International sanctions have all but prevented adventure travel to the North Pole, Alina Simone writes, on account of the Russians’ unique expertise at building floating-ice camps. on.theatln.tc/zAAUdm4

Thinking of Alex Vilenkin, working as a zookeeper in Kharkiv because he was blacklisted from university for refusing to work with the KGB, holding a clandestine physics journal club after hours at the zoo. Respect.

Lots of doom and gloom going on about the state of the doc market. In this week’s column, a counterpoint courtesy of Sam Green: indiewire.com/2023/04/32-sou… Film Forum IndieWire

'No one can work hard on a serious intellectual problem for more than four hours a day.' -Nobel Laureate physicist Paul Dirac Dirac had many hobbies including gardening, hiking, and reading. (Quote and photo, courtesy of Monica Dirac)

Lovely get-together with Eternal Memory Director & Producer Maite Alberdi and Executive Producer Julie Goldman. What an extraordinary film that makes you proud to be in docus.

While there’s certainly not a ton of industry support out there for emerging nonfiction filmmakers, there is at the very least the Fi Documentary Lab. Today #ontheblog: We’re thrilled to welcome seven new #Fellows & six new projects to the #DocLab cohort! bit.ly/3MTWqGd

Happy birthday ! 30 Mai 1928 💜🎥💃😍🥰

We made The NY Times!!

It's fantastic that WGA and non-WGA writers have come together to fight for equal pay, etc. Why aren't documentary filmmakers doing the same thing? There needs to be some kind reckoning otherwise nothing will change. Being complacent just keeps things at the status quo.

Congrats to Film Fatales member Jane M. Wagner (@janemwagner), whose film BREAK THE GAME premieres tomorrow at Tribeca! #JaneMWagner #BreakTheGame #Tribeca2023 #FilmFatales

Last night's premiere of Break the Game - The Movie at Tribeca was incredible! Here is a little animation that was made for the film that didn't make it in! Everyone involved is so nice and I'm really happy to be a part of this entire experience!Thanks Jane M. Wagner #pixelart #Tribeca2023

"Technical Aesthetics" Soviet magazine, 1985.

Congratulations to the Finalists of the Fall 2023 ScreenCraft Film Fund! Afia Nathaniel عافیہ @alinasimone @Abe_Kleinman Brennan Huizinga Christian Nilsson Emily Clark jessica blank Erik Jensen @arosenberg21 @janboder @Lernstein @gkatkumar Kevin Longa William Lafi Youmans Yuki Soga

We’re proud to announce a 2nd round of #funding to 6 of our visionary grantee #films which were selected because of their high impact potential. The films will receive a combined total of $400k to support the completion of their projects & advance their impact efforts & goals.

We're at cphdox! #BlackBoxDiaries filmmaker Shiori Ito & #BlackSnow director Alina Simone took part in an insightful FILM:MAKERS IN DIALOGUE at #CPHDOX24.

5. "It’s Not What the World Needs Right Now," Norm "This is at once one of the funniest and most distressing stories I’ve read in months—I laughed, I cringed, it became a part of me." thebaffler.com/odds-and-ends/…

❗️Two documentaries, supported by the JFJ Investigative Grant Programme, will be premiered in the UK during Sheffield DocFest: Black Snow by Alina Simone & Of Caravan and the Dogs by Askold Kurov. Learn more and book screening tickets: sheffdocfest.com

Was just in NYC for a few days to attend a screening of Black Snow a wonderful doc about a fearless woman from Siberia who sacrificed everything in attempt to bring a communities suffering under an environmental crisis to light. Natalia Zubkova is my hero.