When We Were Bullies

Kudos to When Claude Got Shot on Emmy Win!

A big congratulations to When Claude Got Shot (2022) on their Creative Arts Emmy win for exceptional merit in documentary filmmaking. Director Brad Lichtenstein and collaborator and star of the doc, Claude Motley were both on hand at an awards ceremony last Saturday to receive their awards. The doc, which appeared on PBS’s Independent Lens in May, was one of three […]

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Congrats to SDFF Alumni On Oscar Noms!

The SDFF 2021 film, When We Were Bullies (Jay Rosenblatt, 2021), and two other short films from SDFF alumni filmmakers Ben Proudfoot’s The Queen Of Basketball (2021) and Pedro Kos’s Lead Me Home (co-directed with John Shenk, 2021), have all been nominated for the 2022 Best Documentary Short Oscar®. The nominees were announced this morning, and the awards will take

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Congrats to SDFF Alumni On Making Oscar Shortlist for Short Docs!

Two SDFF 2021 films, Sophie and the Baron (Alexandria Baron, 2020) and When We Were Bullies (Jay Rosenblatt, 2021) and a short film from multi-year SDFF alumni filmmaker Ben Proudfoot, Queen Of Basketball (2021), have all made the Oscar® short list for documentary shorts. Nominees will be announced Feb. 8, and the awards show will take place on March 27. All of

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