Academy Awards
On December 2, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that they’d whittled down the 134 eligible documentary submissions to a 15 film shortlist. The chosen films include:
Art and Craft – Purple Parrot Films
The Case Against 8 – Day in Court
Citizen Koch – Elsewhere Films
Citizenfour – Praxis Films
Finding Vivian Maier – Ravine Pictures
The Internet’s Own Boy – Luminant Media
Jodorowsky’s Dune – City Film
Keep on Keepin’ On – Absolute Clay Productions
The Kill Team – f/8 filmworks
Last Days in Vietnam – Moxie Firecracker Films
Life Itself – Kartemquin Films and Film Rites
The Overnighters – Mile End Films West
The Salt of the Earth – Decia Films
Tales of the Grim Sleeper – Lafayette Film
Virunga – Grain Media
EntreVues Belfort International Film Festival - France - November 22nd – November 30th
The 29th edition of the Entrevues Belfort International Film Festival jury members announced the 2014 Awards, giving Anna Roussillon’s Je suis le peuple,...
On December 2, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that they’d whittled down the 134 eligible documentary submissions to a 15 film shortlist. The chosen films include:
Art and Craft – Purple Parrot Films
The Case Against 8 – Day in Court
Citizen Koch – Elsewhere Films
Citizenfour – Praxis Films
Finding Vivian Maier – Ravine Pictures
The Internet’s Own Boy – Luminant Media
Jodorowsky’s Dune – City Film
Keep on Keepin’ On – Absolute Clay Productions
The Kill Team – f/8 filmworks
Last Days in Vietnam – Moxie Firecracker Films
Life Itself – Kartemquin Films and Film Rites
The Overnighters – Mile End Films West
The Salt of the Earth – Decia Films
Tales of the Grim Sleeper – Lafayette Film
Virunga – Grain Media
EntreVues Belfort International Film Festival - France - November 22nd – November 30th
The 29th edition of the Entrevues Belfort International Film Festival jury members announced the 2014 Awards, giving Anna Roussillon’s Je suis le peuple,...
- 12/31/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Khadija Al-Salami’s I Am Nojoom, Age 10 And Divorced was awarded best fiction film in the Muhr Feature competition at this year’s Dubai International Film Festival (Diff), while Nujoom Al Ghanem’s Nearby Sky won the award for best non-fiction film.
Al-Salami’s Yemen-uae-France co-production is based on the true story of a Yemeni teenager who fought to escape an arranged marriage to a much older man.
Al Ghanem’s Nearby Sky is about a female Emirati camel owner who ignores the disapproval of local society to enter her camels into beauty pageants and auctions. Based in the UAE, Al Ghanem has previously made several award-winning documentaries.
The Jury Prize in the Muhr Feature competition went to Salim Abu Jabal’s documentary Roshmia, about an old couple who face losing their home due the building of a road between Mount Carmel and the sea. Hisham Zaman’s Letter To The King, Yacine Mohamed...
Al-Salami’s Yemen-uae-France co-production is based on the true story of a Yemeni teenager who fought to escape an arranged marriage to a much older man.
Al Ghanem’s Nearby Sky is about a female Emirati camel owner who ignores the disapproval of local society to enter her camels into beauty pageants and auctions. Based in the UAE, Al Ghanem has previously made several award-winning documentaries.
The Jury Prize in the Muhr Feature competition went to Salim Abu Jabal’s documentary Roshmia, about an old couple who face losing their home due the building of a road between Mount Carmel and the sea. Hisham Zaman’s Letter To The King, Yacine Mohamed...
- 12/16/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Titles include the world premiere of thriller I’m Dead and the new feature from Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed.
The Dubai International Film Festival (Dec 10-17) has unveiled the competition line-up for the Muhr Feature Awards.
The awards, first launched in 2006, aims to recognise artistic excellence from within the Arab world.
Titles include:
Dolphins, Waleed Al ShehhiI’m Dead, Yacine Mohamed BenelhadjI am Nujoom, Aged 10 and Divorced, Khadija Al-SalamiThe Sea is Behind, Hicham LasriIn This Land Lay Graves of Mine, Reine MitriA Letter to the King, Hisham ZamanThe Narrow Frame of Midnight, Tala HadidThe Council,Yahya AlabdallahOut of the Ordinary, Daoud Abdel Sayed
Dolphins is directed by Waleed Al Shehhi, who secured funding from Diff’s post-production fund Enjaaz in cooperation with Watani and Filmi before going on to win the Iwc Filmmaker Award during the 2013 edition of the Festival.
In its world premiere, Dolphins follows the intertwined stories of three people within a 24 hour period...
The Dubai International Film Festival (Dec 10-17) has unveiled the competition line-up for the Muhr Feature Awards.
The awards, first launched in 2006, aims to recognise artistic excellence from within the Arab world.
Titles include:
Dolphins, Waleed Al ShehhiI’m Dead, Yacine Mohamed BenelhadjI am Nujoom, Aged 10 and Divorced, Khadija Al-SalamiThe Sea is Behind, Hicham LasriIn This Land Lay Graves of Mine, Reine MitriA Letter to the King, Hisham ZamanThe Narrow Frame of Midnight, Tala HadidThe Council,Yahya AlabdallahOut of the Ordinary, Daoud Abdel Sayed
Dolphins is directed by Waleed Al Shehhi, who secured funding from Diff’s post-production fund Enjaaz in cooperation with Watani and Filmi before going on to win the Iwc Filmmaker Award during the 2013 edition of the Festival.
In its world premiere, Dolphins follows the intertwined stories of three people within a 24 hour period...
- 11/3/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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