returns and programming highlights include the inaugural Gotham Week Expo, which will bring together partners from The Gotham’s Expanding Communities,...
- 8/1/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
In-person and virtual meetings set for September.
New work from Venice Horizons 2019 best director Théo Court and Australian filmmaker Darlene Johnson are among 142 international and US titles selected for the 2022 Gotham Week Project Market.
In-person Project Market industry meetings with distributors, financiers, production companies, festival programmers, sales and talent agents and other potential collaborators are set for September 19-21, while virtual meetings take place from September 22-23.
The Gotham Week Conference exploring the art and business of film and media returns and programming highlights include the inaugural Gotham Week Expo, which will bring together partners from The Gotham’s Expanding Communities,...
New work from Venice Horizons 2019 best director Théo Court and Australian filmmaker Darlene Johnson are among 142 international and US titles selected for the 2022 Gotham Week Project Market.
In-person Project Market industry meetings with distributors, financiers, production companies, festival programmers, sales and talent agents and other potential collaborators are set for September 19-21, while virtual meetings take place from September 22-23.
The Gotham Week Conference exploring the art and business of film and media returns and programming highlights include the inaugural Gotham Week Expo, which will bring together partners from The Gotham’s Expanding Communities,...
- 8/1/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
WME has signed filmmaker Iliana Sosa, whose latest documentary “What We Leave Behind” took home two prizes at this year’s South by Southwest Film Festival.
“What We Leave Behind,” Sosa’s first feature film, won two special jury awards at SXSW: the Louis Black “Lone Star” award and the first-ever Fandor New Voices award.
Described as a personal and poetic love letter to family, “What We Leave Behind” tells the story of Sosa’s grandfather, Julián, who starts building a house in rural Mexico after a lifetime of bus rides to the United States to visit his children. In addition to directing, Sosa also narrated the film in Spanish.
Sosa constructed “What We Leave Behind” by filming her grandfather’s work over the course of several years. The documentary unfolds as Julián, at the age of 89, takes a final trip to El Paso, Texas to visit his children and their children.
“What We Leave Behind,” Sosa’s first feature film, won two special jury awards at SXSW: the Louis Black “Lone Star” award and the first-ever Fandor New Voices award.
Described as a personal and poetic love letter to family, “What We Leave Behind” tells the story of Sosa’s grandfather, Julián, who starts building a house in rural Mexico after a lifetime of bus rides to the United States to visit his children. In addition to directing, Sosa also narrated the film in Spanish.
Sosa constructed “What We Leave Behind” by filming her grandfather’s work over the course of several years. The documentary unfolds as Julián, at the age of 89, takes a final trip to El Paso, Texas to visit his children and their children.
- 5/16/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
What We Leave Behind Photo: courtesy of Greenleaf & Associates
A moving personal story and a portrait of a world rarely seen on film, What We Leave Behind was one of the unexpected hits of this year’s South by Southwest, earning director Iliana Sosa the Fandor New Voices Award. Shot over several years, it follows her Mexican grandfather, Julián, through the final stages of his life, documenting his bus journeys between Durango and El Paso to see family and looking at how, once he became too weak to keep travelling, he began building a new house beside his own in the hope of making it easier for them to visit. When I met her, she was still reeling from the excitement of the festival.
“It's so funny, it just feels like a whirlwind,” she says. “I'm just so grateful to have that experience in person and to have had my family there.
A moving personal story and a portrait of a world rarely seen on film, What We Leave Behind was one of the unexpected hits of this year’s South by Southwest, earning director Iliana Sosa the Fandor New Voices Award. Shot over several years, it follows her Mexican grandfather, Julián, through the final stages of his life, documenting his bus journeys between Durango and El Paso to see family and looking at how, once he became too weak to keep travelling, he began building a new house beside his own in the hope of making it easier for them to visit. When I met her, she was still reeling from the excitement of the festival.
“It's so funny, it just feels like a whirlwind,” she says. “I'm just so grateful to have that experience in person and to have had my family there.
- 4/7/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Some movie stars can hold the screen without saying a word, their faces etched with such character they arrest attention. From an earlier era, Robert Mitchum, William Holden and Jean Gabin come to mind.
