In the years since Jeff Orlowski-Yang made Chasing Ice in 2012 the phrase “climate change” has largely been replaced by the words “climate crisis”. The world’s awareness of the issue has also risen sharply - helped no doubt by that film, which documented National Geographic photographer James Balog’s attempts to bring home the issue visually through time-lapse photography of glaciers across the world set up as part of his Extreme Ice Survey.
The project essentially became the life’s work of Balog but, as this companion film shows, he isn’t immune to the passage of time either, needing knee and hip surgery before receiving a cancer diagnosis. Orlowski-Yang follows Balog as he brings this chapter of his life to a close by removing the cameras he originally set up, although this is not the end of the story.
Drone shots are used to give a sense of the landscape of Iceland,...
The project essentially became the life’s work of Balog but, as this companion film shows, he isn’t immune to the passage of time either, needing knee and hip surgery before receiving a cancer diagnosis. Orlowski-Yang follows Balog as he brings this chapter of his life to a close by removing the cameras he originally set up, although this is not the end of the story.
Drone shots are used to give a sense of the landscape of Iceland,...
- 4/27/2024
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Netflix executive Lisa Nishimura backed some of the streamer’s biggest successes – Tiger King, The Tinder Swindler, The Power of the Dog, Making a Murderer, and American Factory – but in an era of corporate cost-cutting, it wasn’t enough to save her job.
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Her imminent departure as VP of independent film and documentary features, after a 16-year stint at Netflix, has come as a particular shock to the nonfiction film community, which saw her build Netflix into a dominant force in documentary and become, in the process, one of Netflix’s most visible execs.
(L-r) Lisa Nishimura, Taylor Swift and Ted Sarandos attend the Netflix 2019 Golden Globes After Party
“Lisa...
Related Story Netflix Vets Lisa Nishimura & Ian Bricke Depart In Film Group Reorg Related Story Omar Epps Boards Netflix's Limited Series 'The Perfect Couple' Related Story IFC Center's John Vanco Joins Netflix To Oversee Programming For Streamer's Theaters
Her imminent departure as VP of independent film and documentary features, after a 16-year stint at Netflix, has come as a particular shock to the nonfiction film community, which saw her build Netflix into a dominant force in documentary and become, in the process, one of Netflix’s most visible execs.
(L-r) Lisa Nishimura, Taylor Swift and Ted Sarandos attend the Netflix 2019 Golden Globes After Party
“Lisa...
- 3/31/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sugar23 and Ace Content have come aboard Jared Drake & Steven Siig’s award-winning documentary Buried as executive producers, with Rocket Science signing on to handle domestic and international sales.
The film follows a California community’s effort to heal, after being confronted with a shared trauma on March 31st, 1982, when a large avalanche hit the ski resort Alpine Meadows and killed seven. Academy Award-winning producer Evan Hayes of Ace Content (Free Solo) joined Oscar winner Michael Sugar (Spotlight) and eight-time Emmy nominee David Hillman (The Tipping Point) of Sugar23 in screening the film prior to its premiere on the festival circuit and immediately signed on to spearhead its sale and release.
The producers have spent the last four months working with Jared and Siig to lock picture, and are looking to release it next year—timed to the 40th anniversary of the Alpine Meadows tragedy. Additional exec producers on...
The film follows a California community’s effort to heal, after being confronted with a shared trauma on March 31st, 1982, when a large avalanche hit the ski resort Alpine Meadows and killed seven. Academy Award-winning producer Evan Hayes of Ace Content (Free Solo) joined Oscar winner Michael Sugar (Spotlight) and eight-time Emmy nominee David Hillman (The Tipping Point) of Sugar23 in screening the film prior to its premiere on the festival circuit and immediately signed on to spearhead its sale and release.
The producers have spent the last four months working with Jared and Siig to lock picture, and are looking to release it next year—timed to the 40th anniversary of the Alpine Meadows tragedy. Additional exec producers on...
- 12/16/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
After a successful launch in May 2020, the Hollywood Climate Summit is back for its second annual edition presented on the interactive conference platform, Hopin.
This year’s summit, taking place during Climate Week, from September Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th, will consist of four action-oriented days packed with digital, interactive programming and one-on-one networking, along with an in-person outdoor event, “Eco-Bash”, featuring local tribes and frontline activists, musical performance by actor/singer Lee Rodriguez, comedy by Pallavi Gunalan, a screening of the documentary Youth v Gov, directed by Christi Cooper, and Mc’d by comedian Kalen Allen, followed by a VIP zero-waste party presented by Earth Angel.
Presented by Netflix and NYU Los Angeles, the Hollywood Climate Summit will also include programming sponsored by the Nrdc, Sierra Club, Wild Elements Foundation, The Center For Cultural Power, Green Production Guide/PGA Green, Scriptation, British Film Commission, WithOthers, Can You Hear Us?...
This year’s summit, taking place during Climate Week, from September Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th, will consist of four action-oriented days packed with digital, interactive programming and one-on-one networking, along with an in-person outdoor event, “Eco-Bash”, featuring local tribes and frontline activists, musical performance by actor/singer Lee Rodriguez, comedy by Pallavi Gunalan, a screening of the documentary Youth v Gov, directed by Christi Cooper, and Mc’d by comedian Kalen Allen, followed by a VIP zero-waste party presented by Earth Angel.
Presented by Netflix and NYU Los Angeles, the Hollywood Climate Summit will also include programming sponsored by the Nrdc, Sierra Club, Wild Elements Foundation, The Center For Cultural Power, Green Production Guide/PGA Green, Scriptation, British Film Commission, WithOthers, Can You Hear Us?...
- 9/20/2021
- Look to the Stars
Jeff Orlowski is an Emmy-winner documentarian who was a senior at Stuyvesant High School on Sept. 11, 2001. He was also the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, The Spectator. As the World Trade Center stood burning, Orlowski’s instinct was not to run from the scene but rather to figure out how to cover the news happening just blocks away. In the weeks after, displaced from his school, he and a small team of student reporters created a special edition of the paper that was distributed by the New York Times.
He recalls his 9/11 experience to former classmate and Variety senior features editor, TV, Danielle Turchiano:
I was in music class on the ground floor when the first building was hit, and my first instinct was that there was a truck outside — just some ginormous truck that slammed its doors shut. It didn’t really make sense, but it was extremely...
He recalls his 9/11 experience to former classmate and Variety senior features editor, TV, Danielle Turchiano:
I was in music class on the ground floor when the first building was hit, and my first instinct was that there was a truck outside — just some ginormous truck that slammed its doors shut. It didn’t really make sense, but it was extremely...
- 9/11/2021
- by Jeff Orlowski
- Variety Film + TV
A new episode of The Hollywood Reporter‘s Behind the Screen podcast features the filmmakers behind The Social Dilemma, a seven-time Emmy-nominated documentary that examines the dark side of social media.
Released on Netflix, The Social Dilemma received Emmy nominations for outstanding documentary or nonfiction special, as well as in the categories for writing, directing, editing, cinematography, music and sound editing.
Director Jeff Orlowski, producer Larissa Rhodes, and editor Davis Coombe are featured in this Behind the Screen conversation.
“Political polarization has become the de-facto output of this [social media] technology and is a threat to our democracy. We can’t have ...
Released on Netflix, The Social Dilemma received Emmy nominations for outstanding documentary or nonfiction special, as well as in the categories for writing, directing, editing, cinematography, music and sound editing.
