News about Matthew VanDyke
October, November, and December 2013
December 2013
12/30/13: Geoffrey Ingersoll of Business Insider has written an article about Matthew VanDyke's accurate assessment of what happened in the 2012 Benghazi attack, which VanDyke shared with Business Insider the day after the attack - American Who Fought With Libyan Rebels: I Was Right About Benghazi
12/30/13: Matthew VanDyke's blog post about David Kirkpatrick's New York Times investigation of the 2012 Benghazi attack confirming VanDyke's early theory of what happened, which VanDyke shared with Business Insider just one day after the attack occurred - The 2012 Benghazi Attack
12/30/13: The trailer for Matthew VanDyke's documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution has won the International Movie Trailer Festival (IMTF) Grand Prize, the highest award at the festival.
12/28/13: Rabah Filali of Al Hurra TV interviewed Matthew VanDyke about his Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution. VanDyke's girlfriend, Lauren Fischer, was also interviewed for the broadcast.
12/24/13: Footage from VanDyke's documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, as well as additional footage filmed by Matthew VanDyke that wasn't included in the film, was shown on the news program Nightline on ABC in a broadcast about Syria titled Syria: Caught in the Crossfire.
12/13/13: VanDyke's documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at the Entretodos 6 Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
12/12/13: Matthew VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won the Audience Choice Award at the PovertyCure International Short Film Festival in New York, NY. Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was a finalist for three awards at the PovertyCure International Short Film Festival (the Grand Prize, Best Documentary Short Award, and the Audience Choice Award). VanDyke attended the awards ceremony in New York and spoke to the audience about the film and Syria when receiving the award.
12/12/13: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown again at WATCH DOCS Human Rights in Film International Film Festival in Warsaw, Poland. This will be the second screening of the film at WATCH DOCS, the first is on December 8.
12/12/13: Global Voices published an article about VanDyke's documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution.
12/8/13: The documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at WATCH DOCS Human Rights in Film International Film Festival in Warsaw, Poland. This is the first screening of the film at WATCH DOCS, the second is on December 12.
12/8/13: Matthew VanDyke will be in Toronto, Canada to speak at SyriaDocs-Toronto where his documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown.
12/7/13: Matthew VanDyke will be in Montreal, Canada to give a speech at SyriaDocs-Montreal where his film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened.
November 2013
11/30/13: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution (Matthew VanDyke's documentary film about Syria) will be shown at the London Lift-Off Film Festival in London, England.
11/27/13: Matthew VanDyke's film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at the Euroshorts Film Festival in Gdansk, Poland.
11/26/13: Matteo Congregalli's UrbanTimes interview with Matthew VanDyke about VanDyke's film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution and the situation in Syria - "Meet The American Freedom Fighter Who Is Keeping The Spirit Of The Arab Spring Alive"
11/26/13: Matthew VanDyke was interviewed by Cecily Hilleary of Voice of America for an article about Americans who are fighting in Syria - "Are Americans Fighting in Syria a Future US Security Threat?"
11/25/13: VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was shown at the opening ceremony of the 7h Goiamum Audiovisual film festival in Natal, Brazil.
11/25/13: An article at the St. Louis Beacon about the films that won awards at the St. Louis International Film Festival, including VanDyke's documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution which won the Best Documentary Short Award - "SLIFF awards: 'Philomena' wins Audience Choice Award"
11/25/13: We Are Movie Geeks article about the winners of the St. Louis International Film Festival, including VanDyke's film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution which won the Best Documentary Short Award - "2013 SLIFF Film Awards Announced"
11/23/13: VanDyke's film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at Raindance Berlin in Berlin, Germany.
11/23/13: Matthew VanDyke's documentary film about the war in Syria titled Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution won the Special Mention Short Documentary Award at the academy award qualifying Camerimage Film Festival in Bydgoszcz, Poland!
11/22/13: Matthew VanDyke's award-winning documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at Camerimage Film Festival (an Academy Award qualifying film festival) in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
11/21/13: The Jamestown Arts Center & Rhode Island International Film Festival will show VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution in a program of selections from the 2013 Rhode Island International Film Festival.
11/18/13: Matthew VanDyke released a statement about the Syrian Electronic Army hacking some of his accounts - "The Syrian Electronic Army Hacked My Accounts"
11/16/13: Matthew VanDyke, director of the Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, will be attending the Camerimage Film Festival (an Academy Award qualifying film festival) in Bydgoszcz, Poland from November 16-November 23.
11/16/13: VanDyke's film about Syria, Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, will be shown at the St. Louis International Film Festival in St. Louis, Missouri.
11/15/13:Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution (directed by Matthew VanDyke) was screened again at the Interfilm International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany. Matthew VanDyke answered audience questions after the screening.
11/14/13: The Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution by Matthew VanDyke was shown at the Interfilm International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany. Matthew VanDyke answered audience questions during the Q&A after the screening.
11/12/13: Matthew VanDyke's website and some of his accounts were hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army.
11/10/13: Matthew VanDyke's documentary film about Syria, Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, will be shown at the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival in Rehoboth Beach, DE. Director Matthew VanDyke will be at the festival to answer questions from the audience during a Q&A session after the film.
