31 doc projects took part in VdR-Industry.
Visions du Réel has unveiled the winning documentary projects that took part in its annual industry programme.
Headed for the first time by Sophie Bourdon, VdR-Industry hosted 1,600 professionals from nearly 80 countries, a similar number to the record 2022 edition. The programme comprised 31 documentary projects from 32 countries.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The vision sud est Jury award, worth Chf 10,000 in cash, for the best project from the South or from Eastern Europe (excluding EU members) went to The Days I Would Like to Forget, an observational doc about the Russia and Ukraine conflict,...
Visions du Réel has unveiled the winning documentary projects that took part in its annual industry programme.
Headed for the first time by Sophie Bourdon, VdR-Industry hosted 1,600 professionals from nearly 80 countries, a similar number to the record 2022 edition. The programme comprised 31 documentary projects from 32 countries.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The vision sud est Jury award, worth Chf 10,000 in cash, for the best project from the South or from Eastern Europe (excluding EU members) went to The Days I Would Like to Forget, an observational doc about the Russia and Ukraine conflict,...
- 4/28/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
A group of Ukrainian filmmakers have won the top industry award at Swiss international documentary film festival Visions du Réel with their project “The Days I Would Like to Forget,” divided into three chapters, each of which will explore a different phenomenon of war.
Filmmakers Alina Gorlova, Maksym Nakonechnyi, Simon Mozgovyi and Yelizaveta Smith of independent Ukrainian production company Tabor were awarded the Vision du Sud Est prize, handed out to the best project from the South or Eastern Europe.
Running alongside Visions du Réel, the festival’s industry event brought together some 1,600 professionals from nearly 80 countries, in line with last year’s record numbers.
A total of 31 projects were presented in the key forums – VdR–Pitching, VdR–Work in Progress (Wip) and VdR–Rough Cut Lab, alongside the VdR–Development Lab – that run April 24 through April 27 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Representing her colleague filmmakers who are shooting in Ukraine, Gorlova...
Filmmakers Alina Gorlova, Maksym Nakonechnyi, Simon Mozgovyi and Yelizaveta Smith of independent Ukrainian production company Tabor were awarded the Vision du Sud Est prize, handed out to the best project from the South or Eastern Europe.
Running alongside Visions du Réel, the festival’s industry event brought together some 1,600 professionals from nearly 80 countries, in line with last year’s record numbers.
A total of 31 projects were presented in the key forums – VdR–Pitching, VdR–Work in Progress (Wip) and VdR–Rough Cut Lab, alongside the VdR–Development Lab – that run April 24 through April 27 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Representing her colleague filmmakers who are shooting in Ukraine, Gorlova...
- 4/26/2023
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
Edition runs April 23-27.
Swiss documentary festival Visions du Réel has unveiled the industry projects to be pitched and presented at its 2023 edition, taking place April 23-27.
This year’s selection includes Latvian filmmaker Laila Pakalnina whose new project Cat On My Mind will participate in VdR-Pitching. Pakalnina’s Ausma (2015) and In The Mirror (2020) played in competition at the Blak Nights Tallinn International Film festival while her shorts have screened at Berlin and Cannes.
Also participating in VdR-Pitching is Italy-us filmmaker Mo Scarpelli with her new project Faith about two young girls who live together in an abandoned classroom. Her...
Swiss documentary festival Visions du Réel has unveiled the industry projects to be pitched and presented at its 2023 edition, taking place April 23-27.
This year’s selection includes Latvian filmmaker Laila Pakalnina whose new project Cat On My Mind will participate in VdR-Pitching. Pakalnina’s Ausma (2015) and In The Mirror (2020) played in competition at the Blak Nights Tallinn International Film festival while her shorts have screened at Berlin and Cannes.
Also participating in VdR-Pitching is Italy-us filmmaker Mo Scarpelli with her new project Faith about two young girls who live together in an abandoned classroom. Her...
- 3/10/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: NBCU Academy and NBC News’ documentary division, NBC News Studios, have set Damon Davis (Chain of Rocks), Stephanie Wang-Breal (Florence from Ohio), Eric Juhola (The Queer Beat), Set Hernandez Rongkilyo (unseen), Brett Story and Stephen Maing (Untitled Labor Union Documentary), and Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler (Untitled Muscogee Nation Documentary) as the participants for their second annual Original Voices fellowship.