Director Jeff Orlowski, producer Larissa Rhodes, and editor Davis Coombe are featured in this Behind the Screen conversation.
“Political polarization has become the de-facto output of this [social media] technology and is a threat to our democracy. We can’t have ...
- 8/26/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A new episode of The Hollywood Reporter‘s Behind the Screen podcast features the filmmakers behind The Social Dilemma, a seven-time Emmy-nominated documentary that examines the dark side of social media.
Released on Netflix, The Social Dilemma received Emmy nominations for outstanding documentary or nonfiction special, as well as in the categories for writing, directing, editing, cinematography, music and sound editing.
Director Jeff Orlowski, producer Larissa Rhodes, and editor Davis Coombe are featured in this Behind the Screen conversation.
“Political polarization has become the de-facto output of this [social media] technology and is a threat to our democracy. We can’t have ...
Released on Netflix, The Social Dilemma received Emmy nominations for outstanding documentary or nonfiction special, as well as in the categories for writing, directing, editing, cinematography, music and sound editing.
Director Jeff Orlowski, producer Larissa Rhodes, and editor Davis Coombe are featured in this Behind the Screen conversation.
“Political polarization has become the de-facto output of this [social media] technology and is a threat to our democracy. We can’t have ...
- 8/26/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
When Mark Crawford started working on the recent Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma,” he was originally only working as a sound recorder for the film. “At the beginning I had no expectations that I would become the composer,” he tells us in our recent webchat (watch the video above). While recording he would think about what kind of music to put along to the film, sketched out some ideas and sent them to Davis Coombe, the film’s editor, who put them into some of the scenes which caught the eye of director, Jeff Orlowski. “He kind of stopped and said, “Who did this piece?’ And it always kinda came back to me and so that was where the first initial discussions happened.”
“The Social Dilemma,” which is currently streaming on Netflix, examines the way that social media platforms depend on hooking people into consuming content through their products. The...
“The Social Dilemma,” which is currently streaming on Netflix, examines the way that social media platforms depend on hooking people into consuming content through their products. The...
- 8/20/2021
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
As the new school year begins, Netflix is making the documentary The Social Dilemma available for free on YouTube, through the end of September. After just a couple of days, it’s recorded over 63,000 views, with one viewer commenting, “Literally one of the best and worthy documentaries I have ever watched in my life.”
Television Academy voters have proven similarly enthusiastic. The documentary directed and co-written by Jeff Orlowski, produced by Larissa Rhodes, and edited and co-written by Davis Coombe earned seven Emmy nominations, more than any other single film.
“We were totally speechless and really not expecting any of them, let alone seven of them,” Rhodes tells Deadline of the nominations. “For this team, we just felt hugely proud and humbled by that response and that recognition.”
One person presumably not cheering on the film is Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook. The Social Dilemma argues the world’s largest social media company,...
Television Academy voters have proven similarly enthusiastic. The documentary directed and co-written by Jeff Orlowski, produced by Larissa Rhodes, and edited and co-written by Davis Coombe earned seven Emmy nominations, more than any other single film.
“We were totally speechless and really not expecting any of them, let alone seven of them,” Rhodes tells Deadline of the nominations. “For this team, we just felt hugely proud and humbled by that response and that recognition.”
One person presumably not cheering on the film is Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook. The Social Dilemma argues the world’s largest social media company,...
- 8/20/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
While Jeff Orlowski was very passionate about tackling social media in “The Social Dilemma,” the film’s producer, Larissa Rhodes, questioned the importance of the subject matter. “We thought we have really big existential crises that we need to tackle–climate change being one of them. How was this story and this message on par with any of those kind of big scale problems,” Rhodes tells us during our recent webchat (watch the video above). But as she started to hear what former insiders from Silicon Valley and industry experts were saying in their interviews, her point-of-view quickly came around. “It really became clear how detrimental the social media platforms and search companies were to our society.”
“The Social Dilemma,” which is currently streaming on Netflix, skewers the way that social media companies depend on getting people hooked to consuming content through their platforms. The film further details how this...
“The Social Dilemma,” which is currently streaming on Netflix, skewers the way that social media companies depend on getting people hooked to consuming content through their platforms. The film further details how this...
- 8/17/2021
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Last Year’s Winner: “The Apollo”
Still Eligible: No.
Hot Streak: After Netflix took home back-to-back trophies in 2016 and 2017 (“13th”), HBO has rattled off three consecutive wins in the Best Documentary or Nonfiction Special category: “The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling” (2018), “Leaving Neverland” (2019), and “The Apollo” (2020). HBO remains the most-awarded network in the category’s 23-year-history, with 11 total wins.
Fun Fact: This year, 78 documentary or nonfiction specials made the Emmy ballot, falling just three submissions shy of qualifying for an additional nomination. Due to the sliding scale the Emmys instituted last year, categories with 20-80 submissions will nominate five projects, while categories with 81-160 submissions will nominate six projects. Had a few networks known an extra nomination was that close, perhaps they would have scrounged up three more documentaries for the ballot.
Notable Ineligible Series: “Hemingway” (the three-episode PBS documentary is running in the Documentary Series category); “My Octopus Teacher,...
Still Eligible: No.
Hot Streak: After Netflix took home back-to-back trophies in 2016 and 2017 (“13th”), HBO has rattled off three consecutive wins in the Best Documentary or Nonfiction Special category: “The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling” (2018), “Leaving Neverland” (2019), and “The Apollo” (2020). HBO remains the most-awarded network in the category’s 23-year-history, with 11 total wins.
Fun Fact: This year, 78 documentary or nonfiction specials made the Emmy ballot, falling just three submissions shy of qualifying for an additional nomination. Due to the sliding scale the Emmys instituted last year, categories with 20-80 submissions will nominate five projects, while categories with 81-160 submissions will nominate six projects. Had a few networks known an extra nomination was that close, perhaps they would have scrounged up three more documentaries for the ballot.
Notable Ineligible Series: “Hemingway” (the three-episode PBS documentary is running in the Documentary Series category); “My Octopus Teacher,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. The eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and is subject to change.
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Emmys Collective
Visit each individual category, according to the awards show from The Emmys Hub
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2021 Emmys Predictions:
Outstanding Documentary Special
Updated: Aug 12, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: From co-directors Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin, the Oscar winners of “Undefeated” (2011) and Emmy...
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Emmys Collective
Visit each individual category, according to the awards show from The Emmys Hub
Link to film awards hub The Oscars Hub
(Draft>>>Pre-season>>>Regular Season>>>Post Season)
2021 Emmys Predictions:
Outstanding Documentary Special
Updated: Aug 12, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: From co-directors Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin, the Oscar winners of “Undefeated” (2011) and Emmy...
- 8/12/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Last month, after the release of his latest documentary, “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain,” Morgan Neville disclosed that he used artificial intelligence to simulate the voice of Bourdain. Outrage ensued and writers used it as an opportunity to pen headlines that said the project served as a reminder that documentaries are journalism.
But while it’s true that documentaries have never been a part of the fourth estate — an institution whose ability to be completely objective is debatable — most documentaries set out to expose a truth via journalistic tactics including research, making sense of the facts and interviewing subjects. This year many such projects — including “City So Real,” “Allen v. Farrow,” “Framing Britney Spears,” “The Social Dilemma” and “Welcome to Chechnya” — received Emmy nominations.
