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Gabe Polsky’s Wild New Doc ‘The Man Who Saves the World?’ Sets Unusual Rollout, Awards-Qualifying Run (Exclusive)
At a time when all documentaries except those that center on celebrities are struggling to find traditional distribution, Polsky has teamed up with Area 23a (a company known for distributing films like Fantastic Fungi and Common Ground) and planned a hybrid release for his film (via The Hollywood Reporter)
Area23a Sets Release Date For ‘We Are Guardians,’ Film About Amazon Rainforest Protectors From Producer Fisher Stevens, E.P. Leonardo DiCaprio
Area23a has acquired We Are Guardians, an urgent documentary on Indigenous defenders of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil produced by Fisher Stevens’ Highly Flammable, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way. (via Deadline)
James Cameron Joins Palestinian-Israeli Doc ‘There Is Another Way’ as Exec Producer (EXCLUSIVE)
Oscar winner James Cameron has signed on to executive produce “There Is Another Way,” a 67-minute documentary about a grassroots group of Palestinians and Israelis working together through non-violent means to build a social infrastructure to end conflict and occupation. (via VARIETY)
Exclusive Music for Mushrooms Trailer for East Forest’s Psychedelic Documentary
ComingSoon is excited to debut the Music for Mushrooms trailer for the upcoming psychedelic documentary by musician and filmmaker East Forest (Krishna-Trevor Oswalt). (via Yahoo Entertainment)
‘Common Ground’ To Commemorate Earth Day With Exclusive One-Day Nationwide Screening Event In U.S. Theaters
EXCLUSIVE: To commemorate Earth Day, the filmmakers and Executive Producer, Laura Dern of Common Ground are excited to announce Common Ground: Earth Day 2024, a nationwide screening event aimed at amplifying support for regenerative agriculture on Earth Day, Monday, April 22, 2024. (via Deadline)
Vanessa Roth, Kathy Ireland to Attend Virtual ‘Anxious Nation’ Global Premiere
Vanessa Roth, Kathy Ireland to Attend Virtual ‘Anxious Nation’ Global Premiere. (via Variety)
Eva's Wild and Area 23a are proud to announce the virtual release of The Wild
The film, The Wild and the mining project, Pebble Mine, are both talking about the same pristine location in Alaska, but their outlooks on what a post COVID-19 world might look like couldn't be more different. (via PRWeb)
How Mushroom Time-Lapses Are Filmed
Fantastic Fungi is currently streaming on Netflix and is distributed in partnership with Area 23a. (via WIRED)
You Aren’t Tripping: Fungi Are Taking Over Fashion
Johanna Ortiz's fall 2021 collection included mushroom prints inspired by the Fantastic Fungi documentary. (via VOGUE)
Fungi Will Be Found on Other Planets Says Top Mushroom Expert: 'Matter Begets Life'
Scientists around the world have touted fungi as part of the solution to some of our most pressing medical, therapeutic and environmental challenges.
A documentary, Fantastic Fungi, and available now on Netflix, explores these issues and more.(via Newsweek)
A documentary, Fantastic Fungi, and available now on Netflix, explores these issues and more.(via Newsweek)
‘Fantastic Fungi’ Filmmakers on How the Pandemic Gave the Documentary a New Life
“Fantastic Fungi,” a captivating and revealing new nature documentary from Moving Art, makes the case that the very essence of the world, humanity, of life and death, can be reduced to mushrooms. Cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg directs the docu, which is narrated by Brie Larson.(via Variety)
DOC NYC Immersive: Creating Highly Clickable Content
On Day 2, we came back for more guidance from VICE News’s video publishing specialist, Olivia Awad, who shared details about VICE’s patented approach to creating highly shareable and clickable video content for audiences with lots of choices. Olivia was joined by Kirt Eftekhar, owner of Area 23a Films, the distributor behind Louie Schwartzberg’s feature doc Fantastic Fungi, whose grassroots and influencer marketing efforts, both online and off, have helped garner what the The New York Times called, “a level of social-media fame scientists can only dream of.” Kirt offered a case study of what’s worked for Fantastic Fungi and why, and how the community behind the film has been unstoppable–even in a time of social distancing. (via DOC NYC)
‘Fantastic Fungi’ Review: The Magic of Mushrooms
Louie Schwartzberg’s informative and kooky documentary offers nothing less than a model for planetary survival. (via The New York Times)
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