February 24, 1995/Tobin Film Company, Los Angeles, has formed an alliance with FILMHAUS West, Venice, Calif. In the agreement, the Tobin studio gains exclusive spot representation of director/cameraman Stefan Würnitzer in the U.S. and, via FILMHAUS West’s parent company, the Vienna-based FILMHAUS….Cathy McLaughlin, formerly West Coast head of production at Chelsea Pictures, Hollywood, has joined bicoastal Velocity Film’s Hollywood office as executive producer….Music house The Kates Company, Burbank, Calif., has formed a commercial music/ sound design division that will be spearheaded by former Mattel product specialist Jeffrey Stern….
FEBRUARY 23, 1990/According to a California Film Commission survey, California had attracted over 50 percent of the $1.7 billion spent last year on TV spot production in the U.S….The husband-and-wife directing team Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel has left Berkofsky/ Barrett, Los Angeles, to sign with Gibson Lefebvre Gartner, also in L.A…. Composer James Nicholson has left Elias Associates, New York, to join JSM, also in New York….
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The Long and Short of The IDA Documentary Awards’ Shortlists
The lineups are set as 20 feature-length and 20 short documentaries have been shortlisted for the 40th IDA Documentary Awards.
This year, the IDA Documentary Awards shortlists and nominees are selected by independent committees of 300 documentary makers, curators, critics, and industry experts from 40-plus countries. More than 700 total entries were submitted for all categories from 77 countries.
Additional IDA Awards will be presented in the following categories: Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Writing, Best Music Score, Best Curated Series, Best Episodic Series, Best Limited Series, Best TV Feature Documentary, Best Music Documentary, Best Audio Documentary, the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award, the ABC News VideoSource Award, and the Pare Lorentz Award.
All nominees in the above categories will be announced on November 19.
The 40th IDA Documentary Awards Ceremony will be held on December 5 at The Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles.
Here’s a rundown of the feature and short film IDA Documentary Awards’ shortlists.
FEATURES SHORTLIST
Agent of Happiness
Black Box Diaries
Brisa
Dahomey
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
Hollywoodgate
Igualada
Kamay
Mediha
Motherboard
My Sweet Land
No Other Land
Queendom
Seeking Mavis Beacon
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
Tell Them You Love Me
The Last Journey
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Water For Life (Agua Es... Read More