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Agnes Varnum is a freelance writer, film programmer and communications manager for the Austin Film Society. She is the primary contributor to doc it out and Tribeca Film Institute's Resources.

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Docs Shimmer at the Silver

June 10th, 2007 • Related Posts • Tags

Silverdocs, the AFI/Discovery Doc Fest begins this week in Silver Spring, Maryland – my old stomping ground. I was on the programming committee for the festival in 2004 and 2005, and I’ll be going back this year, which I’m excited about. They have a newly launched website complete with schedule, podcasts from previous events, film trailers and photos, along with the whole International Documentary Conference line-up. The doc extravaganza kicks off on Tuesday night with Pete Seeger: The Power of Song by Jim Brown.

In the line-up are fest favorites such as The Monastary by Pernille Rose Grønkjae, We Are Together by Paul Taylor, Esther Robinson’s A Walk Into the Sea, AJ Schnack’s Kurt Cobain About a Son and the recent Tribeca winner, Taxi to the Dark Side by Alex Gibney, among many others.

Some films that haven’t made as big of a splash but definitely worth checking out: Enemies of Happiness by Anja Al-Erhaye, Heddy Honigmann’s Forever, The Devil Came on Horseback by  Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, and Buddha’s Lost Children by  Mark Verkerk.

On my must-see list are Almudena Carracedo’s Made in LA, Lake of Fire by Tony Kaye, Audience of One by  Michael Jacobs and Souvenirs by Shahar Cohen and Halil Efrat.

If you will be there, give me a shout-out on the contact page or find me at the Cinema Louge. Vive DC!

There Are 6 Responses So Far. »

  1. Comment by Dentler on 10 June 2007:

    See ya there! It’ll be my first time.

  2. Comment by Tom on 11 June 2007:

    I’ll be there too. Hope to meet you there!

  3. Comment by Sujewa on 11 June 2007:

    I was just in Silver Spring last night. See ya there perhaps at the fest.

    - Sujewa

  4. Comment by Patrick on 11 June 2007:

    I didn’t make it there this year. Too bad because we could hang out in Silver Spring.

  5. Comment by Brian on 11 June 2007:

    I’ll be there on Saturday, June 16. I plan to see “Please Vote for Me,” “Bridge Over the Wadi,” and either “Arctic Tale” or “The Gates,” which are both playing about the same time that evening. I’m more likely to see “The Gates.” a) because I missed it at Tribeca and b) because after attending the Maysles Film Program at BAM yesterday, how can I miss “The Gates” this time around?

  6. Comment by agnes on 12 June 2007:

    Wow! Great collection of bloggers in da house! It will be great to see you all.