Veteran docu filmmaker Steve James says while he is a “nonfiction storyteller,” that does not relieve him of journalistic principles when making a documentary. James...
But while it’s true that documentaries have never been a part of the fourth estate — an institution whose ability to be completely objective is debatable — most documentaries set out to expose a truth via journalistic tactics including research, making sense of the facts and interviewing subjects. This year many such projects — including “City So Real,” “Allen v. Farrow,” “Framing Britney Spears,” “The Social Dilemma” and “Welcome to Chechnya” — received Emmy nominations.
Veteran docu filmmaker Steve James says while he is a “nonfiction storyteller,” that does not relieve him of journalistic principles when making a documentary. James...
- 8/11/2021
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Variety is pleased to announce the lineup for its first-ever Virtual TV Fest: The Nominees, airing on Aug. 18.
This year, Variety extended its TV Fest franchise to include panels with Emmy-nominated actors, directors, producers and writers in the comedy, drama, documentary series and nonfiction special and limited series categories. The panels will be moderated by Michael Schneider, Variety‘s deputy TV editor and senior TV awards editor, and Jazz Tangcay, senior awards editor.
The Comedy Series panel includes:
Hannah Einbinder
Debbie Liebling
Courtney Lilly
Rosie Perez
Paul Reiser
Hannah Waddingham
William Zabka
The Drama Series panel includes:
Steven Canals
Ann Dowd
Aunjanue Ellis
Eric Kripke
Tobias Menzies
Chris Sullivan
The Documentary Series and Nonfiction Special panel includes:
Kirby Dick
Steve James
Frank Marshall
T.J. Martin
Amanda McBaine
Jeff Orlowski
Samantha Stark
The Limited Series panel includes:
Paapa Essiedu
Barry Jenkins
Anya Taylor-Joy
Elizabeth Olsen
Kate Winslet
To register for the event,...
This year, Variety extended its TV Fest franchise to include panels with Emmy-nominated actors, directors, producers and writers in the comedy, drama, documentary series and nonfiction special and limited series categories. The panels will be moderated by Michael Schneider, Variety‘s deputy TV editor and senior TV awards editor, and Jazz Tangcay, senior awards editor.
The Comedy Series panel includes:
Hannah Einbinder
Debbie Liebling
Courtney Lilly
Rosie Perez
Paul Reiser
Hannah Waddingham
William Zabka
The Drama Series panel includes:
Steven Canals
Ann Dowd
Aunjanue Ellis
Eric Kripke
Tobias Menzies
Chris Sullivan
The Documentary Series and Nonfiction Special panel includes:
Kirby Dick
Steve James
Frank Marshall
T.J. Martin
Amanda McBaine
Jeff Orlowski
Samantha Stark
The Limited Series panel includes:
Paapa Essiedu
Barry Jenkins
Anya Taylor-Joy
Elizabeth Olsen
Kate Winslet
To register for the event,...
- 8/11/2021
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
This year’s batch of Emmy nominated filmmakers for both documentary and nonfiction encompass a wide spectrum that include veterans who have greatly influenced the genre and younger creatives getting their first dose of wide exposure. In getting to talk with them, it was incredible to hear them not only talk about the works that influenced their decision to go into nonfiction storytelling, but also the nonfiction works that have stood out to them in more recent years. Gold Derby recently had these discussions with Kirby Dick (“Allen v. Farrow”), Amanda McBaine (“Boys State”), Steve James (“City So Real”), Tom Campbell (“RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked”) and Jeff Orlowski (“The Social Dilemma”) during our recent “Meet the Experts” panel.
You can watch the documentary and nonfiction group panel above with these five creative helmers. Click on each person’s name above to be taken to their individual interview.
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You can watch the documentary and nonfiction group panel above with these five creative helmers. Click on each person’s name above to be taken to their individual interview.
See Watch...
- 8/10/2021
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Even though the current president doesn’t weaponize Twitter the same way that his predecessor did, Jeff Orlowski wants people to know that social media is still further polarizing the country. “Each and every one of us has a different Twitter or a different Facebook, that’s being personalized and customized to my experience just to keep me on the platform,” Orlowski tells Gold Derby in our Meet the Experts: Documentary and Nonfiction panel (watch the exclusive video interview above). Seeing how social media has further isolated us as a society and help to prop up things like Covid disinformation and conspiracies that resulted in the riot at the Capitol on January 6th has left Orlowski with a pretty stark take on things. “I fundamentally do believe that this technology is incompatible with a healthy and functioning democracy.”
Orlowski’s film, “The Social Dilemma,” which is currently streaming on Netflix,...
Orlowski’s film, “The Social Dilemma,” which is currently streaming on Netflix,...
- 8/10/2021
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Watch Gold Derby’s roundtable discussion with 2021 nominees Tom Campbell (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”), Kirby Dick (“Allen v. Farrow”), Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss (“Boys State”), Steve James (“City So Real”), Jeff Orlowski (“The Social Dilemma”) as they discuss the greatest challenges they faced while making their documentaries that have made it to the final round of voting. Discussion moderated by Charles Bright as part of our special “Meet the Experts” series.
- 8/4/2021
- by Tom O'Neil
- Gold Derby
Six top documentarians and producers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2021 Emmy nominees. Each person from the documentaries and nonfiction program will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Tuesday, August 3, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our contributing editor Charles Bright and a group chat with Charles and all of the group together.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 Emmy nominees:
“Allen v. Farrow”: Kirby Dick
Synopsis: A look behind the years of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of the accusation...
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 Emmy nominees:
“Allen v. Farrow”: Kirby Dick
Synopsis: A look behind the years of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of the accusation...
- 7/27/2021
- by Chris Beachum and Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
In the narrative world, sequels are all the rage for films and even “limited” series if the first installment is wildly successful, but seldom do you see follow-ups for documentaries. But all six filmmakers at Gold Derby’s Meet the Experts: Documentary panel — Samantha Stark (“The New York Times Presents: Framing Britney Spears”), J. Clay Tweel (“Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults”), Cecilia Peck and Inbal B. Lessner (“Seduced: Inside the Nxivm Cult”), Tom Beard (“The Year Earth Changed”) and Jeff Orlowski (“The Social Dilemma”) — are definitely not opposed to sequels to their films, some of which cover ongoing stories.
Click on each name above to watch that person’s individual panel interview. Watch our full panel above to hear everyone’s answers and more.
“With our film it feels like it just cracked us open,” Stark says of “Framing Britney Spears,” which spotlights the 13-year conservatorship the pop icon...
Click on each name above to watch that person’s individual panel interview. Watch our full panel above to hear everyone’s answers and more.
“With our film it feels like it just cracked us open,” Stark says of “Framing Britney Spears,” which spotlights the 13-year conservatorship the pop icon...
- 5/17/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
“The Social Dilemma” showcases the harmful impact social media has had on society, and for director Jeff Orlowski, he hadn’t always seen it that way. As an “avid, super-heavy user,” Orlowski “used it all the time.” “I describe myself as addicted and that has swung all the way to today where I don’t touch it at all,” he shares at Gold Derby’s Meet the Experts: Documentary panel (watch above). “I don’t use it. I haven’t deleted the accounts because they still provide access to people and connectivity, but as I learned during this project, they don’t provide connection really. It’s a false sense of connection. But it has been such a huge shift for me personally to remove social media from my daily life.”
