The Film Panel Notetaker

Cast and crew of Manhattanites at Tribeca Cinemas May 22 screening.
Last night, I attended a cast screening of the independent film Manhattanites at Tribeca Cinemas. Director Gregori J. Martin , who also stars in the film, and screenwriter Roger Newcomb introduced the film about the lives of a group of assorted characters in New [...]

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Stranger Than Fiction
When We Were Kings
IFC Center
New York, NY
May 20, 2008
Tuesday night at IFC Center, a second week of nonfiction film programming co-presented by the Woodstock Film Festival for the weekly series Stranger Than Fiction, showcased director Leon Gast’s 1997 Academy Award-winning documentary feature When We Were Kings, about the events surrounding the famous 1974 [...]

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Just received word on the 2008 competition films of Silverdocs. New this year, Silverdocs adds a World Competition in recognition of the richness of documentary storytelling globally and the value of diverse perspectives on the human experience. Overall, Silverdocs will present 108 films representing 63 countries selected from 1,861 submissions with six World, eight [...]

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Last month, The Film Panel Notetaker did a One-on-One Q&A with Paul Krik, writer and director of Able Danger, which was just announced as the opening night film of the 2008 Brooklyn International Film Festival (BIFF). Able Danger will make its U.S. premiere at BIFF on Friday, May 30 at 8pm. For tickets, click here.

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Q&A after screening of Barbara Kopple’s My Generation at IFC Center.
This week I saw some really incredible nonfiction films at IFC Center. Monday night was a travelling festival of short documentary films called doxita, and last night was Barbara Kopple’s 2000 feature documentary My Generation, about all of the Woodstock music festivals (1969, ‘94 & [...]

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Speaking of the NewFest film line-up, be sure to check out the New York premiere there of Brittany Blockman’s and Josephine Decker’s documentary Bi The Way. I caught the film down in Austin, TX, during the South by Southwest Film Festival. Here are my notes from that Q&A.
Bi The Way is a documentary on bisexuality [...]

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More news from Silverdocs on their opening and closing night selections below. The Film Panel Notetaker will be in Silver Spring, MD, to bring you notes from the filmmaker Q&As and panel discussions. Stay tuned.
Silver Spring, Maryland, May 14, 2008—SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival announced the opening and closing night films for SILVERDOCS 2008. [...]

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The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Film Festival (NewFest) announced earlier this week the program of films and events for the 20th annual festival to be held June 5-15. Among the activities at NewFest are several panel discussions planned during the 5th Annual NewFestFilmmakers Forum on June 14-15 at the John Outcalt NewFest [...]

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Here’s some really interesting news sent my way from Ray Privett, President of Cinema Purgatorio and General Manager of Queensbridge Theater. Ray sent me an email about a reading and book party at the KGB Complex on June 11 where film writers Michael Atkinson, Ed Halter, B. Kite, Stuart Klawans, and David Sterritt are expected [...]

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I received the announcement below from InieGoGo today about its new partnership with IFP. In March, The Film Panel Notetaker reported that the film The Lilliput had raised approximately $10,000 through IndieGoGo.com. Since then, six films have raised approximately $50,000 through IndieGoGo. Now IndieGoGo is teaming with IFP during Internet Week NY in June that [...]

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