Part of Ifp’s 2013 Project Forum slate, Cocaine Prison is the latest completed work from indigenous Latina filmmaker Violeta Ayala, who’s long been an outspoken critic of the War on Drugs, which not only disproportionately affects low-income folks here in the States, but especially our impoverished neighbors south of the border, from Mexico on down. For this follow-up to 2015’s The Bolivian Case (another tale of South American coke smuggling and its consequences, but with a Norwegian teenagers twist), Ayala, along with filmmaker partner/husband Dan Fallshaw (a producer, cinematographer and editor on Cocaine Prison), have headed back to her birth […]...
- 9/11/2017
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Lisa Nichol.s Wide Open Sky has won the Foxtel Movies Audience award for best documentary feature at the Sydney Film Festival.
The doc chronicles the journey of an outback Australian children.s choir from auditions to their end-of-year concert and choir founder Michelle Leonard.s mission to bring a desolate musical landscape back to life.
Nicol has previously directed A Night at Sea with Louis Tillet, Pray Ho'tell and Outback Choir.
Voted as the best narrative feature was Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, the saga of a self-deprecating high school student who is forced to befriend a classmate who's been diagnosed with leukaemia. Foxtel Movies Audience Award for Best Documentary top 5:
1. Wide Open Sky, directed by Lisa Nicol 2. Gayby Baby, directed by Maya Newell 3. The Lost Aviator, directed by Andrew Lancaster 4. The Bolivian Case, directed by Violeta Ayala 5. Sherpa, directed by Jennifer Peedom...
The doc chronicles the journey of an outback Australian children.s choir from auditions to their end-of-year concert and choir founder Michelle Leonard.s mission to bring a desolate musical landscape back to life.
Nicol has previously directed A Night at Sea with Louis Tillet, Pray Ho'tell and Outback Choir.
Voted as the best narrative feature was Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, the saga of a self-deprecating high school student who is forced to befriend a classmate who's been diagnosed with leukaemia. Foxtel Movies Audience Award for Best Documentary top 5:
1. Wide Open Sky, directed by Lisa Nicol 2. Gayby Baby, directed by Maya Newell 3. The Lost Aviator, directed by Andrew Lancaster 4. The Bolivian Case, directed by Violeta Ayala 5. Sherpa, directed by Jennifer Peedom...
- 6/17/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
More often than we realize, the media plays a powerful role in determining justice in society, by misrepresenting individuals based on gender, race and class. There is an increasing need for more women to not only produce, but also be represented in documentaries, as they give women the opportunity to tell their stories and challenge us to have a different perspective on the world.
Directed by award-winning Australian writer and filmmaker Violeta Ayala and produced by Dan Fallshaw from 2011-2015, the stranger than fiction story, "The Bolivian Case," follows three Norwegian teenage girls who are arrested with 22kg of cocaine in their luggage in a foreign country.
Despite the three girls committing the same crime, the media and public began to shape a misconstrued representation of each girl based on biased interpretations, triggering the biggest media storm in Norway. “Rather than asking the audience to question the guilt or innocence of these women, "The Bolivian Case" aims to challenge and confront viewers on how gender, race and class affects how society assigns guilt. The outcome of the case was based on perception not on evidence; as a result of this failure, we believe the media and the justice system should be on trial”, says Violeta.
"The Bolivian Case" is the first part of United Notions Film’s ‘Drug War Trilogy’ and premiered at the Special Presentation Program at Hot Docs, one of the world’s most prestigious documentary festivals. It will showcase at the Sydney Film Festival on June 7th, 2015 as part of the Australian Documentary Competition for the Documentary Australia Foundation Award.
During the festival Violeta will be speaking at the ‘Can documentaries change the world?’ panel on June 12th, 2015 at 7pm, at the Sydney Town Hall.
The film currently has a Kickstarter campaign to help with post-production and fine-tuning expenses. The campaign ends on Thursday 11th June. You can support the project Here...
Directed by award-winning Australian writer and filmmaker Violeta Ayala and produced by Dan Fallshaw from 2011-2015, the stranger than fiction story, "The Bolivian Case," follows three Norwegian teenage girls who are arrested with 22kg of cocaine in their luggage in a foreign country.
Despite the three girls committing the same crime, the media and public began to shape a misconstrued representation of each girl based on biased interpretations, triggering the biggest media storm in Norway. “Rather than asking the audience to question the guilt or innocence of these women, "The Bolivian Case" aims to challenge and confront viewers on how gender, race and class affects how society assigns guilt. The outcome of the case was based on perception not on evidence; as a result of this failure, we believe the media and the justice system should be on trial”, says Violeta.
