American Film Institute

AFI's Music Documentary Series presented by Audi. From April 12, 2006, Q&A with Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen.

AFI's Directors Screenings presented by Audi. From May 6, 2006, guest moderator Steve Martin and director Richard E. Grant take audience questions at at an advance screening of WAH-WAH at ArcLight Hollywood.

AFI's Directors Screenings presented by Audi. Director Paul Dinello and actress Amy Sedaris take audience questions at an advance screening of STRANGERS WITH CANDY at ArcLight Hollywood. Q&A is hosted by Erin Anderson, producer of AFI On Screen.

AFI's Uncensored Documentary Series presented by Audi. Amnesty International representatives Jumana Musa and Eric Sears take audience questions at AFI's Uncensored Documentary Series screening of THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO.

THE BREAST CANCER DIARIES June 17, 2006 Post-screening discussion with film subject Ann Murray Paige and filmmaker Linda Pattillo following the SILVERDOCS World Premiere of THE BREAST CANCER DIARIES. Film synopsis: Diagnosed with breast cancer at age 38, Ann Murray Paige sets up a video diary camera in her bedroom. The result is an intimate, unvarnished first-person account of “a life turned sideways,” punctuated with humor, poignancy and romance. Directed by Peabody and Murrow award-winning journalist Linda Pattillo, the only female television correspondent to travel with frontline US troops into Kuwait during the first Persian Gulf War. Web: www.thebreastcancerdiaries.com

Digital tools are revolutionizing independent film distribution. Hear Peter Broderick’s report from the frontier—where filmmakers have seized control of distribution. Using state-of-the-art techniques, filmmakers are circumventing gate-keepers and reaching viewers directly, building core personal audiences and achieving true global distribution. Sponsored by The Maryland Film Office

Why should documentary filmmakers care about pod-casting, video i-pods, mobile phone content delivery, VOD, broadband, cross-platform distribution? Are digital distribution technologies opening up new audiences, new sources of production funding? Or simply asking media artists to provide more versions of their content for the same--or less--amount of money? The session will be introduced by Nick DeMartino, Sr. Vice President for Media and Technology at American Film Institute and moderated by John Bracken, Program Officer for The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Featured panelists include: Linda Good Bryant, Multi-media Artist and Activist Albie Hecht, President, World Wide Biggies/Shine Global Foundation Debra May Hughes, President and Chief Operating Officer, Public Interactive Clint Stinchcomb, Senior Vice President of New Media, Discovery Communications

The SILVERDOCS 2006 Charles Guggenheim Symposium Honoring Martin Scorsese Thursday, June 15, 2006 The Charles Guggenheim Symposium commemorates the legacy of four-time Academy Award-winner and Washington-area filmmaker Charles Guggenheim. This year, the Symposium celebrates the legendary MARTIN SCORSESE, one of America’s most distinguished filmmakers and a master of the documentary form. Following a series of excerpts from Scorsese’s documentaries, including MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: THE BLUES; NO DIRECTION HOME: BOB DYLAN, and IL MIO VIAGGIO IN ITALIA, acclaimed independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch will engaged Scorsese in a discussion about his documentary work.

SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival Presents Miramax Films' HEART OF THE GAME as 2006 Kick-Off Event June 5, 2006. Post-Screening discussion with director Ward Serill, film subjects Darnelia Russell and Bill Reisler, as moderated by Washington DC's NBCNews 4's Lindsay Czarniak.