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NEWS FEED
WE tv Asia runs wedding marathon for Valentine's Day- Andrea Wong leaves Lifetime Entertainment Services
- Canadians and Americans honor Black History Month with doc screening
- Canada's Citytv picks up Seinfeld's 'The Marriage Ref'
- SBS commissions two formats from ITV Studios Global Entertainment
- Endemol names EVP of acquisitions for North America
- Waterlife wins multimedia award
- Beyond to bring Cream's 'I Could Do That' to MIP
- Breakthrough sells 125 hours
- Discovery Health to mark Rare Disease Day with Disease Detectives
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ON THE WEB
- On 'The Virtual Revolution'
- Johnny Depp puts on director's hat for doc on Keith Richards
- 'Fog of War' editor killed in hit-and-run
- CBC doc examines mental effects of marijuana
- Chimps manning cameras for BBC doc
- L.A. Times pays tribute to Larry 'L.A.' Johnson
- Good year for docs at Sundance
- Redford hypes the future of docs
- Participant and EW team up to ask Sundance directors "your" questions
- "Balloon Boy" doc director believes film will clear Heene's name
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COMMUNITY
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Features
An honor to be nominated: Louie Psihoyos and Henry Ansbacher discuss their Oscar noms
Two of the documentary filmmakers nominated for Academy Awards this past Tuesday were on hand at the Realscreen Summit. Realscreen spoke with Henry Ansbacher, producer of The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner which was nominated under the best documentary short category, and Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove which was nominated for best doc feature. continue
More from our year-end questionnaire
You may recall that as 2009 wound down to a close and 2010 crept into view, we issued a year-end questionnaire to find out what you liked (and didn't like) about the past year and the past decade. Here are a couple more responses, paired with some input from the realscreen editorial team. continue
Interesting times: reinvigorating the history genre
In the January/February issue of realscreen, we talk to Nutopia's Jane Root, History's Nancy Dubuc and BBC2's Janice Hadlow about how the history genre has become revitalized by new approaches to creating historical programming. continue
Learning from tragedy
The call came in on a Friday, late afternoon - can you make a documentary on Haiti in two weeks? The short answer is, of course, always yes, says William Hicklin, SP at Pioneer Productions. But what kind of film could be put together in that time? continue
Raven, Silverman and Norman pack them in at Realscreen Summit, Day Two
Some of the key moments on the second day of the 2010 Realscreen Summit included the keynotes from A&E Television Networks (AETN) president and CEO Abbe Raven and Electus founder and CEO Ben Silverman, and a one-on-one interview with Oprah Winfrey Network CEO Christina Norman. continue
Tackling diversity in factual programming
The Realscreen Summit brought to its audience a discussion on "Diversity in Factual," in which panelists from A&E Television Networks, TLC, NAMIC, BBC and Telemundo spoke about growing diverse representation both on screen and behind the camera. continue
Pitching aplenty at Realscreen Summit
Two producers in particular are walking away from the Realscreen Summit with smiles on their faces. Two public pitching sessions at the Summit - So You Think You Can Pitch and the Brazilian Pitching Showcase - gave Jason Osder and his film Let the Fire Burn and Krishna Mahon and her film Brazilian Hooligans: In the Name of Football, respectively, top honors. continue
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The industry’s first truly global celebration of factual entertainment excellence!
In a high-profile presentation event at Factual Entertainment Forum 2010 in Santa Monica, CA on June 3, we will pay tribute to outstanding content that entertains and engages audiences around the world:
We are accepting entries in the following categories:
- COMPETITION
- REALITY
- NON-FICTION/FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
- LIFESTYLE
Find info on Eligibility, Judging and Entry Guidelines here: http://awards.realscreen.com/