Orlowski started reexamining his relationship to social media in 2017 when some of his friends from Stanford who had...
Orlowski started reexamining his relationship to social media in 2017 when some of his friends from Stanford who had...
- 5/17/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Gold Derby’s group discussion with six outstanding directors of TV documentaries launched our popular “Meet the Experts” panel series featuring Emmy contenders. Our senior editor Joyce Eng moderated the chat that included Samantha Stark (“Framing Britney Spears”), J. Clay Tweel (“Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults”), Cecilia Peck, Inbal B. Lessner (“Seduced: Inside the Nxivm Cult”), Tom Beard (“The Year Earth Changed”), Jeff Orlowski (‘The Social Dilemma’).
- 5/10/2021
- by Tom O'Neil
- Gold Derby
Jeff Orlowski, director of the award-winning Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, used to be an avid social media user. Not anymore.
Around 2017, he says, he started becoming alarmed about “manipulative design techniques” employed by social media companies, and with his documentary collaborators he set out to illustrate the ways social media platforms have harmed society. “We just knew there was something really important here,” Orlowski explained during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event.
The Social Dilemma zeroes in on the algorithms created by Facebook, Google, Twitter and other such companies, which push content at users to keep them glued to their platforms. One effective way to engage people, these companies discovered, is to feed users a diet of conspiracy theories, misinformation and other material that stokes outrage. It’s good for the platforms, because the more people they reach and retain, the more ads they can sell,...
Around 2017, he says, he started becoming alarmed about “manipulative design techniques” employed by social media companies, and with his documentary collaborators he set out to illustrate the ways social media platforms have harmed society. “We just knew there was something really important here,” Orlowski explained during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event.
The Social Dilemma zeroes in on the algorithms created by Facebook, Google, Twitter and other such companies, which push content at users to keep them glued to their platforms. One effective way to engage people, these companies discovered, is to feed users a diet of conspiracy theories, misinformation and other material that stokes outrage. It’s good for the platforms, because the more people they reach and retain, the more ads they can sell,...
- 5/1/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s a couple more months until summer officially starts, but Saturday is shining bright with the new season of Deadline’s Contenders Television franchise. Padma Lakshmi, Demi Lovato, Stephen Colbert, Jameela Jamil, Amy Schumer and the Queer Eye guys are among the panelists in the lineup as we launch our newest TV award-season event.
Deadline’s first-ever Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted starts at 8 a.m. Pt with a full day spotlighting the most vital shows and top talent in the genres, packed with virtual presentations from almost 40 shows from 19 outlets.
To watch the livestream of today’s event, click here.
Starting with Starz’s rollicking Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip With Sam and Graham, today’s lineup features Hulu’s Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi, YouTube Originals’ Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil and Netflix’s Queer Eye, as well as Fox’s The Masked Singer and FX...
Deadline’s first-ever Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted starts at 8 a.m. Pt with a full day spotlighting the most vital shows and top talent in the genres, packed with virtual presentations from almost 40 shows from 19 outlets.
To watch the livestream of today’s event, click here.
Starting with Starz’s rollicking Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip With Sam and Graham, today’s lineup features Hulu’s Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi, YouTube Originals’ Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil and Netflix’s Queer Eye, as well as Fox’s The Masked Singer and FX...
- 5/1/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Jeff Orlowski faced questions over the hit Netflix documentary.
US director Jeff Orlowski faced heated questions over his hit Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma on a panel at Cph:dox, where he was confronted with the “limitations” of the film.
The Bafta-nominated film was the subject of a discussion on the first day of the international documentary festival’s Conference.
Orlowski’s film excoriates companies including Google, Facebook and Twitter. The director describes them as part of “a toxic landscape” that manipulates social media users, culls their data and prevent the free flow of transparent information. The Social Dilemma was seen...
US director Jeff Orlowski faced heated questions over his hit Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma on a panel at Cph:dox, where he was confronted with the “limitations” of the film.
The Bafta-nominated film was the subject of a discussion on the first day of the international documentary festival’s Conference.
Orlowski’s film excoriates companies including Google, Facebook and Twitter. The director describes them as part of “a toxic landscape” that manipulates social media users, culls their data and prevent the free flow of transparent information. The Social Dilemma was seen...
- 4/27/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
It’s been a strange year, but cinema endures. The 2021 British Academy Film and Television Awards took place at the Royal Albert Hall on the 11th of April, 2021. In a first in BAFTA history, four women have been nominated in the Director category, including Nomadland director Chloe Zhao, Sarah Gavron for Rocks, and Shannon Murphy for Babyteeth. Other notable nominees include Promising Young Woman, The Trial of the Chicago 7, The Father, Saint Maud and Minari. It is a diverse line up, and a very unusual time but the red carpets are rolling out, even if they are in living rooms around the world.
Yesterday director Ang Lee was entered into the BAFTA Fellowship, and Noel Clarke was awarded the Outstanding British Contribution to cinema. This evening Edith Bowman and Dermot O’Leary hosted the awards and it was a delight to see Yun-Jung Youn’s incredible win for her role in Minari.
Yesterday director Ang Lee was entered into the BAFTA Fellowship, and Noel Clarke was awarded the Outstanding British Contribution to cinema. This evening Edith Bowman and Dermot O’Leary hosted the awards and it was a delight to see Yun-Jung Youn’s incredible win for her role in Minari.
- 4/11/2021
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Today’s show is being broadcast with a time delay on BBC One at 19:00 UK time.
The Bafta Film Awards 2021 main show is taking place today (April 11) from London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Scroll down for latest winners
An audience will not be present and winners will receive their awards virtually due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.
For the first time, the awards are being handed out across two nights. Saturday’s ceremony (April 10) focused on the craft awards.
Today’s show started at 16:15pm UK time, and is being broadcast with a time delay on BBC One starting...
The Bafta Film Awards 2021 main show is taking place today (April 11) from London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Scroll down for latest winners
An audience will not be present and winners will receive their awards virtually due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.
For the first time, the awards are being handed out across two nights. Saturday’s ceremony (April 10) focused on the craft awards.
Today’s show started at 16:15pm UK time, and is being broadcast with a time delay on BBC One starting...
- 4/11/2021
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Shannon Murphy has been nominated for the BAFTA Award for best direction for her debut feature, Babyteeth.
Murphy is in good company, with fellow nominees for the prize including Thomas Vinterberg for Another Round; Lee Issac Chung for Minari; Chloé Zhao for Nomadland; Jasmila Žbanić for Quo Vadis, Aida? and Sarah Gavron for Rocks.
It is the first time in BAFTA history that four women have been nominated in the director category.
These are the first edition of nominations to follow BAFTA’s seven-month diversity review, which came about after it faced significant backlash one year ago for a lack of diversity among nominees – including an all-male director category. Three of the nominated directors are also up for best film not in the English language.
The BAFTA nod is yet another accolade for Babyteeth and Murphy’s work, following on from the film’s premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival in 2019. There,...
Murphy is in good company, with fellow nominees for the prize including Thomas Vinterberg for Another Round; Lee Issac Chung for Minari; Chloé Zhao for Nomadland; Jasmila Žbanić for Quo Vadis, Aida? and Sarah Gavron for Rocks.
It is the first time in BAFTA history that four women have been nominated in the director category.
These are the first edition of nominations to follow BAFTA’s seven-month diversity review, which came about after it faced significant backlash one year ago for a lack of diversity among nominees – including an all-male director category. Three of the nominated directors are also up for best film not in the English language.
