The International Documentary Association is beginning 2024 with a new executive director, and now a new executive committee of the IDA board.
The nonprofit, which provides grants in support of documentary filmmakers, advocates for the field and mounts fall and spring screening series and the bi-annual Getting Real conference, announced the election of Ina Fichman and Michael Turner as board co-presidents. They succeed Grace Lee and Chris Perez, who remain on the board.
Fichman earned an Academy Award nomination last year for producing Fire of Love. She has also earned Emmy, BAFTA, and Cinema Eye Honors nominations for her work, and won awards from the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Gémeaux Awards in Montreal, the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association, among many others.
Turner oversees business and legal affairs for Netflix’s slate of documentary films. He previously served as SVP and head of business and legal affairs at Discovery’s production studio.
The nonprofit, which provides grants in support of documentary filmmakers, advocates for the field and mounts fall and spring screening series and the bi-annual Getting Real conference, announced the election of Ina Fichman and Michael Turner as board co-presidents. They succeed Grace Lee and Chris Perez, who remain on the board.
Fichman earned an Academy Award nomination last year for producing Fire of Love. She has also earned Emmy, BAFTA, and Cinema Eye Honors nominations for her work, and won awards from the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Gémeaux Awards in Montreal, the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association, among many others.
Turner oversees business and legal affairs for Netflix’s slate of documentary films. He previously served as SVP and head of business and legal affairs at Discovery’s production studio.
- 1/16/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Concordia Studio, the award-winning executive producers of this year’s Academy Award-winning Summer Of Soul, has announced four new exceptional filmmakers selected as part of the studio’s 2022 class of fellows for their signature program, The Concordia Fellowship.
The chosen recipients of the Fellowship are creators with the commitment to reshape the future of storytelling. Within the bespoke artist development program, each fellow receives a plan tailored to meet their specific creative goals, financial backing to develop a new project of their choosing, focused guidance and tools to build a sustainable career, and access to professional resources, use of the studio’s state-of-the-art facilities, and mentorship from Concordia executives.
Concordia fellows are the next generation of powerful storytellers and come from diverse racial, religious, and regional backgrounds. This year’s selected fellows who are recognized for their excellence in documentary filmmaking are Giselle Bailey,...
The chosen recipients of the Fellowship are creators with the commitment to reshape the future of storytelling. Within the bespoke artist development program, each fellow receives a plan tailored to meet their specific creative goals, financial backing to develop a new project of their choosing, focused guidance and tools to build a sustainable career, and access to professional resources, use of the studio’s state-of-the-art facilities, and mentorship from Concordia executives.
Concordia fellows are the next generation of powerful storytellers and come from diverse racial, religious, and regional backgrounds. This year’s selected fellows who are recognized for their excellence in documentary filmmaking are Giselle Bailey,...
- 3/30/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
The mission of the Minority Independent Producers Summit (Mips) to help level the playing field for underrepresented communities has struck a cord with serious industry leaders and are joining forces to help promote and advocate increased participation by independent producers from those of color, Lgbt, women and those with disabilities in the worlds of film, television and digital media. The non-profit organization is proud to announce new sponsorship agreements with leading cable giant, HBO as well as SAG-aftra, The Producers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America, for its inaugural launch in NYC this month.
“The Mips progressive plan of action is the first of its kind to present premium opportunities for the underrepresented communities within the entertainment industry,” says Anre Garrettt, producer and founding partner of Mips “Mips is excited to have joined forces with such important industry leaders as HBO, SAG-aftra, WGA, PGA, Ifp who support the same cause.”
“ The Writers Guild of America, East is dedicated to increasing diversity not just in the ranks of film, television and new media creators, but also in the stories they tell. We applaud the Minority Independent Producers Summit for creating a venue for the people who make up this industry to come together and broaden the discourse.” Dana Weissman, Director of Programs, Writers Guild of America, East
“SAG-aftra is proud to support Mips (Minority Independent Producers Summit) in its inaugural year and are thrilled to have the opportunity to engage with the summit attendees so we can work as effectively as possible together towards our shared goal of a truly inclusive media and entertainment industry.” -- (Adam Moore, SAG-aftra)
As sponsoring partner of the first day of Mips Summit, HBO will be hosting the moderated panel discussion, “What does Diversity in Media today truly mean? And to whom?”, slated for opening day, June 25th at HBO media center and will present a special Mips Chat on June 27 th at Mist Harlem.
The Producers Guild of America will present “Perspective (or A Matter of Perspective)” with panelists including: Julie Dash (producer, director, writer and author); María Agui Carter(producer, director, writer, as well as former chair of Nalip and staff producer at Wgbh); Lauren Grant (producer, multi-Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, PGA member and former chair of Bdc and at Firelight Media) and will be moderated by Rachel Watanabe-Batton: Producer, Vice Chair of PGA East as well as Diversity Committee Chair and Co-Chair of PGA Women’s Impact Network
Some of the Mips Guest Speakers & Workshop Facilitators include: Damian Benders, Svp SnagFilms; John Hadity, Evp Entertainment Partners Financial Solutions; Jamie Wilkinson, CEO Vhxtv; Richard Guay, Producer, Founder Passion First Funding Portal; and Jorge Rivera , Producer and Screenwriter, just to name a few.
Currently, the non-profit organization is supported by a league of renowned Advisory Board members including: John Quiñones, producer / actor / writer / host of ABC’s Primetime and "Good Morning America”; Molly Smith , Exec Producer The Blind Side, P.S. I Love You; Elizabeth Gardner Potter, Producer Former Co-Owner NY International Latino Film Festival; Jamal Joseph, Writer / Director for Black Starz, HBO, Fox TV, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros, and A&E; and many others.
