News about Matthew VanDyke

July, August, and September 2013

 

July 2013

7/27/13: The Syria documentary film by Matthew VanDyke Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution has won the Best Short Documentary Award at Evolution International Film Festival in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California!

7/27/13: Matthew VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution can be seen at Evolution International Film Festival in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

7/27/13: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution (VanDyke's film about Syria) will be shown at Awareness Film Festival in Santa Monica, California.

7/25/13: VanDyke's documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution can be seen in London, England, UK at Zero Film Festival.

7/19/13: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be at the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival.

7/12/13: Matthew VanDyke's film about the conflict in Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the San Francisco Frozen Film Festival as part of the "Best Documentary Shorts" program.

7/10/13: Van Smith of the Baltimore City Paper wrote the best article so far about Matthew VanDyke - The Accidental Warrior

7/6/13: Matthew VanDyke's article at The Huffington Post about the coup in Egypt against Mohamed Morsi - "In Egypt, Have the People Overthrown Themselves?"

7/4/13: Matthew VanDyke was a guest on Sky News Arabia discussing his Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution and his work to encourage the US Congress to support the revolution in Syria - "قصة ثورة".. أزمة سوريا بعيون أميركية (Arabic)

7/4/13: The documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution is being shown at the In The Palace International Short Film Festival!

August 2013

8/31/13: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, the documentary film about the war in Syria, will be screened at the Portland Film Festival at the Mission Theater in Portland, Oregon.

8/29/13: The Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at Living Room in Portland, Oregon at the Portland Film Festival.

8/23/13: VanDyke's film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won the Best Documenary Award at HollyShorts FIlm Festival in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

8/22/13: VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the Long Beach International Film Festival

8/21/13: Matthew VanDyke was a guest on the show Newswire with host Sneha Kulkarni on Sun News Network discussing the chemical weapons attack in Syria and the role of the international community in the Syrian conflict. Watch video here...

8/20/13:VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won the Best Human Rights Short Award at Isle of Wight Film Festival!

8/18/13: VanDyke's Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the historic Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California as part of HollyShorts Film Festival

8/17/13: VanDyke's ffilm about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution has won TWO AWARDS at One Lens Film Festival in Los Angeles, California: 1st Place (the highest award at the festival) AND the Spotlight on Justice Award!

8/16/13: VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be competing in the Human Rights category at the Isle of Wight Film Festival in Isle of Wight, UK.

8/16/13: VanDyke's film about the conflict in Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution can be seen at One Lens Film Festival in Los Angeles, California.

8/11/13: The Academy Award Qualifying festival Rhode Island International Film Festival will be showing Matthew VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution!

8/9/13: Matthew VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown with Italian subtitles at La Guarimba International Film Festival in Amantea, Italy.

8/5/13: Matthew VanDyke's film about the war in Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won the top award, Best Short Film, at NociCortinfestival Film Festival in Italy!

8/4/13: One of the oldest and most prestigious film festivals in the world, Melbourne International Film Festival, will be showing Matthew VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution in Melbourne, Australia!

8/4/13: The Nocicortinfestival Film Festival will be showing Matthew VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution in Noci, Bari, Italy.

September 2013

9/30/13: Coffee And Saturday published the FIC Puebla Festival Internacional de Cine film schedule, which includes the screening date and time for Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution at the festival in Puebla, Mexico.

9/30/13: Matthew VanDyke met with the Syrian American Council Los Angeles (SAC-LA) to show the documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution and discuss public outreach media strategies with SAC-LA.

9/30/13: VanDyke's award-winning documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the Vancouver International Film Festival in Vancouver, Canada.

9/29/13: Matthew VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution tied for first place with the film Shell Shocked in the Portrait category at the Chicago International Social Change FIlm Festival in Chicago, Ill.

9/29/13: Matthew VanDyke was awarded the prestigious inaugural Silver Lens Award for bravery and courage in filmmaking at the Arpa International Film Festival in Los Angeles, California.

9/28/13: VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown in the historic Grauman's Egyptian Theatre at the Arpa International Film Festival in Los Angeles, California.

9/28/13: VanDyke's film about the war in Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the Wine Country Film Festival (Santa Rosa International Film Festival) in California.

9/28/13: VanDyke's Syria movie Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the FIC Puebla Festival Internacional de Cine in Puebla, Mexico.

9/28/13: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, the documentary film about Syria by Matthew VanDyke, will be screened at the Lady Filmmakers Film Festival in Beverly Hills, California.