The BAFTA nod is yet another accolade for Babyteeth and Murphy’s work, following on from the film’s premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival in 2019. There,...
- 3/9/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Today, at the Royal Albert Hall, Aisling Bea and Susan Wokoma, on behalf of The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), announced the nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards in 2021, celebrating the very best in film of the past year.
In a first in BAFTA history, four women have been nominated in the Director category, including ‘Nomadland’ director Chloe Zhao, Sarah Gavron for ‘Rocks’, and Shannon Murphy for ‘Babyteeth’. In all, ‘Nomadland’ and ‘Rocks’ received seven nominations each.
‘The Father’, ‘Mank’, ‘Minari’ and ‘Promising Young Woman’ all received a total of six nominations while ‘The Dig’ and ‘The Mauritanian’ received five.
Supporting new talent is at the heart of BAFTA’s remit and four of the five nominated films in Outstanding Debut are also nominated across other categories. This year, first-time nominees account for four of the six nominated Directors and 21 of the 24 nominees in the performance categories.
In a first in BAFTA history, four women have been nominated in the Director category, including ‘Nomadland’ director Chloe Zhao, Sarah Gavron for ‘Rocks’, and Shannon Murphy for ‘Babyteeth’. In all, ‘Nomadland’ and ‘Rocks’ received seven nominations each.
‘The Father’, ‘Mank’, ‘Minari’ and ‘Promising Young Woman’ all received a total of six nominations while ‘The Dig’ and ‘The Mauritanian’ received five.
Supporting new talent is at the heart of BAFTA’s remit and four of the five nominated films in Outstanding Debut are also nominated across other categories. This year, first-time nominees account for four of the six nominated Directors and 21 of the 24 nominees in the performance categories.
- 3/9/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
‘The Father’, ‘Mank’, ‘Minari’, ‘Promising Young Woman’ also score well.
Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland and UK teenage drama Rocks led the 2021 Bafta film awards nominations, which were announced today (March 9).
Both titles received seven nominations, including for directors Zhao and Sarah Gavron, and for Frances McDormand and Bukky Bakray in leading actress respectively.
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Four titles received six nominations each: UK titles The Father and Promising Young Woman, plus Minari and Mank from the US.
In the first Bafta film awards since widespread criticism over the lack of diversity in the 2020 nominations, four out...
Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland and UK teenage drama Rocks led the 2021 Bafta film awards nominations, which were announced today (March 9).
Both titles received seven nominations, including for directors Zhao and Sarah Gavron, and for Frances McDormand and Bukky Bakray in leading actress respectively.
Scroll down for full list of nominations
Four titles received six nominations each: UK titles The Father and Promising Young Woman, plus Minari and Mank from the US.
In the first Bafta film awards since widespread criticism over the lack of diversity in the 2020 nominations, four out...
- 3/9/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut already made a big splash with its Sundance Film Festival premiere — and the film is set to make even bigger noise, as Netflix is nearing a $16 million deal for worldwide distribution rights on the film, an individual with knowledge of the deal tells Variety.
Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga star in the project, based on the 1929 novella by Nella Larsen and adapted by Hall, about racial passing in 1920s New York.
“Passing” was one of the buzziest titles heading into the festival, with Endeavor Content handling sales for the picture. The film boasts a starry cast and, after its well-reviewed premiere, a sizable acquisition deal was to be expected.
Set amid the Harlem Renaissance, Irene (Thompson) and Clare (Negga) are two mixed race women, and childhood friends, who reunite in their adulthood, discovering that they now live on two different sides of the color line,...
Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga star in the project, based on the 1929 novella by Nella Larsen and adapted by Hall, about racial passing in 1920s New York.
“Passing” was one of the buzziest titles heading into the festival, with Endeavor Content handling sales for the picture. The film boasts a starry cast and, after its well-reviewed premiere, a sizable acquisition deal was to be expected.
Set amid the Harlem Renaissance, Irene (Thompson) and Clare (Negga) are two mixed race women, and childhood friends, who reunite in their adulthood, discovering that they now live on two different sides of the color line,...
- 2/3/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
For emerging filmmakers hoping to take the next step in their artistic and professional journey, finding a community of like-minded creators is crucial. With this goal in mind, Adobe has partnered with Sundance Institute on the Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellowship program which, since 2015, has provided mentorship and support to promising filmmakers early in their careers. With an eye toward elevating underrepresented voices, the fellowship enables the next generation of creatives by offering an opportunity to share their stories with the world.
This year, as a presenting sponsor of the Sundance Film Festival, Adobe launched a short spot highlighting the work of four Sundance Institute alumni, which was co-directed and edited by 2018 Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellow Carol Nguyen. The vignette, titled “When I Tell the Story,” epitomizes the importance of giving new filmmakers a platform to share their work and their voice. “When I tell the story, it’s dark and glittery.
This year, as a presenting sponsor of the Sundance Film Festival, Adobe launched a short spot highlighting the work of four Sundance Institute alumni, which was co-directed and edited by 2018 Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellow Carol Nguyen. The vignette, titled “When I Tell the Story,” epitomizes the importance of giving new filmmakers a platform to share their work and their voice. “When I tell the story, it’s dark and glittery.
- 1/29/2021
- by IndieWire Staff
- Indiewire
Of all the responses to his film The Social Dilemma, director Jeff Orlowski treasures one reaction above many.
“[Author] George R.R. Martin tweeted that The Social Dilemma was the scariest movie he’s seen in 20 years,” Orlowski tells Deadline. “That was one of my favorite little moments.”
The Netflix documentary has alarmed Martin and many other viewers with its chilling depiction of the influence of social media companies, arguing that they have debilitated democracy at home and abroad, sown discord at the community and national level and negatively impacted the mental health of users.
“This is like a dystopian matrix that we’re already living in,” Orlowski maintains, “and it’s nonfiction.”
The film, an Oscar contender this year, attempts to reframe how we understand the function of companies like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and more. It’s not, as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed in a 2019 speech at Georgetown University,...
“[Author] George R.R. Martin tweeted that The Social Dilemma was the scariest movie he’s seen in 20 years,” Orlowski tells Deadline. “That was one of my favorite little moments.”
The Netflix documentary has alarmed Martin and many other viewers with its chilling depiction of the influence of social media companies, arguing that they have debilitated democracy at home and abroad, sown discord at the community and national level and negatively impacted the mental health of users.
“This is like a dystopian matrix that we’re already living in,” Orlowski maintains, “and it’s nonfiction.”
The film, an Oscar contender this year, attempts to reframe how we understand the function of companies like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and more. It’s not, as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed in a 2019 speech at Georgetown University,...
- 1/22/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmaker Jeff Orlowski has become known for his environmental documentaries Chasing Ice and Chasing Coral. But with The Social Dilemma he turns his attention to another issue with major implications for humanity: the damaging impact of social media.
“I’ve always been curious about big systemic and societal challenges,” Orlowski says during the film’s panel at Deadline’s Contenders Documentary event. “One of the subjects of The Social Dilemma referenced this technology as a ‘climate change of culture’ and that sort of shattered my brain—that, invisibly, a handful of designers in Silicon Valley are writing code that is shaping the lives of billions of people around the planet.”
The Netflix documentary argues there are serious costs to “free” services like Facebook, Twitter and Google: Those companies collate user data expressed through “likes,” posts and Internet searches and sell it to advertisers and marketers.
