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EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Buirski, director of feature doc Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy, which just premiered at the Venice Film Festival, has signed a development deal with Cineflix Productions.

Addie Morfoot Contributor Five documentary filmmakers have been chosen to receive Catapult Film Fund‘s annual research grant. Each recipient will receive $10,000 in direct support and six months of mentorship from industry advisors to support new nonfiction projects.

Actor Lou Diamond Phillips, documentary filmmaker Simon Kilmurry and writer Dana Stevens are among the 11 film professionals who have been elected to the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy announced on Thursday.Those new governors are part of a wholesale makeover of the AMPAS board prompted by new term limits imposed last year. In 10 of the 11 branches where first-time governors were elected, the incumbent governors were unable to run again because of those new limits, which restrict governors to two consecutive three-year terms.

EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber and Zeitgeist Films have picked up North American rights to Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy — a new documentary on the making of the iconic John Schlesinger film, from acclaimed documentarian Nancy Buirski (The Loving Story).

EXCLUSIVE: The untold story of Reverend Jesse Jackson is to be made into a theatrical documentary feature and limited TV series, with Jackson’s son Yusef D Jackson set to co-exec and Peabody Award-winning Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed director Shola Lynch attached.

very real crime, there’s a whole lot of comedy happening in the film — including some good old fashioned poop humor. But for star Paul Walter Hauser, that moment was actually one he really didn’t look forward to filming.As Ken Miller (Hauser) and Simon Kilmurry (Vince Vaughn) stake out Connie (Kristen Bell) and Jojo’s (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) comings and goings, they find themselves sitting in a car all night long.

really didn’t look forward to filming.As Ken Miller (Hauser) and Simon Kilmurry (Vince Vaughn) stake out Connie (Kristen Bell) and Jojo’s (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) comings and goings, they find themselves sitting in a car all night long. In the morning, they follow the women to their base of operations bright and early.

Addie Morfoot ContributorIn May, Richard Ray “Rick” Perez became the first person of color to serve as executive director of the Intl. Documentary Assn., taking over for outgoing leader Simon Kilmurry following a six-year run.A documentary filmmaker turned exec, Perez most recently was the director of acquisitions and distribution strategies at GBH’s World Channel, in charge of curating and acquiring documentaries for the digital platform’s three original series.

One of the most important institutions in documentary film is under new leadership.

The International Documentary Association (IDA) has named filmmaker Richard Ray Perez as its executive director, taking over for the outgoing Simon Kilmurry. Kilmurry announced in November he would be stepping down in mid-2021 after serving with the IDA since 2015.

Dave McNary Film Reporter“Crip Camp,” “MLK/FBI,” “Time,” “The Reason I Jump” and “The Truffle Hunters” have received dual nominations for best feature and best director, in addition to other nominations, for the International Documentary Association’s ​36th awards​.“The nominees present an inspiring and urgent range of stories from around the globe,” said Simon Kilmurry, executive director of the IDA.

The International Documentary Association has announced the nominees for its 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards, and a certain streaming service dominates. Netflix scored a leading 18 noms for the 2020 IDAs more than three times its nearest rival. PBS is second with five, followed by HBO (four).

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorSimon Kilmurry, executive director of the International Documentary Association since 2015, will step down in mid-2021, the organization said.

Dave McNary Film ReporterThe International Documentary Association has announced that Executive Director Simon Kilmurry will step down in mid-2021.Kilmurry joined IDA in 2015 after serving as executive director of American Documentary and executive producer of the PBS series’ “POV” and “America ReFramed.”The IDA announced the move Monday and noted that during his tenure at IDA, the organization launched the Enterprise Documentary Fund with funding support from the John D.