Tilton River Productions

11/23/2021

Congrats to Sian-Pierre and his mom Rebecca for the premiere of DUTY FREE tonight on PBS!

10/31/2020

Super proud to see this film getting its world premiere at DOCNYC starting Nov 11! It’s been a long road.
Get tix: https://www.docnyc.net/film/duty-free/

And Sian-Pierre has the strongest Instagram game I’ve seen! Follow him: https://instagram.com/sianpierre

WORLD PREMIERE |  After stints as a contributor to CNN and MTV, Sian-Pierre Regis makes his directing debut with this poignant story about

09/06/2020

Mapping the Documentary-Journalism LandscapeIDA and National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism at the University of Missouri,…

09/06/2020

A remarkable op-doc. Tough watch, but this doctor is going the good works.

A palliative care doctor on finding a “good death” for children in the worst situations.

09/02/2020

In the background this morning - I'm listening to this week's edition of this great webinar series from DOCNYCFestival - topic: documentary editing.
$40/each - happening every other week.

A deep-dive into documentary editing and post-production, including sessions on storytelling and narrative; cutting while a director and editor are wo

08/31/2020

Heads up, film folk! International Documentary Association Enterprise Development Fund application opens today -- due Oct 26. Startup money for documentary projects at the intersection of nonfiction and journalism. I can hardly think of a time we've had a more pressing need for these stories.

We support feature-length explorations of original, contemporary stories that integrate journalistic practice into the filmmaking process.

08/20/2020

I've really been looking forward to seeing this since hearing about it at Tribeca '20. Yet another shake-your-head story from the Texas justice system.

New York-based film and television distributor FilmRise has acquired the theatrical and digital rights to Sabrina Van Tassel’s feature-length social justice documentary, The State of Texas vs. Melissa. The 97-minute film, which held ...

08/18/2020

Tomorrow!

A 90-minute session exploring the evolution and future of documentary series. The panel discussion will feature both producers and distributors, and i

08/13/2020

I attended my first of these half-day panel webinars today with DOCNYCFestival - really great, specific info for doc filmmakers. Eight more sessions coming up!

DOC NYC PRO Days and Immersive Classes are paid webinars covering documentary film in the time of Covid-19 Viewers are invited to share comments durin

08/08/2020

Great inside story on doc production, featuring the always inspiring Leah Marino! A Thousand Cuts is super important, and on VOD now.
https://www.athousandcuts.film/watch-screenings

When Filipino American documentary filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz saw reports of people being killed in the streets as part of newly elected Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, she knew…

08/06/2020

Read it and weep. This was probably as predictable as the sun rising, as soon as non-fiction became a staple on streaming platforms.

I am a white female filmmaker, a director of documentary films. Women, especially white women, have traditionally done better in documentaries than in the rest of Hollywood. There is less money and prestige than in the fiction world, but the barriers to entry are lower. It’s easier to "green light...