Julián Moreno possesses that kind of face – deeply lined, with a gaze that at times feels engaged in the distance. He’s not an actor, but he does anchor a film: the documentary What We Leave Behind, directed by his granddaughter, Iliana Sosa. His mere presence on screen is enough to retain our interest, whether he’s speaking or, more often than not, simply being – quietly, powerfully inhabiting the frame.
Sosa began filming with her grandfather when he was already well into his 80s. She had known him all her life; he lived in a small town in Mexico’s northern state of Durango and would cross the U.S. border once a month to visit his daughter,...
Julián Moreno possesses that kind of face – deeply lined, with a gaze that at times feels engaged in the distance. He’s not an actor, but he does anchor a film: the documentary What We Leave Behind, directed by his granddaughter, Iliana Sosa. His mere presence on screen is enough to retain our interest, whether he’s speaking or, more often than not, simply being – quietly, powerfully inhabiting the frame.
Sosa began filming with her grandfather when he was already well into his 80s. She had known him all her life; he lived in a small town in Mexico’s northern state of Durango and would cross the U.S. border once a month to visit his daughter,...
- 3/24/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
At its live awards ceremony SXSW announced tonight the jury and special award winners of the 29th annual SXSW Film Festival. James Morosini’s I Love My Dad — starring the writer/director along with Patton Oswald — won the Narrative Feature Competition, and Rosa Ruth Boesten’s documentary about painter George Anthony Morton, Master of Light, won the Documentary Feature Competition. Other notable winners include Iliana Sosa, a Filmmaker 25 New Face whose What We Leave Behind won two awards: The Fandor New Voices Award and the Louis Black Lone Star Award. Films will continue to be available on the SXSW platform […]
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- 3/16/2022
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
At its live awards ceremony SXSW announced tonight the jury and special award winners of the 29th annual SXSW Film Festival. James Morosini’s I Love My Dad — starring the writer/director along with Patton Oswald — won the Narrative Feature Competition, and Rosa Ruth Boesten’s documentary about painter George Anthony Morton, Master of Light, won the Documentary Feature Competition. Other notable winners include Iliana Sosa, a Filmmaker 25 New Face whose What We Leave Behind won two awards: The Fandor New Voices Award and the Louis Black Lone Star Award. Films will continue to be available on the SXSW platform […]
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- 3/16/2022
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Films will continue to be available on festival platform until March 21.
James Morosini’s I Love My Dad starring Patton Oswalt and Morosini has won SXSW 2022’s Narrative Feature Competition and Rosa Ruth Boesten’s Master Of Light the documentary feature competition.
In other juried and special awards announced on Tuesday night (15) Antonia Campbell-Hughes’s It is In Us All earned special jury recognition for extraordinary cinematic vision. All 2022 film categories will be eligible for category-specific audience awards which will be announced next week.
“It was extraordinary to gather together in person again after so long and we are so...
James Morosini’s I Love My Dad starring Patton Oswalt and Morosini has won SXSW 2022’s Narrative Feature Competition and Rosa Ruth Boesten’s Master Of Light the documentary feature competition.
In other juried and special awards announced on Tuesday night (15) Antonia Campbell-Hughes’s It is In Us All earned special jury recognition for extraordinary cinematic vision. All 2022 film categories will be eligible for category-specific audience awards which will be announced next week.
“It was extraordinary to gather together in person again after so long and we are so...
- 3/16/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Back together in person after two years of going virtual during the pandemic, the Austin-based SXSW Film Festival has announced its juried prizes. As in previous editions, the awards show happened at the midpoint of the nine-day event, before SXSW’s music events suck much of the attention away from film screenings.
The top prize in narrative feature competition went to “I Love My Dad,” written and directed by James Morosini, who also stars as a younger version of himself in this uncomfortable retelling of how he was catfished by his father (played by Patton Oswalt).
“Morosini displays massive empathy as a filmmaker to get into the mind of the father he feels betrayed by, and also as an actor portraying the impact of that betrayal,” said the jury, who also gave special jury prizes to the cast and crew of “It Is in Us All” and Elizaveta Yankovskaya, star of the Russian film “Nika.
