World renowned Oscar-winner filmmaker Michael Moore is coming to Dublin for a special IFTA Academy event this month. Named as one of the top 100 Most Influential People in the world by TIME Magazine, IFTA has announced that Michael Moore will participate in an Industry Masterclass on Tuesday 14th June.
Widely cited as one of the best documentary filmmakers of all time, Michael Moore is also one of the primary reasons for documentary film coming more into the mainstream in the past 20 years. His 2002 film ‘Bowling For Columbine’, probing the culture of guns in America, won the Oscar for Best Documentary as well as being a commercial hit making $58 million worldwide (an extremely rare feat for a documentary at the time). This was bested by Moore’s next documentary ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’, exploring America in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, which made over $222 million worldwide and won the Palme D’Or at Cannes. It is still the highest grossing documentary film of all time.
Moore has also written and co-written eight non-fiction books, mostly on similar subject matter to his documentaries. His book Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!, which was highly critical of the US government after 9/11, spent 50 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller’s List, including a massive eight weeks at number one.
His documentaries and writings are acclaimed for his trademark satirical voice. Moore is noted for his political activism and in 2005, Time magazine named Moore one of the world's 100 most influential people.
His newest film, the critically lauded ‘Where To Invade Next’, written and directed by Moore in his first film in six years, is shot in the style of a travelogue. With the filmmakers trademark acerbic satirical viewpoint in tow, the film has Moore spending time in countries such as Tunisia, Finland, Italy, France, and Portugal where he experiences those countries' alternative methods of dealing with social and economic ills experienced in the United States.
This masterclass is presented in association with Screen Training Ireland.
Visit the IFTA website to apply
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