News about Matthew VanDyke

April, May, and June 2014

(Starting on June 1, 2014 all updates are available on the Matthew VanDyke Facebook Page (updates about VanDyke's films are available on the Point and Shoot Facebook Page and Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution Facebook Page, and updates about his upcoming book are on the Between the Lines: How Libya and Syria Changed Conflict Reporting Facebook Page)

April 2014

4/30/14: Shutterstock article that mentions Point and Shoot as one of the Shutterstock staffers' favorite films of Tribeca Film Festival - "Here Are 9 Great Films We Saw at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival"

4/30/14: VanDyke's documentary film Point and Shoot will be screened at Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto, Canada (Canadian premiere!). Producers Matthew VanDyke and Marshall Curry will be at the screening for a Q&A with the audience after the film.

4/30/14: VanDyke's film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival in Delhi, NCR, India.

4/29/14: An article in Maclean's about Matthew VanDyke's documentary film Point and Shoot - "‘A crash course in manhood,’ caught on film"

4/27/14: Because Point and Shoot won the Best Documentary Award at Tribeca Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival will have two encore screenings of VanDyke's film Point and Shoot!

4/27/14: VanDyke's documentary film Point and Shoot won a Special Jury Prize at IFF Boston!

4/26/14: VanDyke's film Point and Shoot will be screened at IFF Boston

4/26/14: Point and Shoot discussed in this Wall St. Cheat Sheet article: 6 Films That Won Big at Tribeca

4/26/14: The documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution has won the Best Documentary Film Award (Bester Dokumentarfilm) at cellu l'art Short Film Festival in Jena, Germany!

4/26/14: VanDyke's documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at the Ciclo de Cine Sobre Derechos Humanos at the Universidad de Málaga in Málaga, Spain.

4/26/14: VanDyke's documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival in Dubuque, IA (second of two screenings)

4/26/14: VanDyke's Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas.

4/26/14: The documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution has won the Best Documentary Film Award (Bester Dokumentarfilm) at cellu l'art Short Film Festival in Jena, Germany!

4/26/14: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the cellu l'art Short Film Festival Jena in Jena, Germany (second of two screenings)

4/25/14: VanDyke's documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival in Dubuque, IA (first of two screenings)

4/25/14: Vulture interview with Point and Shoot producers Matthew VanDyke and Marshall Curry: Marshall Curry and Matthew VanDyke on Fighting in the Middle East and Directing Point and Shoot

4/25/14: The Huffington Post article 'Zero Motivation,' 'Point And Shoot' Win Tribeca Film Festival Prizes

4/25/14: ABC News article 'Zero Motivation,' 'Point and Shoot' Top Tribeca

4/24/14: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the cellu l'art Short Film Festival Jena in Jena, Germany (first of two screenings)

4/24/14: Deadline article Tribeca Film Festival Hands Competition Prizes To ‘Zero Motivation’, ‘Point And Shoot’

4/24/14: Indiewire article 2014 Tribeca Film Festival Winners Include 'Zero Motivation,' 'Point and Shoot' and more

4/24/14: Associated Press article 'Zero Motivation,' 'Point and Shoot' top Tribeca

4/24/14: Reuters article 'Zero Motivation,' 'Point and Shoot' win Tribeca Festival prizes

4/24/14: New York Times article ‘Zero Motivation’ and ‘Point and Shoot’ Take Top Prizes at Tribeca Film Festival

4/24/14: Matthew VanDyke's film Point and Shoot has won the Best Documentary Award at Tribeca Film Festival!

4/24/14: The fourth screening of Point and Shoot at the Tribeca Film Festival. VanDyke will be at the screening for a Q&A with the audience after the film.

4/24/14: Tribeca Film Festival's "Meet the Filmmaker" iTunes podcast of film critic John Anderson interviewing Matthew VanDyke and Marshall Curry on-stage at the Apple Store in SoHo, New York, NY has been released. Listen here (free)

4/23/14: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain as part of the Ciclo de Cine Sobre Derechos Humanos

4/23/14: VanDyke's film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at the Prokuplje Short Film Festival in Prokuplje, Serbia.