The top prize in narrative feature competition went to “I Love My Dad,” written and directed by James Morosini, who also stars as a younger version of himself in this uncomfortable retelling of how he was catfished by his father (played by Patton Oswalt).
“Morosini displays massive empathy as a filmmaker to get into the mind of the father he feels betrayed by, and also as an actor portraying the impact of that betrayal,” said the jury, who also gave special jury prizes to the cast and crew of “It Is in Us All” and Elizaveta Yankovskaya, star of the Russian film “Nika.
- 3/16/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Iliana Sosa’s What We Leave Behind is an astonishingly intimate labor of love. The film emerged from Sosa’s desire to document her grandfather Julián, a proudly hardworking man who first left his native Mexico back in the early 1940s to join the US government’s Bracero program, which brought in farm workers to remedy the WWII labor shortage. After his daughters, including the filmmaker’s mom, moved permanently to the States, the widowed Julián spent the next two decades traveling solo from Durango to visit them in the southwest. But as he now nears his nonagenarian years the monthly bus trip becomes […]
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- 3/11/2022
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Iliana Sosa’s What We Leave Behind is an astonishingly intimate labor of love. The film emerged from Sosa’s desire to document her grandfather Julián, a proudly hardworking man who first left his native Mexico back in the early 1940s to join the US government’s Bracero program, which brought in farm workers to remedy the WWII labor shortage. After his daughters, including the filmmaker’s mom, moved permanently to the States, the widowed Julián spent the next two decades traveling solo from Durango to visit them in the southwest. But as he now nears his nonagenarian years the monthly bus trip becomes […]
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- 3/11/2022
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Mortality is a touchy subject for many people. What happens when we die? Is death something to be afraid of? And of course, what do we leave behind when we depart this physical realm? It’s that last question, about life and legacy, that is behind the new documentary, “What We Leave Behind.”
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With the new doc arriving at SXSW, we are thrilled to give our readers an exclusive look at the teaser trailer for Iliana Sosa’s beautiful, deeply personal feature.
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With the new doc arriving at SXSW, we are thrilled to give our readers an exclusive look at the teaser trailer for Iliana Sosa’s beautiful, deeply personal feature.
Continue reading ‘What We Leave Behind’ Exclusive Trailer: Iliana Sosa’s Deeply Personal SXSW Doc Takes A Look At Family & Legacy at The Playlist.
- 3/10/2022
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
In-person festival to run in Austin, Texas, from March 11-20.
A starry SXSW 2022 film line-up announced on Wednesday (2) includes world premieres of new work from Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Richard Linklater and Nicolas Cage, among many others.
The Austin, Texas, festival ran online editions over the past two years and is planned to take place from March 11-20 as an in-person event against a backdrop of declining Omicron infection levels across the United States.
The roster includes Irish filmmaker and actor Campbell-Hughes’s It Is In Us All (pictured) in Narrative Feature Competition starring Cosmo Jarvis, Claes Bang and Campbell-Hughes about a...
A starry SXSW 2022 film line-up announced on Wednesday (2) includes world premieres of new work from Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Richard Linklater and Nicolas Cage, among many others.
The Austin, Texas, festival ran online editions over the past two years and is planned to take place from March 11-20 as an in-person event against a backdrop of declining Omicron infection levels across the United States.
The roster includes Irish filmmaker and actor Campbell-Hughes’s It Is In Us All (pictured) in Narrative Feature Competition starring Cosmo Jarvis, Claes Bang and Campbell-Hughes about a...
- 2/2/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Ji.hlava Film Festival has launched New Visions Forum and Market, a financing, co-production and networking event. The program will present 16 new documentary projects by U.S. filmmakers to the more than 1,000 film professionals who are expected to take part in the festival physically and online.
The director-producer pair behind the projects will be pitching to potential co-producers, distributors, sales representatives and film festivals from Europe. The projects, in all stages of production, will be presented along with a preview of the film. The filmmakers taking part include Godfrey Reggio, Sara Dosa, Fern Silva and Brent Chesanek.
