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Mark Atkin
Mark Atkin is a British filmmaker and director at Crossover Labs. He has directed and produced films, including co-producing '' The Big Melt'' and ''From the Sea to the Land Beyond'', and organized film festival events. Career From 1998 – 2008 Atkin was a commissioning editor for TV and online at Australia's Special Broadcasting Service, where he worked to bring '' Taxi to the Dark Side'' and '' Waltz with Bashir'' to screens.Carol NahraLetter From London: Mark Atkin Crosses Over realscreen.com, 15 December 2008, retrieved 21 January 2014 At SBS, he was also responsible for securing broadcast rights to early seasons of South Park. During this time, in 2006, he attended Sheffield Doc/Fest's MeetMarket as a buyer. In November 2008 he left SBS and began work at MeetMarket as producer and executive producer for three documentaries. One was ''Digging for Grandad's Gold'', in which Atkin journeys to Poland in search of valuables that his Jewish grandfather buried on the family prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Melt
''The Big Melt'' is a documentary film about the Sheffield steel industry which combines archive footage with a live soundtrack. It was produced by Heather Croall and Mark Atkin and Martin Rosenbaum and directed by Jarvis Cocker and Martin Wallace for the 20th annual Sheffield Doc/Fest in 2013, to celebrate the centenary of the steel industry. The film was made using footage from the BFI National Archive. The film was commissioned by BBC Storyville and BBC North in association with the BFI, using public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England. The film ''The Big Melt'' followed ''From the Sea to the Land Beyond'', a similar commission by Doc/Fest in 2012. Cocker was initially reluctant to be involved because he felt that Sheffield's Steel City image was a cliché. He agreed to take part after seeing footage of a boy putting two fingers up to the camera in the early 1900s, which reminded him of '' Kes'', the film by Ken Loach. ''The Big Melt'' wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From The Sea To The Land Beyond
''From The Sea to the Land Beyond: Britain's Coast on Film'' is a documentary feature film directed by Penny Woolcock, with an original soundtrack by British indie-rock band Sea Power. The project was produced by Heather Croall and Mark Atkin of Crossover to premiere at the Sheffield Doc/FestSarah Cooper''Sheffield Doc/Fest to produce From The Sea To The Land Beyond'' ''screendaily.com'', 23 April 2012, retrieved 17 December 2013 as part of The Space project from the BBC and the Arts Council England. The film was edited by Alex Fry.Jack Seale''That Week On TV: From the Sea to the Land Beyond, BBC4; Getting On, BBC4'' ''Radio Times'', 24 November 2012, retrieved 20 December 2013 The world premiere was at the Crucible Theatre at Sheffield Doc/Fest in June 2012, with Sea Power playing the soundtrack live. It has since been performed at the BFI Southbank,Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes and Elliott Smith''From the Sea to the Land Beyond - video interview'' theguardian.co.uk, 15 June 2012, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public service broadcaster. About 80 percent of funding for the company is derived from the Australian Government. SBS operates six TV channels ( SBS, SBS Viceland, SBS World Movies, SBS Food, NITV and SBS WorldWatch) and seven radio networks (SBS Radios 1, 2 and 3, Arabic24, SBS Chill, SBS PopDesi and SBS PopAsia). SBS Online is home to SBS On Demand video streaming service. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect Australia's multicultural society".SBS: Frequently Asked Questions SBS Corporation, accessed 26 May 2007 SBS is one of five main |
Taxi To The Dark Side
''Taxi to the Dark Side'' is a 2007 American documentary film directed by Alex Gibney, and produced by Gibney, Eva Orner, and Susannah Shipman. It won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It focuses on the December 2002 killing of an Afghanistan, Afghan Taxicab, taxi driver named Dilawar (torture victim), Dilawar, who was beaten to death by American soldiers while being held in extrajudicial detention and interrogated at a black site at Bagram Airfield, Bagram air base. It was part of the ''Why Democracy?'' series, which consisted of ten documentary films from around the world questioning and examining contemporary democracy. As part of this series, the documentary was broadcast in over 30 countries from October 8–18, 2007. The BBC showed the film in its ''Storyville (TV series), Storyville'' series. Overview ''Taxi to the Dark Side'' examines Torture and the United States, US policy on torture and interrogation, specifically the U.S. Army and CIA interrogation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltz With Bashir
''Waltz with Bashir'' ( he, ואלס עם באשיר, translit. ''Vals Im Bashir'') is a 2008 Israeli adult animated war documentary drama film written, produced, and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman's search for lost memories of his experience as a soldier during the 1982 Lebanon War. The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or. Subsequently, it received wide acclaim from critics and audiences alike, with particular praise given to its themes, animation, direction, story, and editing, and grossed over $11 million at the global box office. It won numerous awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film, the César Award for Best Foreign Film, and the International Documentary Association Award for Best Feature Documentary, and was nominated for many more, including the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the BAFTA Award for Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Park
