DOCFEST07 Paley Center for Media, NYC

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Hi cinematographers!

 

FYI:

 

DOCFEST07 Paley Center for Media, NYC

24 October - 1 November 2007

http://www.paleycenter.org/events/ss-07fall/ny-docfest.htm

 

The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio) will be holding its eighth annual documentary festival, DocFest07, in New York from October 24 to November 1, 2007.

Following each screening, the documentary filmmakers and special guests will take part in the lively Q&A discussions that have become a hallmark of the festival.

 

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

more at http://www.paleycenter.org/events/ss-07fall/ny-docfest.htm

 

Opening Night?New York Premiere

TO DIE IN JERUSALEM

Wednesday, October 24; 7:00 pm

After her daughter is killed by a suicide bomber, an Israeli mother seeks out the mother of the killer, a schoolgirl from a Palestinian refugee camp who looked remarkably like her victim.

Q&A: Filmmaker Hilla Medalia; Ambassador Dennis Ross

 

New York Premiere

LARRY FLYNT: THE RIGHT TO BE LEFT ALONE

Friday, October 26; 7:00 pm

In this brisk profile we learn how the provocative pornographer parlayed a chain of go-go clubs into a multimedia empire?and became one of the unlikeliest defenders of American civil liberties.

Q&A: Filmmaker Joan Brooker-Marks; Paul Cambria, First Amendment Attorney; Larry Flynt, Publisher, Hustler magazine; Walter Marks, Producer

 

THE ART OF THE DOCUMENTARY PITCH

Cosponsored by the International Documentary Association (IDA)

Saturday, October 27; 2:00 pm

A workshop-competition in which five emerging documentary filmmakers pitch their ideas to a panel of distinguished producers. The winner will receive a $5000 grant.

Panel: Diana Holtzberg, Films Transit International; Lauren Lazin, MTV Networks; Cynthia Lopez, P.O.V.; Molly Thompson, A&E IndieFilms; Susan Werbe, The History Channel

 

20 YEARS OF P.O.V.: THE ART OF PERSONAL STORYTELLING

Monday, October 29; 7:00 pm

Filmmakers Ralph Arlyck (Following Sean) and Alan Berliner (Intimate Stranger) join P.O.V. Exec. Dir. Simon Kilmurry and series founder Marc Weiss for a discussion on how the independent documentary has evolved over the past two decades.

 

U.S. Premiere

AMAZING JOURNEY: THE STORY OF THE WHO

Tuesday, October 30; 7:00 pm

The definitive documentary of one of the greatest rock bands in the world. Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend scheduled to attend.

 

New York Premiere

DARFUR NOW

Wednesday, October 31; 7:00 pm

Darfur Now profiles the struggles and achievements of six very different individuals, including actor-activist Don Cheadle, with one common goal: ending the genocide in Darfur.

Q&A: Filmmaker Ted Braun

 

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To RSVP and buy tickets online, go to http://www.paleycenter.org/events/ss-07fall/ny-docfest.htm

or call 212 621 6699

10-16-2007 10:38 AM