4/23/14: Indiewire article and video: Tribeca Video: 'Point and Shoot' Documentary Subject Matthew VanDyke on the Nature of Modern War

4/23/14: VanDyke's film Point and Shoot will be shown at the Nashville Film Festival (2 of 2 screenings)

4/23/14: The third screening of Point and Shoot at the Tribeca Film Festival. VanDyke will be at the screening for a Q&A with the audience after the film.

4/22/14: Nonfics review of Point and Shoot: Tribeca 2014: ‘Point and Shoot’ Review

4/21/14: John Anderson's Indiwire review of Point and Shoot: Tribeca Film Festival Review: Why Marshall Curry's 'Point and Shoot' Is Due For a Hollywood Remake

4/21/14: The film trailer for the new documentary film about Matthew VanDyke, Point and Shoot, is now available on VanDyke's YouTube Channel: Click here to watch the Point and Shoot film trailer!

4/21/14: Film critic Stephen Reilly's Indiewood-Hollywoodn't review of Point and Shoot: 2014 TFF Review: Point and Shoot

4/21/14: VanDyke's film Point and Shoot will be shown at the Nashville Film Festival (1 of 2 screenings)

4/21/14: The second screening of Matthew VanDyke's new documentary film "Point and Shoot" at Tribeca Film Festival. VanDyke will be at the screening for a Q&A with the audience after the film.

4/21/14: Point and Shoot was mentioned in this WBAL Radio article about the Maryland Film Festival: Catch These Films Made By Baltimore Locals At The Maryland Film Festival

4/20/14: Film critic Joshua Handler's review of Point and Shoot

4/19/14: Matthew VanDyke's new film "Point and Shoot" will premiere at Tribeca FIlm Festival in New York, NY. VanDyke will be at the premiere to answer audience questions after the screening of the film!

4/18/14: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was screened at the College Town Film Festival in State College, PA.

4/17/14: VanDyke's film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution is now available with Persian subtitles.

4/15/14: Indiewire calls Matthew VanDyke's new documentary film Point and Shoot one of the 20 most anticipated films of the Tribeca Film Festival

4/15/14: Film critic Bilge Ebiri writing for Vulture calls Matthew VanDyke's new documentary film Point and Shoot one of the 16 best films at Tribeca Film Festival

4/15/14: VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was mentioned as a winner of the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short in an article at the Orlando Sentinel about the winners of the Florida Film Festival.

4/15/14: VanDyke's Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was mentioned as a winner of the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short in an article at the Orlando Weekly about the winners of the 2014 Florida Film Festival.

4/15/14: VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won the Grand Jury Award for the Best Documentary Short film at the Florida Film Festival (an Academy Award qualifying film festival)!

4/13/14: VanDyke's Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won the Doing Life Award at Lifetree Film Fest!

4/13/14: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the Arizona International Film Festival in Tucson, Arizona.

4/13/14: VanDyke's film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was mentioned in an article at Maryland Film Beat about WAMMFest, along with two videos of Matthew VanDyke answering audience questions during a Q&A at the festival.

4/12/14: VanDyke's documentary film about the war in Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the Lifetree Film Fest in Loveland, Colorado.

4/12/14: VanDyke's film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at the Athens International Film and Video Festival in Athens, Ohio.

4/10/14: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, VanDyke's documentary about Syria, will be shown at the Let's All Be Free Film Festival in London, England, UK.

4/10/14: VanDyke's documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was mentioned in an article at the Reporter-Herald about the Lifetree Film Fest.

4/9/14: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution is now available with Japanese subtitles as "ノット・エニモア〜ある革命の物語"

4/9/14: VanDyke's film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won a "Manny" Award for Outstanding Film at the Take Two Film Festival awards ceremony in New York, NY!

