DocuWeeks kicks of in L.A.: 24 films get Oscar boost
By Steve Pond
Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:36pm EDT
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – For about two dozen documentary filmmakers, the road to Oscar just might begin in a small West Hollywood multiplex and a downtown New York arthouse.
The International Documentary Assn.’s DocuWeeks program, a three-week showcase designed specifically to meet the Academy’s eligibility requirements, began on August 12 at the IFC Center in New York City, and kicked off on Friday at Laemmle’s Sunset 5 theaters in West Hollywood.
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“Ever since they announced that we were in DocuWeeks, we’ve been getting lots of calls from distributors and people wanting copies of our DVD,” said Marc Smolowitz, the director of “The Power of Two,” a doc about two half-Japanese twin sisters who have battled cystic fibrosis and have become organ-donation advocates after undergoing double lung transplants.
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