Ten insightful and impactful documentaries have been selected to compete at the 40th anniversary edition of the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) which takes place in Durban, South Africa, from July 18 to 28, 2019.
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10 Docs Selected to Compete for Best Documentary at Durban International Film Festival 2019
A Girl in Return directed by Katrine W.Kjaer
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Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 to Showcase Films with LGBTQI Focus
Deep in Vogue This year, Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 presents an international ensemble of Films, Live Events and Alternate Realities experiences and installations focusing on LGBTQI+ communities and individuals.
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Hulu to Release Sundance Award Winning Documentary JAWLINE
Jawline by Liza Mandelup Jawline directed by first time filmmaker Liza Mandelup, made its world premiere earlier this year at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it went on to win the Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker. The film will be released as a Hulu Documentary both theatrically in the US and on Hulu on Friday, August 23.
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16 SHOTS – Documentary on Shooting of 17-Year-Old Laquan McDonald – Sets Showtime Air Date
LAQUAN McDonald Chicago memorial from protestors from VOA The new documentary 16 Shots from Academy Award(R) nominated director Richard Rowley (Dirty Wars) that examines the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and the cover-up that ensued will premiere on Showtime on Friday, June 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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THE QUIET ONE on Life & Times of Rolling Stones’ Bill Wyman, Opens on June 21
THE QUIET ONE. Bill Wyman in the Studio. Photo credit Bent Rej. Courtesy of Sundance Selects The Quiet One directed by Oliver Murray, provides a behind-the-scenes look at the life and career of Bill Wyman, former founding member of The Rolling Stones. The documentary film will open in New York and Los Angeles on June 21 via Sundance Selects.
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Jason DaSilva’s Multiple Sclerosis Documentary WHEN WE WALK to Premiere at Human Rights Watch Film Festival
WHEN WE WALK by Jason DaSilva Disability activist and filmmaker Jason DaSilva will premiere When We Walk the follow-up to his 2013 documentary When I Walk, at the 2019 Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York City on June 14, 2019. The second film in the ‘When They Walk’ trilogy confronts the U.S. Medicaid system and new personal challenges; Filmmaker Jason DaSilva explains the disparity between the different states and national healthcare crisis as he tries to be closer to his son who lives 2,000 miles away.
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Fashion Designer Diane von Furstenberg Explores Statue of Liberty in New HBO Documentary
Diane von Fürstenberg at the Vanity Fair party for the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg is on a quest to explore the story of the iconic Statue of Liberty in the new documentary Liberty: Mother of Exiles. From Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato of World of Wonder (HBO’s Emmy(R)-nominated “Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking,”) the documentary follows Diane von Furstenberg, “godmother” of the statue, in her quest to discover how sculptor Auguste Bartholdi’s dream became a reality and what the statue means to people around the world. Liberty: Mother of Exiles will debut on HBO this fall.
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Beto O’Rourke Documentary RUNNING WITH BETO Sets HBO Air Date
Running with Beto. Beto O’Rourke shakes hands with a potential voter as he departs a campaign event in Houston, TX on November 5, 2018. | Credit: Charlie Gross) The documentary Running with Beto, a behind-the-scenes look at Beto O’Rourke’s 2018 Senate campaign, premiered at this year’s South By Southwest Film Festival, where it received the Audience Award for Documentary Spotlight. The film will make its TV debut on Tuesday, May 28, exclusively on HBO.
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DocLands Documentary Film Festival Awards $94,500 to Documentary Filmmakers at DocPitch 2019
DocLands Documentary Film Festival 2019 Doc Pitch Winner: FIVE YEARS NORTH. Photo Credit: ©Tommy Lau Photography DocLands Documentary Film Festival hosted its annual DocPitch forum this past weekend and awarded director Chris Temple and editor Alejandro Valdés-Rochin with a $25,000 cash prize, provided by Project No. 9, for their documentary film currently in development, Five Years North.
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World Premiere of HBO’s TRUE JUSTICE: BRYAN STEVENSON’S FIGHT FOR EQUALITY to Open AFI DOCS 2019
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality AFI DOCS 2019 will open with the world premiere of HBO’s TRUE JUSTICE: BRYAN STEVENSON’S FIGHT FOR EQUALITY, directed by Peter Kunhardt, George Kunhardt and Teddy Kunhardt, and will close with RAISE HELL: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS, directed by Janice Engel. AFI DOCS runs June 19–23, 2019, in Washington, DC, and Silver Spring, MD.
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Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 Announces Lineup
DIEGO MARADONA Sheffield Doc/Fest announced the line-up of 180+ documentary features and shorts for its 26th edition, which runs from 6 to 11 June, 2019, under the tagline “Ways of Seeing” inspired by John Berger’s television series and book of the same name. The festival opens on Thursday June 6 with Diego Maradona, a wild and irreverent look at one of the world’s most iconic sportsmen, both on and off the pitch, during his infamous time in Naples.
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FOR SAMA, Waad al-Kateab’s Chronicle of Syrian Crisis, Sets US Release Date + Drops Trailer
FOR SAMA. Sama pictured in September 2016, in the bombarded east of the city with a placard in response to US presidential candidate Gary Johnson’s infamous gaffe “What’s Aleppo” – Courtesy of Channel 4, Copyright Waad al-Kateab. Winner of the award for Best Documentary at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival For Sama documents Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to her daughter Sama. The documentary film takes the form of a letter from Waad al-Kateab to Sama. For Sama directed by Waad al-Kateab along with Edward Watts opens in US theaters on July 26.