The program looks to support documentarians with projects in all stages of development, who identify as or—showcase stories highlighting social issues affecting—women, LGBTQ+, people with color, or people with disabilities. Each of the six filmmakers selected will receive a 60,000 grant, as well as the one-year artist development fellowship, designed to help them with the completion of their films. Fellows will also have access to archival research and production resources, as well as executives and journalists across NBC News Studios and the NBCUniversal News Group. NBCU News Group...
The program looks to support documentarians with projects in all stages of development, who identify as or—showcase stories highlighting social issues affecting—women, LGBTQ+, people with color, or people with disabilities. Each of the six filmmakers selected will receive a 60,000 grant, as well as the one-year artist development fellowship, designed to help them with the completion of their films. Fellows will also have access to archival research and production resources, as well as executives and journalists across NBC News Studios and the NBCUniversal News Group. NBCU News Group...
- 4/11/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Chris Evans and Adam Kersh have launched Fusion Management, an artist-driven management company that will focus on actors, filmmakers and creators.
Their initial management roster features a number of notable clients with a particular focus on indie multi-hyphenates and auteurs. The list includes Sean Baker, who earned raves for “Red Rocket”; filmmaker and actor Amy Seimetz, the co-creator of “The Girlfriend Experience” on Starz and the star of “No Sudden Move”; Cooper Raiff, a writer, director, producer and actor whose film “Cha Cha Real Smooth” premiered at Sundance this week to critical acclaim; and Kelly O’Sullivan, the writer and star of the award-winning “Saint Frances.”
Evans, formerly a manager at One Entertainment, and Kersh, co-founder of Brigade Marketing, bring more than two decades of combined experience within the entertainment industry. The two want Fusion to be a landing ground for both established creators and emerging talent both in front of and behind the camera.
Their initial management roster features a number of notable clients with a particular focus on indie multi-hyphenates and auteurs. The list includes Sean Baker, who earned raves for “Red Rocket”; filmmaker and actor Amy Seimetz, the co-creator of “The Girlfriend Experience” on Starz and the star of “No Sudden Move”; Cooper Raiff, a writer, director, producer and actor whose film “Cha Cha Real Smooth” premiered at Sundance this week to critical acclaim; and Kelly O’Sullivan, the writer and star of the award-winning “Saint Frances.”
Evans, formerly a manager at One Entertainment, and Kersh, co-founder of Brigade Marketing, bring more than two decades of combined experience within the entertainment industry. The two want Fusion to be a landing ground for both established creators and emerging talent both in front of and behind the camera.
- 1/25/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Jonathan Oppenheim, editor of such documentaries as the ball culture classic “Paris Is Burning” and Laura Poitras’ “The Oath,” has died after a battle with brain cancer at the age of 67. Though he passed away on July 16, the news was reported on Monday. He died in New York City, with his wife Josie and daughter Netalia at his side.
“Jonathan began his life in the arts as a painter which informed his sensibility in film. He was a talented and highly original painter but documentary film was his chosen medium,” his wife shared in a statement shared with media. “The collaborative dynamic while not always peaceful was one aspect of the work that Jonathan loved. But he found an outlet for his intellectual and artistic talents in all aspects of documentary film. I can say, as well, that the film community was profoundly important to him, and served as a...
“Jonathan began his life in the arts as a painter which informed his sensibility in film. He was a talented and highly original painter but documentary film was his chosen medium,” his wife shared in a statement shared with media. “The collaborative dynamic while not always peaceful was one aspect of the work that Jonathan loved. But he found an outlet for his intellectual and artistic talents in all aspects of documentary film. I can say, as well, that the film community was profoundly important to him, and served as a...
- 7/20/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Sundance Institute has announced its latest Documentary Fund Grantees. Forty-seven independent nonfiction film projects from 27 countries will receive over $1.5 million in grants. This granting cycle’s supported projects come from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mexico, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, the Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, the U.K., and the U.S.A.
“These grantees comprise a snapshot of the boldest visions in nonfiction storytelling today,” said Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs, Director of the Documentary Film Program’s Film Fund. “From the intimate to the epic, their scopes and ambitions illuminate not only the world around us, but new ways of seeing, telling and showing.”
