Kartemquin Films announced today the recipients of $150,000 in grants at the 2018 Kartemquin Films Empowering Truth Benefit Luncheon at the Union League Club of Chicago. Continued

Kartemquin will for the first time announce recipients of $150,000 in grants for up to 15 films at the 2018 Kartemquin Films Empowering Truth Benefit Luncheon, taking place on November 1st at 11:30am at the Union League Club of Chicago. Continued

Kartemquin is thrilled to share that both Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, and Edith+Eddie have earned nominations for 2018 News & Documentary Emmy® Awards. Find the full release here. The awards ceremony will take place on October 1, 2018 at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall in NYC. Continued

Academy Award-nominated Edith+Eddie by Laura Checkoway continues to generate awareness and energy around the issues of elder rights, elder abuse, guardianship abuse, aging, end-of-life issues and legal reform. The film recently screened to five groups as part of its ongoing impact campaign: The American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Law and Aging Iowa Law and Services Together (ILAST) Elder Abuse Coordinated Community Response Team The Gentle/Radical Film Club (dedicated to delivering accessible, grassroots screenings to minority ethnic women in South Wales, Great Britain) Continued

Marking its 13th award recognition, including a 2018 Academy Award nomination, since its world premiere at the 2017 True/False Film Festival, Edith+Eddie was announced today as the recipient of the DocEdge Film Festival's award for Best International Short. The fest was the film's New Zealand premiere. Continued

Award-winning, Academy Award nominee Edith+Eddie is now available worldwide on iTunes! A nominee for the 2018 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, Edith+Eddie was also the winner of the Best Short Award at the 33rd Annual IDA Documentary Awards in Los Angeles. Continued

This past Sunday we celebrated a momentous occasion in the 52-year history of Kartemquin: following their nominations two of our films, Edith+Eddie and Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, traveled to the 90th Academy Awards® along with their respective filmmaking teams. Edith+Eddie directed, produced and edited by Laura Checkoway and produced by Thomas Lee Wright was nominee in the Best Documentary (Short Subject) category. Abacus, directed by Steve James and produced by Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman was a nominee in the Best Documentary Feature category. ABCnews followed Checkoway's journey as a first-time Oscar® nominee, in a piece that you can read here. Continued

Join the Kartemquin community as we celebrate and watch the Oscars (airing from 7PM CT-10:30PM CT), and cheer on our two Academy Award nominees Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (Best Documentary Feature nominee) and Edith+Eddie (Best Documentary Short Subject nominee)! Event details: Sunday, March 4 7PM The Radler 2375 North Milwaukee Chicago, IL ALL WELCOME. First drink on us! RSVP HERE. Continued

Kartemquin is thrilled to share that First Look Media’s entertainment studio, Topic Studios, has acquired the streaming rights for our Oscar-nominated documentary short, Edith+Eddie, for their digital storytelling site, Topic.com. Click here to Stream the film. Edith+Eddie, directed by Laura Checkoway (Lucky), follows America's oldest interracial newlyweds at age 96 and 95. Their love story is disrupted by a family feud that threatens to tear the couple apart. Millions of American families go through elder care disputes and guardianship cases. These cases are life altering, emotionally and financially depleting, and dealt with in isolation. Continued

Kartemquin is absolutely thrilled to share that both Edith+Eddie and Abacus: Small Enough to Jail have been nominated for the 90th Academy Awards® in the Feature Documentary and Documentary Short categories, respectively. Edith+Eddie is directed, produced and edited by Laura Checkoway; produced by Thomas Lee Wright; co-produced and edited by P. Corwin Lamm; co-produced by Karina Rotenstein; with cinematography by Neil Barrett and John Larson. The film is executive produced by Cher, Steve James, Gordon Quinn and Betsy Steinberg. Continued