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Minding the Gap wins at MSPIFF, RiverRun and SDAFF

May 1, 2018
Earning its 11th award recognition since the film's world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Minding the Gap won the Best Feature Documentary Award at both the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival and the RiverRun International (continued …)

In memory of Art Shay

April 30, 2018
Kartemquin is deeply saddened by the passing of Art Shay, one the country's most renowned photographers who snapped countless celebrities and pivotal moments of the 20th century. Shay graciously shared his photos of the 1963 Chicago Public Schools (continued …)

Represent selected for 2018 Sheffield Doc/Fest MeetMarket

April 25, 2018
Represent, the debut feature from director Hillary Bachelder, produced by Anne Sobel and associate produced by Carina Nieto, was selected to participate in the 2018 Sheffield Doc/Fest's MeetMarket –– one of the world's largest documentary and (continued …)

Minding the Gap wins Documentary Feature Jury Award at Sarasota

April 23, 2018
On Saturday the 2018 Sarasota Film Festival announced Minding the Gap by Bing Liu was the recipient of one of the festival's two top honors, earning the Documentary Feature Jury Award. Read the full list of winners here. Winner of the 2018 Sundance (continued …)

Remembering Bill Nack

April 16, 2018
Kartemquin is deeply saddened by the passing of William "Bill" Nack, who was featured in our 2014 documentary Life Itself, about Roger Ebert. Nack and Ebert became lifelong friends after meeting at the University of Illinois, while both working on (continued …)

Minding the Gap wins Best Editing: Feature Length Documentary at Ashland

April 16, 2018
Minding the Gap continues to enjoy a stellar festival run, most recently earning the Best Editing: Feature Length Documentary Award at the Ashland Independent Film Festival this past weekend. Read the festival's official announcement here. Last year (continued …)

Abacus earns nomination for 2018 Peabody Awards!

April 10, 2018
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, directed by Steve James and produced by Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman, earned a nomination this Tuesday for a 2018 George Foster Peabody Award, one of the highest honors in broadcast and digital media. Read the full (continued …)

All the Queen's Horses now available on VOD!

April 9, 2018
The highly-anticipated award-winning debut feature by Kelly Richmond Pope, All The Queen's Horses, is now available to view through multiple video on demand (VOD) platforms! Including: iTunes Google Play Vudu Amazon Prime Video YouTube As well as (continued …)

Minding the Gap wins twice at Full Frame

April 9, 2018
Minding the Gap by Bing Liu, recipient of the 2018 Sundance Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking, earned two awards at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival this past weekend: the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature and an (continued …)

Edith+Eddie is now available on iTunes!

March 26, 2018
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 (continued …)

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