The Cinema Eye Honors has released this year’s edition of their annual list The Unforgettables, and Peter Anton, artist and subject of Kartemquin’s own Almost There, has been included on the list alongside 19 more of the year’s most notable and significant non-fiction film subjects. Continued

This year’s Houston Cinema Arts Festival, which takes place from November 12-19, will be hosting a tribute to Kartemquin Films. As part of this incredible honor, three of our documentaries - Golub, On Beauty, and Almost There - will screen at the festival, and there will also be two free panel discussions. Gordon Quinn will be in attendance for the screenings as well as participating as a panelist. Continued

In the Game has hit the ground running since its Chicago premiere, screening at festivals and events around the country. The film, directed by Maria Finitzo, follows the ups and downs of a girls’ soccer team to reveal the very real obstacles that low-income students confront in their quest for higher education. The girls face an uneven playing field - or in the case of the girls at Kelly High School, no soccer field at all - little or no support, problems at home, uncertain futures, discrimination, and poverty, but remain undaunted thanks to their teammates and the dedicated mentoring of their coach. Continued

The International Documentary Association has nominated Hard Earned for the Best Limited Series Award at the 2015 IDA Documentary Awards. A landmark new 6-part series about getting by in America, Hard Earned originally aired on Al Jazeera's documentary series Al Jazeera America Presents in May and June. It will be rebroadcast on Al Jazeera starting November 22. The annual IDA Documentary Awards celebrates the best nonfiction films, programs and filmmakers of the year at the world’s most prestigious event dedicated solely to the documentary genre. The ceremony takes places on Saturday, December 5, 2015 in Los Angeles. Continued

Fandor, the leading curated subscription streaming service for independent and international films, announced today that they will jointly release over thirty films made and distributed by legendary Chicago documentary production studio Kartemquin Films, sixteen of which debut today. The move underscores Fandor and Kartemquin’s commitment to providing extraordinary cinema to an ever-growing audience of film enthusiasts. “I have greatly admired the remarkable work of Kartemquin Films for decades,” stated Jonathan Marlow, co-founder and Chief Content Officer of Fandor. “We are absolutely delighted to add their phenomenal documentaries to the Fandor service.” Continued

The Indie Memphis Film Festival awarded Almost There a Special Jury Prize for "visionary storytelling." Congratulations to Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden (pictured with the giant trophy). Continued

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Attendees of the 2015 National Media Market voted On Beauty "Best of Show" in the K-12 category. The 37th National Media Market - "the premier conference for educational media acquisitions and technology" - gathered together representatives from many K-12, Post Secondary, Public Library and other institutions this October in Albuquerque, NM. Announcing the news, the film's educational distributor Women Make Movies describes the award as an endorsement that "On Beauty is the premiere film to address issues of health, body image, bullying and disabilities." On Beauty is now available to order for educational institutions as a DVD or for public screening. Find out pricing at Women Make Movies. Continued

Congratulations are due to Almost There, which has been nominated for the 2016 Cinema Eye Honors Spotlight Award. The Cinema Eye Honors awards for Nonfiction Filmmaking winners will be announced at the 9th Annual Honors Ceremony on January 13, 2016 at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City. The Spotlight Award aims to "shine a great big light on films that need to have big audiences and filmmakers from whom we can’t wait to see more." Continued

We are delighted to announce that Factory 25 has acquired the rights to Kartemquin's Almost There. The multiple festival award-winning film is the directorial debut by Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden (editor of Finding Vivian Maier, Best of Enemies, The Interrupters and The Trials of Muhammad Ali). Factory 25 and Kartemquin are premiering the film theatrically on December 4th in New York City at Cinema Village and on December 11th in Los Angeles at Arena Cinema and in Chicago at The Gene Siskel Film Center followed by screenings across the country through winter. The co-directors and special guests will attend screenings in each city; see below for for full details. Continued