Kim Longinotto Speaks with Lou Bolch (Community Channel)

Source: Community Channel

Journalist Lou Bolch interviews Kim Longinotto, director of DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET, SHINJUKU BOYS, HOLD ME TIGHT LET ME GO, RUNAWAY, DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE, HIDDEN FACES and SISTERS IN LAW. Watch the interview on Community Channel. Longinotto explains her unique approach to filming difficult subject matter and intimate situations. She reminisces about the strong and inspiring women and girls portrayed in her documentaries and the bonds she manages to forge with them.

Kim Longinotto receives 2010 Outstanding Achievement Award

Kim Longinotto Named 2010 Outstanding Achievement Award Recipient

The Hot Docs Board of Directors is pleased to announce that it has chosen celebrated UK filmmaker Kim Longinotto as the recipient of its Outstanding Achievement Award, which will be presented at the Hot Docs Awards Presentation on Friday, May 7, at the Isabel Bader Theatre. As part of the honour, Hot Docs will screen a retrospective during the 17th annual Festival, April 29-May 9, celebrating Longinotto’s distinguished career.

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About Kim Longinotto

Kim Longinotto’s films have won countless awards and have been shown at major film festivals around the world.  Loginotto is an acclaimed, respected and highly admired documentary filmmaker who uses the camera to bring faraway places up close.  She merges into the world of those she portrays, almost to the point of disappearing. You find yourself asking: how did she ever get that on film?  Wouldn’t having a stranger around (a stranger with a camera, no less) cause her subjects to fall silent? Perhaps Longinotto can document such intimate moments because she somehow melts into the scenery. (more…)