THE CRITERION COLLECTION - FILMMAKER JEANIE FINLAY People Person: Documentaries by Jeanie Finlay In February 2016, an anonymous blogger known as @yrfatfriend penned a post entitled “A Request From Your Fat Friend: What I Need When We Talk About Bodies” that discussed the realities of what it’s like to go through life as a self-described “very fat person” with candor and vulnerability. The piece struck...

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U.S. NARRATIVE COMPETITION   Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature: Chris Moukarbel for Cypher, (United States) - World Premiere. Jury comment: “For its kaleidoscopic use of music, created imagery and found materials, in service of an interrogation of celebrity, conspiracy culture and the nature of narrative reality itself.” This award is sponsored by OKX.     Best Performance in a U.S. Narrative Feature: Ji-Young Yoo for Smoking...

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    Open Heart had its world premiere at the OKX Theater at BMCC TPAC with subject and former NY Rangers Goalie Henrik Lundqvist as well as Dominic Moore, Jacob Trouba, John Giannone, Carl Hagelin, Jonathan Hock, Erin Leyden, Mike Richter, and Steve Valiquette in attendance.    The Indeed Theater at Spring Studios hosted Billy Porter and Idina Menzel for a Storytellers conversation as well as a Directors Series discussion with Steven Soderbergh and David Fincher.   Over at the SVA Theatre, the day started with the world...

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