4/9/14: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was screened at the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa, Poland as part of Travelling Film Festival WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film

4/9/14: VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the Travelling Film Festival WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film in Cinema "Janosik," Żywiec, Poland.

4/9/14: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was mentioned as the grand prize winner in an article on the Judson University website about the Imago Film Festival.

4/9/14: VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was mentioned in an article at Nisimasa about ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival's opening night.

4/8/14: Flavorwire calls Matthew VanDyke's new documentary film Point and Shoot one of the 10 must-see movies at this year's Tribeca Film Festival

4/8/14: Matthew VanDyke will be at the Take Two Film Festival in New York, NY to answer audience questions after the screening of his award-winning documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution.

4/8/14: The Academy-award qualifying film festival Florida Film Festival will show VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution (the second of two screenings at Florida Film Festival).

4/8/14: VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at San Sebastian International Human Rights Film Festival in San Sebastián (Donostia), Spain.

4/7/14: Details about some of the content of VanDyke's book Between the Lines: How Libya and Syria Changed Conflict Reporting were released on the book's Facebook page.

4/7/14: Matthew VanDyke was a guest on Sun News Network on the show "Straight Talk with Adrienne Batra" to discuss the conflict in Syria and the presidential elections in Afghanistan. Host Adrienne Batra also mentioned VanDyke's book Between the Lines: How Libya and Syria Changed Conflict Reporting

4/7/14: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was mentioned on the Women-In-Film-In-Music blog about The European Independent Film Festival [ÉCU] 2014 award winners.

4/7/14: VanDyke's film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was mentioned in the editor's blog at FilmFestivals.com about the winners of the ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival.

4/7/14: VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won the Best Non-European Independent Documentary Award at ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival in Paris, France.

4/7/14: VanDyke's documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at Travelling Film Festival WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film in Torun, Poland.

4/7/14: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at Travelling Film Festival WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film in Tarnowskie Góry, Poland.

4/6/14: VanDyke's Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won the Grand Prize at Imago Film Festival (the highest award at the festival)!

4/6/14: VanDyke's film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolutionwon the Best Short Documentary Award at Crossroads Film Festival.

4/6/14: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won the Best Documentary Short Award at Silver Springs International Film Festival

4/5/14: VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was screened at the Academy-award qualifying film festival Florida Film Festival (the first of two screenings at Florida Film Festival).

4/5/14: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was shown at Crossroads Film Festival in Madison, MS.

4/5/14: Chris Crespo's excellent review of Matthew VanDyke's film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution

4/4/14: VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won two awards at WAMMFest (Women and Minorities in Media Festival), the Professional Documentary 1st Place Award and the Audience Choice Award.

4/4/14: The Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was mentioned in a Film Industry Network article about the opening night ceremony of the ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival.

4/4/14: Matthew VanDyke's award-winning film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at ÉCU (The European Independent Film Festival) in Paris, France.

4/4/14: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, the film about Syria, was mentioned in an article at Ocala.com about the Silver Springs International Film Festival.

4/4/14: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution (VanDyke's Syria film) was screened at the Silver Springs International Film Festival in Ocala, Florida.

4/4/14: Director Matthew VanDyke will be at WAMM (Women and Minorities in Media Festival) in Towson, MD to answer audience questions after a screening of his film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution.

4/3/14: Matthew VanDyke announces the future release of his book Between the Lines: How Libya and Syria Changed Conflict Reporting on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2014.

4/3/14: VanDyke's Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was mentioned in an article at Cinefilos about Al via L’ÉCU, Il Festival Europeo del Cinema Indipendente.

4/2/14: A version of VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution with Spanish subtitles released as Ya No: Una Historia de Revolución

4/2/14: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was screened at the Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Cine y Video Documental Independiente: Contra el Silencio todas las Voces film festival in Mexico City, Mexico.

