TheWrap is pleased to announce the jury for the 2017 ShortList Film Festival, which kicks off August 8th and streams on TheWrap’s ShortlistFilmFestival.com for two weeks. This year’s jurors include: Lisa Bunnell, President of Distribution, Focus Features; Lesley Chilcott, Director (“CodeGirl”); Misha Green, Writer and Showrunner (“Underground”); Ryan Heller, VP Acquisitions, First Look Media; Matt Ross, Actor (“Silicon Valley”), Director, Producer (“Captain Fantastic”); Alec Shankman, Senior VP & Head of Alternative Programming, Digital Media and Licensing, Abrams Artists Agency; and Stephen Ujlaki Dean, Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television. Jurors will deliberate and select a top short...
- 7/28/2017
- by Kathy Selim
- The Wrap
Oddball.
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Australian family film Oddball, starring Shane Jacobson, is set to open the 2016 Tiff Kids Festival.
Australian feature film Blinky Bill: The Movie and short films Riceballs, Junction, Cinema Dhors, The Trophy Thief and The Supermarket will also be premiering at the festival, which is now in its 19th year. .
Oddball is a comedic feature based on a true story about a chicken farmer, his granddaughter and their mischievous dog saving fairy penguins from extinction in an Australian seaside town..
The festival wraps with its closing night film, the Canadian premiere of Little Door Gods, an animated 3D film from first-time feature director Gary Wang that was inspired by Chinese folklore..
The festival features a total of 139 films, comprising 28 features and 111 shorts hailing from 35 countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Philippines, France, India, South Korea, and many more.
All screenings and events take place at Tiff Bell Lightbox...
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Australian family film Oddball, starring Shane Jacobson, is set to open the 2016 Tiff Kids Festival.
Australian feature film Blinky Bill: The Movie and short films Riceballs, Junction, Cinema Dhors, The Trophy Thief and The Supermarket will also be premiering at the festival, which is now in its 19th year. .
Oddball is a comedic feature based on a true story about a chicken farmer, his granddaughter and their mischievous dog saving fairy penguins from extinction in an Australian seaside town..
The festival wraps with its closing night film, the Canadian premiere of Little Door Gods, an animated 3D film from first-time feature director Gary Wang that was inspired by Chinese folklore..
The festival features a total of 139 films, comprising 28 features and 111 shorts hailing from 35 countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Philippines, France, India, South Korea, and many more.
All screenings and events take place at Tiff Bell Lightbox...
- 3/31/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The sixth edition of the Athena Film Festival, created to celebrate women in entertainment and highlight films that focus on stories of women's courage, power, and influence, will feature Sarah Gavron's "Suffragette" as its Centerpiece Film. Two documentaries directed by women, Dawn Porter's "Trapped" and Lesley Chilcott's "Codegirl," will open and close the festival, respectively. Among the other notable inclusions are Oscar-shortlisted foreign-language title "Mustang," "Testament of Youth," starring Alicia Vikander, and Davis Guggenheim's "He Named Me Malala." In addition, the festival will include a master class on documentary filmmaking led by HBO's Sheila Nevins, and present the Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award to filmmaker Mira Nair. The festival takes place February 18 - 21 on the Barnard College campus in New York. Read the full list of features, shorts, and panels below. Read More: "First...
- 1/13/2016
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
Mashable will no longer be known solely for distributing news articles, short-form videos, and very well-done Vines. The media brand teamed with distribution company FilmBuff to release the documentary CodeGirl exclusively on Mashable’s digital platforms starting January 6, 2016.
Written and directed by documentary producer Lesley Chilcott (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for “Superman”), CodeGirl follows various teams of high school girls around the world working to make their communities better through technology. The teams are also competing to win $10,000 and an official public release of their home-built apps to audiences at the international Technovation Challenge. Mashable and FilmBuff will release CodeGirl on the media brand’s site and via its Apple TV app. Mashable will also create and distribute original videos promoting the documentary and its content to over 26 million followers across its digital platforms.
“Mashable is proud to be partnering with FilmBuff to distribute and promote our first full length feature film,...
Written and directed by documentary producer Lesley Chilcott (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for “Superman”), CodeGirl follows various teams of high school girls around the world working to make their communities better through technology. The teams are also competing to win $10,000 and an official public release of their home-built apps to audiences at the international Technovation Challenge. Mashable and FilmBuff will release CodeGirl on the media brand’s site and via its Apple TV app. Mashable will also create and distribute original videos promoting the documentary and its content to over 26 million followers across its digital platforms.
“Mashable is proud to be partnering with FilmBuff to distribute and promote our first full length feature film,...
- 12/8/2015
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
Mashable and FilmBuff are partnering to distribute and promote the documentary “CodeGirl,” written and directed by Lesley Chilcott, on Mashable and the social news site’s AppleTV app. “CodeGirl” chronicles teams of high school girls around the world who try to improve their communities through technology as they compete in the International Technovation Challenge. The winning teams received $10,000 to release their apps. Chilcott is best known for producing “An Inconvenient Truth” and “Waiting for ‘Superman,'” and for directing “A Small Section of the World.” Also Read: Facebook to Launch News App With CNN, Mashable, CBS, Washington Post as Partners...