The grantees include the latest cohort of the Stories of Change Fund, a creative partnership with the Skoll Foundation designed to connect independent storytellers with renowned social entrepreneurs. The aim is to foster story...
“These grantees comprise a snapshot of the boldest visions in nonfiction storytelling today,” said Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs, Director of the Documentary Film Program’s Film Fund. “From the intimate to the epic, their scopes and ambitions illuminate not only the world around us, but new ways of seeing, telling and showing.”
The grantees include the latest cohort of the Stories of Change Fund, a creative partnership with the Skoll Foundation designed to connect independent storytellers with renowned social entrepreneurs. The aim is to foster story...
- 11/26/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Sundance Institute has named its Documentary Fund Grantees which includes specialized grants administered by The Kendeda Fund and the Stories of Change Fund. The 47 projects come from 27 countries and are set to receive over $1.5 million in grants.
The grant support will be extended to independent nonfiction films across various stages of development, production, post-production and audience engagement.
“These grantees comprise a snapshot of the boldest visions in nonfiction storytelling today,” said Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs, Director of the Documentary Film Program’s Film Fund. “From the intimate to the epic, their scopes and ambitions illuminate not only the world around us, but new ways of seeing, telling and showing.”
The aforementioned Stories of Change Fund is a creative partnership with the Skoll Foundation designed to connect independent storytellers with renowned social entrepreneurs, to foster story skills and networking among these communities, and to support compelling films that inspire and enlighten audiences...
The grant support will be extended to independent nonfiction films across various stages of development, production, post-production and audience engagement.
“These grantees comprise a snapshot of the boldest visions in nonfiction storytelling today,” said Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs, Director of the Documentary Film Program’s Film Fund. “From the intimate to the epic, their scopes and ambitions illuminate not only the world around us, but new ways of seeing, telling and showing.”
The aforementioned Stories of Change Fund is a creative partnership with the Skoll Foundation designed to connect independent storytellers with renowned social entrepreneurs, to foster story skills and networking among these communities, and to support compelling films that inspire and enlighten audiences...
- 11/26/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
In Blowin’ Up, the women who end up at America’s first problem-solving court focused on prostitution are treated with care and respect
“You can’t just walk away,” says Kandie, as she describes the reality of what it’s like to leave a pimp. “There is no just walking away.” In walking away and leaving her exploiter behind, she “blew up”, a phrase used by Emmy nominated film-maker Stephanie Wang-Breal in her new documentary Blowin’ Up. In it, she spotlights the stories of women working in the sex industry with the groundbreaking court they enter after being arrested: Queens human trafficking intervention court.
“There are so many films that have been made about prostitution and I think that there’s a stereotypical narrative that goes with that kind of film-making,” Wang-Breal said to the Guardian. “I definitely did not want to do that.”...
“You can’t just walk away,” says Kandie, as she describes the reality of what it’s like to leave a pimp. “There is no just walking away.” In walking away and leaving her exploiter behind, she “blew up”, a phrase used by Emmy nominated film-maker Stephanie Wang-Breal in her new documentary Blowin’ Up. In it, she spotlights the stories of women working in the sex industry with the groundbreaking court they enter after being arrested: Queens human trafficking intervention court.
“There are so many films that have been made about prostitution and I think that there’s a stereotypical narrative that goes with that kind of film-making,” Wang-Breal said to the Guardian. “I definitely did not want to do that.”...
- 4/10/2019
- by Dream McClinton
- The Guardian - Film News
Stephanie Wang-Breal did not set out to make another social issue film, but when she stumbled on a New York Times article about a Queens courtroom that treated sex workers as victims rather than criminals, her documentary filmmaker instincts kicked in.
“It combines two populations of women that [I’ve] made films about for the last eight years,” Wang-Breal said, describing her initial reaction to the story. “Asian women — Asian women immigrants, specifically — and youth who are coming out of the foster care system. Her previous two features, “Wo Ai Ni Mommy” and “Tough Love,” were both released by PBS’s lauded non-fiction series Pov. What’s more, the courtroom was led by an Asian woman, Judge Toko Serita. “Which is just something that is very attractive to me as an Asian female filmmaker.”