4/2/14: Joe Bendel's excellent review of VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was published at the Epoch Times.

4/2/14: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was mentioned in a post at The Purple & White about the Crossroads Film Festival.

4/1/14: An article at Mexico news site El Popular that mentions VanDyke's film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution

4/1/14: A Film4Life article about ÉCU (The European Independent Film Festival) that mentions VanDyke's documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution - "ÉCU 2014: il cinema indie a Parigi dal 4 al 6 Aprile"

May 2014

5/31/14: Film Industry Network article about the winners of the NY Shorts Fest (New York International Short Film Festival) including Matthew VanDyke's film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution which won the Best Documentary Award (the 50th award won by Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution)! - New York International Short Film Festival announces winners

5/30/14: VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution HAS WON ITS 50TH AWARD! Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won the Best Documentary Award in New York, NY at the NY Shorts Fest (New York International Short Film Festival.

5/28/14: Matthew VanDyke was asked by WNEW 99.1 FM to give a rebuttal to Virginia State Senator Dick Black's explanation for why Black sent a letter of support to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The rebuttal was made into two broadcasts, available here: Senator Dick Black's Letter to Assad & Rebuttal 1 and Senator Dick Black's Letter to Assad & Rebuttal 2

5/27/14: An article at Filmmaker Magazine about the Little Rock Film Festival that mentions Matthew VanDyke and Point and Shoot - "Clinton Dolls, Guns, and Crawfish: The Little Rock Film Festival"

5/27/14: VanDyke's film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at the opening night of NY Shorts Fest (New York International Short Film Festival). Matthew VanDyke will be at the screening for a Q&A with the audience.

5/27/14: Matthew VanDyke was on 88.1FM Midday with Dan Rodricks to discuss his films Point and Shoot and Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution - "Shy Guy to Self-Styled Freedom Fighter"

5/26/14: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Torrelavega (FICT) in Torrelavega, Spain.

5/24/14: VanDyke's documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened in Lund, Sweden at the Amnesty International event "What Happens in Syria?"

5/24/14: You can see VanDyke's Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution at St Kilda Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia.

5/24/14: VanDyke's documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution can be seen in Rome, Italy at Tracce Cinematografiche Film Fest

5/24/14: VanDyke's documentary Point and Shoot was screened at Mountain Film Festival in Telluride, Colorado for a second time. Matthew VanDyke and Marshall Curry did a Q&A with the audience via Skype.

5/23/14: VanDyke's film Point and Shoot was screened at Mountain Film Festival in Telluride, Colorado. Matthew VanDyke did a Q&A with the audience via Skype.

5/22/14: Matthew VanDyke was on Sun News Network with host Adrienne Batra discussing Libya, Syria, and his new documentary film Point and Shoot - "Point and Shoot: An American in Libya"

5/21/14: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution is now available with Chinese subtitles on YouTube.

5/20/14: VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screend for a second time at the Seattle International Film Festival (2nd of 2 screenings)

5/20/14: An article at Little Rock Culture Vulture about the winners of the Little Rock Film Festival, including Matthew VanDyke, winner of the Special Jury Award for Extraordinary Courage in Filmmaking for his work on Point and Shoot!

5/19/14: An Arkansas Times article about the award winners at the Little Rock Film Festival, including Matthew VanDyke who won the Special Jury Award for Extraordinary Courage in Filmmaking for his work on Point and Shoot!

5/18/14: Matthew VanDyke was awarded the Special Jury Award for Extraordinary Courage in Filmmaking by the Little Rock Film Festival for his work on Point and Shoot!

