Silverdocs Competition Lineup Announced!
Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival announced today its full competition lineup for this year’s festival. Silverdocs is a leading festival in the showcasing of top quality documentary films and their filmmakers. This year’s Silverdocs runs from 6/19/2012 – 6/23/2012. For more information visit the festival webpage.
This year’s Sterling U.S., World and Short competition films are:
Sterling U.S. Feature Competition
Betting The Farm: DIR Jason Mann and Cecily Pingree. USA. World Premiere.
Call me Kuchu: DIR Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall. USA. East Coast Premiere.
Downeast: DIR David Redmon and Ashley Sabin. USA.
The House I Live In: DIR Eugene Jarecki. USA.
Only The Young: DIR Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims. USA. East Coast Premiere.
Photographic Memory: DIR Ross McElwee. USA/France.
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton As Himself: DIR Tom Bean and Luke Poling. USA. World Premiere.
Radio Unnameable: DIR Paul Lovelace and Jessica Wolfson. USA.
The Revisionaries: DIR Scott Thurman. USA.
Sun Kissed: DIR Maya Stark and Adi Lavy. USA. East Coast Premiere.
Sweet Dreams: DIR Rob and Lisa Fruchtman. USA. World Premiere.
The Waiting Room: DIR Peter Nicks. USA.
U.S. Feature Jury: Heather Courtney, Filmmaker (Where Soldiers Come From); Marshall Curry, Filmmaker (If A Tree Falls: A Story Of The Earth Liberation Front); Adella Ladjevardi, Grants Manager, Cinereach
Sterling World Feature Competition
Argentinean Lesson: DIR Wojciech Staron. Poland. East Coast Premiere.
The Final Member: DIR Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math. USA/Canada. U.S. Premiere.
Oma & Bella: DIR Alexa Karolinski. Germany/USA. U.S. Premiere.
Planet Of Snail: DIR Seung-Jun Yi. South Korea.
Private Universe: DIR Helena Trestikova. Czech Republic. U.S. Premiere.
The Punk Syndrome: DIR Jukka Kärkkäinen and J-P Passi. Finland/Norway/Sweden. U.S. Premiere.
Special Fight (Vol Special): DIR Fernand Melgar. Switzerland.
Tea Or Electricity: DIR Jeröme le Maire. Belgium/Morocco. North American Premiere.
Virgin Tales: DIR Mirjam Von Arx. France/Germany/Switzerland. North American Premiere.
¡Vivan Las Antipodas!: DIR Victor Kossakovsky. Germany/Netherlands/Argentina/Chile. East Coast Premiere.
The World Before Her: DIR Nisha Pahuja. USA/Canada/Germany/UK.
World Feature Jury: Charlotte Cook, Director of Programming, Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival; Jigar Mehta, Co-founder, Collaborative Documentary Project; Stephanie Wang-Breal, Filmmaker (Wo Ai Ni Mommy [I Love You, Mommy]).
Sterling Short Film Competition
Amateur Filmmaker: DIR Volha Dashuk. Belarus.
The Ambassador & Me: DIR Jan Czarlewski. Switzerland.
American Juggalo: DIR Sean Dunne. USA.
Among Giants: DIR Sam Price-Waldman, Ben Mullinkosson and Chris Cresci. USA.
Back To Mandima: DIR Robert-Jan Lacombe. Switzerland.
A Brief History Of John Baldessari: DIR Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. USA.
Brute Force: DIR Ben Steinbauer. USA.
Catcam: DIR Seth Keal. USA.
Chronicle Of Oldrich S.: DIR Rudolf Šmíd. Czech Republic.
Contact Call: DIR Jana Bürgelin. Germany.
Crossed Out: DIR Roberto Duarte. Sweden.
Cutting Loose: DIR Finlay Pretsell and Adrian McDowall. Scotland.
Family Nightmare: DIR Dustin Guy Defa. USA.
Fanuzzi’s Gold: DIR Georgia Gruzen. USA.
Home Turf: DIR Ross Whitaker. Ireland.
If Himmler Played Guitar: DIR Andy Taylor Smith. UK.
I Kill: DIR David White and Paul Wedel. New Zealand.
Into The Middle Of Nowhere: DIR Ann Frances Ewert. UK/Germany.
It Ain’t Over: DIR Caleb Slain. USA.
Kings Point: DIR Sari Gilman. USA.
The Last Ice Merchant: DIR Sandy Patch. Ecuador/USA.
Living Tiny: DIR Paul Meyers and Paul Donatelli. USA.
Love Hacking: DIR Jenni Nelson. USA.
Manufactured Fortunes: DIR Kevin Gordon. USA.
Meaning Of Robots: DIR Matt Lenski. USA.
Missing: DIR Ewan McNicol. USA.
Mondays At Racine: DIR Cynthia Wade. USA.
