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Top Transformational Films of 2011
As we start 2012 with all of the promise that it brings for transformation, let’s take a look back at some of the amazing films or 2011 that brought us to this point. The results of the voting are in for the Veiwer's Choice, and the editors at AwareGuide offer their top picks for 2011, and recognize some films with special consideration. Thank you to all of the people who voted - the response was overwhelming with over 5000 people from over 50 countries coming to vote.
Cold Winter Hot Movies
As we settle into the rhythm of the new year of 2012 this is shaping up to be a great year for transformational media. The movie "Sing Your Song" which premiered at Sundance last year opens in NYC and LA area. This film moved me more than any other at Sundance and is a great story of the life of Harry Belfonte and how his music moved people, and how he blended that with his activism to be an important part of the civil rights movement, and other movements of social justice.
Top Transformational Films of 2011
As we start 2012 with all of the promise that it brings for transformation, let’s take a look back at some of the amazing films or 2011 that brought us to this point. The results of the voting are in for the Veiwer's Choice, and the editors at AwareGuide offer their top picks for 2011, and recognize some films with special consideration. Thank you to all of the people who voted - the response was overwhelming with over 5000 people from over 50 countries coming to vote. It was very close voting and Thrive pulled away at the end to land the top spot.
The Year in Review
Transformational media is blossoming, with more and better quality films being produced. As we start 2012 with all of the promise that it brings for transformation, let’s take a look back at some of the amazing films or 2011 that brought us to this point. The editors at AwareGuide offer their top picks for 2011, and recognize some films with special consideration. Please vote for your favorite film of the year: VOTE HERE
Sundance Announces Selections
Sundance Institute announced the films selected for the US and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Film Festival takes place January 19-29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Robert Redford, Founder and President of Sundance Institute remarked, “We are, and always have been, a festival about the filmmakers. What are they doing? What are they saying? They are making statements about the changing world
Int'l Documentary Awards
The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced a trio of hosts for the December 2nd IDA Documentary Awards, representing the dizzying diversity of documentary filmmaking. Oscar®-nominated Josh Fox, our banjo-strumming guide through last year’s GASLAND and hailed by The New York Times as "one of the most adventurous impresarios of the New York avant-garde,” and Sundance veteran and Webby Awards founder Tiffany Shlain, one of Newsweek’s “Women Shaping the 21st Century,”
Academy Awards 2012 Shortlist
Its that time of year again when the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Documentaries Screening Committee select a shortlist of 15 feature length documentaries and that are eligible for consideration for nomination for an Oscar for Best Documentary. From this list of fifteen films, five will be selected as finalists by voting members of the Academy's Documentaries Branch for the Best Documentary Oscar.
Watering the Seeds of Change
The Social Change Film Festival & Institute’s Water Symposium It’s a rare and special occasion, when creative people with innovative ideas about how to better the world get a chance to converge, share ideas, and inspire each other in a grand beautiful setting. And that is just what took place a few weeks ago at the Social Change Film Festival & Institute’s Water Symposium, in the Silicon Valley town of Los Altos Hills, when filmmakers, activists, social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, students and concerned citizens, gathered on the grounds of the historic Stonebrook Court estate.
An Oily Fall
Oil/energy seems to be a theme this week:
The Big Fix, from the team that brought you the Sundance Award winning Fuel, launches is Academy campaign with its LA premier and first week with several panels by the film makers and special guests.
Revenge of the Electric Car follows sold out openings in LA and SF with its Chicago opening. This great film by Chris Paine, Director of Who Killed the Electric Car, follows the people who are leading the movement for electric cars within the auto industry, and the challenges they face.
Featured Organization
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Green World Campaign
The Green World Campaign works to reforest our planet, raise the living standards of the rural poor, and combat global climate change. We plant trees to restore the ecology and economy of some of the world's poorest places. We help…