"The Bolivian Case" is the first part of United Notions Film’s ‘Drug War Trilogy’ and premiered at the Special Presentation Program at Hot Docs, one of the world’s most prestigious documentary festivals. It will showcase at the Sydney Film Festival on June 7th, 2015 as part of the Australian Documentary Competition for the Documentary Australia Foundation Award.
During the festival Violeta will be speaking at the ‘Can documentaries change the world?’ panel on June 12th, 2015 at 7pm, at the Sydney Town Hall.
The film currently has a Kickstarter campaign to help with post-production and fine-tuning expenses. The campaign ends on Thursday 11th June. You can support the project Here...
- 5/29/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man, Simon Stone.s The Daughter, Jeremy Sims. Last Cab to Darwin and Jen Peedom.s feature doc Sherpa will have their world premieres at the Sydney Film Festival.
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
- 5/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Award season as come to a close, and we’ve all been witness to what is a historic unprecedented run for one urgent film. The ripple became a wave when we were on hand to witness Laura Poitras collect multiple awards at the Cinema Eye Honors, and as predicted, the Academy Awards capped off a historic awards season run with an Oscar win. Here is our roundup and recap of the previous month’s film festival and award season headlines related to the docu film world.
Academy Awards
While Citizenfour took home the award for best documentary of the year, Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry’s Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 was given the Oscar for best short doc.
Berlin International Film Festival - Germany – February 5th – February 15th
When Darren Aronofsky and his presiding jury members announced the Berlinale winners, Patricio Guzmán’s long awaited follow-up to Nostalgia For The Light,...
Academy Awards
While Citizenfour took home the award for best documentary of the year, Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry’s Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 was given the Oscar for best short doc.
Berlin International Film Festival - Germany – February 5th – February 15th
When Darren Aronofsky and his presiding jury members announced the Berlinale winners, Patricio Guzmán’s long awaited follow-up to Nostalgia For The Light,...
- 3/3/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Organisers behind the Meets Film Market have announced 11 of the 12 projects competing at the Latin American Co-Production Forum, set to run during the third International Film Festival Of Panama from April 7-9.
The announcement was made at the Miami International Film Festival on Thursday (13).
The winner will receive a $25,000 cash prize. The projects were culled from a pool of 128 submissions based on the strength of the proposal, practical feasibility and commercial viability, overall production values and the potential for good development of story.
The 12th project will be chosen at the 10th Ibero-American Co-Production Meeting at the 29th Guadalajara International Film Festival under a special agreement between Guadalajara and Meets.
Meets officials have invited eight other projects from Latin America to take part outside the competition.
The 11 competition projects are:
Dr. Fe, dir Ricardo Coral- Dorado
Colombia
Blood Window (El Aliento Del Lobo), dir Alfonso Acosta
Colombia
The Bolivian Case (El Caso Boliviano), dir Violeta Ayala
Bolivia...
The announcement was made at the Miami International Film Festival on Thursday (13).
The winner will receive a $25,000 cash prize. The projects were culled from a pool of 128 submissions based on the strength of the proposal, practical feasibility and commercial viability, overall production values and the potential for good development of story.
The 12th project will be chosen at the 10th Ibero-American Co-Production Meeting at the 29th Guadalajara International Film Festival under a special agreement between Guadalajara and Meets.
Meets officials have invited eight other projects from Latin America to take part outside the competition.
The 11 competition projects are:
Dr. Fe, dir Ricardo Coral- Dorado
Colombia
Blood Window (El Aliento Del Lobo), dir Alfonso Acosta
Colombia
The Bolivian Case (El Caso Boliviano), dir Violeta Ayala
Bolivia...
- 3/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The San Francisco Film Society revealed today their 11 finalists for the 2014 Documentary Film Fund awards totaling over $75,000. The fund supports feature-length documentaries currently in post-production, and finalists were culled from over 200 applications. Previous Film Fund winners, including Oscar-nominee Zachary Heinzerling ("Cutie and the Boxer") and Shaul Schwarz ("Narco Cultura"), have gone far with their projects. This year's winners will be announced in late March. The 2014 finalists are: Anatomy of an American Dream -- John Ryan Johnson, director Antoine Hood is a charismatic 28-year-old former college basketball star and captain in the U.S. Air Force. He is a regional sales manager for Michelin and lives in a beautiful suburban house with his wife and son. For most, this is the American dream, but not for Hood, who could lose all of the above trying to play in the NBA ... and he just might. The Bolivian Case -- Violeta Ayala, director Trying to fly out of.
- 2/6/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
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