SILVERDOCS 2012

Congrats to Silverdocs Award Winners!

Congrats to all of our award winners!  Read on for a complete list of winning films and directors:

Sterling Award, Best U.S. Feature

Winner:  OUR SCHOOL, directed by Mona Nicoara, Miruna Coco-Cozma

Special Jury Mention:  THE BULLY PROJECT, directed by Lee Hirsch and WHEN THE DRUM IS BEATING, directed by Whitney Dow

Sterling Award, World Feature

Winner:  FAMILY INSTINCT, directed by Anris Gauja

Special Jury Mention:  POSITION AMONG THE STARS, directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich

Sterling Award, Best Short Film

Winner:  GUANAPE SUR, directed by Janos Richter

Honorable Mention:  STILL HERE, directed by Alex Camilleri

Cinematic Vision Award

Winner:  LIFE IN A DAY, directed by Kevin MacDonald

WGA Documentary Screenplay Award

Winner:  THE LOVING STORY, written by Nancy Buirski and Susie Ruth Powell

The Whole Foods Market and Silverdocs Grant for Works in Progress

Winners:  Margaret Brown for THE GREAT INVISIBLE and Ian Cheney for BLUESPACE

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Tickets 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.

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