2013 Event:
The 8th Annual Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival (DocuFest Atlanta). Showcasing the best documentary films in the world held during Independent Film Month Atlanta
2013 Dates:
September 12 - 15, 2013
2013 Call For Entries:
Venue:
2012 Film Festival Schedule:
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2012 Film Festival Awards:
DocuFest Atlanta Awards
2008 DocuFest
Best Documentary
More Shoes
Dir. Lee Kazimir
Best Foreign Documentary
Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad
(A Little Bit of So Much Truth)
Dir. Jill Freidburg
Best Comedy Documentary
Wiener Takes All
Dir. Shane MacDougall
Best Drama Documentary
Calavera Highway
Dir. Renee Tajima-Pena & Evangeline Griego
Best Musical Documentary
Song Sung Blue
Dir. Greg Kohs
Best Director
Georg Kosulinski
Immokalee, USA
Most Inspirational Documentary
Love Limits
Dir. Thymaya Payne
Audience Choice Award
What Are We Doing Here?
Dir.(s) Brandon, Nicholas, Daniel & Tim Klein
Best Documentary Short
Heroes, No Hacen Falta Alas Para Volar
(Hero, Wings Are Not Necessary to Fly)
Dir. Angel Loza
Best Experimental Documentary Short
Teslamania
Dir. Joel Schlemowitz
2006 DocuFest
Best Doc:
In the Shadow of the Palms - Iraq
(Wayne Coles-Janess)
Audience Choice Award :
Bob Smith USA
(Neil Abramson)
Best Post-Production :
Bye Bye Havana
(J. Michael Seyfert)
Best International Doc :
Guinnesssize Me
(Chris Kelly, Robert James)
Best Comedy Doc :
Waiting For Nesara
(Zeb & Elisa Haradon)
Best Musical Doc :
Homemade Hillbilly Jam
(Rick Minnich)
Best Dramatic Doc :
El Inmigrante
(David & John Eckenrode)
Best Director :
McLibel, Drowned Out
(Franny Armstrong)
Best Educational Doc :
And the Sea Took Us
(William Prosser)
Best Political Doc:
Also Ran
(Paul Mariano)
Best Short Doc :
Do You Want the Elephant Music
(Leslie Dektor)
2007 DocuFest
Best Documentary Feature
Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa
Dir. Jeremy Stulberg and Randy Stulberg
Best Documentary Short
The Cole Nobody Knows
Dir. Clay Walker
Best Director
Rent a Rasta
Dir. J Michael Seyfert
Best Dramatic Doc
Mississippi Son
Dir. Don Wilson
Best Comedy Doc
A Balancing Act
Dir. Marc Israel
Best Political Doc
1910 La Revolucion Espirita
Dir. Alejandro Fernandez Solsona
Best International Doc
Lost and Found In Mexico
Dir. Caren Cross
Audience Choice Award
Michela's Story
Dir. Ercole Rocchetti
Best Documentary Feature
The Nature of Existence
Dir. Roger Nygard
Best Director
Beyond the Call
Dir. Adrian Belic
Audience Choice Award
The Anatomy of Hate
Dir. Mike Ramsdell
Best Cinematography
Beauty of the Fight
Dir. John Urbano
Best Comedy Documentary
Zombie Girl: The Movie
Dir. Justin Johnson, Aaron Marshall, Erik Mauck
Best Social Documentary
Salute
Dir. Matt Norman
Best Environmental Documentary
Blue Gold: World Water Wars
Dir. Sam Bozzo
Best Dramatic Documentary
The Human Experience
Dir. Charles Kinnane
Best International Documentary
Down the Road
Dir. Joel Christensen and Chris Gordon
Best Local Documentary
Living is Winning
Dir. Linda Burns
Most Inspirational Documentary
Shooting Beauty
Dir. George Kachadorian
Most Educational Documentary
Official Rejection
Dir. Paul Osborne
Best Documentary Short
Refurbished
Dir. John Spottswood Moore
Best International Documentary Short
Nous Deux Encore
Dir. Heather Harlow
2009 DocuFest
2010 DocuFest
Best Documentary Feature
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Directed by: Leanne Pooley
Best Director
Being the Diablo
Rod Murphy
Audience Choice Award
The Cartel
Directed by: Bob Bowdon
Best Musical Documentary
Complaints Choir
Directed by: Ada Bligaard-Soby
Best Comedy Documentary
Roll Out Cowboy
Directed by: Elizabeth Lawrence
Best Social Documentary
A Film About Races
Directed by : Jonathan Marc Baker
Best Environmental Documentary
Foul Water Fiery Serpent
Directed by: Gary Strieker
Best Dramatic Documentary
Erasing David
Directed by: David Bond
Best International Documentary
Not a Svensson Anymore
Directed by Mattias Olsson and Tomas Hanslep
Best Local Documentary Feature
Beat Makers
Laron Austin
Most Inspirational Documentary
Crossing Borders
Directed by: Arnd Wachter
Most Educational Documentary
Gobeklitepe : The World’s First Temple
Ahmet Turgut Yazman
Best Documentary Short
My Uncle Bluey
Directed by: Britt Arthur
Best International Documentary Short
Waiting for Women
Directed by: Estephan Wagner
Best Local Documentary Short
17 Degrees Ain’t Nothing
Directed by: Carlton Mackey
Best Documentary
dir. by Justin Jarrett
Best Director(s)
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
dir. by Will Hess, Nikki Frakes
Audience Choice Award
dir. by Christine Anthony & Owen Masterson
Best Comedy Documentary
dir. by Bill Bowles and Kenny Meehan
Best Social-Issue Documentary
dir. by Christophe Fauchere
Best Environmental Documentary
YERT (Your Environmental Road Trip)
dir. by Ben Evans & Mark Dixon
Best Drama Documentary
dir. by Kim Shelton
Best Foreign Documentary
dir. by Michelle Medina
Best Local Director
dir. by Sheldon Schiffer
Best Doc Short
dir. by Howard Libov
Best Comedy Doc Short
dir. by Marika Kontoudakis
Best Drama Doc Short
dir. by Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside
Best Foreign Doc Short
dir. by Jamie Hamer
2011 DocuFest Awards:
Best Documentary Feature
Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology
(80m, U S A) dir. by Tiffany Shlain
Best Director Documentary Feature
Shenandoah
dir. by David Turnley
Best Comedy Documentary Feature
kART Across America
dir. by Jeremy Make, Andy Raney
Best Social-Issue Documentary Feature
End of the Road: How Money Became Worthless
dir. by Tim Delmastro
Best Environmental Documentary Feature
The Clean Bin Project
dir. by Grant Baldwin
Best Drama Documentary Feature
Kelly
dir. by James Stenson
Best Foreign Documentary Feature
Decadence: Decline of The Western World
dir. by Pria Viswalingam
Best Local Documentary Feature
THE ACTIVISTS: War, Peace, and Politics in the Streets
dir. by Melody Weinstein
Audience Choice Award
FunkJazz Kafe: Diary Of A Decade
(The Story Of A Movement)
dir. by Jason Orr
Best Documentary Short
Carbon for Water
dir. by Evan Abramson
Best Comedy Documentary Short
Chase
dir. by Malia Bruker
Best Drama Documentary Short
Come on Down and Pick Me Up
dir. by Nicholas Corrao, Jonathan Bougher
Best Foreign Documentary Short
Ending In 6 Minutes
dir. by Peter Slee
Best Director Documentary Short
26 & Never Been Kissed
dir. by Sarah Choi
2012 DocuFest Awards:
