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Open Call Announced for the 2025 Oxbelly Retreat for Screenwriters and Literary Fiction Writers
Oxbelly announced today an open call for the Oxbelly Retreat’s 2025 edition, to be held June 28 through July 6 at Costa Navarino in Messinia, Greece. Also announced are Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World director Radu Jude as the leader of the Screenwriters Program and The Road to the Country author Chigozie Obioma as leader of the Fiction Writers Program. The application deadline is January 22, 2025. There is no cost to apply, and all expenses for fellows are covered. More from the press release: The Oxbelly Retreat is an annual gathering of international […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Dec 10, 2024 -
Permission to Narrate: Narrative Sovereignty in Documentary
The following is an edited transcript of the panel discussion “Permission to Narrate: Narrative Sovereignty in Documentary,” which followed a September 13 screening of No Other Land at the Camden International Film Festival. Moderated by Suhad Babaa (executive director, Just Vision), the conversation featured CIFF programmer Zaina Bseiso, filmmaker and 4th World Media Lab founder Tracy Rector, and Jess Devaney (founder and president, Multitude Films). Using the film and Edward Said’s concept of “permission to narrate” as a starting point, the panelists explore the challenges of solidarity and co-authorship in the context of dominant Western media narratives that often fail […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Nov 26, 2024 -
Zendaya to Receive Spotlight Tribute at the 2024 Gotham Awards
The Gotham Film & Media Institute, Filmmaker‘s publisher, announced today in a press release that Emmy Award-winner Zendaya will receive the Spotlight Tribute for her performance as Tashi Donaldson in the Luca Guadagnino-directed film Challengers, at the 34th edition of The Gothams, taking place Monday, December 2, 2024 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. From the Gotham: The Spotlight Tribute was created by The Gotham in order to recognize phenomenal efforts by individuals in film and television who captivated global audiences with the biggest projects of the year. With the Spotlight Tribute, The Gotham will honor Zendaya’s remarkable […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Nov 20, 2024 -
Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold Will Receive Gotham Award Visionary Tribute for A Complete Unknown Collaboration
Actor Timothée Chalamet and director James Mangold will receive the Visionary Tribute for their collaboration on A Complete Unknown, the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic from Searchlight Pictures, at the 34th edition of The Gothams, taking place on Monday, December 2, 2024 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Announced in a press release, the Gotham Visionary Tribute “recognizes groundbreaking collaborations that push the boundaries of storytelling in film.” “In A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold have beautifully captured Dylan’s emergence in 1960s New York not just as an artistic evolution, but as a meditation on the necessity […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Nov 19, 2024 -
Angelina Jolie to Receive 2024 Gotham Awards Performer Tribute
Angelina Jolie will receive the Performer Tribute for her performance in Pablo Larraín’s Maria at the upcoming 2024 Gotham Awards, the Gotham Film Festival & Media Institute announced today. Jolie plays iconic opera singer Maria Callas in the Paris-set film that finds Callas, in her final days, processing her life and career on stage. It follows films by Larraín about other 20th century women icons, including Jackie Onassis (Jackie) and Princess Diana (Spencer). “Like the legendary figure she portrays, Angelina Jolie transcends mere performance to craft something extraordinary,” said The Gotham executive director Jeffrey Sharp in a press release. “Her […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Oct 31, 2024 -
Light Matter 2024, Experimental Film East Coast Festival, Announces Lineup for Fourth Edition
Curated by occasional Filmmaker Magazine contributor James Hansen, the experimental film festival Light Matter has announced the lineup for its fourth edition, being held this November, including the opening of a new gallery exhibition by Jodie Mack. From the press release: Recognized as “a major East coast showcase for experimental film and video” (Michael Sicinski, In Review Online), the Light Matter Film Festival returns with its fourth annual showcase dedicated to emerging and established international artists in experimental film, video, and media art. The 2024 edition also celebrates the expansion of Light Matter into an international co-production across two continents. From […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Oct 28, 2024 -
Seeking Mavis Beacon, Dahomey Among IDA Shortlist Nominees
The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced today the 20 feature-length and 20 short documentaries shortlisted for the 40th IDA Documentary Awards, to be held December 5, 2024, at The Orpheum Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. Dominic Asmall Willsdon, IDA’s Executive Director, said in a press release, “The 40th IDA Documentary Awards continues the tradition of celebrating the best of international nonfiction media of the year. We are grateful to all filmmakers who shared their work for consideration this year, representing a record amount of countries in the award’s history. The impressive shortlist for Best Features and Best Shorts reflects on […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Oct 24, 2024 -
Catapult Reveals 2024 Development Slate with 15 New Projects
Catapult Film Fund, which provides non-fiction filmmakers with early stage funding and mentorship, announced today its 2024 Development Grant recipients. Through its flagship program, the California-based nonprofit will help launch 15 new projects from around the world, including stories from China, India, Iran, Mexico, Russia, and across the United States. As noted in a press release, half of the projects are by film teams of color and more than 80% are directed by women and nonbinary filmmakers. The projects were selected from a competitive pool of 900 applications, a record high for the organization. Each film team will receive a […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Oct 22, 2024 -
The Gotham Pages: Community News
It’s that time of year again. Fall is setting in, with cooler temperatures and a flurry of exciting film and media events on the horizon. Chief among these is Gotham Week’s Project Market, the nation’s oldest and largest marketplace for film and TV creators, slated for September 30 to October 4. Mark your calendars and dive in below to learn more about some of the filmmakers joining us for a week focused on filmmaking, connecting and relationship-building. This issue, we’re highlighting the standout filmmakers and media creators of our first-ever Branded Storytelling Initiative. Amandla Baraka is a self-taught commercial director […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Oct 1, 2024 -
Trailer Watch: Andrew Norman Wilson’s “It’s Not What the World Needs Right Now”
Earlier this year, filmmaker Andrew Norman Wilson (profiled as part of our 25 New Face of Independent Film list in 2021) published an essay in The Baffler about his struggles to get his work financed, made and seen. Entitled “It’s Not What the World Needs Right Now,” the (mostly) comic essay made enough of a splash that Wilson has subsequently presented it (in New York, Los Angeles and Locarno) as a live one-man show while dressed as Abraham Lincoln. Now the presentation form returns to New York’s Metrograph this Friday, and we’re pleased to share Wilson’s trailer for the event, […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Sep 30, 2024
