Kim Longinotto is a British documentary maker, most famous for making films which highlight the plight of female victims of oppression or discrimination. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality She is romantically connected to Tony Graham, director of the Unicorn Theatre for children in London. The Unicorn Theatre is a producer of professional theatre for children in Britain.
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Background
Longinotto studied camera and directing at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, England, where she now tutors. The National Film and Television School (NFTS was established in 1971 and is based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, 25 miles west England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
Films
- Pride of Place (1976) (as Kim Longinotto Landseer)
- Underage (1982) - Director/Cinematographer
- Eat the Kimono (1989) - Director/Cinematographer
- The Good Wife of Tokyo (1992) - Director
- Dream Girls (1994) - Director/Cinematographer/Producer
- Shinjuku Boys (1995) - Director/Cinematographer/Producer
- Rock Wives (1996) (TV) - Director
- Divorce Iranian Style (1998) - Director
- Gaea Girls (2000) - Director/Cinematographer/Producer/Writer
- Runaway (2001) - Director/Cinematographer/Writer
- The Day I Will Never Forget (2002) - Director/Cinematographer
- Sisters in Law (2005) - Director/Cinematographer/Producer
- Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go (2007) - Director/Cinematographer/Producer
Awards
Shinjuku Boys (1995) was judged Outstanding Documentary at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
Divorce Iranian Style (1998) won the Grand Prize for Best Documentary San Francisco International Film Festival and the Silver Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. The San Francisco International Film Festival, first held in December 1957 in San Francisco, is the oldest continuously running film festival in the Americas The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual Film festival that is presented by Cinema/Chicago
The Day I Will Never Forget (2002) was awarded the Amnesty International DOEN Award at IDFA and Best Doc UK Spotlight at Hot Docs. Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is North America's largest documentary Film festival, conference and market held annually in Toronto
Sisters in Law (2005) won the Prix Art et Essai and Special Mention Europa Cinemas at the Cannes film festival in 2005. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice,
See also
External links
- Women Make Movies: Kim Longinotto (Further background)
- Sisters in Law - Documentary Sisters in Law
- Interview (with audio) Synoptique
- article in The Sunday Times on recent documentary 'Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go' about The Mulberry Bush School
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