Chuck Braverman, Moderator
Julie Goldman, Producer
Scott Feinberg, Hollywood Reporter
David Magdael, PR Guru
David Oyer, AMPAS
Date Recorded: 12_5_2018
51 Minutes
Episode 1 December 5, 2018 - went off with a couple of tech issues at first, but once we got over the opening hump, the guests had great information to share about the race for the Documentary Oscars, both feature length and short. The scheduled moderator bailed out after his computer audio failed and Chuck filled in. Among other things discussed were some of the specific films that were hoping to qualify for the Oscar short list and we picked at least two of those chosen. Here is the Academy's press release later that afternoon for the 10 Oscar documentary shorts; And click here for the new short list of 15 feature documentaries. The nominations for all the Oscars will be announced Tuesday, January 23rd and we will be airing a live special that same day. Watch our first program on our home page. Scroll down the page to the full video or watch just 90 seconds below the main video.
Here is an interesting article from the Daily Variety on December 8th about the current state of Oscar campaigning. Pros and Cons of Oscar Campaigning.
Julie Goldman, Producer founded Motto Pictures in 2009. She is an Oscar nominated and Emmy Award-winning producer and executive producer of documentary feature films. Julie is producer of Life, Animated and executive producer of Weiner, both of which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Life, Animated won the U.S. Documentary Directing Award, was released by The Orchard and was nominated for the 2017 Academy Award. Weiner won the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize, was released by IFC Films & Showtime and was shortlisted for the 2017 Academy Award. Current releases include Steve James’ Abacus: Small Enough To Jail* and 2017 Toronto International Film Festival premiere The Final Year. In 2016 Julie also produced and executive produced features including: The Music of Strangers, Indian Point, Solitary, Enlighten Us, Southwest of Salem and Chicken People. Previously, she executive produced Emmy Award winning Best of Enemies and several Emmy-nominated films: 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets, The Kill Team, Art and Craft and 1971. Julie produced Gideon’s Army, Manhunt, the Oscar shortlisted God Loves Uganda, The Great Invisible, the Oscar shortlisted Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry and Buck, which was Oscar shortlisted and one of 2011’s top five grossing documentaries. Julie consulted on the Academy Award-winning The Cove and produced the Oscar shortlisted Sergio. Julie is on the Board of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and a member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
David Magdael, Publicist has more than 18 years of experience in public relations, strategic planning, development, marketing, community outreach and entertainment and media relations in North America, Europe and Asia. As founder and president of DAVID MADGAEL & ASSOCIATES, INC, Magdael continues to specialize in documentaries, indie films, directors, and public affairs. From developing Oscar® campaigns to festival strategies to theatrical and broadcast press unit publicity, his company has emerged as an important entertainment communications firm boasting a client roster including numerous Oscar® winning and nominated documentary, animated and short films and festival standouts. Magdael’s firm works with all distributors, content creators and broadcast networks along with representing award winning directors including Morgan Spurlock, Justin Lin, Brian Knappenberger, Chris Perkel, and Lucy Walker, Jehane Noujaim, Kief Davidson, and others.
Films this year include ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL*; LA 92*; THE WORK; MOTHERLAND; WHITNEY - CAN I BE ME?; SAMMY DAVIS JR., I’VE GOTTA BE ME; MACHINES, SWIM TEAM; FINDING OSCAR; UNREST; QUEST; PLASTIC CHINA; NOBODY SPEAK: THE TRIALS OF A FREE PRESS; BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY; KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS; TICKLING GIANTS;VEGAS BABY; CLIVE DAVIS: THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES and others.
Magdael is also a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and is the Co-Director for the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival since 1997. He serves as a mentor at the Sundance Institute Documentary Producers Lab and continues to share his expertise in panels and workshops at Sundance Film Festival, South by Southwest (SXSW), Full Frame Film Festival, Silver Docs, Hawaii International Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, AFI Festival Los Angeles, Ashland International Film Festival, Film Independent Forum, Visual Communications, Center for Asian American Media, San Diego Asian Film Festival, Los Angeles Asian Film Festival, San Francisco Asian Film Festival, Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA), the International Documentary Association, Temple University Division of Film, The Documentary Summit at Columbia College of Film and others.
*Short listed this year.
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