Land of Peameal and Honey

Only twelve days until our film is screened at Hot Docs and everyone is getting very excited about the trip to Toronto. We all had such a great time there last year. Laura fell in love with Peameal and Ted dreamed of living on Spadina. My favorite thing were the signs in the subway stating "Please be considerate," not in any specific way, but just in general. As if all of that were not enough to get us excited about our upcoming trip, today we found out that our film is now officially one of the finalists for the P.O.V Award.

Hello Doc Challenge Filmmakers,

The American Documentary | P.O.V Award for the International
Documentary Challenge has been determined and is going to one of the
14 finalists. We will announce this winner with all of the other
winners at Hot Docs on April 26!

Cheers,
Doug

More good news...

This morning I received this email:

Hello Doc Challenge Filmmakers,

I am happy to announce that the International Documentary Challenge is partnering with P.O.V., PBS' premiere showcase for independent, non-fiction film.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/

P.O.V. will be awarding the "P.O.V. Prize" to a Doc Challenge film. This film will be prominently showcased on their website and receive a $1,000 award.

Currently P.O.V is looking at the top 25 rated films from the 1st round of judging to determine the winner. The winning film will screen at Hot Docs, where the prize will be awarded.

We are going to Hot Docs...

Earlier this week I received great news via email, " Congratulations! You are a finalist for the International Documentary Challenge!" Team Profluence has made it to the finals again with our latest film Bend & Bow. Our film "Bend & Bow" will have its world premiere at HotDocs Canadian International Film Festival on Saturday, April 26th at 9:30 p.m. It will screen with the 13 other International Documentary Challenge finalists, and the Grand Prize winner will be announced at Midnight. All six members of Profluence Productions will be in Toronto, so if you are in the area come by and show your support. Here is the list of the 14 finalists for this years competition:

1. All The Eights, 88
Team: Sholi
City/Country: Sydney, Australia
Genre: Biography/Character Study

2. Ars Magna
Team Juicebox
City/Country: Seattle, WA, USA
Genre: Biography/Character Study

3. The Art of Balance
Team: Surge Media
City/Country: New York, NY, USA
Genre: Sports

4. Beholder
Team: Boss and Coder 34
City/Country: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Genre: First Person

5. Bend & Bow
Team: Profluence Productions
City/Country: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Genre: Experimental

6. Click Whoosh
Team: Reel Grrrls
City/Country: Seattle, WA, USA
Genre: Historical

7. Ghost Bike
Team: Go!
City/Country: Toronto, ON, Canada
Genre: Art

8. I=me2
Team: Year of the Rooster
City/Country: Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
Genre: Experimental

9. Ice Fishing
Team: Rotating Planet
City/Country: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre: Sports

10. Jetty
Team: Fly On The Wall
City/Country: Portland, OR, USA
Genre: Social Issue/Political

11. Meet The Freegans
Team: Shields Films
City/Country: Portland, OR, USA
Genre: Social Issue/Political

12. Pennywise: The Changing Face of Change
Team: Lucky Shot
City/Country: Silver Spring, MD, USA
Genre: Social Issue/Political

13. Red Light Blues
Team: Abrahami-Netz Productions
City/Country: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genre: Social Issue/Political

14. Stick and Pound
Team: It Donned On Me
City/Country: Foster City, CA, USA
Genre: Art

The Documentary Channel

Last week I was informed that my film Shadows of Guilt was selected to air on the Documentary Channel later this year. It will be aired in a Doc Block along with nine other short documentaries produced by my classmates from the New School's Graduate Certificate in Documentary Media Studies.