Set primarily inside the courtroom (and the hallways right outside), “Blowin’ Up” follows the daily proceedings of the...
“It combines two populations of women that [I’ve] made films about for the last eight years,” Wang-Breal said, describing her initial reaction to the story. “Asian women — Asian women immigrants, specifically — and youth who are coming out of the foster care system. Her previous two features, “Wo Ai Ni Mommy” and “Tough Love,” were both released by PBS’s lauded non-fiction series Pov. What’s more, the courtroom was led by an Asian woman, Judge Toko Serita. “Which is just something that is very attractive to me as an Asian female filmmaker.”
Set primarily inside the courtroom (and the hallways right outside), “Blowin’ Up” follows the daily proceedings of the...
- 4/5/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Our country tends to treat sex workers like, for lack of a better term, trash. Because sex work is largely illegal in the United States (the one exception is a handful of counties in Nevada, where prostitution is highly regulated), women who sell sex are often arrested and subject to brutal treatment by cops, which forces them to conduct their business in the shadows and puts them at further risk of violence at the hands of pimps and clients. Furthermore, the legal system often disregards whether sex workers are forced...
- 4/5/2019
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Compassion isn’t a term usually associated with the criminal justice system, but that’s exactly what’s meted out to individuals appearing on prostitution charges in Queens Human Trafficking Intervention Court (Qhtic). Director Stephanie Wang-Breal’s “Blowin’ Up” presents the inner workings of this unique judicial institution, where everyone strives toward a common goal: getting at-risk offenders back on the straight and narrow. With intimate access and a sharp eye for small details and big ideas, it’s an eye-opening documentary that deserves an audience during its limited theatrical runs in New York and Los Angeles.
The title of Wang-Breal’s film (which first premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival) refers to the process of severing ties with a pimp — and, often, the entire sex-worker life. “Blowin’ Up” offers testimony from different women about their experiences attempting to make that break. Yet the film’s real subjects are the...
The title of Wang-Breal’s film (which first premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival) refers to the process of severing ties with a pimp — and, often, the entire sex-worker life. “Blowin’ Up” offers testimony from different women about their experiences attempting to make that break. Yet the film’s real subjects are the...
- 4/4/2019
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
San Diego, CA – November 11, 2018 –
Winners of the 19th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival (Sdaff) were announced at a star-studded gala awards ceremony on Saturday night, November 10 at the Port Pavillion on Broadway Pier. More than 500 people attended, as the festival announced the following winners:
● Lifetime Achievement Award: Marcus Hu
● Community Legacy Award: Tony Olaes
● George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award: Christopher Makoto Yogi, director of August At Akiko’S
● Grand Jury Prize: June, directed by Huay-Bing Law
● Special Jury Award: Origin Story, directed by Kulap Vilaysack
● Best Narrative Feature: Bitter Melon, directed by H.P. Mendoza
● Best Documentary Feature: Blowin’ Up, directed by Stephanie Wang-Breal
● Best Narrative Short: First Generation, directed by Jeannie Nguyen ● Best Documentary Short: Nai Nai, directed by Jeannie Nguyen
● Best Animated Short: Yoko, directed by Wesley Fuh
The Sdaff Awards Gala is part of the 19th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival, taking place at the...
Winners of the 19th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival (Sdaff) were announced at a star-studded gala awards ceremony on Saturday night, November 10 at the Port Pavillion on Broadway Pier. More than 500 people attended, as the festival announced the following winners:
● Lifetime Achievement Award: Marcus Hu
● Community Legacy Award: Tony Olaes
● George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award: Christopher Makoto Yogi, director of August At Akiko’S
● Grand Jury Prize: June, directed by Huay-Bing Law
● Special Jury Award: Origin Story, directed by Kulap Vilaysack
● Best Narrative Feature: Bitter Melon, directed by H.P. Mendoza
● Best Documentary Feature: Blowin’ Up, directed by Stephanie Wang-Breal
● Best Narrative Short: First Generation, directed by Jeannie Nguyen ● Best Documentary Short: Nai Nai, directed by Jeannie Nguyen
● Best Animated Short: Yoko, directed by Wesley Fuh
The Sdaff Awards Gala is part of the 19th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival, taking place at the...
