The Circle Women Doc Accelerator today announced the projects that will take part in the sixth edition of the prestigious training program for women-identifying nonfiction filmmakers.
The 10 selected projects hail from Eastern and Western Europe, Iran, Georgia, the U.S., and the Philippines [see below for details on each of them]. The filmmakers behind the projects will participate in three separate “modules,” working with “renowned directors, writers, and producers on in-depth analysis of their films, covering multiple aspects of project development,” according to a release. “This includes fine-tuning their scripts and narrative structures, creating captivating trailers, and preparing production strategies for international audiences and markets.”
The first module is set for Evia Island in Greece from June 19-24; the second is happening in September in Serbia, while the final module takes place during Trieste’s When East Meets West event in Italy in January 2024.
“Returning as lead mentors for Circle Women Doc Accelerator 2023 are Diana El Jeiroudi, a renowned Syrian writer,...
The 10 selected projects hail from Eastern and Western Europe, Iran, Georgia, the U.S., and the Philippines [see below for details on each of them]. The filmmakers behind the projects will participate in three separate “modules,” working with “renowned directors, writers, and producers on in-depth analysis of their films, covering multiple aspects of project development,” according to a release. “This includes fine-tuning their scripts and narrative structures, creating captivating trailers, and preparing production strategies for international audiences and markets.”
The first module is set for Evia Island in Greece from June 19-24; the second is happening in September in Serbia, while the final module takes place during Trieste’s When East Meets West event in Italy in January 2024.
“Returning as lead mentors for Circle Women Doc Accelerator 2023 are Diana El Jeiroudi, a renowned Syrian writer,...
- 5/22/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Author: Alex Clement
With the current state of our planet being filled with nothing but misfortune and misery, it’s the perfect time for a film such as this one to be gifted to the world. Walk with Me takes you on a cinematic journey into the world of mindfulness and into the life of Zen Buddhist teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh.
Written and directed by Marc J. Francis and Max Pugh and narrated by the distinctive voice of Benedict Cumberbatch, this film, which took 3 years to make, is beautifully shot and carefully pieces together the meaning of peace and tranquillity with some sublime visual storytelling. It’s a stunning gesture to the monks and nuns at Plum Village in rural France where these Buddhists reside, and a joy for the audience.
At first the pace is slow with nothing but scenes of trees and people walking, yet it’s intimate and highly thought-provoking.
With the current state of our planet being filled with nothing but misfortune and misery, it’s the perfect time for a film such as this one to be gifted to the world. Walk with Me takes you on a cinematic journey into the world of mindfulness and into the life of Zen Buddhist teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh.
Written and directed by Marc J. Francis and Max Pugh and narrated by the distinctive voice of Benedict Cumberbatch, this film, which took 3 years to make, is beautifully shot and carefully pieces together the meaning of peace and tranquillity with some sublime visual storytelling. It’s a stunning gesture to the monks and nuns at Plum Village in rural France where these Buddhists reside, and a joy for the audience.
At first the pace is slow with nothing but scenes of trees and people walking, yet it’s intimate and highly thought-provoking.
- 1/2/2018
- by Alex Clement
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
★★★☆☆ With such a broad and sweeping title, When China Met Africa (2010) is an ambitious project to undertake by sibling filmmakers Nick and Marc Francis, who wrote, produced and directed this venture. Attempting to investigate the implications of China's expensive investment in Africa's economy in exchange for its natural resources, the Francis brothers cleverly narrow their focus to one country and to three men seeking to gain from the partnership in different ways.
Mr. Liu is an opportunistic Chinese entrepreneur, who bought and developed a plot of land in northern Zambia, cultivated it into a farm and hired local Zambians to tend it. With the help of his family, he now owns and runs four farms and plans to buy a fifth. We also meet Mr Li, an engineering project manager under pressure to complete the country’s longest road intended to improve business commerce whilst battling with budget cuts and...
Mr. Liu is an opportunistic Chinese entrepreneur, who bought and developed a plot of land in northern Zambia, cultivated it into a farm and hired local Zambians to tend it. With the help of his family, he now owns and runs four farms and plans to buy a fifth. We also meet Mr Li, an engineering project manager under pressure to complete the country’s longest road intended to improve business commerce whilst battling with budget cuts and...
- 10/19/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: A number of documentary films that made splashes at this year’s Sundance and South By Southwest film festivals have been added to the schedule for the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. A total of 66 selections have been selected for the festival’s New Docs program, which consists of of 43 feature films and 23 shorts from all over the world. This year’s Full Frame fest will be held April 14-17, in Durham, N.C.
“Each year, over a thousand filmmakers give us the opportunity to review their work, and it’s extremely rewarding to curate a selection of titles that represent a wide breadth of the documentary form,” said director of programming, Sadie Tillery.
Specific screening times and venues will be announced with the overall schedule on March 24. Here are the 66 films being screened so far.
New Docs
Angst (Director: Graça Castanheira)
Portuguese filmmaker...
Hollywoodnews.com: A number of documentary films that made splashes at this year’s Sundance and South By Southwest film festivals have been added to the schedule for the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. A total of 66 selections have been selected for the festival’s New Docs program, which consists of of 43 feature films and 23 shorts from all over the world. This year’s Full Frame fest will be held April 14-17, in Durham, N.C.
“Each year, over a thousand filmmakers give us the opportunity to review their work, and it’s extremely rewarding to curate a selection of titles that represent a wide breadth of the documentary form,” said director of programming, Sadie Tillery.
Specific screening times and venues will be announced with the overall schedule on March 24. Here are the 66 films being screened so far.
New Docs
Angst (Director: Graça Castanheira)
Portuguese filmmaker...
- 3/17/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Not oil, but coffee!
I received another email from California Newsreel, alerting us that the full-length documentary, Black Gold, is available for free online viewing through the end of this month, so you’re encouraged to head over there and watch it!
In short, the 2006, 77-minute Black Gold traces the complex, conflicted trail from the two billion cups of coffee consumed each day around the world, back to the tens-of-thousands of Ethiopian coffee farmers who produce the beans, and the efforts of 1 man, Tadesse Meskela, campaigning to get a living wage for the many farmers he represents.
“Black Gold provides the most in-depth study of any commodity on film today and offers a compelling introduction to the ‘fair trade’ movement galvanizing consumers around the globe.”
The 2002 film was produced and directed by Marc Francis and Nick Francis.
Click Here (or the image above) to go to the California Newsreel page...
I received another email from California Newsreel, alerting us that the full-length documentary, Black Gold, is available for free online viewing through the end of this month, so you’re encouraged to head over there and watch it!
In short, the 2006, 77-minute Black Gold traces the complex, conflicted trail from the two billion cups of coffee consumed each day around the world, back to the tens-of-thousands of Ethiopian coffee farmers who produce the beans, and the efforts of 1 man, Tadesse Meskela, campaigning to get a living wage for the many farmers he represents.
“Black Gold provides the most in-depth study of any commodity on film today and offers a compelling introduction to the ‘fair trade’ movement galvanizing consumers around the globe.”
The 2002 film was produced and directed by Marc Francis and Nick Francis.
Click Here (or the image above) to go to the California Newsreel page...
- 12/8/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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