SILVERDOCS ANNOUNCES FESTIVAL SLATE
Festival Opens with MORE THAN A GAME
Closes with THE NINE LIVES OF MARION BARRY
Festival Films Address Sports, Politics, Pop Culture, Globalization and Music
Silver Spring, Maryland, May 21, 2009—AFI-Discovery Channel SILVERDOCS Documentary Festival announced its full slate of films for the Festival taking place June 15-22, 2009 in the Washington, D.C. area. SILVERDOCS 2009 will present 122 films representing 58 countries selected from 1,983 submissions with seven World, three North American, 12 US, and 14 east coast premieres, plus 12 retrospective films. Now in its seventh year, SILVERDOCS and its concurrent International Documentary Conference honors excellence in filmmaking, supports the diverse voices and free expression of independent storytellers and celebrates the power of documentary to enhance our understanding of the world.
Films screen in six sections: Sterling US Feature Competition, Sterling World Feature Competition, Best Music Documentary, Silver Spectrum, Sterling Short Films and Special Programs.