- 11/14/2018
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
“Americans love the story of saving people,” filmmaker Stephanie Wang-Breal tells us when discussing her film Blowin’ Up, which premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Set within the Queens Human Trafficking Intervention Court, the documentary explores the lives of various women involved with sex work and prostitution, dropping its audience into this complex subject matter and wasting no time explaining what’s going on or introducing its characters. Wang-Breal wants you to feel as emotionally connected to the subjects’ circumstances as possible. Many of them live in the unknown, fearing arrest and/or deportation each […]...
- 5/1/2018
- by Meredith Alloway
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
“Americans love the story of saving people,” filmmaker Stephanie Wang-Breal tells us when discussing her film Blowin’ Up, which premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Set within the Queens Human Trafficking Intervention Court, the documentary explores the lives of various women involved with sex work and prostitution, dropping its audience into this complex subject matter and wasting no time explaining what’s going on or introducing its characters. Wang-Breal wants you to feel as emotionally connected to the subjects’ circumstances as possible. Many of them live in the unknown, fearing arrest and/or deportation each […]...
- 5/1/2018
- by Meredith Alloway
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
As the Tribeca Film Festival wraps up its latest edition, many of the movies screening across the two-weekend festival have yet to find distribution. This is common at many festivals, and there’s no question that buyers have paid close attention to the hype around some of the festival’s more promising titles. Still, it’s a competitive marketplace out there, so we’re always eager to weigh in. Here are the best 2018 Tribeca movies that still deserve U.S. distribution.
“Diane”
An intimate story about a woman staring death in the face and struggling to see its reflection in her own life, “Diane” is as depressing as it sounds. On the other hand, Kent Jones’ jury-winning narrative debut is told with such lucid sadness that it eventually achieves a kind of hallucinatory calm. Mary Kay Place delivers the best performance of her career in the title role, a retired...
“Diane”
An intimate story about a woman staring death in the face and struggling to see its reflection in her own life, “Diane” is as depressing as it sounds. On the other hand, Kent Jones’ jury-winning narrative debut is told with such lucid sadness that it eventually achieves a kind of hallucinatory calm. Mary Kay Place delivers the best performance of her career in the title role, a retired...
- 4/28/2018
- by Eric Kohn, David Ehrlich, Kate Erbland and Jude Dry
- Indiewire
It’s time to talk about sex work. Stormy Daniels, a former porn star, is poised to take down the president, and the one piece of legislation our divided government can agree on is an anti-sex trafficking bill called Fosta-sesta that endangers more people than it helps. Meanwhile, over in Queens, there’s a sex trafficking courtroom run by women that treats its defendants not as criminals, but as humans. “Blowin’ Up,” the excellent new documentary from Stephanie Wang-Breal, takes you right inside.
The film opens with the commotion of a typical day in the courtroom. Its official title, the Queens Human Trafficking Intervention Court, never flashes onscreen, nor does the name of the Honorable Judge Toko Serita, who conducts the proceedings in a gentle but businesslike manner. The viewer is dropped into the action with little handholding or explanation, much like the women who find themselves before the court.
The film opens with the commotion of a typical day in the courtroom. Its official title, the Queens Human Trafficking Intervention Court, never flashes onscreen, nor does the name of the Honorable Judge Toko Serita, who conducts the proceedings in a gentle but businesslike manner. The viewer is dropped into the action with little handholding or explanation, much like the women who find themselves before the court.
- 4/24/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Something extraordinarily logical, fair-minded and compassionate is taking place in a New York courtroom, and director Stephanie Wang-Breal gives us fly-on-the-wall access to the business at hand. Instead of being punished, women who have been arrested for prostitution are offered the option of getting their cases dismissed after participating in a social services program. Though it ends on a note of Trump-era panic, Blowin' Up offers one of the most hopeful real-world visions of heroic women — from the judge and DAs to the attorneys, social workers, counselors and, not least, the defendants — ever to fill the screen.
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- 4/19/2018
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Four recipients will receive $25,000 grant from Stella Artois.
Women In Film, Los Angeles has announced the recipients of the 32nd annual Film Finishing Fund.
16 grantees were chosen from 370 feature-length narrative films, documentaries and shorts, submitted from 22 countries.
