Hansen Bursic
@hansenbursic.bsky.social
he/him | Doc Filmmaker and Journalist | Festival Director at Backyard Docs Film Festival | Writing in cinéSPEAK & Documentary Magazine | PGH & LA
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Hansen Bursic
@hansenbursic.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Such a honor to join this powerful class of innovators for DOC NYC’s 2024 Documentary New Leaders! It was inspiring to talk to so many young documentary filmmakers and thought leaders who are making our industry a better place.
You can read more about the program here: www.docnyc.net/new-leaders/
You can read more about the program here: www.docnyc.net/new-leaders/
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Honored to be selected as one of the inaugural @voiceofwitness.org Storyteller Initiative Fellows! 🎙️✨
I’m thrilled to develop the "Untitled Water Access Audio Documentary," a five-part podcast created in collaboration with @hansenbursic.bsky.social!
voiceofwitness.org/meet-the-vow...
I’m thrilled to develop the "Untitled Water Access Audio Documentary," a five-part podcast created in collaboration with @hansenbursic.bsky.social!
voiceofwitness.org/meet-the-vow...
Meet the VOW Storyteller Initiative Fellows - Voice of Witness
Get to know VOW’s inaugural Storyteller Initiative Fellows. These narrative changemakers are working to document and uplift stories on water privatization, food sovereignty, and racial justice.
voiceofwitness.org
March 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Honored to be selected as one of the inaugural @voiceofwitness.org Storyteller Initiative Fellows! 🎙️✨
I’m thrilled to develop the "Untitled Water Access Audio Documentary," a five-part podcast created in collaboration with @hansenbursic.bsky.social!
voiceofwitness.org/meet-the-vow...
I’m thrilled to develop the "Untitled Water Access Audio Documentary," a five-part podcast created in collaboration with @hansenbursic.bsky.social!
voiceofwitness.org/meet-the-vow...
Huge news! My film "Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania" has found its European premiere at BFI Flare, Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ film festival!
We will screen at the legendary BFI Southbank on March 20th and 21st in London. Get tickets and learn more here: whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online...
We will screen at the legendary BFI Southbank on March 20th and 21st in London. Get tickets and learn more here: whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online...
February 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Huge news! My film "Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania" has found its European premiere at BFI Flare, Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ film festival!
We will screen at the legendary BFI Southbank on March 20th and 21st in London. Get tickets and learn more here: whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online...
We will screen at the legendary BFI Southbank on March 20th and 21st in London. Get tickets and learn more here: whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online...
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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
www.eff.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
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Job opportunity: @TheWrap is seeking a skilled and dynamic Business Editor to lead and expand its business coverage, delivering in-depth and industry-focused reporting.
January 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Job opportunity: @TheWrap is seeking a skilled and dynamic Business Editor to lead and expand its business coverage, delivering in-depth and industry-focused reporting.
Proud to share that the Backyard Docs Film Festival had its most successful year to date in 2024! Thanks to the hard work of our team, we are now Pennsylvania's largest documentary film festival! I am so grateful to be a part of the magic in my first year as festival director.
December 24, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Proud to share that the Backyard Docs Film Festival had its most successful year to date in 2024! Thanks to the hard work of our team, we are now Pennsylvania's largest documentary film festival! I am so grateful to be a part of the magic in my first year as festival director.
My first Backyard Docs Film Festival as Festival Director kicked off this week! I am so proud of what our team has built at what is now Pennsylvania's largest documentary film festival. This program is a love letter to the power and joy of communities here in the Rust Belt and Appalachia.
'Resistance Through Community': Backyard Docs Film Festival continues through Sunday - Pittsburgh Union Progress
Backyard Docs Film Festival, which bills itself as Pennsylvania’s largest documentary film festival, opens Dec. 5, with a showing of “Union.” The Sundance Award-winning work by Brett Story and Stephen...
www.unionprogress.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:56 PM
My first Backyard Docs Film Festival as Festival Director kicked off this week! I am so proud of what our team has built at what is now Pennsylvania's largest documentary film festival. This program is a love letter to the power and joy of communities here in the Rust Belt and Appalachia.
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Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont...
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
November 26, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont...
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
Such a honor to join this powerful class of innovators for DOC NYC’s 2024 Documentary New Leaders! It was inspiring to talk to so many young documentary filmmakers and thought leaders who are making our industry a better place.
You can read more about the program here: www.docnyc.net/new-leaders/
You can read more about the program here: www.docnyc.net/new-leaders/
November 21, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Such a honor to join this powerful class of innovators for DOC NYC’s 2024 Documentary New Leaders! It was inspiring to talk to so many young documentary filmmakers and thought leaders who are making our industry a better place.
You can read more about the program here: www.docnyc.net/new-leaders/
You can read more about the program here: www.docnyc.net/new-leaders/
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We made a Starter Pack featuring some of our favourite LGBTQ+ accounts we’ve found on @bsky.app so far. Let us know who we should add! go.bsky.app/Ky3rdw3 #queersky #lgbtqsky #TheQueerReview
November 18, 2024 at 7:57 PM
We made a Starter Pack featuring some of our favourite LGBTQ+ accounts we’ve found on @bsky.app so far. Let us know who we should add! go.bsky.app/Ky3rdw3 #queersky #lgbtqsky #TheQueerReview
Another incredible feature of BlueSky, you can block en mass lists other creators make of right wing troll accounts. Just hit subscribe and block all. You’re welcome, and thank you @swordsjew.bsky.social!
I made a blocklist for some of the new showing up to troll anti trans folks. No oxygen for these schmoes! bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 19, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Another incredible feature of BlueSky, you can block en mass lists other creators make of right wing troll accounts. Just hit subscribe and block all. You’re welcome, and thank you @swordsjew.bsky.social!
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November 16, 2024 at 11:48 AM
I have been blown away by the love our film has received so far! After our Frameline premiere, we've screened at 15+ festivals, won Best Documentary Short at ReelQ Pittsburgh, been covered by outlets like Variety, and will have our international premiere at Melbourne Queer Film Festival!
November 15, 2024 at 5:01 PM
I have been blown away by the love our film has received so far! After our Frameline premiere, we've screened at 15+ festivals, won Best Documentary Short at ReelQ Pittsburgh, been covered by outlets like Variety, and will have our international premiere at Melbourne Queer Film Festival!
ICYMI - Documentary Workers United just ratified a historic, game changing contract at IDA! I spoke to Deadline about how important this is. I mean it when I say this contract is a blueprint for a more just and equitable industry.
Documentary Workers Union Ratifies Groundbreaking Contract With International Documentary Associatio...
Documentary Workers United has ratified its first ever contract with the International Documentary Association, after months of negotiations.
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July 28, 2023 at 10:03 PM
ICYMI - Documentary Workers United just ratified a historic, game changing contract at IDA! I spoke to Deadline about how important this is. I mean it when I say this contract is a blueprint for a more just and equitable industry.