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2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Kirby Dick’s Untitled Campus Assaults Project

The list of Kirby Dick signed films that have made it into the festival date back to 1997s’ Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist and since then the assembly line has churned out Chain Camera, Derrida, Twist of Faith, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Outrage and most recently, The Invisible War. His latest, promises to be another distress call. Going by workshop titles of “The Campus Project” and “Campus Assaults”, this received coin and was part of the 2013 Sundance Documentary Film Grant and 2013 Catalyst Weekend. Three weeks back, and certainly in lieu of the upcoming festival, RADiUS and CNN Films teamed for a pick-up: a theatrical run in 2015, followed by broadcast on CNN.

Gist: Undergraduate assault survivors fight to pursue education and justice in this groundbreaking project that exposes the epidemic of rape on U.S. campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and families.
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Directors Guild Reveals Documentary Nominees

The Directors Guild of America has announced the nominees for the Best Documentary category of the DGA Awards. I'm very happy that "Searching for Sugar Man" and "The Queen of Versailles," two of my favorite docs of 2012, received nods. Winner will be revealed on February 2nd.

Here's the complete list of nominees; for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:

The Invisible War

Kirby Dick

Rise Film

Itvs

Fork Films

Cuomo Cole Productions

Canal Plus

Chain Camera Pictures

This is Mr. Dick.s first DGA Award nomination.

Searching For Sugar Man

Malik Bendjelloul

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Passion Pictures Production

Canfield Pictures & The Documentary Company

Red Box Films

This is Mr. Bendjelloul.s first DGA Award nomination.

The Queen of Versailles

Lauren Greenfield

Magnolia Pictures

Evergreen Pictures

BBC Storyville

Impact Partners

Candescent Films

Plus Pictures

Dr

Vpro

Queen of Versailles, LLC

This is Ms. Greenfield.s first DGA Award nomination.
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Directors Guild Nominates Documentaries

Directors Guild Nominates Documentaries
True to tradition, the Directors Guild documentary nominees do not match up completely with the Oscar documentary nominations. All five are first-time DGA nominees. In fact, two documentaries directed by women that did not make the Oscar final five are Lauren Greenfield's well-reviewed "Queen of Versailles," which Magnolia picked up out of Sundance, and Alison Kayman's "Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry," which made the Oscar shortlist of fifteen but not the final selection. The other three nominees, "The Invisible War," "How to Survive a Plague" and "Searching for Sugar Man" made the final Oscar cut. The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2012 are (in alphabetical order): Kirby Dick The Invisible War Rise Film Itvs Fork Films Cuomo Cole Productions Canal Plus Chain Camera Pictures Malik Bendjelloul Searching...
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Directors Guild Reveals Docs Nominees

Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford today announced the DGA?s nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries for the year 2012. “Whether shining a light on sweeping injustice or bringing us along on an intimate journey, the best documentaries challenge and enlighten us, and this year?s nominees are no exception,” said Hackford. “The powerful work of these nominated directors is a true testament to the skill and significance of non-fiction storytellers. Congratulations to each of the nominees on their remarkable accomplishments.” The winners will be announced at the 65th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, February 2, 2013 in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles. The DGA Awards will be hosted by director/actor/producer Kelsey Grammer. *** Documentary The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2012 are (in alphabetical order): Kirby Dick The Invisible War Rise Film
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Oscars – 15 Films Announced as the Shortlist for the Documentary Feature Award

The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has made a little bit more progress in it’s ever so exhausting task of narrowing down the top contenders for the Documentary Feature Award.

The list, which used to include just over 120 films, has finally been narrowed to a more manageable 15. Many of the films such as Bart Layton’s docu-thriller The Imposter and Jeff Orlowski’s beautiful climate change doc Chasing Ice were heavily acclaimed by both critics and cinephiles at this past Sundance Film Festival, and their appearance on the Academy’s Shortlist come as no surprise.

Personally I am pulling for my own Sundance favorite “Searching For Sugar Man”, but in order for the film to win it will have to beat out some seriously tough competition. Check out the full list of films below:

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Never Sorry LLCBully, The Bully Project LLCChasing Ice, ExposureDetropia,
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