The 64
th edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival, which ran April 9-18, has awarded over US$17,000 in cash prizes this past weekend to emerging and established filmmakers, including in its documentary categories.
The jury hands out a best documentary and best Bay Area documentary prize and this year’s doc feature jury included film producer and director Jameka Autry, film curator Mara Fortes, and program director at Chicken & Egg Pictures, Lucila Moctezuma.
The McBaine Documentary Feature winner was
Writing With Fire (pictured), from Rintu Thomas & Sushmit Ghosh (India). The filmmaker received a $3,500 cash prize.
In awarding this film, the jury stated, “For shedding light on the courageous work of Dalit women journalists as they build an independent news outlet from the ground up, for plunging us into the political reality of a nation in upheaval through the people who are its beating heart, for capturing the beautiful complicity between filmmakers and re
Nanfu Wang, Stanley Nelson films added to Hot Docs’ special presentations roster The Hot Docs International Documentary Festival has added 13 more documentary features that will screen as part of this year’s Special Presentations program.
The festival’s Special Presentations selection features world . March 16, 2021
The Hot Docs International Documentary Festival has added 13 more documentary features that will screen as part of this year’s Special Presentations program.
The festival’s Special Presentations selection features world and international premieres, award winners from the recent international festival circuit and works by master filmmakers or featuring star subjects. The 2021 Hot Docs Festival will stream on the Hot Docs at Home VOD platform, available at hotdocs.ca, from April 29 – May 9.
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In The Same Breath, Nanfu Wang s investigation into the origins of COVID-19, will play at the 2021 Hot Docs film festival.
Films on designer Bruce Mau, women in stand-up comedy and disgraced Nike track coach Alberto Salazar will screen at the 2021 Hot Docs film festival.
The titles are part of the latest round of films announced for the festival’s Special Presentations program.
In
Mau, Austrian directors Benji and Jono Bergmann profile the Ontario-born designer who has become an influential global figure whose work spans architecture, film, environmental design and more.