October 8, 2007

MY KID COULD PAINT THAT and WAR DANCE are among the year’s ten nonfiction nominees for the International Documentary Association’s annual awards benefit. Other nominees include CRAZY LOVE, MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES & SICKO.

The winner in the feature film category will be announced live at the 2007 IDA Awards Gala Benefit at the Directors Guild of America Theater on December 7. For a complete list of nominees and the official press release, visit Digital Content Producer.

MY KID COULD PAIN THAT is playing now at the Angelika New York, and opens this month @ the Angelika Dallas. WAR/DANCE opens 11/9 @ the Angelika New York.

October 7, 2007

We sat down with director Amir Bar-Lev as he told us a little bit about the making of his documentary: a fascinating story that starts out as the unveiling of a child prodigy and veers into unpredictably controversial territory that places a four-year-old kid and her family in the eye of an art-world storm.

[QUICKTIME http://www.angelikablog.com/_Content/videos/amir.mov 320 257] MY KID COULD PAINT THAT premiered this Friday, October 5 at the Angelika New York, and opens this month at the Angelika Dallas.