Alina Simone

doc filmmaker / journalist

[Alina Simone @AlinaSimone]

For the past 4+ years I've been working to bring Natalia Zubkova's mind-blowing story to the world and am happy to finally announce the world premiere of Black Snow on March 19th, at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen. https://t.co/sJjUZgDuAL

[Erin Brockovich @ErinBrockovich]

Was just in NYC for a few days to attend a screening of Black Snow a wonderful doc about a fearless woman from Siberia who sacrificed everything in attempt to bring a communities suffering under an environmental crisis to light.

Natalia Zubkova is my hero.

https://t.co/OqhFxvzUE2 @AlinaSimone

[Alina Simone @AlinaSimone]

@jelger_ See you there! I will be filming.

[Justice for Journalists Foundation @JFJfund]

❗️Two documentaries, supported by the JFJ Investigative Grant Programme, will be premiered in the UK during @sheffdocfest: Black Snow by @AlinaSimone & Of Caravan and the Dogs by Askold Kurov.

Learn more and book screening tickets: https://t.co/oobnVMKoKk

[Longreads @Longreads]

5. "It’s Not What the World Needs Right Now," @aNormanWilson

"This is at once one of the funniest and most distressing stories I’ve read in months—I laughed, I cringed, it became a part of me."

https://t.co/wA7XNA6y4N

[Dogwoof @Dogwoof]

We're at @cphdox!

#BlackBoxDiaries filmmaker Shiori Ito & #BlackSnow director Alina Simone took part in an insightful FILM:MAKERS IN DIALOGUE at #CPHDOX24.

[Alina Simone @AlinaSimone]

@lurie_john So amazing to see your process close up. This is the real Painting With John!

[Alina Simone @AlinaSimone]

It is a documentary thriller that unfolds deep in the heart of Siberia, in a remote city where coal is king and the truth is traded like an underground currency

[Alina Simone @AlinaSimone]

For the past 4+ years I've been working to bring Natalia Zubkova's mind-blowing story to the world and am happy to finally announce the world premiere of Black Snow on March 19th, at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen. https://t.co/sJjUZgDuAL

[The Redford Center @redfordcenter]

We’re proud to announce a 2nd round of #funding to 6 of our visionary grantee #films which were selected because of their high impact potential. The films will receive a combined total of $400k to support the completion of their projects & advance their impact efforts & goals.

[ScreenCraft @screencrafting]

Congratulations to the Finalists of the Fall 2023 ScreenCraft Film Fund!

@AfiaNathaniel @alinasimone @Abe_Kleinman @BrennanHuizinga @xiannilsson @emilyzing @jessicacblank @erikjensen123 @arosenberg21 @janboder @Lernstein @gkatkumar @tastewithkevin @wyoumans @yuki_soga

[Soviet Visuals @sovietvisuals]

"Technical Aesthetics" Soviet magazine, 1985.

[Pat Ackerman @patackart]

Last night's premiere of @BreakGameMovie at @Tribeca was incredible! Here is a little animation that was made for the film that didn't make it in! Everyone involved is so nice and I'm really happy to be a part of this entire experience!Thanks @JaneMWagner
#pixelart #Tribeca2023

[Film Fatales @FilmFatalesOrg]

Congrats to Film Fatales member Jane M. Wagner (@janemwagner), whose film BREAK THE GAME premieres tomorrow at Tribeca!

#JaneMWagner #BreakTheGame #Tribeca2023 #FilmFatales

[steph a @stefism]

We made The NY Times!!

[Joanna Rudolph (she/her) @icatcherfilms]

It's fantastic that WGA and non-WGA writers have come together to fight for equal pay, etc. Why aren't documentary filmmakers doing the same thing? There needs to be some kind reckoning otherwise nothing will change. Being complacent just keeps things at the status quo.

[Rosalie Varda @RosalieVarda]

Happy birthday ! 30 Mai 1928 💜🎥💃😍🥰

[Film Independent @filmindependent]

While there’s certainly not a ton of industry support out there for emerging nonfiction filmmakers, there is at the very least the Fi Documentary Lab. Today #ontheblog: We’re thrilled to welcome seven new #Fellows & six new projects to the #DocLab cohort! https://t.co/9jHFTfF8LX

[Sheila Nevins @thesheilanevins]

Lovely get-together with Eternal Memory Director & Producer Maite Alberdi and Executive Producer Julie Goldman. What an extraordinary film that makes you proud to be in docus.

[erickohn @erickohn]

Lots of doom and gloom going on about the state of the doc market. In this week’s column, a counterpoint courtesy of Sam Green: https://t.co/CS90tl7kuv @FilmForumNYC @IndieWire

[Paul Halpern @phalpern]

'No one can work hard on a serious intellectual problem for more than four hours a day.'
-Nobel Laureate physicist Paul Dirac

Dirac had many hobbies including gardening, hiking, and reading.

(Quote and photo, courtesy of Monica Dirac)