Mr. Christmas: DIR Nick Palmer. USA.
Needle Exchange: DIR Colm Quinn. Ireland.
Paradise: DIR Nadav Kurtz. USA.
The Perfect Fit: DIR Tali Yankelevich. Scotland.
Ray: A Life Underwater: DIR Amanda Bluglass. UK.
Reception: DIR Maciej Bochniak. Poland.
Reindeer: DIR Eva Weber. UK.
Return Of The Sun: DIR Glen Milner and Ben Hilton. UK.
Solo, Piano – NYC: DIR Anthony Sherin. USA.
Sparkle: DIR Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert. USA.
The Time We Have: DIR Mira Jargil. Denmark.
Unravel: DIR Meghna Gupta. UK.
Well-Fed: DIR Anna Moot-Levin. USA.
Short Film Jury: Lisa Collins, Filmmaker (Oscar’s Comeback); Cara Cusumano, Programmer, Tribeca Film Festival; Basil Tsiokos, Programming Associate, Sundance Film Festival.
This year’s Silver Spectrum and Guggenheim Retrospective films are:
Silver Spectrum
½ Revolution: DIR Omar Shargawi and Karin El Hakim. Denmark. East Coast Premiere.
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry: DIR Alison Klayman. USA/China.
The Ambassador: DIR Mads Brügger. Denmark.
Ann Richards’ Texas: DIR Keith Patterson and Jack Lofton. USA. World Premiere.
Bad Brains: A Band In D.C.: DIR Mandy Stein and Benjamen Logan. USA. East Coast Premiere.
Beauty Is Embarrasing: DIR Neil Berkeley. USA.
Beware Of Mr. Baker: DIR Jay Bulger. USA.
Brooklyn Castle: DIR Katie Dellamaggiore. USA.
Canned Dreams: DIR Katja Gauriloff. Finland. U.S. Premiere.
The Central Park Effect: DIR Jeffrey Kimball. USA.
Charles Bradley: Soul Of America: DIR Poull Brien. USA.
Chasing Ice: DIR Jeff Orlowski. USA.
China Heavyweight: DIR Yung Chang. Canada/China. East Coast Premiere.
Detropia: DIR Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing. USA.
Diana Vreeland: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL: DIR Lisa Immordino Vreeland. USA.
Drivers Wanted: DIR Joshua Weinstein. USA. World Premiere.
Escape Fire: The Fight To Rescue American Healthcare: DIR Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke. USA.
Fame High: DIR Scott Hamilton Kennedy. USA.
A Girl Like Her: DIR Ann Fessler. USA.
The House I Live In: DIR Eugene Jarecki. USA.
The Imposter: DIR Bart Layton. UK.
Joe Papp In Five Acts: DIR Tracie Holder and Karen Thorsen. USA.
La Source: DIR Patrick Shen. USA. World Premiere.
Marina Abramović The Artist Is Present: DIR Matthew Akers. USA.
Meet The Fokkens: DIR Rob Schröder and Gabriëlle Provaas. Netherlands. U.S. Premiere.
Portrait Of Wally: DIR Andrew Shea. USA/Austria.
The Queen Of Versailles: DIR Lauren Greenfield. USA.
Seeking Asian Female: DIR Debbie Lum. USA. East Coast Premiere.
The Source: DIR Jodi Wille and Maria Demopoulos. USA.
Step Up To The Plate: DIR Paul Lacoste. France. East Coast Premiere.
Strong!: DIR Julie Wyman. USA. World Premiere.
Searching For Sugar Man: DIR Malik Bendjelloul. Sweden/UK.
Tchoupitoulas: DIR Bill and Turner Ross. USA.
Third Coast Audio Festival Filmless Presentation Curator: Julie Shapiro. USA.
Time Zero: The Last Year Of Polaroid Film: DIR Grant Hamilton. USA.
Tokyo Waka: DIR John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson. USA. East Coast Premiere.
Trash Dance: DIR Andrew Garrison. USA.
The Vanishing Spring Light: DIR Xun Yu. China. U.S. Premiere.
Wagner’s Dream: DIR Susan Froemke. USA.
We Are Legion: The Story Of The Hacktivists: DIR Brian Knappenberger. USA.
When Bubbles Burst: DIR Hans Petter Moland. Norway. North American Premiere.
The World Before Her: DIR Nisha Pahuja. USA/Canada/Germany/UK.
Guggenheim Retrospective
Brother’s Keeper: DIR Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. USA.
Crude: DIR Joe Berlinger. USA.
Good Rockin’ Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun Records: DIR Bruce Sinofsky. USA.
Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster: DIR Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. USA.
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders At Robin Hood Hills: DIR Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky. USA.
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations: DIR Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. USA.
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory: DIR Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. USA.
Under African Skies: DIR Joe Berlinger. USA.
