'Computer Chess' Movie Wins Sloan Prize at Sundance Film Festival 2013
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Sundance Institute Programmers try to teach computers to play chess in Andrew Bujaski's "Computer Chess." The movie, playing in the Next program at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, won Sundance's Alfred P. Sloan Prize.
A recent Chess Blog post told you about the movie 'Computer Chess' that was making waves at the Sundance Film Festival 2013. Now, we have more news: Andrew Bujalski's "Computer Chess," a black-and-white "existential comedy" about the guys who programmed the first chess-playing computer, has won the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, the Sundance Institute announced Thursday.
The prize, presented by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, goes to a film that explores science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist, engineer or mathematician as a major character.
The Sloan Prize has something most other awards at Sundance don't have: Cash. The winner gets $20,000.
"Computer Chess" is playing in the Next program at Sundance.
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Video interview with chess movie director, photographer of 'Bobby Fischer against the world'
Catch chess genius Bobby Fischer movie on HBO soon
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Remember the latest Bobby Fischer movie that was on show at Sundance Film Festival recently? Liz Garbus' 'Bobby Fischer Against The World'. Music Box Films has acquired the documentary. The HBO Documentary Films & LM Media Production will premiere on HBO, followed by a theatrical release by Music Box. Music Box acquired all US Theatrical, DVD, and Digital Rights, and will give the film an Oscar qualifying run in late Spring, 2011.The announcement was made at the Berlin Film Festival on Tuesday. HBO Documentary Films plans an Academy Qualification followed by a TV broadcast on HBO. A coordinated Theatrical, DVD and Digital Release by Music Box Films will follow. Bobby Fischer Against the World is a co-production of HBO Documentary Film and LM Media GmbH and was Produced & Directed by Liz Garbus. Produced by Stanley Buchthal, Rory Kennedy, Matthew Justus. Executive Produced for HBO by Sheila Nevins. Executive Produced by Dan Cogan, Nick Fraser, Maja Hoffmann, Martin Pieper. Senior Producer for HBO Nancy Abraham. Co-Produced by Christoph Jorg & David Koh. Cinematography by Bob Chappell. Edited by Karen Schmeer and Michael Levine. Music Composed by Philip Sheppard.Considered by many to be the greatest chess player who ever lived, 'Bobby Fischer Against the World' is the first and definitive biopic of the prodigy and chess champion. Rare archival footage and insightful interviews with those closest to him expand this captivating story of a mastermind’s tumultuous rise.Mongrel Media will release in Canada, Madman Entertainment will release in Australia & New Zealand, Dogwoof will release in the UK, and Ealing Studios International is handling and representing the rest of the World on behalf of the Producers at this year’s EFM Market in Berlin.Liz Garbus said, “I’m so grateful for my extraordinary partnership with HBO Documentary Films and Stanley Buchthal, which brought the film to this point. I now look forward to HBO introducing the film to the world, and am thrilled that Music Box Films will be expanding the film into theaters and on DVD. Music Box has an outstanding lineup of films, and I am very proud Bobby Fischer Against the World will be amongst them.”Ed Arentz and Bill Schopf stated, “We are excited to bring this great film to US audiences. This is the definitive movie on Bobby Fischer and we are proud that it is our first documentary film that we are releasing.”You can read more here.From Alexandra Kosteniuk'swww.chessblog.comAlso see her personal blog atwww.chessqueen.com
Labels: Bobby Fischer, chess blog, chess documentary, Sundance Film Festival
Rare photos of chess great Bobby Fischer on display at Sundance Film Fest
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Harry Benson with a photograph of Bobby Fischer in a pool and a picture of him nuzzling a horse.
Hello everyone,The New York Times has just written about a special exhibition of rare photos of chess great Bobby Fischer. The article says when Liz Garbus began researching her documentary “Bobby Fischer Against the World,” which had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday, she contacted the photographer Harry Benson because Benson had covered the 1972 world championship match between Fischer and Boris Spassky for Life magazine.Our www.chessblog.com post on the Sundance Film Festival can be read here.Benson originally became famous for his photographs of the Beatles during their first American tour. Garbus hoped that she might be able to use some of the photographs for the film. It turned out that Benson had more than just a few photographs from the match. He had taken hundreds of photographs of Fischer, including many on other occasions. Most of the photographs had never been published. Now, the World Chess Hall of Fame and Museum, which is moving in September to St. Louis from its current home in Miami, has organized an exhibition during the Sundance Film Festival of some of Benson’s photographs. There are plans to move the exhibition to New York City this summer when Garbus’s film is broadcast on HBO. Eventually, the collection may end up at the new museum in St. Louis. You can see more photographs and read the rest of the article here.There is also a nice article on Frank Brody's book Endgame that is on Fischer. You can read this article here.From Alexandra Kosteniuk'swww.chessblog.comAlso see her personal blog atwww.chessqueen.com
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World Chess Museum to open in St Louis in September, 2011
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Did you read our www.chessblog.com post yesterday titled New documentary on chess great Bobby Fischer premieres at Sundance Film Fest?Here is some more exciting news from the Sundance festival.The World Chess Museum will open in St. Louis this September and feature a variety of exhibits, historical background on the game and an opportunity to further the growing popularity of chess."We are very proud to support the debut of this film at the Sundance Film Festival to create some well-deserved excitement for chess," says Susan Barrett, Director of the World Chess Hall of Fame and Museum. "We want to let people know they don't have to be an expert player to appreciate how the game has impacted our culture, and that they can learn more by visiting the museum when it opens."In addition to the film debut, four notable Chess Grandmasters will be on-hand throughout the Festival offering one-on-one tips and playing chess with passers-by, including local Utah chess students and Garbus. Grandmasters on site include:- GM Jennifer Shahade, author and two-time American Women's Chess Champion (2002, 2004)
- GM Joel Benjamin, who became a national grandmaster at the age of 13, breaking Bobby Fischer's record for youngest-ever master
- GM Alexander Shabalov, four-time U.S. Champion (2007, 2003, 1997 and 1993)
- WIM Iryna Zenyuk, women's International Master and the first woman to win the Jerry Simon Memorial (2006)
In September 2011, St. Louis will continue to celebrate the great game of chess with the opening of the World Chess Hall of Fame and Museum directly across the street from the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. They chose St. Louis due to the success and growing international reputation of the city's recently opened Chess Club.This historic 15,000 square-foot building will feature the U.S. and World Chess Hall of Fame, displays of artifacts from the museum's permanent collection and temporary exhibitions highlighting the great players, historic games and rich cultural history of chess. The Museum will partner with the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis to provide innovative programming, instruction and outreach to a broad local, national and international audience of both novices and experts alike.For more information, visit the Chess Hall of Fame and Museum on Facebook, www.WorldChessMuseum.org and www.SaintLouisChessClub.org.From Alexandra Kosteniuk'swww.chessblog.comAlso see her personal blog atwww.chessqueen.com
Labels: Alexander Shabalov, Bobby Fischer, chess blog, Iryna Zenyuk, Jennifer Shahade, Joel Benjamin, Sundance Film Festival, World Chess Museum
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