rogue award Ondi Timoner
“It’s the job of the filmmaker to find the form that the film wants to take, it’s bigger than we are, and we must help it into existence.” Ondi Timoner
Ondi Timoner has the rare distinction of winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival twice. The 2012 Rogue Award honors this fiercely independent, ground-breaking, genre-bending filmmaker who boldly carries the torch of cinema vérité documentary tradition into the present.
Timoner uses her camera as a bridge to bring her audience deep into worlds they may never otherwise enter: from cults (Join Us) to climate change (Cool It), rock and roll (DIG! 2005 AIFF) and technology (We Live in Public 2012 AIFF). The latter two films are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
Having made dramatic documentaries with strong story lines, Timoner is transitioning to features with the upcoming Mapplethorpe. Starring James Franco, the film follows the extraordinary and complex life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, famous for his stylized black-and-white photos and stark celebrity portraits. Timoner attended the Sundance Director and Screenwriter Labs in 2010 to develop Mapplethorpe, slated to shoot this spring.
We Live In Public will be screened Friday, April 13, 9p (p45)
Ondi Timoner will be present for a Q&A following the screening.
Breaking Boundaries:
A Conversation with Ondi Timoner Saturday, April 14, 6p
AJ Schnack, the founder of the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking, an AIFF alum filmmaker (Convention, 2010 AIFF) and a 2012 AIFF juror will join Timoner on stage for a vibrant discussion illustrated with clips from her films. She will provide unique insight into her creative process and how her documentary background will inform her narrative filmmaking in her upcoming biopic of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe starring James Franco.
Timoner co-hosts the weekly web series BYOD (Bring Your Own Doc), exploring the creative process and the business realities of producing and distributing films with guest documentary filmmakers. She will tape a live episode at the Saturday filmmaker TALKback forum (p13).
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