The 2012 lineup for the AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival was announced this morning! Time to put on your doc-film festival glasses and begin digesting this incredible selection.
This year we are celebrating Silverdocs 10th edition. We have 144 films from 44 countries. Seven World, three North American, seven U.S. and eleven East Coast premieres plus much more. Festival Director Sky Sitney commented on this year’s lineup:
“This year, fittingly for a festival that has united art and insight for a decade, there are a substantial number of films focusing on the creative process.We are particularly proud to showcase the latest work by documentary luminaries, while introducing new filmmakers to our highly engaged audiences and guests from around the globe.”
Dive in and Stay tuned. More Silverdocs news to come.
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky Honored at Silverdocs 2012
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky will be honored at the AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Charles Guggenheim Symposium. This is the American Film Institute’s annual recognition of excellence in documentary film. The documentarian team will be honored for their collective and individual contributions to the documentary genre. The symposium is named after the late, four-time Academy Award winner Charles Guggenheim and honors filmmakers who have mastered the power of documentary.
Berlinger and Sinofksy have been leading voices in documentary film since their award-winning BROTHER’S KEEPER (1992). Their landmark films include PARADISE LOST: THE CHILD MURDERS AT ROBIN HOOD HILLS (1996), PARADISE LOST 2: REVELATIONS (2000), METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER (2004), the Academy Award nominated PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY (2011) and Berlinger’s UNDER AFRICAN SKIES (2012).
The Guggenheim Symposium will include excerpts from the honorees’ collection of work. Following the excerpts, the filmmakers will be joined by Indiewire Co-Founder and Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Eugene Hernandez.
AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival and Conference is June 18 - 24. This year marks the 10th edition of the seven-day film festival showcasing documentaries from filmmakers around the globe. The Conference runs concurrent to the Festival and will feature over 35 panels and workshops.
Stay tuned for regular updates from our blog as the Festival moves closer to date! For information about purchasing passes to the Festival and Conference in addition to volunteer opportunities visit silverdocs.com!
Congrats to our last Twitter contest, Year of Docs - we received so many photos that really captured the spirit of Silverdocs! Here are the winning photos (chosen at random):
@marieclaireand: @Silverdocs #yearofdocs Loved the opening night after party! http://t.co/BlVFfKm yfrog.com/kjm56tj yfrog.com/kjsx4kj
@BellCV: @SILVERDOCS #yearofdocs one of my favorite moments so far: Post screening #BeingElmo meet and greet. http://lockerz.com/s/113653313
Pruitt-Igoe Myth from the projection room, which screened in Theater 3 on Friday.
Tina - who took sat in that chair and viewed 108 films consecutively to check for sound issues, etc. Don’t ask me how her eyes aren’t bleeding. I don’t know.
Passes are on sale for AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival, June 18 - 24 2012!
Now in it's 10th edition Silverdocs is the most talked about documentary festival in the United States, called “Non-Fiction Nirvana” by Variety, the “Pre-eminent documentary Festival in the US” by Screen International and the “premiere showcase for documentary film” by Hollywood Reporter.
Silverdocs encompasses a seven-day international film festival and five-day concurrent conference that promotes documentary film as a leading art form, supports the work of independent filmmakers and fosters an atmosphere for public dialogue and civic engagement around the issues and ideas explored in the films.