9/28/13: VanDyke's documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was shown at the Chicago International Social Change Film Festival in Chicago, Ill.

9/27/13: War In Context published an exerpt from Matthew VanDyke's interview with Vice Magazine: "Syria: ‘Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution’"

9/27/13: VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the Edmonton International Film Festival in Canada.

9/25/13: Matthew VanDyke was on Canadian network CTV discussing the conflict in Syria and his film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution

9/25/13: Matthew VanDyke was on WNUV ABC News Baltimore where he addressed the American people directly encouraging them to support the cause of freedom in Syria. The news report was also about his Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution.

9/23/13: An article at PRLog about the Reel Independent Film Extravaganza Film Festival in Washington, DC that mentions VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution and some of the awards the film has won: "Filmmakers from Across the Globe Head to DC for Reel Independent Film Extravaganza"

9/22/13: Matthew VanDyke was on WJZ-13 CBS News Baltimore discussing his documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution and the current situation in Syria.

9/22/13: Matthew VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won an Audience Favorite Award at DC Shorts Film Festival!

9/22/13: Norwegian television channel NRK News aired an interview with Matthew VanDyke and showed clips from Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution. Watch Syria er det verste jeg har sett

9/20/13: Article on France 24 about Matthew VanDyke and the Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution: American 'freedom fighter' Matthew VanDyke releases film on Syria

9/20/13: Matthew VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won the Best Documentary Short Award at the Third World Indie Film Festival in Fremont, California!

9/19/13: Vice published an excellent article about Matthew VanDyke fighting in Libya, filming Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution in Syria, his motorcycle adventures in Afghanistan, and other topics. Read The American Filmmaker Who Became a Freedom Fighter in Libya

9/19/13: Matthew VanDyke will be at the DC Shorts Film Festival to answer questions at a Q&A session after the screening of his documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution.

9/19/13: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the New York International Film Festival - LA Edition in Hollywood, California.

9/18/13: Matthew VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution is now also available in the Comment Is Free section of The Guardian!

9/18/13: VanDyke's Syria movie Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was reviewed in The Washington City Paper as part of their coverage of the DC Shorts Film Festival.

9/17/13: An article at Patch.com about VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution being shown at the New Jersey Film Festival, "New Jersey Film Festival Screening"

9/16/13: The-Syrian published a review of VanDyke's Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution.

9/16/13: Journeyman Pictures posted VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution on the company's YouTube channel (250,000+ subscribers).

9/15/13: Matthew VanDyke's Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won the Best Short Documentary Award at the Harlem International Film Festival in New York!

9/15/13: VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the Canberra Short Film Festival in Canberra, Australia!

9/14/13: The very popular France 2 news show Télématin broadcast a report about VanDyke's Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution.

9/14/13: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at Contravision Film Festival in Berlin, Germany.

9/13/13: Matthew VanDyke's film about the conflict in Syria will be shown at the renowned Frontline Club for journalists in London, England.

9/12/13: Matthew VanDyke's award-winning documentary film about Syria titled Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was released to the public for free on YouTube without advertising and ahead of schedule following President Obama's September 10th speech about Syria!

9/12/13: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the DocuWest Documentary Film Festival in Golden, CO.

9/9/13: The Baltimore Sun newspaper published an article by Matthew VanDyke, Obama Needs to Learn the Virtues of "Big Stick" Diplomacy

9/7/13: VanDyke's Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at the Nevada City Film Festival in Nevada City, CA.

9/6/13: Matthew VanDyke's film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won awards at BOTH of the festivals it was competing in today. Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won "The Best of The Festival" Jury Prize (the highest award) at the Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival in Massachusetts. Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution also won the Best Documentary Award at the Cabbagetown Short Film & Video Festival in Toronto, Canada!

9/6/13: Matthew VanDyke was a guest on The Current on CBC Radio, in a segment titled "Filmmaker turned Freedom Fighter"

9/6/13: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, VanDyke's film about Syria, will be screened at the Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival in Martha's Vineyard, MA.

9/6/13: VanDyke's documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the Cabbagetown Short Film and Video Festival in Toronto, Canada.

9/5/13: VanDyke's film about the war in Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, will be shown at the Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival in Venice, California.

9/3/13: Matthew VanDyke's award-winning documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution has been nominated for an award at the prestigious Raindance Film Festival in London, England!

9/3/13: Matthew VanDyke was interviewed by Ryan Mauro about the Syrian Civil War. Read here...