''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boys Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand their exploits in and around the titular Colorado town. ''South Park'' became infamous for its profanity and dark, surreal humor that satirizes a wide range of topics toward an adult audience. Parker and Stone developed ''South Park'' from two animated short films both titled '' The Spirit of Christmas''. The second short became one of the first Internet viral videos, leading to ''South Park''s production. The pilot episode was produced using cutout animation; subsequent episodes have since used computer animation recalling the cutout technique. ''South Park'' features a large ensemble cast of recurring characters. Since its debut on August 13, 1997, episodes (including television films) of ''South Park'' have been broadcast. It debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Sheffield DocFest (formerly styled Sheffield Doc/Fest), short for Sheffield International Documentary Festival (SIDF), is an international documentary festival and Marketplace held annually in Sheffield, England. The Festival includes film screenings, interactive and virtual reality exhibitions, talks & sessions, Marketplace & Talent for the funding and distribution of documentaries and development of filmmakers, unmissable live events, and its own awards. Since beginning in 1994, DocFest has become the UK's biggest documentary festival and the third largest in the world.Matt Thrift''Preview: Sheffield DocFest 2013'', ''Little White Lies'', 29 May 2013 The BBC have called it "one of the leading showcases of documentary films". The festival has grown steadily over recent years.Nick Bradshaw''The best of Sheffield DocFest 2013'', ''Sight & Sound'', 10 July 2013/ref> DocFest screenings help many films to achieve a wider audience by attracting distribution and further screening ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MeetMarket
Sheffield DocFest (formerly styled Sheffield Doc/Fest), short for Sheffield International Documentary Festival (SIDF), is an international documentary festival and Marketplace held annually in Sheffield, England. The Festival includes film screenings, interactive and virtual reality exhibitions, talks & sessions, Marketplace & Talent for the funding and distribution of documentaries and development of filmmakers, unmissable live events, and its own awards. Since beginning in 1994, DocFest has become the UK's biggest documentary festival and the third largest in the world.Matt Thrift''Preview: Sheffield DocFest 2013'', ''Little White Lies'', 29 May 2013 The BBC have called it "one of the leading showcases of documentary films". The festival has grown steadily over recent years.Nick Bradshaw''The best of Sheffield DocFest 2013'', ''Sight & Sound'', 10 July 2013/ref> DocFest screenings help many films to achieve a wider audience by attracting distribution and further screening o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Croall
Heather Croall (born 1967) is an international arts festival CEO and Artistic Director and documentary producer, best known for leading Sheffield Doc/Fest and Adelaide Fringe, and her work on live music / archive films including The Big Melt, '' From the Sea to the Land Beyond, Girt By Sea, From Scotland With Love, Atomic, Living in Dread and Promise'' In 2020 Heather Croall won the Leadership Award at the SA Woman Awards and in 2021, Croall was nominated as Leader of the Year in the South Australian Woman of the Year Awards. In 2011 Croall was named one of ''Realscreens annual trailblazers, and in 2013 the Alliance of Women Film Journalists named Croall Ambassador of Women's Films for the year, for her work "to boost documentary film and open opportunities for women filmmakers". In 2015 she received Sheffield Doc/Fest's Inspiration Award. In 2021 Croall was awarded the Superhero Award at the DocEdge Festival in New Zealand. In February 2015 she left Sheffield Doc/Fest to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossover (company)
Crossover may refer to: Entertainment Albums and songs * ''Cross Over'' (Dan Peek album) * ''Crossover'' (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles album), 1987 * ''Crossover'' (Intrigue album) * ''Crossover'' (Hitomi Shimatani album) * ''Crossover'' (Yoshinori Sunahara album), 1995 * "Cross Over" (song), a 2013 single by the Japanese girl idol group 9nine * "Crossover" (song), by EPMD Comics * ''Cross Over'' (manga), by Kouji Seo * Crossover (storyline), a 2005 ''Fantastic Four'' storyline * ''The Crossovers'', a 2003 CrossGen comic book series * ''Crossover'' (Image Comics), a 2020 comic book series Film and television * ''Crossover'' (1980 film), a 1980 film * ''Crossover'' (2006 film), a 2006 basketball drama by Preston A. Whitmore II * "Crossover" (''Adventure Time''), a 2016 episode of the animated series ''Adventure Time'' * "Crossover" (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''), a 1994 episode of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' Other entertainment * Crossover (fiction), a storyline com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian International Documentary Conference
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) is an Australian conference for the promotion of documentary, factual and unscripted screen content, regarded as one of two major national conferences for filmmakers. History First established in 1987, AIDC began life as a biennial conference. Over time the event has moved to several different regions in Australia, mostly being held in capital cities. Over the years it has grown from being a small conference with a few international guests, to being a major annual international event. Serving both the commercial and creative needs of the industry, the conference provides a marketplace for documentary product for national and international buyers and distributors, showcases the work of Australian and international documentary makers, and creates a forum to discuss content, craft, technology and future directions. It was as a result of the first AIDC, held in 1987 at McLaren Vale, in the heart of South Australia's wine gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service in the United Kingdom. At the time, the only other channels were the television licence, licence-funded BBC One and BBC Two, and a single commercial broadcasting network ITV (TV network), ITV. The network's headquarters are based in London and Leeds, with creative hubs in Glasgow and Bristol. It is publicly owned and advertising-funded; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public corporation of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993. Until 2010, Channel 4 did not broadcast in Wales, but many of its programmes were re-broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
