Filmmakers Collaborative is meeting with director Stephanie Beal on Tuesday Nov. 9 at Zaftig’s at 5 pm before the screening of her film “I Love You Mommy” (wo ai ni mommy) showing at the Coolidge Corner Theatre at 7:00 pm. The meeting with the director is for FC members and their friends only. RSVP by [...]
Robin Hessman’s film “My Perestroika” screens at the Boston Jewish Film Festival on Sunday, November 14, 2010, 4:15 pm at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. “My Perestroika” follows five ordinary Russians living in extraordinary times – from their sheltered Soviet childhood to the collapse of the Soviet Union during their teenage years and [...]
Sunday, Oct 24 1:30p to 3:00 pm Rhode Island School of Design: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI Phone: (401) 454-6500 Filmmaker Dermot Smyth introduces his yet-to-be released documentary project, an impressionistic portrait of Lynda Benglis preparing her 40-year retrospective exhibition, currently on view. Free with museum admission.
October 14 – 17 Washington D.C. Bill Gentile defines backpack journalism as “character-driven television/web productions with hand-held digital cameras by a single practitioner.” The four-day conference will cover a myriad of topics, from the craft of storytelling to script writing and editing. For complete information about the conference and registration, visit his website.
Monday, October 11th at 8 pm The Brattle Theater 40 Brattle St Cambridge, MA 02138 A special DocYard event in partnership with Arts Engine’s Media That Matters Festival, co-presented by Filmmakers Collaborative. Ten diverse short films that inspire action and social change while pushing the boundaries of documentary storytelling. Boston-based directors Sam Kaufman and Joel [...]
Embrace Disruption at SOCAP10 is the place where funders and investors, entrepreneurs and media makers all come together to explore emerging media possibilities. Join us as we weave together funding strategies and opportunities, reviewing case studies and personal stories from cutting edge practitioners in a day-long track within SOCAP10 on Monday, October 4th in San [...]
As part of of its Utopia/Dystopia film series, the Cornell Cinema in Ithaca, NY will screen “At Home in Utopia” on September 22 at 7 p.m. For more information, see Cornell Cinema’s website.
Come to the MFA on September 19th (1pm) and 22nd (5:20 pm) to see “Only One Boss,” a nine-minute short by “At Home in Utopia” co-producer Ellen Brodsky. The film has screened at several festivals and recently won an Audience award for “Best Short” and “Best Experimental Film at the Jersey Shore Film Festival. For [...]
A Film Unfinished Directed by Yael Hersonski (Germany/Israel, 2010, 88 min., in German/Hebrew/Yiddish/Polish with subtitles) At the end of WWII, 60 minutes of raw film, having sat undisturbed in an East German archive, was discovered. Shot by the Nazis in Warsaw in May 1942, and labeled simply “Ghetto,” this footage quickly became a resource for [...]
CONGRATULATIONS TO ROBIN HESSMAN! Robin Hessman’s film MY PERESTROIKA was selected for the IDA’s 14th annual DOCUWEEK Oscar Qualifying Showcase Los Angeles July 30 – August 5 New York City August 13 – August 19. Check out the details here: Docuweeks schedule View the trailer