Twenty finalists have been chosen to be shown during ArcLight's Second Annual Documentary Film Festival Nov. 5-10.
More than 250 entries were cut to 80 semi-finalists, which were then narrowed to 20 finalists through a popular vote contest on ArcLight's Facebook and YouTube pages.
The winner, eligible for a $10,000 grand prize, will be announced during the festival's closing gala on Nov. 10.
The finalists by category are:
Entertainment
o Backyard Blockbusters
o Butch Walker
o Into the Cold
o The Bitter Buddha
o The Entertainers
Shorts
o Canary in the Coal Mine
o Farming in Crisis
o Open Heart
o ScrambleVision
o The Derby Girls
o The Raw Truth
Biographical and Historical
o A Sister’s Call
o Bob Barry
o Robert Loveless
o No Horizon Anymore
o Shelter Island
Social Issue
o I Stand Corrected
o La Source
o Married and Counting
o Pray for Japan
o The Grey Area
The festival will be judged by:
- Lesley Chilcott, documentary producer of Waiting for Superman and An Inconvenient Truth
- Marjan Safinia, board of directors, International Documentary Assocation
- Mall Holzman, director of programming development at KCRW, Host of Matt’s Movies
- Gretchen McCourt, festival executive producer and executive VP, Decurion Corporation
- Jonathan Josell, co-chair, ArcLight Documentary Film Festival
Patch will post a schedule of screenings when it becomes available.
