The International Documentary Challenge Seattle Showcase
Jul 10, 2008
The International Documentary Challenge is a filmmaking competition where teams from around the world have just 5 days to make a short documentary film. This past March, 122 filmmakers from 16 countries participated, with the finalists premiering at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto. They were assigned a documentary genre (character study, music, social issue, etc.) along with the theme of "Change." This showcase includes the Seattle-area produced films (two of which were winners) presented with several of the international standouts. The Doc Challenge is produced by Doug Whyte of KDHX Community Media and sponsored by Hot Docs, P.O.V., SILVERDOCS, The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, the International Documentary Association, the 48 Hour Film Project and Film Action Oregon.
Two Seattle filmmaker were prizewinners at the Doc Challenge at Hot Docs! One of the films, ARS MAGNA (about an anagramist) won the POV Award and is getting a national broadcast on POV in July. Another film, CLICK WHOOSH (about the demise of the Polaroid camera) won Best Film.