Showing: Docs
“The Grandmasters” to Open Berlinale; First Trailer for “To the Wonder”
Wong Kar Wai's highly anticipated new film is announced as the opener of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival; the first trailer for Terrence Malick's latest surfaces; the Library of Congress selects 25 films to add to the National Film Registry; and more in today's FilmLinc Digest.
Season Spotlight: “How to Survive a Plague”
Our daily Season Spotlights continue with a heartfelt endorsement for David France's stirring ACT UP documentary, which moved audiences at this year's Sundance and New Directors/New Films festivals. See this film.
Music, Experimentation and New York Stories Bind NYJFF Lineup
This year's New York Jewish Film Festival takes audiences around the world and back to Gotham with a collection of narrative and documentary features and shorts as diverse as the diaspora they represent.
Season Spotlight: “5 Broken Cameras”
Even though it came out it June, don't forget about Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi's topical doc about conflict in the Israeli-occupied territories, which won awards at Sundance, had its New York premiere at New Directors/New Films, and is shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
A Doc-Heavy Weekend for NYC
Caveh Zahedi's controversial free-speech test The Sheik and I opens alongside two gentler nonfiction films: one a portrait of Californian adolescents, the other a nocturnal odyssey through New Orleans.
Oscar Doc Shortlist; Sight & Sound’s Best of 2012
It's only the first week of December, but awards, nominations and year-end lists have already become the main subject of conversation for film fans. We have all of that and much more in today's FilmLinc Digest!
The Thin Gold Line: The Oscar Doc Race
UPDATE: Shortlist announced! We look back at the controversial history of the Oscar Best Documentary Feature award leading up to this year's new eligibility requirements and preview some of this year's potential contenders.
Interview: Radu Gabrea, “Three Days Till Christmas”
Romanian director Radu Gabrea talks about his latest docu-drama about the Romanian revolution and the final three days of the rule of communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena.
IDFA Awards; Early Von Trier Short; Making “Amour”
A round-up of the awards presented at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, an insightful look into the making of Michael Haneke's NYFF Main Slate Selection Amour, a short Lars von Trier film from over 40 years ago, and more in today's FilmLinc Digest!
White Shadows, Doc Winners, and Italian Weekends
Check out the winners from this year's DOC NYC, learn about TLA Releasing's brand-new Italian branch, and watch an early, rare Hitchcock silent streaming online in today's Filmlinc Digest!