The Film Finishing Fund provides cash grants and in-kind production services to complete films that are by, for or about women. The works-in-progress are viewed by a special jury of women in the industry who select the winning films.
Wif executive director Kirsten Schaffer said: “One of the ways we achieve gender parity, is by ensuring that female filmmakers have the resources they need to produce excellent work. Women In Film is enormously proud that for 31 years we have enabled talented filmmakers to complete their films and bring their remarkable stories to the world.”
Stella Artois, with whom Women In Film, La began a partnership in 2017, has expanded their support of female filmmakers by investing in the Finishing Fund for the...
Women In Film, Los Angeles has announced the recipients of the 32nd annual Film Finishing Fund.
16 grantees were chosen from 370 feature-length narrative films, documentaries and shorts, submitted from 22 countries.
The Film Finishing Fund provides cash grants and in-kind production services to complete films that are by, for or about women. The works-in-progress are viewed by a special jury of women in the industry who select the winning films.
Wif executive director Kirsten Schaffer said: “One of the ways we achieve gender parity, is by ensuring that female filmmakers have the resources they need to produce excellent work. Women In Film is enormously proud that for 31 years we have enabled talented filmmakers to complete their films and bring their remarkable stories to the world.”
Stella Artois, with whom Women In Film, La began a partnership in 2017, has expanded their support of female filmmakers by investing in the Finishing Fund for the...
- 1/8/2018
- by Elbert Wyche
- ScreenDaily
No one ever said parenting would be easy, but how easy can it be when the state is watching you and waiting for a screw-up? Is any home perfect? Is any family? And are we holding some people to a higher standard because they have an open file with Child Protective Services or Family Court? All good questions, and before you answer yes to that last one, let’s consider the case of Patrick Brown in Seattle and Hannah Siddique in New York City, as they are the main characters in Stephanie Wang-Breal’s sometimes brutal and often heartbreaking documentary, Tough Love.
Wang-Breal introduces us to Patrick, a former drug addict who called Cps while doing in time in prison because he was concerned about his daughter Natalya and her mother’s spiralling drug use. Natalya’s placed in a foster home, but once Patrick gets out of prison, taking...
Wang-Breal introduces us to Patrick, a former drug addict who called Cps while doing in time in prison because he was concerned about his daughter Natalya and her mother’s spiralling drug use. Natalya’s placed in a foster home, but once Patrick gets out of prison, taking...
- 4/29/2014
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
Chicken & Egg Pictures, the film fund that supports documentaries directed by women, has announced the grantees from its 2013 open call. Amongst the new grantees are films from Lucy Walker ("The Crash Reel"), Kim Longinotto ("Pink Saris") and Dawn Porter ("Gideon's Army"). The organization also gave continuing funding to previous grantees, including the new film "Tough Love," from Stephanie Wang-Breal ("Wo Ai Ni Mommy"). In the announcement's press release, Chicken & Egg's new Executive Director Jenni Wolfson said, “Chicken & Egg Pictures is at a pivotal moment in its eight year history. There is a growing recognition, domestically and internationally, that women non-fiction filmmakers have a critical role to play turning the struggles of our time into resonant, urgent and provocative stories that will inspire critical discussion, civic engagement and social change. I have no doubt, that the artists we are supporting in this round will do just...
- 11/25/2013
- by Bryce J. Renninger
- Indiewire
Filed under: Documentaries, Columns, Cinematical
What is the biggest ethical concern for documentary today? Yes, it's a Big question. But it's worth trying to answer even if it's not easy to do so. Ethics are such a big deal in documentary discourse, probably the toughest topic to wrap our heads around, or come to many conclusions about. Panels and lectures on documentary ethics can be found at nearly every film festival and conference, and sometimes they occur at more random times and places, too. And none of these discussions ever finish with definite resolutions.
Last week I attended one of these irregular events, one hosted by The New York Film/Video Council and titled "Crossing the Line? A conversation on ethics and documentary film." P.O.V.'s Yance Ford moderated the talk, which featured filmmakers Albert Maysles ('Grey Gardens'), Tia Lessin ('Trouble the Water'), Stephanie Wang-Breal ('I Love You,...
