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]]> 80th Oscar noms announced… https://atriskfilms.com/blog/80th-oscar-noms-announced-2/ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:12:27 +0000 http://atriskfilms.com/blog/?p=217 The Academy announced their nominations in all categories this morning. Extra special congrats to short doc FREEHELD which I worked on as a theatrical consultant. You can view the full list of nominees here. BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE NO END IN SIGHT Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs OPERATION HOMECOMING: WRITING THE WARTIME EXPERIENCE Richard E. Robbins […]

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]]> The Academy announced their nominations in all categories this morning. Extra special congrats to short doc FREEHELD which I worked on as a theatrical consultant.

You can view the full list of nominees here.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

    NO END IN SIGHT
    Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

    OPERATION HOMECOMING: WRITING THE WARTIME EXPERIENCE
    Richard E. Robbins

    SICKO
    Michael Moore and Meghan O’Hara

    TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE
    Alex Gibney and Eva Orner

    WAR/DANCE
    Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

    FREEHELD
    Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth

    LA CORONA (THE CROWN)
    Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega

    SALIM BABA
    Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello

    SARI’S MOTHER
    James Longley

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]]> No camp for cookie… https://atriskfilms.com/blog/no-camp-for-cookie/ Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:51:43 +0000 http://atriskfilms.com/blog/?p=215 In this instance I’m cookie. I feel a little funny today because I’m in Los Angeles and not Park City. This is the first January since 2001 that I will not ascend the peaks of the Wasatch Mountains to attend the Sundance Film Festival. Last year on this eve before the festival began I was […]

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I feel a little funny today because I’m in Los Angeles and not Park City. This is the first January since 2001 that I will not ascend the peaks of the Wasatch Mountains to attend the Sundance Film Festival. Last year on this eve before the festival began I was having dinner with my friend Harriette and discussing the herbal remedies and organic snacks we had brought to defend our bodies from the 10 day boot camp we were about the embark on. Now I’m at my home computer drinking tea and checking the weather in Park City to see what I’m missing.

The Sundance 08 program boasts many docs by people we know like Morgan Spurlock, Alex Gibney and Nanette Burstein and some newcomers too. I haven’t investigated what has distribution or not, I’ll wait for indieWIRE’s report on that and save myself a couple of hours of research. I caught a press screening this week of Trouble the Water, but I’ll respect the press holdback and wait to talk about it during the festival.

The Sundance Institute is making some announcements like their new DocSource program.

I’m also interested in the announcement of the nominees of the Inaugural Awards for Nonfiction Film.

Starting January 18th and running all 10 days of the Festival you can view one short
film each day of the Festival for free for 24 hours at www.sundance.org/watch.

It’s quiet here and while I’ll miss seeing friends and movies and maybe catching the premiere of something important I won’t miss the hub bub of Main Street that I have often complained about in the past, the snowy cold weather and regular meal times. Sundance Channel will be airing their Festival Updates and looks like you can watch it online too. Of course the myriad of bloggers and press and everyone else will be talking about what’s new and hot in the world of independent (dare I say) cinema. And me, I’ll be in Independent Spirit Awards screenings just 5 minutes from my house catching up on 2007s movies.

Admittedly, I still saved all my party invitations in a folder labeled “Sundance 08” in my email box just in case I decide to hop a Delta flight to Salt Lake City.

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]]> Los Angeles: Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? Nov 7 https://atriskfilms.com/blog/los-angeles-can-mr-smith-get-to-washington-anymore-nov-7/ Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:25:51 +0000 http://atriskfilms.com/blog/?p=214 Come to a FREE screening of Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Linwood Dunn Theatre. All info here! Wednesday, November 7th 7:00 pm Director Frank Popper will be in attendance. Screens with An Unreasonable Man. FREE parking in the back. The 26th annual Contemporary Documentaries […]

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]]> Come to a FREE screening of Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Linwood Dunn Theatre. All info here!

Wednesday, November 7th
7:00 pm

Director Frank Popper will be in attendance.

Screens with An Unreasonable Man.

FREE parking in the back.

    The 26th annual Contemporary Documentaries series is a showcase for feature-length and short documentaries drawn from the 2006 Academy Award® nominations, including the winners, as well as other important and innovative films considered by the Academy that year.

    All films in the series, except for the November 28 titles, screen at the Linwood Dunn Theater at the Academy’s Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. The filmmakers will be present at screenings whenever possible. Admission for all screenings is free. Tickets are not required for entry.