5/18/14: VanDyke's film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at the Seattle International Film Festival (1st of 2 screenings)

5/18/14: Matthew VanDyke will be at the Little Rock Film Festival in Little Rock, Arkansas to answer audience questions after the screening of his new film Point and Shoot (2 of 2 screenings)

5/17/14: Matthew VanDyke will be at the Little Rock Film Festival in Little Rock, Arkansas to answer audience questions after the screening of his new film Point and Shoot (1 of 2 screenings)

5/16/14: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution can be seen in Barranquilla, Colombia at Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes, Cine a la Calle

5/15/14: VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution is now available with Czech subtitles on YouTube as "Už ne: Příběh revoluce"

5/15/14: The Women's Independent FIlm Festival has awarded VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution an Honorable Mention in the Documentary Film category. This is the 49th award won by Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution.

5/14/14: The Colombian premiere of VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution is at Salón Internacional de la Luz in Bogota, Colombia.

5/12/14: JustPressPlay review of Point and Shoot: The Best of the Tribeca Film Festival 2014

5/11/14: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown in Jawor, Poland at Travelling Film Festival WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film

5/10/14: Matthew VanDyke will be at a screening of Point and Shoot in the Leuven Prison in Leuven, Belgium, and will answer questions from inmates after the screening (this event is not open to the public)

5/10/14: VanDyke's film Point and Shoot will be screened at the Maryland Film Festival. Marshall Curry and Lauren Fischer will be at the screening for a Q&A with the audience. (2 of 2 screenings)

5/9/14: A Realscreen article about Sheffield Doc/Fest that mentions Point and Shoot - "Scorsese, Longinotto, Woolcock to premiere docs in Sheffield"

5/9/14: The Egypt premiere of VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution is at Qabila Film Festival in Cairo, Egypt!

5/9/14: VanDyke's documentary film Point and Shoot will be screened at the Maryland Film Festival (1 of 2 screenings).

5/9/14: VanDyke's documentary Point and Shoot will be screened at DOXA Documentary Film Festival in Vancouver, Canada.

5/9/14: Both of VanDyke's films, Point and Shoot and Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, will be screened together at Docville International Documentary Film Festival in Leuven, Belgium. Matthew VanDyke will be at the screening for a Q&A with the audience after the screening. (2 of 2 screenings)

5/9/14: Matthew VanDyke and Point and Shoot were mentioned in a New York Times article: Film Stars, but With an Asterisk

5/8/14: Los Angeles Times review of Point and Shoot: In 'Point and Shoot,' inside the mind of an unlikely revolutionary

5/7/14: Baltimore City Paper review of Point and Shoot: Point and Shoot

5/7/14: The London Film Review article about the winners of the World Media Awards, including VanDyke's film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution - Winners of the 2014 One World Media Awards announced

5/6/14: VanDyke's film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution has won one of the most prestigious awards in media, the One World Media Short Film Award! This is also the inaugural year for the award!

5/6/14: Vimooz article about the USA Film Festival winners, including VanDyke's documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution which won the FIrst Place Non-Fiction Award (an Academy Awards qualifying award!) - Winners Announced for the USA Film Festival's 36th Annual National Short Film Competition

5/6/14: VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown as part of the Short Film Series - presented by the Radical Frame Film Festival in Berlin, Germany.

5/5/14: Both of VanDyke's documentary films, Point and Shoot and Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, will be screened together at Docville International Documentary Film Festival in Leuven, Belgium (Belgium premiere!) Matthew VanDyke will be at the screening for a Q&A with the audience after the screening. (1 of 2 screenings)

5/4/14: Blogcritics.org review of Point and Shoot: Tribeca Film Festival: Best Documentary – ‘Point and Shoot’

5/3/14: VanDyke's film Point and Shoot will be screened at Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto, Canada.

5/2/14: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the Sunscreen Film Festival in St. Petersburg, Florida.

5/1/14: Digital Journal review of Point and Shoot: Review: 'Point and Shoot' is a thorough adventure

5/1/14: VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at the Hill Country Film Festival in Fredericksburg, Texas.

5/1/14: VanDyke's documentary Point and Shoot will be screened at Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto, Canada. Producers Matthew VanDyke and Marshall Curry will be at the screening for a Q&A with the audience after the film.