News for December 2018
NYFCC names Minding the Gap Best Documentary of 2018
December 1, 2018 12:11 pm
On Thursday the New York Film Critics Circle awarded Minding the Gap, directed by Bing Liu and produced by Diane Quon, the NYFCC's award for Best Documentary.
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Minding the Gap wins Best Feature at 2018 IDA Awards
December 10, 2018 8:09 am
In a momentous weekend for the film, Minding the Gap won the Best Feature Award at the 2018 International Documentary Association Awards, in addition to the pre-announced Best Editing Award and Emerging Filmmaker Award (given to Minding the Gap director Bing Liu).
Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk, Moonlight) and Kartemquin Artistic Director Gordon Quinn presented Liu with the award at the IDA Awards ceremony in Los Angeles this past Saturday.
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Kartemquin reteams with Steve James and Participant Media on Chicago Story
December 10, 2018 1:33 pm
Kartemquin is thrilled to share that production has commenced on the feature documentary Chicago Story (working title), the newest project from two-time Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Steve James.
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Remembering Bill Siegel, director of The Trials of Muhammad Ali and The Weather Underground
December 11, 2018 10:09 am
With great sadness and shock, we share the news that Kartemquin associate Bill Siegel, Director of the Academy Award-nominated The Weather Underground (2003) and Emmy Award-winning The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013), has passed away.
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Minding the Gap, '63 Boycott advance in voting process for 91st Academy Awards®
December 17, 2018 4:04 pm
Today the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category and 10 films in the Documentary Short Subject category will advance in the voting process for the 91st Academy Awards®.
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2018's #1 Doc and #1 TV Show: see Minding the Gap and America to Me in NYC
December 22, 2018 11:25 am
This past week The Hollywood Reporter published their year-end critics' picks, with Minding the Gap earning the #1 spot on its list of best documentaries and America to Me earning the #1 spot on its list of the best TV shows of 2018!
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