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]]> Tonight at Oscar’s Docs…What a Feelin’! https://atriskfilms.com/blog/tonight-at-oscars-docswhat-a-feelin/ Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:21:22 +0000 http://atriskfilms.com/blog/?p=213 What can I say…this makes it all worth it! Take Irene Cara, an Oscar winning song from Flashdance and the kids from Oscar winning doc He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’ and you’ve got magic. There are 4 more weeks of Oscar’s Docs Series 3. Tickets are still available.

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]]> What can I say…this makes it all worth it!

Take Irene Cara, an Oscar winning song from Flashdance and the kids from Oscar winning doc He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’ and you’ve got magic.

There are 4 more weeks of Oscar’s Docs Series 3. Tickets are still available.

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]]> Academy newses it up… https://atriskfilms.com/blog/academy-newses-it-up/ Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:49:26 +0000 http://atriskfilms.com/blog/?p=211 In the wake of yesterday’s Academy rule change for 2008 (check out AJ’s blog for the scoop) the Academy released the short list for short docs for this year! I’m so happy for filmmaker Cynthia Wade, who’s film FREEHELD truly touched me when I saw it for the first time at an early morning screening […]

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]]> In the wake of yesterday’s Academy rule change for 2008 (check out AJ’s blog for the scoop) the Academy released the short list for short docs for this year!

I’m so happy for filmmaker Cynthia Wade, who’s film FREEHELD truly touched me when I saw it for the first time at an early morning screening at Sundance in January.

    October 11, 2007
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    8 Doc Shorts Shortlisted for 2007 Oscars® Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject entries for the 80th Academy Awards® has narrowed to eight films, from which three to five will earn Oscar® nominations. Voters from the Academy’s Documentary Branch viewed this year’s 23 eligible contenders and submitted their ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers. The eight films are listed below in alphabetical order:
    “Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy”
    “Freeheld”
    “If It Happens”
    “La Corona” (“The Crown”)
    “Ochberg’s Orphans”
    “Portraits of a Lady”
    “Salim Baba”
    “Sari’s Mother”
    The 80th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. # # # ©A.M.P.A.S.®

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]]> My favorite thing is coming… https://atriskfilms.com/blog/my-favorite-thing-is-coming/ Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:04:54 +0000 http://atriskfilms.com/blog/?p=210 The Academy of Arts and Sciences is gearing up for the third installment of their Oscar’s Docs series. Starting September 17 and Monday nights through November 19 the Academy will screen the Academy Award winning documentaries of 1977-1988. Many if not all evenings will include question and answer with special guests. Tickets $5 or $3 […]

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]]> The Academy of Arts and Sciences is gearing up for the third installment of their Oscar’s Docs series. Starting September 17 and Monday nights through November 19 the Academy will screen the Academy Award winning documentaries of 1977-1988. Many if not all evenings will include question and answer with special guests.

Tickets $5 or $3 students

Click for more info or to buy tickets.

I’ll miss the first night since I’ll be at IFP with Girls on the Wall. But after that you can find me there every Monday night!

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]]> Mr. Smith on Netflix… https://atriskfilms.com/blog/mr-smith-on-netflix/ Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:34:11 +0000 http://www.documentaryinsider.com/?p=207 I’m proud to say that Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? is available NOW through Netflix! Go put it in your queue and give it 5 stars!

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]]> I’m proud to say that Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? is available NOW through Netflix! Go put it in your queue and give it 5 stars!

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]]> Watch this great little short… https://atriskfilms.com/blog/watch-this-great-little-short/ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:58:39 +0000 http://www.documentaryinsider.com/?p=206 Rich Hoffman, (Fridays at the Farm) made a little film about his hometown Media, PA. Watch it and VOTE so Media wins a makeover from IKEA! I watched it and as usual…Rich made me cry (in a good way). Oh…and if you haven’t seen Fridays at the Farm, you can buy it right from Rich […]

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]]> Rich Hoffman, (Fridays at the Farm) made a little film about his hometown Media, PA. Watch it and VOTE so Media wins a makeover from IKEA! I watched it and as usual…Rich made me cry (in a good way).

Oh…and if you haven’t seen Fridays at the Farm, you can buy it right from Rich at Coyopa. It’s got tons of extra features as is only $15.

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]]> Fridays at the Farm airs on Sundance Channel this Tuesday… https://atriskfilms.com/blog/fridays-at-the-farm-airs-on-sundance-channel-this-tuesday/ Sun, 22 Jul 2007 20:14:55 +0000 http://www.documentaryinsider.com/?p=205 Watch the Sundance Channel‘s GREEN programming this Tuesday to see At Risk Films’ Fridays at the Farm. Check your local listings.

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]]> Watch the Sundance Channel‘s GREEN programming this Tuesday to see At Risk Films’ Fridays at the Farm.

Check your local listings.

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