The New Visions Forum and Market will take place physically at the Ji.hlava Industry Hub and will be streamed online to the holders of industry accreditation. It will take place on Oct. 28-29.
Projects In Development
Backside
Director: Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana
Producers: Gabriella Garcia-Pardo, Patricia Alvarez Astacio
Production Company: Backside Film...
The director-producer pair behind the projects will be pitching to potential co-producers, distributors, sales representatives and film festivals from Europe. The projects, in all stages of production, will be presented along with a preview of the film. The filmmakers taking part include Godfrey Reggio, Sara Dosa, Fern Silva and Brent Chesanek.
The New Visions Forum and Market will take place physically at the Ji.hlava Industry Hub and will be streamed online to the holders of industry accreditation. It will take place on Oct. 28-29.
Projects In Development
Backside
Director: Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana
Producers: Gabriella Garcia-Pardo, Patricia Alvarez Astacio
Production Company: Backside Film...
- 9/29/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Fellowship includes $5,000 cash grant, workshops, year-round mentorship/
Sundance Institute announced on Monday (August 10) the 11 artists selected for its inaugural Women at Sundance | Adobe Fellowship, a programme designed to support filmmakers with an emphasis on those from historically underrepresented communities.
The fellowship includes a $5,000 cash grant, skill-building workshops, and year-round mentorship from Sundance Institute staff and Adobe executives.
Adobe, a founding supporter of young artist initiative Sundance Ignite, selected the fellows, each of whom is participating in a specialty Sundance Institute Lab or programme.
The 2020 Women at Sundance | Adobe Fellows are:
Producer-director Jameka Autry (Tribeca 2020 selection Through The Night); writer Milisuthando Bongela...
Sundance Institute announced on Monday (August 10) the 11 artists selected for its inaugural Women at Sundance | Adobe Fellowship, a programme designed to support filmmakers with an emphasis on those from historically underrepresented communities.
The fellowship includes a $5,000 cash grant, skill-building workshops, and year-round mentorship from Sundance Institute staff and Adobe executives.
Adobe, a founding supporter of young artist initiative Sundance Ignite, selected the fellows, each of whom is participating in a specialty Sundance Institute Lab or programme.
The 2020 Women at Sundance | Adobe Fellows are:
Producer-director Jameka Autry (Tribeca 2020 selection Through The Night); writer Milisuthando Bongela...
- 8/10/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The Independent Filmmaker Project on Thursday unveiled 26 feature and series projects set to participate in the indie organization’s three annual yearlong Ifp Filmmaker fellowship programs for first-time filmmakers: The Ifp Filmmaker Labs’ Documentary Lab, Narrative Lab and Episodic Lab.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, all will take place virtually, with the Documentary Lab now underway and running through Friday. The Episodic Lab, for series projects in development for TV and digital platforms from new creators, will run June 1-5, and the Narrative Lab, for feature films by directors currently in post-production on their debut features, is set for June 15-19.
The Narrative Lab supports fellows through the completion, marketing, and distribution of their debut features, providing support from staff and mentorship from leading filmmakers. The Episodic Lab provides knowledge, resources and mentor support necessary in writing pitches and creating development strategies.
All 2020 projects will participate in...
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, all will take place virtually, with the Documentary Lab now underway and running through Friday. The Episodic Lab, for series projects in development for TV and digital platforms from new creators, will run June 1-5, and the Narrative Lab, for feature films by directors currently in post-production on their debut features, is set for June 15-19.
The Narrative Lab supports fellows through the completion, marketing, and distribution of their debut features, providing support from staff and mentorship from leading filmmakers. The Episodic Lab provides knowledge, resources and mentor support necessary in writing pitches and creating development strategies.
All 2020 projects will participate in...
- 5/21/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Festival concluded in Austin, Texas, at weekend.
March 19 Update: Wes Anderson’s Isle Of Dogs was named Headliners audience award winner on Monday, after Olivia Newman’s First Match earned the Narrative Feature Competition award on Saturday night (March 17).
Gabriel Silverman and Fiona Dawson prevailed in the Documentary Feature Competition on Saturday with TransMilitary, while John Hyams’ All Square took audience award honours in the Narrative Spotlight Section, and The Dawn Wall by Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer triumphed in Documentary Spotlight.