“We use this phrase...
“I’ve always been curious about big systemic and societal challenges,” Orlowski says during the film’s panel at Deadline’s Contenders Documentary event. “One of the subjects of The Social Dilemma referenced this technology as a ‘climate change of culture’ and that sort of shattered my brain—that, invisibly, a handful of designers in Silicon Valley are writing code that is shaping the lives of billions of people around the planet.”
The Netflix documentary argues there are serious costs to “free” services like Facebook, Twitter and Google: Those companies collate user data expressed through “likes,” posts and Internet searches and sell it to advertisers and marketers.
“We use this phrase...
- 1/10/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The coronavirus pandemic pushed the release of a slew of narrative films into 2021, reducing the number of Best Picture contenders this Oscar season. But it’s a completely different story with documentary. Streaming platforms and other players didn’t hold back their nonfiction slate, and with the Academy relaxing qualification rules, the record for films in contention for Best Documentary is about to be shattered this year.
That makes this the perfect time to launch Deadline’s first Contenders Documentary, a virtual showcase of top nonfiction films this awards season. The event kicks off today at 8 a.m. Pt. Click here to register and join the livestream, and follow along for the day on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram via @Deadline and #DeadlineContenders. See the full schedule of panels below.
The Contenders Documentary program, featuring conversations with a raft of Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmakers including Alex Gibney, Liz Garbus, Ron Howard,...
That makes this the perfect time to launch Deadline’s first Contenders Documentary, a virtual showcase of top nonfiction films this awards season. The event kicks off today at 8 a.m. Pt. Click here to register and join the livestream, and follow along for the day on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram via @Deadline and #DeadlineContenders. See the full schedule of panels below.
The Contenders Documentary program, featuring conversations with a raft of Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmakers including Alex Gibney, Liz Garbus, Ron Howard,...
- 1/10/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Doc NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, announced the titles of its annual Short List: Features program on November 9. The selection of films offer one glimpse, as determined by the festival’s programming team, into the documentary features that are best positioned to be among the year’s top contenders in the Oscar field. Also named are the films to make their second Winner’s Circle, highlighting films that have already won major awards at Oscar-qualifying international festivals.
Among Doc NYC’s list are six films that were already nominated this year for Best Documentary Feature by the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. They are: “Crip Camp,” “Dick Johnson Is Dead,” “The Fight,” “Gunda,” “The Social Dilemma,” and “Time.” One other Ccda nominee will be screened as part of the Winner’s Circle program: “The Painter and the Thief.”
As an indicator of Oscar success, Doc NYC boasts that in the...
Among Doc NYC’s list are six films that were already nominated this year for Best Documentary Feature by the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. They are: “Crip Camp,” “Dick Johnson Is Dead,” “The Fight,” “Gunda,” “The Social Dilemma,” and “Time.” One other Ccda nominee will be screened as part of the Winner’s Circle program: “The Painter and the Thief.”
As an indicator of Oscar success, Doc NYC boasts that in the...
- 11/16/2020
- by John Benutty
- Gold Derby
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Art of the Real 2020
Art of the Real, Film at Lincoln Center’s annual showcase of boundary-pushing non-fiction work, is now underway virtually nationwide. Featuring work by Joshua Bonnetta, Sky Hopinka, Hassen Ferhani, Ignacio Agüero, Lisa Marie Malloy and J.P. Sniadecki, Sérgio da Costa and Maya Kosa, Jonathan Perel, Jessica Sarah Rinland, Pacho Velez and Courtney Stephens, and more, the slate provides a comprehensive survey for finding new cinematic ways to look at the world.
Where to Stream: Film at Lincoln Center’s Virtual Cinema
Coded Bias (Shalini Kantayya)
Starting with the work of Joy Buolamwini of the MIT Media Lab, Shalini Kantayya’s Coded Bias is an alarming...
Art of the Real 2020
Art of the Real, Film at Lincoln Center’s annual showcase of boundary-pushing non-fiction work, is now underway virtually nationwide. Featuring work by Joshua Bonnetta, Sky Hopinka, Hassen Ferhani, Ignacio Agüero, Lisa Marie Malloy and J.P. Sniadecki, Sérgio da Costa and Maya Kosa, Jonathan Perel, Jessica Sarah Rinland, Pacho Velez and Courtney Stephens, and more, the slate provides a comprehensive survey for finding new cinematic ways to look at the world.
Where to Stream: Film at Lincoln Center’s Virtual Cinema
Coded Bias (Shalini Kantayya)
Starting with the work of Joy Buolamwini of the MIT Media Lab, Shalini Kantayya’s Coded Bias is an alarming...
- 11/13/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
“Crip Camp,” “Gunda” and “Time” are among the films that have made Doc NYC’s 2020 “Short List,” an annual attempt by the New York-based festival to identify the nonfiction films most likely to play a significant part in awards season.
Those three films were also included in the Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations for Best Documentary Feature, and on the International Documentary Association’s shortlist from which the Ida chooses nominees for the Ida Documentary Awards. They are the only three movies to land on all three lists.
Nine additional films on the Doc NYC list were also singled out either by the Ida or Critics Choice: “Boys State,” “Collective,” “Dick Johnson Is Dead,” “The Fight,” “MLK/FBI,” “76 Days,” “The Social Dilemma,” “The Truffle Hunters” and “Welcome to Chechnya.”
Other films on the Doc NYC list, which is made up of 15 documentaries, are “I Am Greta,” “On the Record” and “A Thousand Cuts.
Those three films were also included in the Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations for Best Documentary Feature, and on the International Documentary Association’s shortlist from which the Ida chooses nominees for the Ida Documentary Awards. They are the only three movies to land on all three lists.
Nine additional films on the Doc NYC list were also singled out either by the Ida or Critics Choice: “Boys State,” “Collective,” “Dick Johnson Is Dead,” “The Fight,” “MLK/FBI,” “76 Days,” “The Social Dilemma,” “The Truffle Hunters” and “Welcome to Chechnya.”
Other films on the Doc NYC list, which is made up of 15 documentaries, are “I Am Greta,” “On the Record” and “A Thousand Cuts.
- 11/9/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Later than usual, the eleven-year-old Doc NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, has finally revealed its influential 15-film Short List. The festival will open in a new online format with a main lineup of 119 features and 100 short films (November 11-19) available to viewers across the US.
Historically, most of the Doc NYC short list titles overlap with the Academy’s official 15-film Oscar Short List. For the last nine years, Doc NYC has screened the documentary that went on to win the Academy Award, including “American Factory,” “Free Solo,” “Icarus,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amy,” “Citizenfour,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Searching for Sugar Man,” and “Undefeated.” The festival has screened 24 of the last 25 Oscar-nominated documentary features. In 2019, Doc NYC screened 13 of 15 titles that were named to the subsequent Academy Award Documentary Shortlist.
Thom Powers, Doc NYC’s artistic director as well as documentary programmer for TIFF, oversees curation of the...
Historically, most of the Doc NYC short list titles overlap with the Academy’s official 15-film Oscar Short List. For the last nine years, Doc NYC has screened the documentary that went on to win the Academy Award, including “American Factory,” “Free Solo,” “Icarus,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amy,” “Citizenfour,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Searching for Sugar Man,” and “Undefeated.” The festival has screened 24 of the last 25 Oscar-nominated documentary features. In 2019, Doc NYC screened 13 of 15 titles that were named to the subsequent Academy Award Documentary Shortlist.
