News about Matthew VanDyke

April, May, and June 2013

 

April 2013

4/30/13: An account of Matthew VanDyke's actions in the Libyan revolution is included in William Wheeler's article "Zero Hour: The Covert Struggle for Tripoli and the Future of Libya" published in McSweeney's Issue 43.

4/28/13: Matthew VanDyke's Syrian revolution film "Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution" has been chosen as an Official Selection in the highly competitive Hoboken International Film Festival!

4/28/13: A working copy of "Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution" will be shown at the Benefit Concert for Syria in San Jose, California where Dylan Connor will be performing his Syrian revolution songs and SOC Leader Haitham Al Maleh will be the keynote speaker. Details here...

4/27/13: A working copy of "Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution" will be shown at the "S.O.S. - Showing Our Solidarity - For Syria" event in Boston, MA. Details here...

4/23/13: Matthew VanDyke was a guest on The Takeaway with John Hockenberry, in a segment titled "Terrorist: An Evolving Term." Listen here (Spencer Ackerman of Wired Magazine is the guest from 0:00-6:36 and Matthew VanDyke is the guest from 6:37-12:56)

4/22/13: Matthew VanDyke's speech at Georgetown University "My Experiences as an American Fighter in the Libyan Revolution" and screening a working version of his new Syria war documentary film was featured in a Georgetown University International Relations Club article - Recap - Matthew VanDyke: My Experiences as an American Fighter in the Libyan Revolution

4/22/13: Matthew VanDyke will be giving a speech and showing a working copy of his film "Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution" at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. The event is titled "The Syrian Revolution Continues" and is sponsored by Yalla Bina and the Syrian American Alliance (SAA) New York chapter. Dr. Radwan Ziadeh and Wael Faraj will also be speaking at the event. More information here...

4/17/13: Matthew VanDyke will be showing a working copy of his film "Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution" at American University as part of AU Syria Solidarity Week. The film will be shown in conjunction with a panel discussion about the war in Syria, in MGC 3 at 5:30pm. More information here...

4/11/13: Matthew VanDyke will be giving a speech titled "My Experience as an American Fighter in the Libyan Revolution" at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He will also be showing a working copy of his film "Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution" at the event. View the poster for the event here...

4/4/13: Matthew VanDyke has been invited to attend the Women in the World Summit in New York and will be at the event. Footage from his Syrian revolution film "Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution" will be shown at the event, to an audience that includes Hillary Clinton, Ambassador Susan Rice, Oprah Winfrey, Angelina Jolie, Tom Hanks, Christiane Amanpour, Lesley Stahl, Meryl Streep, and many others. The star and producer of his film, Nour Kelze, was supposed to be interviewed on stage by Barbara Walters but Nour withdrew from the event because of threats she was receiving in Syria.

May 2013

5/31/13: VanDyke's Syria war film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution has been chosen as an Official Selection in the DocuWest Film Festival!

5/30/13: The preview trailer for Matthew VanDyke's Syria war documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution has been released on YouTube! Watch it here...

5/27/13: VanDyke's Syrian war documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution has been chosen as an Official Selection in the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival!

5/25/13: Matthew VanDyke was interviewed by the Garden State Journal about his Syria war documentary film "Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution" - GARDEN STATE JOURNAL Q&A Matthew VanDyke, Director/Producer of Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution

5/24/13: Matthew VanDyke's documentary film about the war in Syria "Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution" has been chosen as an Official Selection in the largest short film festival in the USA, Palm Springs International ShortFest!

5/22/13: Matthew VanDyke's documentary film about the war in Syria "Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution" has been chosen as an Official Selection in one of the most important documentary film festivals in the USA, AFI Docs Film Festival!

5/21/13: Matthew VanDyke's Syrian revolution film "Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution" has been chosen as an Official Selection in the highly competitive IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival in Bulgaria!

5/8/13: Matthew VanDyke's Syrian revolution film "Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution" will be shown at one of the UK's largest film festivals, the East End Film Festival in London!

5/3/13: On World Press Freedom Day the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) awarded Nour Kelze (the star and a producer on Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution) a 2013 Courage in Journalism Award. Nour Kelze is the first Syrian to ever win this prestigious award. Read more here...