- 12/8/2015
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Digital entertainment curator FilmBuff announced today that it has licensed worldwide rights to distribute Lesley Chilcott's documentary feature "Codegirl," which follows Technovation, a competition in which groups of high school girls from around the world have three months to design an app to solve a problem in their community. By 2017, the app market will be valued at $77 Billion. Over 80% of these developers are male. Technovation aims to change that. The film - which follows groups Ameka (USA), Team Charis (Nigeria), PortMund (Brazil), WoCo (USA), The X-Women (India) and Puppy Sized Elephants (USA) - will open theatrically on November 1st, 2015, and...
- 11/4/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Since taking over her current position as the CEO of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki has taken outspoken stances on a number of sociopolitical issues. One of the topics she discusses vociferously is the presence of women in the tech industry, and by promoting a new documentary, she is looking to inspire women to get coding. Until November 5th, YouTube has made Codegirl--a documentary about female coders--available for free.
Codegirl is directed by Lesley Chilcott, who is best known for teaming with Davis Guggenheim on award-winning documentaries like An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting For Superman, and It Might Get Loud. This time, Chilcott focuses on an international coding competition from Technovation, through which 5,000 girls were given an opportunity to design a new app and win $10,000. Codegirl follows a handful of the contestants as they progress through the competition.
By distributing Codegirl, YouTube (and, by extension, Google) is continuing its crusade in support of women in tech.
Codegirl is directed by Lesley Chilcott, who is best known for teaming with Davis Guggenheim on award-winning documentaries like An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting For Superman, and It Might Get Loud. This time, Chilcott focuses on an international coding competition from Technovation, through which 5,000 girls were given an opportunity to design a new app and win $10,000. Codegirl follows a handful of the contestants as they progress through the competition.
By distributing Codegirl, YouTube (and, by extension, Google) is continuing its crusade in support of women in tech.
- 11/2/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Digital entertainment curator FilmBuff announced today that it has licensed worldwide rights to distribute Lesley Chilcott's documentary feature "Codegirl," which follows Technovation, a competition in which groups of high school girls from around the world have three months to design an app to solve a problem in their community. By 2017, the app market will be valued at $77 Billion. Over 80% of these developers are male. Technovation aims to change that. The film - which follows groups Ameka (USA), Team Charis (Nigeria), PortMund (Brazil), WoCo (USA), The X-Women (India) and Puppy Sized Elephants (USA) - will open theatrically on November 1st, 2015, and...
- 10/27/2015
- by Shadow And Act
- ShadowAndAct
Digital entertainment curator FilmBuff announced today that it has licensed worldwide rights to distribute Lesley Chilcott's documentary feature "Codegirl," which follows Technovation, a competition in which groups of high school girls from around the world have three months to design an app to solve a problem in their community. By 2017, the app market will be valued at $77 Billion. Over 80% of these developers are male. Technovation aims to change that. The film - which follows groups Ameka (USA), Team Charis (Nigeria), PortMund (Brazil), WoCo (USA), The X-Women (India) and Puppy Sized Elephants (USA) - will open theatrically on November 1st, 2015, and...
- 10/26/2015
- by Shadow And Act
- ShadowAndAct
Plus… Academy announces shortlist of 10 documentary shorts and The Hornet’s Nest collaborators launch distribution alliance.
FilmBuff has licensed worldwide rights to Lesley Chilcott’s Codegirl (pictured), which follows Technovation, a competition in which high school girls from around the world have three months to design an app to solve a problem in their community.
The film will open theatrically in the Us on November 1 and become available on all major VOD platforms from November 6.
The distributor has also picked up Us rights to TransFatty Lives, Patrick O’Brien’s Als documentary that won this year’s Tribeca audience award.
The film will open theatrically and on VOD on November 20.
Anderson Media Corporation CEO Charlie Anderson and executive producer Mike Camello have formed producer-distributor Charlie Mike Productions.
The parties have signed a deal to fund the in-production military titles Citizen Soldier and Danger Close from The Hornet’s Nest producer Strong Eagle Media.
Alchemy, which...
FilmBuff has licensed worldwide rights to Lesley Chilcott’s Codegirl (pictured), which follows Technovation, a competition in which high school girls from around the world have three months to design an app to solve a problem in their community.
The film will open theatrically in the Us on November 1 and become available on all major VOD platforms from November 6.
The distributor has also picked up Us rights to TransFatty Lives, Patrick O’Brien’s Als documentary that won this year’s Tribeca audience award.
The film will open theatrically and on VOD on November 20.
Anderson Media Corporation CEO Charlie Anderson and executive producer Mike Camello have formed producer-distributor Charlie Mike Productions.
The parties have signed a deal to fund the in-production military titles Citizen Soldier and Danger Close from The Hornet’s Nest producer Strong Eagle Media.
Alchemy, which...
- 10/26/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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