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The Tribe (2005 Film)
''The Tribe'' is a short documentary film directed by Tiffany Shlain and narrated by Peter Coyote. Weaving together archival footage, graphics and animation, it tells the history of both the Barbie doll and the Jewish people from Biblical times to the present. Awards *Best Documentary: NY Shorts Fest 2007 *Best Jewish Topics, Argentina Jewish Film Festival 2007 *Best Documentary: LA Shorts Fest 2007 *Grand Jury Prize Winner: Florida Film Festival 2007 *Best Short Documentary, Warsaw Jewish Film Festival 2007 *Best Contemporary Jewish Film: "Jewish Motifs" International Film Festival, 2007 *Best Documentary Film: Golden Star Awards 2007 *Best Short Documentary, Nashville Film Festival 2006 *Directors Choice Award, Black Maria Film Festival 2006 *Winner: Audience Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival 2006 *Best Historical Film, SF International Women's Film Festival 2006 *Indiewire's Sundance Critic's Choice 2006 Official selections * Sundance Film Festival *Tribeca Film Festival * In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Shlain
Tiffany Shlain (born April 8, 1970) is an American filmmaker and author. Described by the public radio program ''On Being'' as "an internet pioneer", Shlain is the co-founder of the Webby Awards and the founder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Early life and education Shlain was raised in Mill Valley, California, the daughter of Leonard Shlain, a surgeon, author, and inventor, and Carol Lewis Jaffe, a psychologist. In high school, Shlain co-wrote a proposal called ''Uniting Nations in Telecommunications & Software (UNITAS),'' which envisioned students all over the world communicating over personal computers and via modems before the advent of the web. From this proposal, she was invited to be a student ambassador through the People to People program, and traveled to the Soviet Union in 1988. While a student at UC Berkeley, Shlain produced and directed ''Hunter & Pandora'', an experimental film which won the university's Eisner Award, the highest awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Film Festival Rotterdam
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental filmmaking by showcasing emerging talents and established auteurs. The festival also places a focus on presenting cutting edge media art and arthouse film, with most of the participants in the short film program identified as artists or experimental filmmakers. IFFR also hosts CineMart and BoostNL, for film producers to seek funding. The IFFR logo is a stylized image of a tiger that is loosely based on Leo the Lion (MGM), Leo, the lion in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM logo. History The first festival — then called ''Film International'' — was organized in June 1972 under the leadership of Huub Bals. The festival profiled itself as a promoter of alternative, innovative and non-commercial films, with an emphasis on the Far East and develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Short Documentary Films
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American Short Documentary Films
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2005 Films
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy stated on his website, "Despite films like “Crash,” which deals with racism in contemporary America, and geopolitical exposes like ''Syriana'' and ''Munich'', the 2005 movie year may go down in film history as the year of sexual diversity." He went on to emphasize, "It's hard to recall a year in which sex, sexuality, and gender have featured so prominently in American films, both mainstream Hollywood and independent cinema. I am deliberately using the concepts of sexual diversity and sexual orientation, rather than gay-themed movies, because the rather new phenomenon goes beyond homosexuality or lesbianism. For decades, American culture has been both puritanical and hypocritical as far as sexual matters are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About Barbie
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Morse
Emily Hope Morse (born June 2, 1970) is an American sex therapist, author and media personality. She is the host of the long-running podcast ''Sex with Emily'' and is also known for her 2012 recurring reality television appearance in Bravo's series ''Miss Advised'' (2012). Career Morse has appeared as a guest expert on many radio and television shows, and has been featured in ''The New York Times'', ''The Los Angeles Times'', and ''San Francisco Chronicle'' for her expertise in sex and relationships. Her first book ''Hot Sex: Over 200 Things You Can Try Tonight'' was released in October 2011. Morse has also acted in, produced, and directed the film, for which she received an award. Her podcast, ''Sex with Emily'', has been in production since 2005. In 2012 Morse began a four-year run as guest co-host on the nationally syndicated Loveline Radio Show with Dr. Drew Pinsky. Morse contributes frequently to many major online publications including ''Glamour'', ''Cosmopolitan'', Ask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlton Evans
Carlton may refer to: People * Carlton (name), a list of those with the given name or surname * Carlton (singer), English soul singer Carlton McCarthy * Carlton, a pen name used by Joseph Caldwell (1773–1835), American educator, Presbyterian minister, mathematician and astronomer Places Australia * Carlton, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney * Carlton, Tasmania, a locality in Tasmania * Carlton, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne Canada * Carlton, Edmonton, Alberta, a neighbourhood * Carlton, Saskatchewan, a hamlet * Fort Carlton, a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post built in 1810, near present-day Carlton, Saskatchewan * Carlton Trail, a historic trail near Fort Carlton * Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario England * Carlton, Bedfordshire, a village * Carlton, Cambridgeshire, a village * Carlton, County Durham, a village and civil parish * Carlton, Leicestershire, a village * Carlton, Nottinghamshire, a suburb to the east of Nottingham ** The Carlton Academy ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SilverDocs
The AFI Docs (formerly Silverdocs) documentary film festival is an American international film festival created by the American Film Institute and the Discovery Channel. It is held every year in Silver Spring, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Started in 2003, the festival is held for five days in June at the AFI Silver Theatre as well as several locations in Washington, D.C. Notable participants * AOL vice-chairman ''emeritus'' Ted Leonsis, * BET co-founder Sheila Johnson, * Former Vice President Al Gore, * Academy Award-winning film makers: **Martin Scorsese, ** Jonathan Demme, ** Barbara Kopple, **Alex Gibney ** LeBron James Yoruba Richen won the Audience Award in 2013 for ''The New Black'', her documentary was about the African-American community response to marriage equality initiatives. Participating organizations There are several organizations that usually take part on the events: BBC, CPB, Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, The Ford Foundation, HBO, Latino Public B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by TriBeCa Productions, Tribeca Productions. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive programming. Tribeca was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in 2002 to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of Lower Manhattan following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Until 2020, the festival was known as the Tribeca Film Festival. Each year, the festival hosts over 600 screenings with approximately 150,000 attendees, and awards independent artists in 23 juried competitive categories. History The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, and Craig Hatkoff, in response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center (1973–2001), World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the Tribeca neighborhood in Lower Manhattan. The inaugural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Goldberg
Kenneth Yigael Goldberg (born 1961) is an American artist, writer, inventor, and researcher in the field of robotics and automation. He is professor and chair of the industrial engineering and operations research department at the University of California, Berkeley, and holds the William S. Floyd Jr. Distinguished Chair in Engineering at Berkeley, with joint appointments in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS), Art Practice, and the School of Information. Goldberg also holds an appointment in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of California, San Francisco. Background Goldberg was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, where his parents taught at Mayflower Private School, and grew up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.Remote Control - East Bay Express Web- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
