Last night's fourth annual Cinema Eye Honors, the awards show dedicated entirely to documentary excellence, belonged to street artist Banksy. His film "Exit Through the Gift Shop" took home two awards including the film's top prize for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking and the man himself delivered the acceptance speech of the night. Well, not quite the man himself, since Banksy was a no show (obviously, since nobody outside of one random seller on eBay). But "Gift Shop" producer Jaimie D'Cruz, accepting the award on Banksy's behalf, read some words the man himself had prepared. And they were fantastic. After some pleasantries, D'Cruz got down to business. I had my tape recorder rolling. Here was Banksy's speech:
"Now's not the time for long, rambling speeches. I'll leave that for the director of 'Waiting for Superman.'
I'd like to thank the Cinema Eye awards. It's great...
"Now's not the time for long, rambling speeches. I'll leave that for the director of 'Waiting for Superman.'
I'd like to thank the Cinema Eye awards. It's great...
- 1/19/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
The 8th annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is all set to run for ten days this Feb. 11-20 in Missoula, Montana. This year, the fest will have a whopping 140 film programs, a growth that necessitates an expansion from its regular home at the Historic Wilma Theatre — where it will occupy two screens — to also feature screenings at the former Pipestone Mountaineering store.
Special events at the fest include a free opening night screening of How to Die in Oregon sponsored by HBO Documentary Films. The film, directed by Peter D. Richardson, examines the impact the legalization of physician-assisted suicide has had on the state. (In 1994, Oregon was the first state to legalize the practice.)
Also, indie rock band Yo La Tengo will perform their acclaimed live score of the films of pioneering French underwater documentary film director Jean Painlevé, something they have done for other film festivals all over the world.
Special events at the fest include a free opening night screening of How to Die in Oregon sponsored by HBO Documentary Films. The film, directed by Peter D. Richardson, examines the impact the legalization of physician-assisted suicide has had on the state. (In 1994, Oregon was the first state to legalize the practice.)
Also, indie rock band Yo La Tengo will perform their acclaimed live score of the films of pioneering French underwater documentary film director Jean Painlevé, something they have done for other film festivals all over the world.
- 1/15/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
So last year I joined Twitter and desperately struggled to figure out a good use for it. Assuming most people following my account might come from the Film Junk podcast, I thought it might be an idea platform to keep track of what films I've been watching and what ratings I give them. My first post was March 9th, 2009 with David Cronenberg's The Brood (3.5/4) and since then I've managed to check out a good number of great films over the last year. (Jacques Tati's Play Time and Wim Wender's Paris, Texas are definitely two stand outs on this list.) Many of these are first time viewings, but a there are also a lot of movies I just felt the urge to revisit. So what do you think? Any favourites? Have a look for yourself after the jump! The Brood, (Cronenberg, 1979) 3.5/4 Operation Crossbow (Anderson, 1965) 3.5/4 Watchmen, (Snyder, 2009) 3/4 Pontypool, (McDonald, 2008) 4/4 Pinocchio,...
- 3/10/2010
- by Jay C.
- FilmJunk
Cologne, Germany -- "The Sound of Insects – Record of a Mummy," an experimental film combining documentary and literary elements from Swiss director Peter Liechti, has won this year's Prix Arte for best European documentary.
The haunting film is based on the novella "Until I am a Mummy" by Japanese writer Shimada Masahiko, itself based on the real-life journal of a man in a remote forest who committed suicide by self-starvation. A hunter stumbled over his mummified remains in a makeshift tent.
The Prix Arte jury of Austrian producer Franz Grabner, Russian documentary filmmaker Viktor Kossakovsky and Georgian actress/director Nino Kirtadze praised "The Sound of Insects" for "its skillful exploration of minimalist means to create and extraordinary visual story between life and death."
The documentary first screened at Toronto's Hot Docs festival, with an English narration performed by Canadian filmmaker Peter Mettler ("Petropolis").
"The Sound of Insects" beat out more political docs,...
The haunting film is based on the novella "Until I am a Mummy" by Japanese writer Shimada Masahiko, itself based on the real-life journal of a man in a remote forest who committed suicide by self-starvation. A hunter stumbled over his mummified remains in a makeshift tent.
The Prix Arte jury of Austrian producer Franz Grabner, Russian documentary filmmaker Viktor Kossakovsky and Georgian actress/director Nino Kirtadze praised "The Sound of Insects" for "its skillful exploration of minimalist means to create and extraordinary visual story between life and death."
The documentary first screened at Toronto's Hot Docs festival, with an English narration performed by Canadian filmmaker Peter Mettler ("Petropolis").
"The Sound of Insects" beat out more political docs,...
- 10/12/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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