Chicago International Documentary Festival
Society for the Arts

"Established in 2003, the CIDF is a thought-provoking 10-day film event, dedicated to the celebration and cultivation of the documentary film.


4/1/05 - 4/10/05

Various times


"Established in 2003, the CIDF is a thought-provoking 10-day film event, dedicated to the celebration and cultivation of the documentary film. The 54 films screened at Chopin Theatre included: A Life Without Pain; No Gray Twilight, Crossover, Waking up Dead, Fighting for Life in the Death Belt, Plagues and Pleasures of the Salton Sea, Mad Hot Ballroom, Call it Democracy, Phantom Limb, Three of Hearts, The Innocent, Reel Paradise; Handheld; From the Heart; The Gates; The Men Who Would Conquer China; The Concrete Revolution; For A Miracle; Dreamland; I'm With You; A Life Without Pain; The Power of Nightmares; Hitler's Hit Parade; Fallen Angel:Gram Parsons; Polish Your Shoes; The Last Godfather; Torture in the Name of Freedom; Mission Accomplished; The Liberace of Baghad; The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off; Peoppers & Nudes: The Photographer Edward Weston; Witches in Exile; Highway Courtesans; State of Fear; The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo; Orphans of Nkandla; Regular or Super-Views on Mies Van Der Rohe; Children of the Decree; The Fall of Fujimori; Shake Hands with the Devil; Heroes between Day & Night; Radovan Karadzic Most Wanted; Dhakiyaar the King; Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgystan; Banffy Castle; Lost Children; This World:Inside Israel's Jalis; Lesson from Bam and La Sierra

Director
See below

Production
Directors :Melody Gilbert; Richard and Kathryn Bucher; Kip and Kern Konweiser; Fabio Jafet; Jeff Marks, Adam Elend; Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer; Tod Lending; Marilyn Agrelo; Matt Kohn; Jay Rosenblatt; Susan Kaplan; Laurie Feldman; Steve James; Albert Maysles, Nick Torrens and Xiaolu Guo, Jarek Sztandera; Laila Pakalnina and Maciek Adamczyk, Melody Gilbert; Adam Curtis; Oliver Axer, Susanne Benze; Gandulf Henning; Sam Huntley; Marco Amenta; Jorg Armbruster; Helmut Grosse; Sean mcAllister; Patrick Collerton; Sabine Pollmeir, Joachim; and Patrick Jeudy, Hubert Sauper; Devorah Blachor; Murad Mazaev; Alison Berg; Mystelle Brabbe; Pamela Yates; Amy Stechler; Brian Woods; Deborah Shipley; