Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter Wintonick
Jennifer Fox
Bill Greaves
Richard Ballentine
Richard Leiterman
Jean Rouch
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The history of 'cinema verite' or 'cinema direct,' as it was known in France, is explored through interviews with many of the documentary genre's pioneers. Largely inspired by the invention of new lightweight cameras in the 1950's and 60s, cinema verite's trademark hand-held style went on to become widely assimilated into contemporary film and video practice.
Director
Peter Wintonick
Cast
Jennifer Fox
Bill Greaves
Richard Ballentine
Richard Leiterman
Jean Rouch
Karel Reisz
D.a. Pennebaker
Albert Maysles
Barbara Kopple
Michel Brault
Wolf Koenig
Richard Leacock
Eduardo Sanchez
Kirwan Cox
Dan Myrick
Frederick Wiseman
Hope Ryden
Crew
Sally Bochner
Adrienne Bourneville
Kirwan Cox
Kirwan Cox
Doris Girard
Marlo Miazga
Eric Michel
Francis Miquet
Adam Symansky
Peter Wintonick
Peter Wintonick
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Co-winner, along with Johan van der Keuken's "The Long Holiday," of Best Film in the Forum at the 2000 Berlin International Film Festival.
Nominated for the 2000 Genie Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States February 2000
Released in United States March 2001
Released in United States October 1999
Released in United States October 2000
Released in United States Summer June 9, 2000
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (International Forum) February 9-20, 2000.
Shown at docfest: New York International Documentary Film Festival (Closing Night) May 31 and June 2-6, 2000.
Shown at Montreal International Festival of New Cinema & New Media (in competition) October 14-24, 1999.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 1-11, 2001.
Shown at the European Film Market, February 9-20, 2000
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 24 - October 10, 1999.
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Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 24 - October 10, 1999.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at docfest: New York International Documentary Film Festival (Closing Night) May 31 and June 2-6, 2000.)
Released in United States February 2000 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (International Forum) February 9-20, 2000.)
Released in United States February 2000 (Shown at the European Film Market, February 9-20, 2000)
Released in United States March 2001 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 1-11, 2001.)
Released in United States Summer June 9, 2000
Released in United States October 1999 (Shown at Montreal International Festival of New Cinema & New Media (in competition) October 14-24, 1999.)
Released in United States October 2000 (Shown at AFI Fest 2000: The American Film Institute Los Angeles International Film Festival (Documentary Competition) October 19-26, 2000.)