Mips 2014 conference will run from June 25 – 27, 2014 at Tribeca Cinemas and Mist Harlem in NYC. Each program within the conference has been designed to help open doors, boost collaborations, create opportunities, help break the distribution blockade, and provide insight and guidance on acquisition and funding.
Founding members Melanie Walters is an Emmy® award-winning producer, Sheila Quann, partner of Hard Headed Media; Anre Garrett, producer and founder of Hard Headed Media, along with Susan Schein, industry veteran and Founding Director of the award-winning Entertainment Industry Incubator.
About Minority Independent Producers Summit
A non-profit organization committed to furthering the growth and development of minority independent producers and content creators from underrepresented communities such as those of color, Lgbt, women and those with disabilities. More info at: www.MIPSummit.com...
“The Mips progressive plan of action is the first of its kind to present premium opportunities for the underrepresented communities within the entertainment industry,” says Anre Garrettt, producer and founding partner of Mips “Mips is excited to have joined forces with such important industry leaders as HBO, SAG-aftra, WGA, PGA, Ifp who support the same cause.”
“ The Writers Guild of America, East is dedicated to increasing diversity not just in the ranks of film, television and new media creators, but also in the stories they tell. We applaud the Minority Independent Producers Summit for creating a venue for the people who make up this industry to come together and broaden the discourse.” Dana Weissman, Director of Programs, Writers Guild of America, East
“SAG-aftra is proud to support Mips (Minority Independent Producers Summit) in its inaugural year and are thrilled to have the opportunity to engage with the summit attendees so we can work as effectively as possible together towards our shared goal of a truly inclusive media and entertainment industry.” -- (Adam Moore, SAG-aftra)
As sponsoring partner of the first day of Mips Summit, HBO will be hosting the moderated panel discussion, “What does Diversity in Media today truly mean? And to whom?”, slated for opening day, June 25th at HBO media center and will present a special Mips Chat on June 27 th at Mist Harlem.
The Producers Guild of America will present “Perspective (or A Matter of Perspective)” with panelists including: Julie Dash (producer, director, writer and author); María Agui Carter(producer, director, writer, as well as former chair of Nalip and staff producer at Wgbh); Lauren Grant (producer, multi-Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, PGA member and former chair of Bdc and at Firelight Media) and will be moderated by Rachel Watanabe-Batton: Producer, Vice Chair of PGA East as well as Diversity Committee Chair and Co-Chair of PGA Women’s Impact Network
Some of the Mips Guest Speakers & Workshop Facilitators include: Damian Benders, Svp SnagFilms; John Hadity, Evp Entertainment Partners Financial Solutions; Jamie Wilkinson, CEO Vhxtv; Richard Guay, Producer, Founder Passion First Funding Portal; and Jorge Rivera , Producer and Screenwriter, just to name a few.
Currently, the non-profit organization is supported by a league of renowned Advisory Board members including: John Quiñones, producer / actor / writer / host of ABC’s Primetime and "Good Morning America”; Molly Smith , Exec Producer The Blind Side, P.S. I Love You; Elizabeth Gardner Potter, Producer Former Co-Owner NY International Latino Film Festival; Jamal Joseph, Writer / Director for Black Starz, HBO, Fox TV, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros, and A&E; and many others.
Mips 2014 conference will run from June 25 – 27, 2014 at Tribeca Cinemas and Mist Harlem in NYC. Each program within the conference has been designed to help open doors, boost collaborations, create opportunities, help break the distribution blockade, and provide insight and guidance on acquisition and funding.
Founding members Melanie Walters is an Emmy® award-winning producer, Sheila Quann, partner of Hard Headed Media; Anre Garrett, producer and founder of Hard Headed Media, along with Susan Schein, industry veteran and Founding Director of the award-winning Entertainment Industry Incubator.
About Minority Independent Producers Summit
A non-profit organization committed to furthering the growth and development of minority independent producers and content creators from underrepresented communities such as those of color, Lgbt, women and those with disabilities. More info at: www.MIPSummit.com...
- 6/25/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Belle
The 2014 Athena Film Festival has unveiled its lineup of narrative, documentary and short films.
The New York Premiere of Belle, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and directed by Amma Asante, is the Athena Film Festival’s Opening Film, screening on Thursday evening. Decoding Annie Parker, starring Helen Hunt and Samantha Morton and directed by Steven Bernstein, is the festival’s Centerpiece Film, and will be screened on Friday evening. Geraldine Ferraro: Paving The Way, directed by her daughter, Donna Zaccaro, is the festival’s Closing Film, screening on Sunday evening.
The festival honors extraordinary women in the film industry and showcases films that address women’s leadership in real life and the fictional world. Now in its fourth year, the festival runs from Thursday, February 6 through Sunday, February 9 on the Barnard College campus in Morningside Heights. Artemis Rising Foundation is the Founding Sponsor of the Festival.
The Book Thief
Among...
The 2014 Athena Film Festival has unveiled its lineup of narrative, documentary and short films.
The New York Premiere of Belle, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and directed by Amma Asante, is the Athena Film Festival’s Opening Film, screening on Thursday evening. Decoding Annie Parker, starring Helen Hunt and Samantha Morton and directed by Steven Bernstein, is the festival’s Centerpiece Film, and will be screened on Friday evening. Geraldine Ferraro: Paving The Way, directed by her daughter, Donna Zaccaro, is the festival’s Closing Film, screening on Sunday evening.
The festival honors extraordinary women in the film industry and showcases films that address women’s leadership in real life and the fictional world. Now in its fourth year, the festival runs from Thursday, February 6 through Sunday, February 9 on the Barnard College campus in Morningside Heights. Artemis Rising Foundation is the Founding Sponsor of the Festival.
The Book Thief
Among...
- 1/7/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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