11/10/13: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the East Lansing Film Festival in East Lansing, MI.
11/10/13: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, Matthew VanDyke's film about Syria, will be screened at Daytona Beach Film Festival in Daytona Beach, FL.
11/9/13: The Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution by Matthew VanDyke will be shown for the second time at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, this time in Hollywood, Florida.
11/8/13: Matthew VanDyke's documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be screened at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The film will be screened three times at the festival (November 8, 9, and 19).
11/7/13: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown for the second time at the Festival Internacional de Curtas do Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
11/6/13: Matthew VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown twice at the Festival Internacional de Curtas do Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (the film will be shown on November 6 and November 7).
11/5/13: An article about Matthew VanDyke and his documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was published at The M Report.
11/5/13: Matthew VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was mentioned in this article at ShoreBread Magazine about the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival.
11/5/13: An article about Matthew VanDyke and his Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was published at WBOC 16 "Matthew VanDyke: Tinker, Teacher, Soldier, Almost Spy"
11/5/13: Matthew VanDyke has written a review at The Freedom Fighter Blog of his colleague Robert Young Pelton's new graphic novel Roll Hard with artist Billy Tucci, about Pelton's experiences as a journalist accompanying Blackwater security contractors on missions in Baghdad, Iraq during the Iraq War.
11/3/13: Matthew VanDyke appeared on Al Jazeera English with host Hazem Sika and guests Joshua Landis and Zeina Khodr to discuss the risks facing filmmakers and journalists in Syria: "Syria: Too dangerous to cover?"
11/2/13: VanDyke's documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was shown at the ITSA Film Festival in Sonora, California.
11/2/13: Delaware Online mentioned Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution in this article about the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival.
11/1/13: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was screened at the Route 66 Film Festival in Springfield, Illinois.
11/1/13: Matthew VanDyke's film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was shown at El Festival Internacional de Cine de Hermosillo in Hermosillo, Mexico.
October 2013
10/29/13: Footage from Matthew VanDyke's Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution as well as other footage that wasn't used in the film was shown at the IWMF Courage in Journalism Awards as part of a video presentation put together by Janet Klein of NBC about Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution star and producer Nour Kelze who became the first Syrian to ever receive the IWMF Courage in Journalism Award. This was the second ceremony, held in Los Angeles (the first was in New York on 10/23/13, which Matthew VanDyke attended).
10/29/13: Director Matthew VanDyke will be giving a speech, showing his film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, and answering student questions at Ohio University at a STAND Against Genocide event in Grover W115 at 6:30pm.
10/28/13: Matthew VanDyke has launched a fundraiser to recover the $30,000 he spent to make his documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution. If you support VanDyke, his work, and the film, please consider donating here.
10/26/13: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution (the documentary film about Syria by Matthew VanDyke) was shown at the Cape May Film Festival in Cape May, NJ.
10/25/13: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was shown for the fourth time at the Academy Award qualifying film festival Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis, IN.
10/24/13: Director Matthew VanDyke was featured in an article by Kerry Patton at the Rhino Den on RangerUp.com: "The Global Expansion of ‘Free Rangers'"
10/24/13: VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was shown for the third time at the Academy Award qualifying film festival Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis, IN.
10/23/13: Footage from Matthew VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution as well as other footage that wasn't used in the film was shown at the IWMF Courage in Journalism Awards as part of a video presentation put together by Janet Klein of NBC about Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution star and producer Nour Kelze who was the first Syrian to ever receive the IWMF Courage in Journalism Award. Matthew VanDyke attended the event in New York. Watch journalists Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill present the IWMF Courage in Journalism Award to Nour Kelze.
10/21/13: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was shown for the second time at the Academy Award qualifying film festival Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis, IN.
10/20/13: VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown for the third time at Emmentaler Filmtage film festival in Walkringen, Switzerland.
10/20/13: Matthew VanDyke's award-winning documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be competing in the Academy Award qualifying film festival Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis, IN, where the film will be shown four times during the festival.
10/20/13: VanDyke's documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the Flyway Film Festival in Pepin, Wisconsin.
10/20/13: Matthew VanDyke will be at the Utopia Film Festival in Greenbelt, MD to answer audience questions at a Q&A after the screening of his Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution.
10/19/13: The Document 11 International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival will show Matthew VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution for the second time at the festival in Glasgow, Scotland, this time as part of the Syrian Conflict Programme.
10/19/13: VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown for the second time at Emmentaler Filmtage film festival in Walkringen, Switzerland.
10/18/13: Please take part in the Global Vigil for the safe return of Matthew VanDyke's friend the journalist James Foley, who has been missing in Syria for nearly a year. Matthew VanDyke last saw James in Syria about two weeks before his disappearance.
10/18/13: Matthew VanDyke has written a new article at The Freedom Fighter Blog - "I Saw the Horrors of War at Dar al-Shifa Hospital in Syria"
10/18/13: The Document 11 International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Glasgow, Scotland will show Matthew VanDyke's film about the Syrian civil war Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution as part of the Student Forum - Syrian Conflict, which will be followed by a panel discussion by experts on the conflict.