Thom Powers, Doc NYC’s artistic director as well as documentary programmer for TIFF, oversees curation of the...
- 11/9/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Later than usual, the eleven-year-old Doc NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, has finally revealed its influential 15-film Short List. The festival will open in a new online format with a main lineup of 119 features and 100 short films (November 11-19) available to viewers across the US.
Historically, most of the Doc NYC short list titles overlap with the Academy’s official 15-film Oscar Short List. For the last nine years, Doc NYC has screened the documentary that went on to win the Academy Award, including “American Factory,” “Free Solo,” “Icarus,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amy,” “Citizenfour,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Searching for Sugar Man,” and “Undefeated.” The festival has screened 24 of the last 25 Oscar-nominated documentary features. In 2019, Doc NYC screened 13 of 15 titles that were named to the subsequent Academy Award Documentary Shortlist.
Thom Powers, Doc NYC’s artistic director as well as documentary programmer for TIFF, oversees curation of the...
Historically, most of the Doc NYC short list titles overlap with the Academy’s official 15-film Oscar Short List. For the last nine years, Doc NYC has screened the documentary that went on to win the Academy Award, including “American Factory,” “Free Solo,” “Icarus,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amy,” “Citizenfour,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Searching for Sugar Man,” and “Undefeated.” The festival has screened 24 of the last 25 Oscar-nominated documentary features. In 2019, Doc NYC screened 13 of 15 titles that were named to the subsequent Academy Award Documentary Shortlist.
Thom Powers, Doc NYC’s artistic director as well as documentary programmer for TIFF, oversees curation of the...
- 11/9/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Netflix has given another glimpse into its viewership figures and revealed that American Murder: The Family Next Door has become its most watched doc feature to date.
The streamer, which just posted its third quarter financials, revealed that the true crime doc is projected to be watched by 52M subscribers in its first 28 days. This makes it its best performing feature doc since it moved into the genre.
It also scored its second best performing feature doc with The Social Dilemma. The social media documentary was watched by 38M households in its first 28 days.
American Murder: The Family Next Door, directed by Jenny Popplewell, follows the story of the 2018 Watts family murders. It was released on September 30.
The Social Dilemma, which is directed by Jeff Orlowski, explores the rise of social media and the damage it causes to society. It launched on September 9.
Netflix has also released viewing figures for...
The streamer, which just posted its third quarter financials, revealed that the true crime doc is projected to be watched by 52M subscribers in its first 28 days. This makes it its best performing feature doc since it moved into the genre.
It also scored its second best performing feature doc with The Social Dilemma. The social media documentary was watched by 38M households in its first 28 days.
American Murder: The Family Next Door, directed by Jenny Popplewell, follows the story of the 2018 Watts family murders. It was released on September 30.
The Social Dilemma, which is directed by Jeff Orlowski, explores the rise of social media and the damage it causes to society. It launched on September 9.
Netflix has also released viewing figures for...
- 10/20/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
New Delhi, Oct 4 (Ians) While most of us loved the new Netflix documentary 'The Social Dilemma' that shows how social media platforms treat users as a product and spreads misinformation, Facebook has come down heavily on the leading content streaming platform, saying it has buried the substance in sensationalism.
In a rather uncharacteristic move, the social network slammed the documentary, stressing that it gives a distorted view of how social media platforms work to create a convenient scapegoat for what are difficult and complex societal problems.
The seven-point rebuttal came as 'The Social Dilemma' created waves globally for exploring the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
Denying that it treats users as a product, Facebook said it is an ads-supported platform, which means that selling ads allows it to offer everyone else the ability to connect for free.
In a rather uncharacteristic move, the social network slammed the documentary, stressing that it gives a distorted view of how social media platforms work to create a convenient scapegoat for what are difficult and complex societal problems.
The seven-point rebuttal came as 'The Social Dilemma' created waves globally for exploring the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
Denying that it treats users as a product, Facebook said it is an ads-supported platform, which means that selling ads allows it to offer everyone else the ability to connect for free.
- 10/4/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Facebook Slams ‘The Social Dilemma’ as Sensationalist, Says Netflix Doc Unfairly Scapegoats Platform
Jeff Orlowski’s documentary “The Social Dilemma,” which was released on Netflix last month, lays out a compelling case that social media platforms are irresponsibly wielding their power, dividing society with addictive misinformation, and contributing to everything from genocide to suicide. Now, one of the companies in the film’s crosshairs, Facebook, is firing back, arguing that the movie unfairly scapegoats Facebook for problems that already exist in society and relies on sensationalism to prove its points.
“Rather than offer a nuanced look at technology, it gives a distorted view of how social media platforms work to create a convenient scapegoat for what are difficult and complex societal problems,” the Facebook rebuttal reads. “The film’s creators do not include insights from those currently working at the companies or any experts that take a different view to the narrative put forward by the film. They also don’t acknowledge — critically...
“Rather than offer a nuanced look at technology, it gives a distorted view of how social media platforms work to create a convenient scapegoat for what are difficult and complex societal problems,” the Facebook rebuttal reads. “The film’s creators do not include insights from those currently working at the companies or any experts that take a different view to the narrative put forward by the film. They also don’t acknowledge — critically...
- 10/3/2020
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Facebook has a bone to pick — actually, several bones — with “The Social Dilemma,” Netflix’s recently released documentary that sounds the alarm about the negative effects of the social media industry’s business practices.
The social-media giant released a seven-point rebuttal Friday to the Netflix film, from director Jeff Orlowski, which debuted Sept. 9.
“We should have conversations about the impact of social media on our lives. But ‘The Social Dilemma’ buries the substance in sensationalism,” Facebook said in the document posted Friday. “Rather than offer a nuanced look at technology, it gives a distorted view of how social media platforms work to create a convenient scapegoat for what are difficult and complex societal problems.”
Netflix reps did not immediately provide comment.
The 93-minute documentary film features interviews with former execs of Facebook, Twitter, Google and other companies. “The Social Dilemma” explores issues including tech addiction, the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories,...
The social-media giant released a seven-point rebuttal Friday to the Netflix film, from director Jeff Orlowski, which debuted Sept. 9.
“We should have conversations about the impact of social media on our lives. But ‘The Social Dilemma’ buries the substance in sensationalism,” Facebook said in the document posted Friday. “Rather than offer a nuanced look at technology, it gives a distorted view of how social media platforms work to create a convenient scapegoat for what are difficult and complex societal problems.”
Netflix reps did not immediately provide comment.
The 93-minute documentary film features interviews with former execs of Facebook, Twitter, Google and other companies. “The Social Dilemma” explores issues including tech addiction, the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories,...
- 10/2/2020
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Welcome to TheGrill 2020.
For the first time, we are convening our annual summit about the changes that technology brings to the entertainment industry — over a streaming platform. Now that seems almost normal. Eight months ago, I didn’t dream of such a thing.
But of course, eight months ago the world was a different place.
With a global pandemic impacting every aspect of entertainment, media, politics and culture, accelerating all the trends we’ve examined at TheGrill for the last 10 years, it is a remarkable moment in time, one that will be discussed, debated and analyzed for decades to come.
The next three days will be part of the first draft of history. This year, TheGrill provides a forum for urgent issues that will define the immediate future of the entertainment business. We have worked hard to bring together some exciting voices that will speak to the moment we are in,...
