Warner Bros. and HBO have acquired rights to “The Commandant’s Shadow,” a documentary based on the real life Höss family from “The Zone of Interest.” The film comes to theaters May 29 through a partnership with Fathom Events.
According to an official logline, “The Commandant’s Shadow”, “follows Hans Jürgen Höss, the 87-year-old son of Rudolf Höss, as he faces his father’s terrible legacy for the first time. His father was the Camp Commandant of Auschwitz and masterminded the murder of over a million Jews; the life of Höss and his family was recently fictionalized in the Academy Award-winning ‘The Zone of Interest.’ Now, ‘The Commandant’s Shadow’ tells the story of the real people who lived on site at Höss’s death camp.”
“We are always looking for opportunities to partner with our friends at Fathom, and ‘The Commandant’s Shadow’ is especially worthy of this kind of event-ized theatrical release.” said Jeff Goldstein,...
According to an official logline, “The Commandant’s Shadow”, “follows Hans Jürgen Höss, the 87-year-old son of Rudolf Höss, as he faces his father’s terrible legacy for the first time. His father was the Camp Commandant of Auschwitz and masterminded the murder of over a million Jews; the life of Höss and his family was recently fictionalized in the Academy Award-winning ‘The Zone of Interest.’ Now, ‘The Commandant’s Shadow’ tells the story of the real people who lived on site at Höss’s death camp.”
“We are always looking for opportunities to partner with our friends at Fathom, and ‘The Commandant’s Shadow’ is especially worthy of this kind of event-ized theatrical release.” said Jeff Goldstein,...
- 4/26/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay, Lexi Carson and Jack Dunn
- Variety Film + TV
The Doris Duke Foundation is making sizable gifts to promote peace and understanding through the power of narrative.
Noting that Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and hate against Asians and other communities of color are all on the rise, the Foundation is committing a total of $6 million in grants to three initiatives that support U.S. Muslims in arts and entertainment:
The largest grant, $4.5 million, will establish the U.S. Muslim Documentary Fund through the Center for Asian American Media. The Muslim Public Affairs Council’s Hollywood Bureau will receive $1.425 million over three years to host events and activations such as its Muslim House at the Sundance, SXSW and Tribeca film festivals. And The Islamic Scholarship Fund will receive $100,000 to start a new fellowship program for entry-level Muslim American creatives in the entertainment industry.
The grants were announced by Doris Duke Foundation president and CEO Sam Gill and Zeyba Rahman, director of the Foundation’s Building Bridges program,...
Noting that Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and hate against Asians and other communities of color are all on the rise, the Foundation is committing a total of $6 million in grants to three initiatives that support U.S. Muslims in arts and entertainment:
The largest grant, $4.5 million, will establish the U.S. Muslim Documentary Fund through the Center for Asian American Media. The Muslim Public Affairs Council’s Hollywood Bureau will receive $1.425 million over three years to host events and activations such as its Muslim House at the Sundance, SXSW and Tribeca film festivals. And The Islamic Scholarship Fund will receive $100,000 to start a new fellowship program for entry-level Muslim American creatives in the entertainment industry.
The grants were announced by Doris Duke Foundation president and CEO Sam Gill and Zeyba Rahman, director of the Foundation’s Building Bridges program,...
- 1/22/2024
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Sundance Film Festival will once again feature a physical space focused on South Asian filmmaking.
Returning for its second year, the 1497 South Asian Lodge will feature a tribute to The Lunchbox, the beloved Irrfan Khan starrer that screened at Sundance exactly a decade ago. Its writer-director, Ritesh Batra, will be in attendance to discuss the making of the film and its legacy. Other highlight programming of the lodge, which will run Jan. 20 and 21, includes a fireside chat with Mira Nair (whose breakthrough classic Mississippi Masala is getting a restoration screening at the festival this year) and panels on decolonization through film as well as the media’s influence on Islamophobia.
Speakers on the latter panel, presented by M Film Lab, include Pillars Foundation co-founder and president Kashif Shaikh, music executive Hiba Irshad, former Sundance Institute outreach and inclusion director and Muslim Futures creator Karim Ahmad and Doris Duke Foundation exec Zeyba Rahman.
Returning for its second year, the 1497 South Asian Lodge will feature a tribute to The Lunchbox, the beloved Irrfan Khan starrer that screened at Sundance exactly a decade ago. Its writer-director, Ritesh Batra, will be in attendance to discuss the making of the film and its legacy. Other highlight programming of the lodge, which will run Jan. 20 and 21, includes a fireside chat with Mira Nair (whose breakthrough classic Mississippi Masala is getting a restoration screening at the festival this year) and panels on decolonization through film as well as the media’s influence on Islamophobia.
Speakers on the latter panel, presented by M Film Lab, include Pillars Foundation co-founder and president Kashif Shaikh, music executive Hiba Irshad, former Sundance Institute outreach and inclusion director and Muslim Futures creator Karim Ahmad and Doris Duke Foundation exec Zeyba Rahman.
- 1/5/2024
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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