In a release sent out today, the
Sundance Institute announced that
Patricia Finneran, festival director at Silverdocs: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival, will be coming on as a Senior Consultant of the their Documentary Film Program.
According to the release, in addition to representing the Sundance Documentary Program internationally, Finneran will be responsible for recommending film projects, maintaining the Documentary Program's New York base and working on the Program's initiatives such as the Sundance Doc Fund and the Skoll Foundation's Stories of Change: Social Entrepreneurship in Focus Through Documentary.
The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program provides year-round support to nonfiction contemporary-issue filmmakers internationally.
The Institute also announced the Documentary Film Program grantees nominated for the
2008 News and Documentary Emmy Award:
Iraq in Fragments James Longley Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft, Cinematography News Coverage/Documentaries
Made in L.A. Almudena Carracedo,
Robert Bahar Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story, Long Form
Rain in a Dry Land Anne Makepeace Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story, Long Form
Sentenced Home David Grabias,
Nicole Newnham Outstanding Informational Programming, Long Form
The Trials of Darryl Hunt Ricki Stern,
Annie Sundberg Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft, Research
Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft, Music and Sound
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posted by Jason Guerrasio @ 9/08/2008 10:49:00 AM
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