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 Engardio will be present for Q&A after the screening, moderated by Media That Matters’ programmer and director Jolene Pinder.
The Films:
- Perversion of Justice dir. Melissa Mummert
- Justice Denied: Voices from Guantanamo dir. Joel Engardio
- The Next Wave dir. Jennifer Redfearn & Tim Metzger
- Massacre at Murambi dir. Sam Kaufman
- Recycle dir. Vasco Lucas Nunes & Ondi Timoner
- Lessons from a Tailor dir. Galen Summer
- Lone Wolf dir. Jason Sussburg
- A Girl Like Me dir. Kiri Davis
- I’m Just Anneke dir. Jonathan Skurnik
- Denied dir. Julie Winokur
- A Girl Named Kai dir. Kai Ling Xue
- Aquafinito dir. Annalise Littman
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 Francisco, CA.
Filmmakers Collaborative is a producing partner of this conference.
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 info about the Boston screenings, visit the MFA website or check out www.onlyoneboss.com.
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 historians seeking an authentic record of the Warsaw Ghetto. However, the later discovery of a long-missing reel complicated earlier readings of the footage. A Film Unfinished presents the raw footage in its entirety, carefully noting fictionalized sequences (including a staged dinner party) falsely showing “the good life” enjoyed by Jewish urbanites, and probes deep into the making of a now-infamous Nazi propaganda film.
DATE AND TIME: Thursday, August 12, 7:00 PM
WHO: Director Yael Hersonski is here from Israel to introduce film and answer questions following film screening
LOCATION: West Newton Cinema, 1296 Watertown Street (Route 16)
TICKETS: $15 general admission; $12 discounted for students, seniors (65+), members of The Boston Jewish Film Festival and WGBH members.
TO PURCHASE TICKETS IN ADVANCE ONLINE: visit www.bjff.org
or buy in person at the West Newton Cinema, from 1PM – 8PM daily.
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
TONIGHT: DocYard presents a special evening with legendary director Frederick Wiseman, screening one of his early classics, HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL (1970) shows the daily activities of a large urban hospital with the emphasis on the emergency ward and outpatient clinics. The cases depicted illustrate how medical expertise, availability of resources, organizational considerations, and the nature of communication among the staff and patients affect the delivery of appropriate health care.
Click here for tickets!
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Mr. Wiseman, moderated by film scholar Scott McDonald. The event is followed by a networking after party at NOIR in the Charles Hotel.
Monday, July 19, 7 pm, Brattle Theater, after party at NOIR in the Charles Hotel
The Coolidge Corner Theatre presents a special screening of INGREDIENTS, a feature length documentary, directed by Robert Bates. INGREDIENTS explores the ways in which people around the country are working to revitalize the connection between consumers and local farmers. The film goes across the U.S., from the diversified farms of the Hudson River and Willamette Valleys to the urban food deserts of Harlem and into the kitchens of chefs like Alice Waters and Peter Hoffman.
Presented as part of Coolidge Corner Theatre’s Green Screen series (sponsored by Wainwright Bank), the screening is free for Coolidge Corner Theatre members.
Thursday, July 29 at 7pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre