Archive for November, 2011

Cinereach is proud to announce that six films supported through the Cinereach grants program will be showcased at this year’s IDFA in both the festival and the forum, running Nov 16 – 27.

IDFA SCREENINGS

The Bully Project (Nonfiction)
Dir. Lee Hirsch | Winter 2009 Grantee

Festival Information | Reflecting Images: Panorama

A year in the life of America’s bullying crisis that offers an intimate look at how bullying has touched the lives of five kids and their families.

Dragonslayer (Nonfiction)
Dir. Tristan Patterson | Winter 2010 & Summer 2010 Grantee

Festival Information | Reflecting Images: Best of Fests

Drag City in association with Killer Films presents the transmissions of a lost kid, falling in love, in the suburbs of Fullerton, California. Featuring skateboarding, the usual drugs, and stray glimpses of unusual beauty.

Girl Model (Nonfiction)

Dir. David Redmon & Ashley Sabin | Summer 2009 & Summer 2010 Grantee

Festival Information | Reflecting Images: Best of Fests

Follows a complex supply chain between Siberia, Japan, and the U.S. within the modeling industry.

Planet of Snail (Nonfiction)
Dir. Seung-Jun Yi | Summer 2010 Grantee

Festival Information | IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary

Young-Chan comes from the Planet of Snail. Dwellers of this tiny planet are deaf and blind, and call themselves ‘snails’ because they rely only on their tactile senses, and communicating by touch.

IDFA FORUM

Cutie and the Boxer (Nonfiction)
Dir. Zachary Heinzerling | Winter 2011 & Summer 2011 Grantee

Forum Information

A meditation on companionship, sacrifice, and the creative spirit, this love story explores the chaotic forty-year marriage of two New York-based, Japanese artists.

Teenage (Nonfiction)
Dir. Matt Wolf | Summer 2010 Grantee

Forum Information

An unconventional historical film about youth culture, this  film brings to life fascinating youth from the early 20th century, and reveals the pre-history of modern teenagers.


Also playing at the festival is White Elephant, a short documentary directed by Kristof Bilsen. Kristof was also awarded a grant during our Summer 2011 Cycle for his feature-length film White Elephants, A Congo Trilogy.

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