Timur Bekmambetov’s Profile won in Visions, Leigh Whannell’s Upgrade was declared winner in Midnighters, and Alonso Ruizpalacios...
March 19 Update: Wes Anderson’s Isle Of Dogs was named Headliners audience award winner on Monday, after Olivia Newman’s First Match earned the Narrative Feature Competition award on Saturday night (March 17).
Gabriel Silverman and Fiona Dawson prevailed in the Documentary Feature Competition on Saturday with TransMilitary, while John Hyams’ All Square took audience award honours in the Narrative Spotlight Section, and The Dawn Wall by Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer triumphed in Documentary Spotlight.
Timur Bekmambetov’s Profile won in Visions, Leigh Whannell’s Upgrade was declared winner in Midnighters, and Alonso Ruizpalacios...
- 3/19/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Audience Awards to be handed out on March 17.
March 17 Update: Olivia Newman’s First Match was named audience award winner of the 2018 SXSW Narrative Feature Competition on Saturday night (March 17).
Gabriel Silverman and Fiona Dawson prevailed in the Documentary Feature Competition with TransMilitary, while John Hyams’ All Square took audience award honours in the Narrative Spotlight Section, and The Dawn Wall by Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer triumphed in Documentary Spotlight.
Timur Bekmambetov’s Profile won in Visions, Leigh Whannell’s Upgrade was declared winner in Midnighters, and Alonso Ruizpalacios and So Yong Kim won in Episodic for Vida.
Earlier...
March 17 Update: Olivia Newman’s First Match was named audience award winner of the 2018 SXSW Narrative Feature Competition on Saturday night (March 17).
Gabriel Silverman and Fiona Dawson prevailed in the Documentary Feature Competition with TransMilitary, while John Hyams’ All Square took audience award honours in the Narrative Spotlight Section, and The Dawn Wall by Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer triumphed in Documentary Spotlight.
Timur Bekmambetov’s Profile won in Visions, Leigh Whannell’s Upgrade was declared winner in Midnighters, and Alonso Ruizpalacios and So Yong Kim won in Episodic for Vida.
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- 3/17/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Audience Awards to be handed out on March 17.
Jim Cummings’ Midwest-set drama Thunder Road was anointed winner of the 2018 SXSW Narrative Feature Competition on Tuesday night (March 13).
The corresponding Documentary Feature Competition winner was People’s Republic Of Desire by Hao Wu.
In the short film awards, Carey Williams’ Emergency won Narrative Shorts, while Charlie Tyrell’s My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes prevailed in Documentary Shorts, Milk by Santiago Menghini won Midnight Shorts, and Alexa Lim Haas’ Agua Viva was named winner of Animated Shorts.
An Uncertain Future by Iliana Sosa and Chelsea Hernandez won the Texas Shorts category.
Jim Cummings’ Midwest-set drama Thunder Road was anointed winner of the 2018 SXSW Narrative Feature Competition on Tuesday night (March 13).
The corresponding Documentary Feature Competition winner was People’s Republic Of Desire by Hao Wu.
In the short film awards, Carey Williams’ Emergency won Narrative Shorts, while Charlie Tyrell’s My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes prevailed in Documentary Shorts, Milk by Santiago Menghini won Midnight Shorts, and Alexa Lim Haas’ Agua Viva was named winner of Animated Shorts.
An Uncertain Future by Iliana Sosa and Chelsea Hernandez won the Texas Shorts category.
- 3/14/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Juried prizes were presented tonight at the 25th annual Swsw Film Festival. Jim Gaffigan, in Austin to represent the Miranda Bailey-directed ensemble comedy “You Can Choose Your Family,” presided as host. The venue was the Paramount Theatre, a 103-year-old landmark just blocks from the Texas Capitol.
SXSW will continue screening films through Saturday, when most of the festival’s audience awards recipients will be announced. The exception is for the headlining films, such as “A Quiet Place,” “Blockers,” and “Ready Player One” — those verdicts follows on March 19.
This year’s line-up comprised 256 total features and shorts, culled from 8,183 submissions. Best narrative feature “Thunder Road” was adapted from the namesake, one-take short that won a Grand Jury award at Sundance in 2016.
