News for August 2015

Save the date for 2015 DVID graduation

August 31, 2015
The 2015 Diverse Voices in Documentary (DVID) Graduation will be Sunday, October 11th from 6-9pm at the University of Chicago's Reva and David Logan Arts Center - 915 E. 60th St. Please save the date! DVID Graduation is a special evening where all (continued …)

Almost There wins Audience Award at EIDF

August 31, 2015
A dream week at the EBS Documentary Festival (EIDF) in South Korea for Almost There co-directors Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden has culminated in the film receiving the Audience Award. The filmmakers were there to accept the honor, which followed (continued …)

Saving Mes Aynak to screen in DC

August 30, 2015
Saving Mes Aynak will screen in its Washington, D.C. premiere on September 15 in a special event hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The film's director Brent E. Huffman will attend and be in conversation with Tom Carver, (continued …)

Korea and Camden spread love for Almost There

August 28, 2015
Almost There has been announced as an official selection of the 2015 Camden International Film Festival, which will take place September 17-20, 2015 throughout Camden, Rockport and Rockland, Maine. The great news marks another high point in the (continued …)

"Kartemquin at its Best" - In the Game opens in Chicago

August 21, 2015
On Saturday, the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago will host the U.S. premiere of In the Game, a new documentary film by Peabody award-winning filmmaker Maria Finitzo (5 Girls and Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita). There are still (continued …)

Japanese and German premieres for Saving Mes Aynak

August 21, 2015
The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) has announced that Saving Mes Aynak will be the featured screening at the 2015 IAFOR Documentary Film Awards. The film's director, Brent E. Huffman, will receive their Honorary Award for 2015 and be the (continued …)

Fledgling Fund to support 10 Regional Government Roundtables for The Homestretch

August 18, 2015
The Fledgling Fund has committed $15,000 to help The Homestretch team facilitate ten regional screenings and roundtable discussions, bringing together government agencies around the issue of youth homelessness. These agencies include the Department (continued …)

Korea's EIDF to host Almost There Asian Premiere

August 13, 2015
We are delighted to announce the Asian festival and television broadcast premiere of Almost There will take place this August at South Korea's EBS Documentary Festival (EIDF). Almost There is just one of nine "Festival Choice" films selected to (continued …)

Justine Nagan Leaves Kartemquin Films to become Executive Director/Executive Producer of American Documentary | POV

August 11, 2015
Justine Nagan has been named Executive Director of American Documentary, Inc. (AmDoc) and Executive Producer of POV (Point of View), its award-winning documentary series on PBS, the AmDoc Board of Directors announced today. Nagan joins AmDoc | POV (continued …)

Rolling Stone: Hoop Dreams is the Best Sports Movie of All Time

August 10, 2015
In a new ranking of the 30 Best Sports Movies of All Time, Rolling Stone gave the number 1 position to our classic 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams. Tim Grierson writes: "Initially inspired by its makers' shared obsession with basketball, this story of (continued …)