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THE 2ND SHORT DOCUMENTARY AWARD CEREMONY @ 1871 Chicago
Join Docademia to watch breathtaking documentaries and celebrate winners of their 2nd Short Doc Contest on Women’s Rights to Public Spaces! An evening of film screenings, discussion, and dialogue with directors, filmmakers, and educators from around the world. This year’s award ceremony will present the best movies of the 2017 contest on challenges for women in […]
Finalists of the 2nd Contest
Congratulation to the TEN finalists of Docademia’s 2nd Contest! After a thorough review of more than one thousand documentary film submissions to our 2nd contest, we’re happy to announce the top 10 documentaries as the finalists of the 2nd Contest. We asked our team of reviewers to consider each film in four categories: film aesthetics, content, topic, […]
Docademia Webinar Series | “Breaking The Silence”
Please join us for a Docademia Webinar session to watch a short documentary on mental health called, Breaking the Silence. You’ll have an opportunity to speak Live with the filmmakers. We’re honored to announce that the event is generously supported by McGill University’s Human Development and Well-Being Center What: A documentary on mental health and […]
Docademia’s 3rd Short Documentary Contest
Awards: Filmmakers will have a chance to compete for $700, $300, $150 prizes, as well as the opportunity to license their film through Docademia. Runners up will also be given distribution deals and have opportunities to collect royalties when their film is purchased by teachers and institutions of higher learning. Rules: • Submissions must […]
Docademia’s 2nd Award Ceremony: Challenges for Women in Public Spaces
August 9th, 2018 from 5:30 to 7:30 pmAuditorium @ 1871 222 West Merchandise Mart PlazaChicago, IL 60654 Join us for an evening of film screenings, discussion, and dialogue with directors, filmmakers, and educators from around the world. This year’s award ceremony will present the best movies of the 2017 contest on Challenges for Women in […]
Docademia Is Listed @ SAIC Library’s A-Z Database
Docademia is now available to School of Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) community via the Flaxman Library! We’re listed as a new resource on their A-Z database. We can’t wait to work with the SAIC faculty members and students in Spring 2018 and provide an open mic to marginalized communities from all corners of the world […]
1018 Stories from 100+ Countries
We are excited to share that our 2nd global film contest that started in Spring 2017 was completed with 1018 short documentaries from more than 100 countries around the world. The theme for the contest is focused on Challenges for Women in Public Spaces: Storytelling through Short Documentaries. We’re thrilled to announce that we […]
Docademia’s First Award Ceremony
On March Seventeen,Two Thousand and Seventeen Docademia will hold its First award ceremony We have selected our Early Childhood film competition winners and we couldn’t be more excited to share with you! As this was our first contest, we weren’t quite sure what to expect, but with 529 submissions from 88 countries, we couldn’t have […]
Watch a Film and Support Children’s Education
Are you also looking for a great cause to support in this holiday season? Join us on January 5th at 9:00 pm Eastern time.
Docademia Night at BGSU
Docademia @ BGSU We are pleased to announce the success of a recent Docademia film screening, faculty/community workshop, and internship information session held at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, from September 27th to the 28th . The event was open to the public. Students, BGSU faculty, local area educators, and community activists were all in […]