For the first time, we are convening our annual summit about the changes that technology brings to the entertainment industry — over a streaming platform. Now that seems almost normal. Eight months ago, I didn’t dream of such a thing.
But of course, eight months ago the world was a different place.
With a global pandemic impacting every aspect of entertainment, media, politics and culture, accelerating all the trends we’ve examined at TheGrill for the last 10 years, it is a remarkable moment in time, one that will be discussed, debated and analyzed for decades to come.
The next three days will be part of the first draft of history. This year, TheGrill provides a forum for urgent issues that will define the immediate future of the entertainment business. We have worked hard to bring together some exciting voices that will speak to the moment we are in,...
- 9/22/2020
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
TheGrill is pleased to welcome award-winning filmmakers Brad Bird and Antoine Fuqua, former IMAX Entertainment CEO Greg Foster, Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor, Skydance president and COO Jesse Sisgold and Warner Bros. Pictures president of international theatrical distribution Andrew Cripps for a powerhouse conversation on “The Future of Theatrical Film” at the three-day Grill conference September 22-24.
Across the world movie theaters have closed, festivals have been cancelled or postponed, film releases have moved to future dates or delayed indefinitely and film production has largely halted. While Hollywood is bracing itself for more changes due to coronavirus, industry leaders are finding new ways to adapt and think outside the box. This high-level panel of executives, experts and filmmakers will address what the future holds for the theatrical experience, and movies in general.
For over a decade, TheWrap’s Grill event series has led conversations on the convergence between entertainment, media and technology,...
Across the world movie theaters have closed, festivals have been cancelled or postponed, film releases have moved to future dates or delayed indefinitely and film production has largely halted. While Hollywood is bracing itself for more changes due to coronavirus, industry leaders are finding new ways to adapt and think outside the box. This high-level panel of executives, experts and filmmakers will address what the future holds for the theatrical experience, and movies in general.
For over a decade, TheWrap’s Grill event series has led conversations on the convergence between entertainment, media and technology,...
- 9/21/2020
- by Emily Vogel
- The Wrap
TheGrill welcomes “Kajillionaire” writer and director Miranda July for the prestigious Spotlight Conversation on Wednesday at TheGrill, TheWrap’s signature business conference held virtually from September 22-24.
July, an author and artist along with being a writer-director, will discuss her career and her latest film “Kajillionaire” starring Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger, Richard Jenkins and Gina Rodriguez in a one-hour conversation with Wrap editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman.
“Kajillionaire” had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and will be released by Focus Features on September 25. The film is about two con artists (Jenkins and Winger) who have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn, a unique fable told in July’s singular voice. The film won early laudatory reviews such as Antony Lane’s remark in The New Yorker: “July uses ‘Kajillionaire’ to present her credentials as a transcendentalist of the humdrum.”
“Kajillionaire” (Focus Features)
Previously July wrote,...
July, an author and artist along with being a writer-director, will discuss her career and her latest film “Kajillionaire” starring Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger, Richard Jenkins and Gina Rodriguez in a one-hour conversation with Wrap editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman.
“Kajillionaire” had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and will be released by Focus Features on September 25. The film is about two con artists (Jenkins and Winger) who have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn, a unique fable told in July’s singular voice. The film won early laudatory reviews such as Antony Lane’s remark in The New Yorker: “July uses ‘Kajillionaire’ to present her credentials as a transcendentalist of the humdrum.”
“Kajillionaire” (Focus Features)
Previously July wrote,...
- 9/21/2020
- by Emily Vogel
- The Wrap
TheGrill is thrilled to welcome “The Social Dilemma” writer and director Jeff Orlowski for an in-depth conversation about his new documentary exploring the human impact of technology companies including Google, Facebook and Twitter.
In addition, “Green Book” producer John Sloss, “The Irishman” producer Jane Rosenthal, WarnerMedia senior vice president of enterprise inclusion MyKhanh Shelton,”Broad City” and “Russian Doll” producer Lilly Burns, “Charm City Kings” star William Catlett,”Peanut Butter Falcon” producer Tim Zajaros and activist and producer JLove Calderón will also join the three day all virtual event September 22-24.
“The Social Dilemma” is a hybrid documentary-drama that explores the dangerous human impact of intensive social networking that is changing societies across the globe. It features tech experts who sound the alarm about the products they helped create. Orlowski will show clips from the film and discuss the implications of its themes on September 24, Day Three of TheGrill.
For over a decade,...
In addition, “Green Book” producer John Sloss, “The Irishman” producer Jane Rosenthal, WarnerMedia senior vice president of enterprise inclusion MyKhanh Shelton,”Broad City” and “Russian Doll” producer Lilly Burns, “Charm City Kings” star William Catlett,”Peanut Butter Falcon” producer Tim Zajaros and activist and producer JLove Calderón will also join the three day all virtual event September 22-24.
“The Social Dilemma” is a hybrid documentary-drama that explores the dangerous human impact of intensive social networking that is changing societies across the globe. It features tech experts who sound the alarm about the products they helped create. Orlowski will show clips from the film and discuss the implications of its themes on September 24, Day Three of TheGrill.
For over a decade,...
- 9/18/2020
- by Emily Vogel
- The Wrap
Entertainment The documentary not only teaches us to introspect our decisions and choices but also makes us aware of the circles and patterns in which we're trapped.Nikita GhodkeThe Netflix docu-drama The Social Dilemma induces thought-provoking questions revolving around social media, a technology that leaves users wrapped around the virtual world so much that they have forgotten what its implications could be. Jeff Orlowski, the director, untangles answers bringing together the creative, brilliant minds behind popular social platforms. The documentary features a group of creative heads, including Tristan Harris, former design ethicist at Google, Tim Kendal, former President at Pinterest, and Justin Rosenstein, a former engineer with Google and Facebook, and many more elaborating on the very ideas that they engineered. As Harris says, “Never before in history have 50 designers made decisions that would have an impact on two billion people.” In the film, one of the interviewees says, “It...
- 9/16/2020
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
It’s no secret that social media has left an indelible mark on the world. Whether it’s more of a positive or a negative mark depends on who you are and how you view its impact. The new documentary, The Social Dilemma, certainly is of the opinion that it’s doing major damage to the world, and in particular, to the youth of the world. In fact, it’s probably more of a fact than an opinion. However, while the Netflix release does make this case, it does so in a rather frustrating and puzzling manner that robs it of most of its effectiveness. Now available on the streaming giant, it’s intriguing, but an ultimately disappointing experience. The documentary is an unusual mix of investigative journalism, expose, and also narrative drama. The subject matter is, of course, the reliance on social media that people of all walks of...
- 9/13/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
There’s an oft-quoted saying about tech companies: If you aren’t paying for the product, you are the product. That idea is brought into stark reality in the new Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, in which director Jeff Orlowski weaves together deft interviews with some of the very people who designed the networks and platforms that govern so much of the everyday life of billions of people around the globe today.
Orlowski, the director of the climate change documentaries Chasing Coral and Chasing Ice, hadn’t always thought of tech as pernicious. But he knew Tristan Harris, a former design ethicist at Google and ...
Orlowski, the director of the climate change documentaries Chasing Coral and Chasing Ice, hadn’t always thought of tech as pernicious. But he knew Tristan Harris, a former design ethicist at Google and ...
- 9/12/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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