AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Guggenheim Symposium to Honor Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky

AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs will honor Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky at this year’s Guggenheim Symposium, for their collective and individual contributions to the documentary genre. 

Since their award-winning BROTHER’S KEEPER (1992), Berlinger and Sinofsky have been leading voices in American nonfiction cinema. Among their landmark films are 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), which is now in distribution and focuses on Paul Simon’s return to South Africa to explore the journey of his 1986 Grammy Award winning “Graceland” album.

The Guggenheim Symposium will include excerpts from their work. Following the screening, Berlinger and Sinofsky will be joined by Indiewire Co-Founder and Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Eugene Hernandez, and other special guests, to engage in a discussion of Berlinger and Sinofsky’s career.

http://silverdocs.com/news-links/2012/05/14/2012-guggenheim-press-release/

15 May Permalink

Silverdocs Passes On Sale Now!

Earlybird rates on 2012 passes available until April 20 for this year’s festival, June 18 - 24 at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, MD.

Please go to www.Silverdocs.com to purchase a pass, and if you have any questions email registration@silverdocs.com

17 April 9 Permalink

AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival and Whole Foods Announce Filmmaker Grants

The AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival in Silver Spring, MD announced today that for the second consecutive year they will partner with Whole Foods Market, a leading retailer of natural and organic foods, to provide grants to filmmakers seeking funding for documentary works.

Two grants of $25,000 each will be awarded to documentary feature filmmakers at varying stages of development - from conception through completion.

The online grant application process will be open from March 21 through May 4 and selected grant candidates will be notified by June 11. The Whole Foods Market/AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs “Green Grant” will be presented at the 2012 AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Festival Awards Ceremony on June 23. 

Visit http://www.silverdocs.com for additional criteria, to submit an application and for a contact to help answer questions about the review process.

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