Lena Dunham’s “Tiny Furniture” (2010) and Destin Daniel Cretton’s “Short Term 12” (2013) are among the best-known past jury victors at SXSW. IndieWire’s Dana Harris helped choose the Louis Black “Lone Star” honoree,...
SXSW will continue screening films through Saturday, when most of the festival’s audience awards recipients will be announced. The exception is for the headlining films, such as “A Quiet Place,” “Blockers,” and “Ready Player One” — those verdicts follows on March 19.
This year’s line-up comprised 256 total features and shorts, culled from 8,183 submissions. Best narrative feature “Thunder Road” was adapted from the namesake, one-take short that won a Grand Jury award at Sundance in 2016.
Lena Dunham’s “Tiny Furniture” (2010) and Destin Daniel Cretton’s “Short Term 12” (2013) are among the best-known past jury victors at SXSW. IndieWire’s Dana Harris helped choose the Louis Black “Lone Star” honoree,...
- 3/14/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Film Independent has selected 30 filmmakers for its Project Involve dedicated to fostering the careers of talented filmmakers from communities traditionally underrepresented in the film industry.
Producer Cathy Schulman, writer-director Billy Ray and writer-producer Virgil Williams will serve as guest speakers with additional guest speakers and mentors to be announced.
“Project Involve is an extraordinary program and a vital extension of the core values and mission of Film Independent,” said Jennifer Kushner, director of artist development at Film Independent.
“Among our key goals are to foster community, cultivate the careers of filmmakers, and increase cultural diversity in the film industry. We are committed to supporting this exceptional group of artists and professionals in their careers, and by doing so, we hope to contribute to a future where diverse voices will thrive in the entertainment industry.”
For the third consecutive year Sony Pictures Entertainment returns with the Diversity Fellowship in Project Involve, which provides...
Producer Cathy Schulman, writer-director Billy Ray and writer-producer Virgil Williams will serve as guest speakers with additional guest speakers and mentors to be announced.
“Project Involve is an extraordinary program and a vital extension of the core values and mission of Film Independent,” said Jennifer Kushner, director of artist development at Film Independent.
“Among our key goals are to foster community, cultivate the careers of filmmakers, and increase cultural diversity in the film industry. We are committed to supporting this exceptional group of artists and professionals in their careers, and by doing so, we hope to contribute to a future where diverse voices will thrive in the entertainment industry.”
For the third consecutive year Sony Pictures Entertainment returns with the Diversity Fellowship in Project Involve, which provides...
- 11/4/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Film Independent has selected 30 filmmakers for its Project Involve dedicated to fostering the careers of talented filmmakers from communities traditionally underrepresented in the film industry.
Producer Cathy Schulman, writer-director Billy Ray and writer-producer Virgil Williams will serve as guest speakers with additional guest speakers and mentors to be announced.
“Project Involve is an extraordinary program and a vital extension of the core values and mission of Film Independent,” said Jennifer Kushner, director of artist development at Film Independent.
“Among our key goals are to foster community, cultivate the careers of filmmakers, and increase cultural diversity in the film industry. We are committed to supporting this exceptional group of artists and professionals in their careers, and by doing so, we hope to contribute to a future where diverse voices will thrive in the entertainment industry.”
For the third consecutive year Sony Pictures Entertainment returns with the Diversity Fellowship in Project Involve, which provides...
Producer Cathy Schulman, writer-director Billy Ray and writer-producer Virgil Williams will serve as guest speakers with additional guest speakers and mentors to be announced.
“Project Involve is an extraordinary program and a vital extension of the core values and mission of Film Independent,” said Jennifer Kushner, director of artist development at Film Independent.
“Among our key goals are to foster community, cultivate the careers of filmmakers, and increase cultural diversity in the film industry. We are committed to supporting this exceptional group of artists and professionals in their careers, and by doing so, we hope to contribute to a future where diverse voices will thrive in the entertainment industry.”
For the third consecutive year Sony Pictures Entertainment returns with the Diversity Fellowship in Project Involve, which provides...
- 11/4/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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