This years festival was curated by renowned documentary filmmaker and International Documentary Association president Marjan Safinia. Most of the festivals 25 films are selections from major film festivals across the US and Canada including Sundance, Tribeca, Toronto Film Fest, SXSW, True-False, AFI Docs and Outfest. Many have been recognized with awards while screening at Sundance, Tribeca and Toronto film festivals, among others.

Opening the ArcLight Third Annual Documentary Festival is Let The Fire Burn, by director Jason Osder, who won this years Tribeca Film Festival Best New Documentary Director. The film is a stunning account of the events surrounding the 1985 clash between Philadelphia authorities and the radical black organization MOVE. Other documentaries in the festival include SXSW and Outfest selection The Other Shore, director Timothy Wheelers film of Diana Nyad’s historic attempts at swimming from Cuba to Florida; Sundance Audience Award winner The Square which puts the viewer directly in the middle of Tahrir Square during the recent events in Egypt, and A River Changes Course winner of both the Sundance and Atlanta Film Festival Grand Jury prizes.

The jury for the festival are:

Gretchen McCourt: Co-Chair of the ArcLight Doc Fest and EVP of ArcLight Cinemas

Jonathan Josell: Co-Chair of the ArcLight Doc Fest

Matt Holzman: KCRW radio personality

Greg Finton: Editor, Waiting For Superman, The World According to Dick Cheney

The closing ceremonies will take place on Oct 13 at ArcLight Hollywood, where the winner of the festival will be announced.

Festival passes of ten or five tickets, as well as individual tickets can be purchased at http://bit.ly/aldocfest

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