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Beyond Utopia
''Beyond Utopia'' is a 2023 American documentary film directed by Madeleine Gavin. The film debuted at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The documentary centers around Pastor Seungeun Kim, a South Korean human rights activist and director of the Caleb Mission, which has rescued over 1,000 North Korean defectors since 2000. Release ''Beyond Utopia'' debuted at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2023. The film was screened at the 28th Busan International Film Festival in the "Documentary Showcase" section on October 8, 2023. In the United States Roadside Attractions and Fathom Events acquired distribution rights and released the film on a two-day screening on October 23, and October 24, 2023. Independent Lens acquired broadcast television rights to the film, setting a January 9, 2024, broadcast. Reception Writing for ''/Film'', Ben Pearson awarded the film a score of 9 out of 10 and found the handheld footage to be "nothing short of extraordinary." '' Variety' ...
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Sue Mi Terry
Sue Mi Terry (born ) is a former CIA officer, researcher, and senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. A former intelligence analyst specializing in East Asia, Terry is regularly quoted in print and web media as an expert on international politics involving North Korea, South Korea and Japan. In 2021, she became director of the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy at the Wilson Center, succeeding Jean H. Lee. Early life and education Terry was born in Seoul. After her father's death due to liver cancer when she was in the fourth grade, she moved with her mother to the United States at age 12. She was raised in Hawaii and Virginia. Terry received her B.A. in political science from New York University in 1993. In 2001, she earned her Ph.D. in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Career She worked at the Central Intelligence Agency, the National ...
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Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,660 attending in 2016. It takes place each January in Park City, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah; and at the Sundance Resort (a ski resort near Provo, Utah), and acts as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Sundance Kids, From the Collection, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres. History 1978: Utah/US Film Festival Sundance began in Salt Lake City in August 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to attract more filmmakers to Utah. It was founded by Sterl ...
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Chicago Film Critics Association Award For Best Documentary
The Chicago Film Critics Association Awards for ''Best Documentary'' is an annual award given by the Chicago Film Critics Association since 2000. Winners and Nominees See also *Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ... References External links Chicago Film Critics Association Awards {{CFCA Awards Chron Chicago Film Critics Association Awards American documentary film awards Awards established in 2000 ...
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Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2023
The 36th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, presented to recognize the best in film of 2023, were announced on December 12, 2023. The nominations were announced on December 8, 2023. For the first time in the awards' history, three films shared the position of most nominated—''Killers of the Flower Moon'', ''Oppenheimer'', and ''Poor Things''—all receiving ten nominations each. In terms of nominations, they were followed by '' Barbie'' with nine and ''May December ''May December'' is a 2023 American dark comedy film directed by Todd Haynes from a screenplay by Samy Burch, based on a story by Burch and Alex Mechanik. Loosely inspired by Mary Kay Letourneau, it stars Natalie Portman as an actress who trav ...'' with seven. Winners and nominees The winners and nominees for the 36th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are as follows: Awards Awards breakdown The following films received multiple nominations: The following films received multiple w ...
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Chicago Film Critics Association
The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) is an association of professional film critics, who work in print, broadcast and online media, based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The organization was founded in 1990 by film critics Sharon LeMaire and Sue Kiner, following the success of the first Chicago Film Critics Awards given out in 1988. The association comprises 60 members. Since 1989, the CFCA has given out annual awards that recognize the best films in a variety of categories. These awards are noted in the established print media such as ''Variety'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter''. The association has also hosted the annual Chicago Critics Film Festival since 2013, which intends to bring a number of feature and short films to a larger audience. Membership The Chicago Film Critics Association restricts its membership to professional film critics, who have been employed in the media as a "critical voice or staff authority" on the subject of the cinema for six months. Appli ...
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Critics' Choice Documentary Award For Best Director
The Critics' Choice Documentary Award for Best Director is one of the awards presented annually by Critics Choice Association since the awards debuted in 2016. Winners and nominees 2010s 2020s Multiple nominations References {{reflist External linksOfficial website Best Director Awards established in 2016 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards The Critics' Choice Documentary Awards are accolades that are presented by the Critics Choice Association to honour the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television. They were established in 2016, and the first ceremony ...
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Critics' Choice Documentary Award For Best Documentary Feature
The Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, Critics' Choice Documentary Award for Best Documentary Feature is one of the awards presented annually by Critics Choice Association since the awards debuted in 2016. Winners and nominees 2010s 2020s See also * Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature * BAFTA Award for Best Documentary * Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Documentary Feature * Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary Film * Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature References External linksOfficial website
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8th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
The 8th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, presented by the Critics Choice Association, were held on November 12, 2023, at the Edison Ballroom in New York City, to honor finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television. The ceremony was hosted by American comedian Wyatt Cenac for the second year in a row and, broadcast live on Facebook Live, YouTube and X. The nominations were announced on October 16, 2023. Matthew Heineman's ''American Symphony'' led the nominations with six, followed by '' Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie'', '' Kokomo City'', and '' 20 Days in Mariupol'', with five nominations each. The category for Best True Crime Documentary was introduced. American documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee will be honored with the Pennebaker Award (Lifetime Achievement Award). '' Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie'' received the most awards with five wins, including Best Documentary Feature, followed by '' 20 Days in Mariupol'', ''American Symphony'' and ''The Dee ...
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Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
The Critics' Choice Documentary Awards are accolades that are presented by the Critics Choice Association to honour the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television. They were established in 2016, and the first ceremony was held on November 3, 2016. Categories Current categories For the latest ceremony, the following categories were presented: * Best Documentary Feature * Best Director * Best First Documentary Feature * Best Narration * Best Archival Documentary * Best Short Documentary * Best Political Documentary * Best Sports Documentary * Best Historical/Biographical Documentary * Best Science/Nature Documentary * Best Music Documentary * Best Score * Best Editing * Best Cinematography * Most Compelling Living Subjects of a Documentary Discontinued categories Other categories previously presented include: * Best Limited Documentary Series * Best Ongoing Documentary Series * Best Song in a Documentary * Most Innovative Documentary * Landmark Award ...
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Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. Finke was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as being worth "millions of dollars", as well as part ...
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Asia Pacific Screen Award For Best Documentary Feature Film
The winners and nominees of the Asia Pacific Screen Award The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) is an international cultural initiative overseen by the Asia Pacific Screen Academy and headquartered in Australia. In order to realise UNESCO's goals of promoting and preserving the different cultures t ... for Best Documentary Feature Film 2000s 2010s External links * {{Asia Pacific Screen Awards Documentary Feature Film Documentary film awards Lists of films by award ...
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16th Asia Pacific Screen Awards
The 16th Asia Pacific Screen Awards was held on 3 November 2023 at the Home of the Arts, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, to recognize the best in cinema of the Asia Pacific Region of 2023. Wim Wenders' '' Perfect Days'' received the Best Film award. The nominations were announced on 3 October 2023. Ryusuke Hamaguchi's ''Evil Does Not Exist'' led the nominations with four, followed by ''Snow Leopard'' with three. Jury The juries were composed of: ;International jury * Clara Law – Hong Kong film director * Yeo Yann Yann – Malaysian actress * Anna Katchko – German film producer * Hidedo Urata – Japanese cinematographer * Faisal Baltyuor – CEO of Muvi Studios ;International nominations council * Beena Paul – Indian film editor * Anderson Le – artistic director of the Hawaii International Film Festival * Delphine Garde-Mroueh – film curator and researcher * Gulnara Abikeyeva, Kazakh film critic and researcher * John Badalu – film curator and director * Kiki Fun ...
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