10/18/13: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at Emmentaler Filmtage film festival in Walkringen, Switzerland.
10/18/13: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, the documentary about Syria by Matthew VanDyke, will be shown at the Gig Harbor Film Festival in Gig Harbor, Washington.
10/16/13: Matthew VanDyke's award-winning film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution is on exhibition playing continously at the Seoul International NewMedia Festival (NeMaf) from 11am-7pm each day from October 16 to October 25 in Seoul, South Korea!
10/15/13: Director Matthew VanDyke will be in Washington, DC for a screening of his Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution at the Reel Independent Film Extravaganza Film Festival.
10/13/13: An article about the Reel Independent Film Extravaganza Film Festival in Washington, DC which mentions Matthew VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution and includes the trailer of the film, "The Final week of the Reel Independent Film Extravaganza Film Festival in D.C. (Video)"
10/12/13: VanDyke's film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was shown at the Festival Internacional de Cine Social Castilla-La Mancha "FECISO" in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Toledo, Spain.
10/12/13: VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was screened at the Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival in Flagstaff, Arizona.
10/11/13: Director Matthew VanDyke's new article at The Freedom Fighter Blog, "The Controversy Surrounding the Syria Film 'Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution' at the Arpa International Film Festival"
10/11/13: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was screened at Kerry Film Festival in Ireland.
10/10/13: Matthew VanDyke, his fight against authoritarian governments, his fighting in the Libyan Revolution, and his making the film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution in Syria is the subject of an article at Egypt Independent, "«مناضل الحرية» الأمريكى لـ«المصري اليوم»: سأستمر حتى يصبح الطغاة فى كتب التاريخ فقط"
10/10/13: The television ratings for the ARD broadcast of Matthew VanDyke's Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution. The television broadcast of the film on ARD was seen by over three million people.
10/10/13: An article and the ARD television broadcast of Matthew VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution on the prestigious program Panorama to an audience of 3,000,000+ viewers.
10/10/13: An interview with director Matthew VanDyke on the website of the German television program Panorama which broadcast his film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution on ARD to an audience of over three million viewers.
10/10/13: A great preview video of an interview with director Matthew VanDyke and footage from his documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution which aired on the popular German television program Panorama on ARD and was seen by an audience of more than 3 million people.
10/10/13: VanDyke's documentary film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was shown at the SF Shorts Film Festival in San Francisco, California.
10/9/13: An article and video footage of Nour Kelze, the star and a producer of the Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution on the NDR website.
10/8/13: An article in El Ángel de Puebla about the award winners of the FIC Puebla Festival Internacional de Cine in Puebla, Mexico, including Matthew VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution which won the Cortometraje Documental Internacional award.
10/8/13: An article in El Porvenir de Castilla-La Mancha about Matthew VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution being shown at the Festival Internacional de Cine Social de Castilla-La Mancha in Toledo, Spain: "Abre sus puertas el X Festival Internacional de Cine Social de Castilla-La Mancha"
10/6/13: VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution is referenced in this article at War in Context about a video of Syrian rebels produced by the artist Bansky "Banksy and Syria: The rebels who hide and the rebels who fight"
10/6/13: VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was screened at Flimmer Film Festival in Norrköping, Sweden.
10/6/13: VanDyke's documentary film about the war in Syria, Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, was shown at the New Jersey Film Festival in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Director Matthew VanDyke did a Q&A with the audience after the screening.
10/5/13: Director Matthew VanDyke's interview with Nicolas Bérubé of La Presse about fighting in the Libyan Revolution and filming Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution in Syria, titled "Matthew VanDyke, le rebelle américain"
10/5/13: An excellent review of Matthew VanDyke's Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was published on the San Diego Film Festival website.
10/5/13: VanDyke's film about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was shown at the San Diego Film Festival in San Diego, California.
10/5/13: An article at Patch.com about Matthew VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, "Line-up for the Sunday-October 6 New Jersey Film Festival screening featuring two important films about current Middle Eastern conflicts!!"
10/5/13: Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution, Matthew VanDyke's film about the conflict in Syria, was screened a second time at the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
10/3/13: VanDyke's Syria documentary Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was shown at Zero Film Festival in Montreal, Canada.
10/3/13: Director Matthew VanDyke was interviewed by Bert Baron on WCTC 1450 AM radio about VanDyke's documentary film about Syria, Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution,
10/3/13: VanDyke's documentary about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution was shown at the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
10/3/13: Matthew VanDyke attended Libya Industry Day at the Patton Boggs law firm in Washington, DC, held by the American Chamber of Commerce in Libya
10/2/13: The award-winning Syria documentary film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution by Matthew VanDyke will be shown at the prestigious Raindance Film Festival where it has been nominated for an award in London, United Kingdom!
10/1/13: Matthew VanDyke answered questions for students at San Diego State University after Professor Ahmet T. Kuru showed the Syria film Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution to his class.
10/1/13: VanDyke's documentary film about the conflict in Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution will be shown at the Barber Institute of FIne Arts in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
10/1/13: VanDyke's movie about Syria Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution can be seen at the Columbus International Film + Video Festival in Columbus, Ohio.