What is the biggest ethical concern for documentary today? Yes, it's a Big question. But it's worth trying to answer even if it's not easy to do so. Ethics are such a big deal in documentary discourse, probably the toughest topic to wrap our heads around, or come to many conclusions about. Panels and lectures on documentary ethics can be found at nearly every film festival and conference, and sometimes they occur at more random times and places, too. And none of these discussions ever finish with definite resolutions.
Last week I attended one of these irregular events, one hosted by The New York Film/Video Council and titled "Crossing the Line? A conversation on ethics and documentary film." P.O.V.'s Yance Ford moderated the talk, which featured filmmakers Albert Maysles ('Grey Gardens'), Tia Lessin ('Trouble the Water'), Stephanie Wang-Breal ('I Love You,...
- 3/30/2011
- by Christopher Campbell
- Moviefone
Filed under: Documentaries, Columns, Cinematical
What is the biggest ethical concern for documentary today? Yes, it's a Big question. But it's worth trying to answer even if it's not easy to do so. Ethics are such a big deal in documentary discourse, probably the toughest topic to wrap our heads around, or come to many conclusions about. Panels and lectures on documentary ethics can be found at nearly every film festival and conference, and sometimes they occur at more random times and places, too. And none of these discussions ever finish with definite resolutions.
Last week I attended one of these irregular events, one hosted by The New York Film/Video Council and titled "Crossing the Line? A conversation on ethics and documentary film." P.O.V.'s Yance Ford moderated the talk, which featured filmmakers Albert Maysles ('Grey Gardens'), Tia Lessin ('Trouble the Water'), Stephanie Wang-Breal ('I Love You,...
What is the biggest ethical concern for documentary today? Yes, it's a Big question. But it's worth trying to answer even if it's not easy to do so. Ethics are such a big deal in documentary discourse, probably the toughest topic to wrap our heads around, or come to many conclusions about. Panels and lectures on documentary ethics can be found at nearly every film festival and conference, and sometimes they occur at more random times and places, too. And none of these discussions ever finish with definite resolutions.
Last week I attended one of these irregular events, one hosted by The New York Film/Video Council and titled "Crossing the Line? A conversation on ethics and documentary film." P.O.V.'s Yance Ford moderated the talk, which featured filmmakers Albert Maysles ('Grey Gardens'), Tia Lessin ('Trouble the Water'), Stephanie Wang-Breal ('I Love You,...
- 3/30/2011
- by Christopher Campbell
- Cinematical
While introducing Wo Ai Ni Mommy (I Love You Mommy) at last night’s Stranger Than Fiction, programmer Thom Powers thanked the Sadowsky family for allowing director Stephanie Wang-Breal to document their experiences adopting an eight-year-old girl from China, pointing out that “it’s not an easy thing to let a camera into your life.”
Startlingly intimate, Wo Ai Ni Mommy follows the Sadowsky family as they struggle to incorporate their new daughter, who speaks no English, into their family. When the girl, Faith, demands to know why her parents would even want a Chinese daughter, her parents are shocked that multiculturalism is a concept that just doesn’t translate.
As a Chinese speaker, Wang-Breal ends up becoming Faith’s translator and ally, and through this friendship, she’s able to film some incredibly visceral images of childhood loneliness. It’s a cliché of verite filmmaking, but in this case...
Startlingly intimate, Wo Ai Ni Mommy follows the Sadowsky family as they struggle to incorporate their new daughter, who speaks no English, into their family. When the girl, Faith, demands to know why her parents would even want a Chinese daughter, her parents are shocked that multiculturalism is a concept that just doesn’t translate.
As a Chinese speaker, Wang-Breal ends up becoming Faith’s translator and ally, and through this friendship, she’s able to film some incredibly visceral images of childhood loneliness. It’s a cliché of verite filmmaking, but in this case...
- 11/3/2010
- by Mary Anderson Casavant
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In an awards ceremony Saturday afternoon, the Silverdocs juries announced their choices for best films. "Wo Ai Ni Mommy (I Love You, Mommy)," the debut feature from Stephanie Wang-Breal, took home the award for Best U.S. Feature at the 2010 AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival. Wang-Breal's film, set to air on Pov this August, follows an 8 year old girl, born in China and given the name Faith upon adoption, who ...
- 6/27/2010
- Indiewire
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