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2010 Finalists
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Watch the 2010 International Documentary Challenge finalists and vote for your favorite films to determine the Audience Award Winner. The top rated film will be featured on the front page of the Doc Challenge website, receive a free registration in the 2011 Doc Challenge and will be automatically included in the next "Best of the Doc Challenge" DVD. The deadline for voting is June 12.
To keep things as fair as possible, you must log in to vote. (Click the tab in the upper right corner of the page.) Please rate the film on overall quality and narrative, technical presentation and adherence to genre and theme.
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 Team: A4 Creative
City/Country: Mountlake Terrace, WA, USA
Genre: Character Study
Theme: Dreams/Nightmares
Synopsis: Seventy-four year old Bruce Maynard builds a solar powered baby stroller to accompany him on a walk across America.
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 Team: VIEWMASTER
City/Country: Athens, Greece Genre: Experimental Theme: Dreams/Nightmares Synopsis: Filmed itself like a dream..this short documentary gives us a snap insight of what dreams are. Awards: Best Use of Experimental Genre
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 Team: Media Bridges
City/Country: Cincinnati, OH, USA Genre: Historical Theme: Dreams/Nightmares Synopsis: A history on lynching in America. Award: Best Use of Historical Genre
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 Team: Kamikaze Chickadee
City/Country: Brooklyn, NY, USA Genre: Character Study Theme: Dreams/Nightmares Synopsis: In his early 20s, legendary musician Greg Garing played with every country and bluegrass superstar on the Nashville Opry scene. Now, at 43, his doctors give him a year to live and he's forced to come to terms with the secret he's kept all his life. Donate to Greg's treatment fund at the official website for the film. Awards: Best Film, Best Use of Character Study Genre
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 Team: Asia Outpost
City/Country: Chiang Mai, Thailand Genre: Art Theme: Dreams/Nightmares Synopsis: The Four Dreams chronicles the stories of individuals in northern Thailand who's life experiences are realized, shaped, interpreted and coped with through various expressions. Awards: Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Use of Art Genre
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 Team: Noonday Films
City/Country: Columbus, OH, USA Genre: Social Issue/Political Theme: Dreams/Nightmares Synopsis: A story of a radical grandfather who risked his life working for peace, and the deeply personal consequences of his courage. Award: Documentary Educational Resources (DER) Award, Best Use of Theme, Best Use of Social Issue/Political Genre
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 Team: Flash Frame Film & Video Network
City/Country: Thunder Bay, ON, Canada Genre: Sports Theme: Dreams/Nightmares Synopsis: Charlie Wilkins is going to write a new book, if he survives his next adventure of rowing 3000 miles across the Atlantic in 30 days. Awards: Honorable Mention by Doc Challenge Jury at Hot Docs, Best Use of Sports Genre
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 Team: Surge
City/Country: New York, NY, USA Genre: Social Issue/Political Theme: Dreams/Nightmares Synopsis: In his own way, Paul asks us what it means to be free.
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 Team: The Cut Tos
City/Country: Portland, OR, USA Genre: Nature/Environmental Theme: Dreams/Nightmares Synopsis: Death Goes Green is an intimate portrait of the pioneers of the green burial movement. Awards: Best Original Score and Best Use of Nature/Environemntal Genre |
 Team: Shed Collective
City/Country: Atlanta, GA, USA Genre: Experimental Theme: Dreams/Nightmares Synopsis: Jessica is an artist who rolls hard and lives large as she creates work that documents her body's--but not her creativity's--decline. Awards: American Documentary | POV Award, Best Directing
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 Team: Reel Grrls
City/Country: Seattle, WA, USA
Genre: First Person
Theme: Dreams/Nightmares
Synopsis: A Seattle filmmaker explores stories of dreamers who seek connections through the classifieds.
Awards: Best Soundtrack, Best Use of First Person Genre
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 Team: Minnesota Docuclubbers
City/Country: St. Paul, MN, USA Genre: Character Study Theme: Dreams/Nightmares Synopsis: A Minnesota mom does something she never thought she would do.
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