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American Documentary Showcase

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The goal of the showcase is to offer a broad look at American values


The American Documentary Showcase is a curated program of contemporary documentaries that is offered to U.S. embassies for screening abroad. Funded in part by an ECA grant to the University Film and Video Association (UFVA), and administered in partnership with the International Documentary Association (IDA), the Showcase is designed to promote American documentaries and their filmmakers at international overseas venues, including U.S. embassy-organized events and/or U.S. embassy-supported international documentary film festivals.

The Showcase debuted in the Czech Republic and Poland in April 2009 and will travel to nearly 30 countries around the world this year, including Iraq, Ecuador, Kenya and Vietnam. UFVA and IDA have curated a thematic showcase of 25-30 award-winning American documentaries, including 2008 Academy Award® nominees “The Betrayal” and “The Garden,” to reflect the best in contemporary American documentary filmmaking. The documentaries offer a broad, diversified look at American life and the values of a democratic society. As part of the program, American filmmakers and film specialists are traveling abroad to introduce screenings of Showcase films and to conduct workshops and other outreach at documentary festivals, U.S. embassy-organized programs, and other events.

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2009 Highlights

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Filmmakers Take "Project Kashmir" to Belarus and Turkey
American filmmakers Geeta V. Patel and Sandra J. Ruch presented the film "Project Kashmir" and held master classes for film students in Minsk, Belarus and Ankara, Turkey in May 2009.
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Program Info

  • Read an introduction to the ADS from a program participant
  • ADS film info/resources from the International Documentary Association
  • U.S. State Department Launches ADS (Press Release)
  • The ADS in Prague
  • The ADS in Poland
  • University Film & Video Association
  • E-mail: CultureContact@state.gov

VIDEOS

  • Image still from video with filmmaker Marshall Curry
    Exclusive interview with filmmaker Marshall Curry during his ADS visit to Israel

PHOTOS

  • Image from the official Project Kashmir film poster
    Filmmakers Geeta Patel and Sandra Ruch visit Belarus and Turkey

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