The Film Panel Notetaker

“Off and Running”
Opening Weekend Theatrical Release
Q&A after 4:05pm screening with Director Nicole Opper and others
January 30, 2010 (Notes by Brian Geldin)
IFC Center
New York, NY

(L to R: Rita Taddonio, Nicole Opper & Sharese Bullock. Photo by Brian Geldin.)
It has been over a year since Nicole Opper’s documentary “Off and Running” was brought to my attention. I [...]

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Actor turned filmmaker Michael Stever’s feature film in pre-production, Ghosts of Zion, is fundraising on IndieGoGo.com. To pledge, please click on the widget below.

‘Ghosts Of Zion’ is a ‘cautionary tale’ about a young, newly married Mormon couple who both bring some secrets to their marriage which they’ve chosen to keep from the other. It’s very [...]

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“Running Fence”
Stranger Than Fiction
January 19, 2010
IFC Center
New York, NY

Stranger Than Fiction’s Thom Powers and “Running Fence” co-director Albert Maysles. Photo by Brian Geldin.

Fresh off last week’s Cinema Eye Honors, Thom Powers presented this week at Stranger Than Fiction David and Albert Maysles’ and Charlotte Zwerin’s 1978 documentary “Running Fence.” Albert Maysles, who was [...]

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***FEBRUARY 2, 2010 UPDATE: As of this morning, Cinema Eye Winners “Burma VJ,” “The Cove,” and “Food, Inc” received Academy Award nominations for Best Documentary Feature. Congratulations and good luck to all!

(Notes by Brian Geldin)

The stellar third annual Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking, produced by founding sponsor Indiepix, came back to the [...]

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“Snowblind”
Stranger Than Fiction
January 12, 2010
IFC Center
New York, NY

Stranger Than Fiction’s Thom Powers and “Snowblind” Director Vikram Jayanti. Photo by Brian Geldin.

 Tuesday saw the official opening of the new season of Stranger Than Fiction with an appropriately snowy-titled screening of Vikram Jayanti’s (“Game Over – Kasparov and the Machine”) “Snowblind,” which Thom Powers noted during the post-screening Q&A [...]

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“Waiting For Armageddon” Interfaith Roundtable

Berman Jewish Policy Archives at NYU, New York, NY
January 7, 2010
On Thursday, I attended a panel in anticipation of First Run Features’ theatrical release this weekend of “Waiting for Armageddon,” a documentary by award-winning filmmakers, David Heilbroner, Kate Davis and Franco Sacchi. For a little [...]

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Stranger Than Fiction
“Which Way Home”
IFC Center
New York, NY
January 5, 2010

Stranger Than Fiction’s Thom Powers and “Which Way Home Director” Rebecca Cammisa. Photo by Brian Geldin.
***FEBRUARY 2, 2010 UPDATE: As of this morning, “Which Way Home” received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature. Congratulations, Rebecca!

For its Winter 2010 pre-season, Stranger Than Fiction presented the [...]

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