Silver Docs Volunteer Call

VOLUNTEER SCREENERS

SILVERDOCS, the “pre-eminent documentary festival in the US” (Screen International) seeks Volunteer Screeners to be an integral part of the programming team. Screeners review a minimum of 40 feature and short (combined) documentaries submitted to SILVERDOCS 2009. Potential Screeners should have a critical eye and knowledge of film, and be able to write articulate and concise evaluations of the films they review. Screeners must have a DVD player, reliable Internet access and a qualified point of view. Regular access to a multiregion DVD player is a plus. Screeners are required to pick up films for review at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Md., during regular business hours.

If you would like to apply to be a Volunteer Screener, e-mail Programming@SILVERDOCS.com with the following:

RESUME - highlighting any film experience/expertise/interest you may have;
COVER LETTER - detailing your interest in the Screener position, and your knowledge of documentary film in general and of SILVERDOCS in particular;
TWO FILM EVALUATIONS - 250 words each - of any two films that you've seen in the past six months. This will give us insight into your writing style and critical perspective;
TOP TEN LIST of favorite films of all time, with a particular emphasis on documentaries.
We are accepting Screener applications now through December 19. Please send all the application materials at the same time via e-mail. The screening review process takes place early November through late March 2009.

Pamela Yates and Paco de Onis' Latest Film Selected for Sundance 2009

Pamela Yates and Paco de Onis, guest lecturers in the MFA SocDoc dept., had their latest film The Reckoning selected to make its world premiere at the the 2009 Sundance Film Festival this January!

The film was also selected as one of the 20 projects in the 2009 Sundance Doc Fund.

What two amazing honors - congratulations!

SUNDANCE FILMS 2009

SUNDANCE DOC FUND FALL 2008

Skylight Pictures -
THE RECKONING (U.S.)
The film chronicles the history and launch of the International Criminal Court in the Hague, the world’s first institution created to prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

Biographies:

PAMELA YATES
Producer, Director, Writer
Co-Founder and President of Skylight Pictures, Inc.
FILM CREDITS INCLUDE: The Reckoning (in production);; State of Fear; Presumed Guilty: Tales of the Public Defenders; Wide Angle(series) "Cause for Murder"; "Living Broke in Boom Times (a trilogy): "Poverty Outlaw"; "Takeover", "Outriders", and Michael Moore's " TV Nation" "When the Mountains Tremble";" Brotherhood of Hate";; "Witness to War";" Nicaragua: Report from the Front"
AWARDS AND HONORS:, Academy Award, Emmy Award, Sundance Special Jury Award, Overseas Press Club Award, and Guggenheim Fellowship

PACO DE ONIS

Producer, Writer

FILM AND TELELVISION CREDITS INCLUDE: The Reckoning; Granito; The Court of Last Resort; State of Fear; Secrets from the Grave; On Our Own Terms: Bill Moyers on Dying; Chaos Theory; Police Force; Edgewise; City Arts; TV Nation; Colors TV

AWARDS AND HONORS: Emmy Award, Overseas Press Club Award