December 12, 2016 | POV’s daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Sequel Set for Sundance 2017
A decade after Al Gore’s Academy Award®–winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, its sequel is set to do the same in 2017. At the 2006 festival and beyond, Gore’s sweeping call to action in the face of rapid environmental degradation made such a cultural impact that it brought the notion of climate change into the mainstream.
Read more | Vulture »
IDA Documentary Awards: Complete Winners List
Ezra Edelman’s O.J.: Made In America won top honors at the International Documentary Association’s (IDA) gala reception Friday night. The 32nd Annual IDA Documentary Awards were handed out by host Vivica A. Fox. Winners included O.J.: Made In America, Ava DuVernay’s 13th, Netflix doc Making a Murderer and The White Helmets, a short directed by Orlando von Einsiedel.
Read more | Hollywood Reporter »
Our Favorite Documentaries of 2016
If 2016 has cemented any truth, it’s that truth is drowning in a vast swamp of falsehoods. But in the midst of all that—perhaps in spite of it—there are still filmmakers committed to telling real stories. Newsweek staff members are sharing some of our favorite documentaries released this year.
Read more | Newsweek »
Director Martin Scorsese Gets A New York Museum Exhibit
The first major U.S. exhibition about the director opens in New York at the Museum of the Moving Image, with costumes, props and storyboards from Taxi Driver, Gangs of New York and other films.
Read more | NPR »
Upcoming Festivals and Deadlines
This Week
- Deadline: CPH DOX 2017 Submission Dec 15
- Deadline: SXSW 2017 Film Festival Submissions Dec 16
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