5/3/13: Matthew VanDyke will be speaking and showing a working copy of his Syrian revolution film "Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution" at a Syrian American Alliance fundraiser dinner in New York. Buy tickets here...

5/3/13: Matthew VanDyke will be attending a World Press Freedom Day event in Boston, "Silenced Voices: When Conflict Journalists Go Missing," highlighting the kidnapping of his friend, journalist James Foley in Syria.

June 2013

6/30/13: The Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution is being shown at the Muestra de cortometrajes CineLibre!

6/29/13: The Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution is being shown at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival!

6/28/13: The Syrian revolution film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution is being shown at the East End Film Festival in London!

6/25/13: Article at the Los Angeles Times about Matthew VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution winning the Palm Springs International ShortFest Audience Favorite Documentary Short Award - Palm Springs International ShortFest announces winners

6/23/13: Matthew VanDyke was interviewed by AFI Docs in this video about the making of his Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution - AFI Docs Presented by Audi - Filmmaker Commentary - Matthew Van Dyke

6/23/13: Deadline Hollywood reporting that Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won the Audience Favorite Documentary Short Award at the Palm Springs International ShortFest - "‘Delicate Gravity,’ ‘Stranger Brothers’ Nab Palm Springs International ShortFest Awards – Winners List"

6/23/13: Variety reporting that Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won the Audience Favorite Documentary Short Award at the Palm Springs International ShortFest - "‘Delicate Gravity’ Leads Palm Springs Shortfest Winners"

6/23/13: Hollywood Reporter article reporting that Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won the Audience Favorite Documentary Short Award at the Palm Springs International ShortFest - "Palm Springs International ShortFest Announces Winners"

6/23/13: Matthew VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution has won the Palm Springs International ShortFest Audience Favorite Documentary Short Award!

6/22/13: Matthew VanDyke's film about the war in Syria, Ya No: Una Historia de la Revolución (the Spanish version of Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution), has been selected for this year's Muestra de cortometrajes CineLibre film festival in Madrid, Spain.

6/21/13: AFI Docs Film Festival profiled Matthew VanDyke as part of their filmmaker commentary series videos - "AFI Docs Presented By Audi - Filmmaker Commentary - Matthew VanDyke"

6/19/13: Libertas Film Magazine review of Matthew VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution "The War in Syria: LFM Reviews Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution @ 2013 AFI Docs, Presented by Audi"

6/19/13: Matthew VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution has been chosen as an Official Selection in the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival

6/17/13: The Washingtonian reviewed Matthew VanDyke's documentary film about Syria, Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution: AFIDocs Review: “Not Anymore” Activist Matthew VanDyke provides a close-up look at the Arab Spring’s hardest-hit community in this searing short

6/17/13: Matthew VanDyke appeared on the internet radio program Snowbiz Now to discuss his Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution. Listen here...

6/17/13: Matthew VanDyke appeared on the Canadian television show The Source to discuss his Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, and the US supplying arms to the rebels in Syria. Watch here...

6/14/13: Matthew VanDyke's documentary film about the Syrian civil war, Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, was reviewed by the Washington City Paper. Read here...

6/11/13: Nour Kelze, star and producer of Matthew VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, was profiled by CNN in this broadcast (which features footage from the film): Syrian teacher turned war photographer

6/11/13: Matthew VanDyke's Syrian revolution film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution has been chosen as an Official Selection in the Rhode Island International Film Festival!

6/6/13: Matthew VanDyke's film about the war in Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution has been chosen as an Official Selection in the San Francisco Frozen Film Festival!

6/5/13: VanDyke's Syrian war documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution has been chosen as an Official Selection in the Third World Indie Film Festival!

6/4/13: Article at Guns.com about Matthew VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution - "Gripping New Doc about Syrian Civil War: “Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution” (TRAILER)"

6/4/13: Professor Martijn de Koning wrote about the Syria war documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution at ReligionResearch.org - Not anymore: A Story of Revolution in Syria

6/3/13: New article at BusinessInsider.com about Matthew VanDyke's Syrian revolution film, Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution - New Syria Documentary Contains The Most Intense Moment We've Ever Seen In A Movie Trailer

6/3/13: VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution has its first film festival screening at the Hoboken International Film Festival