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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 FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS

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/

Submission deadline is February 12, 2010.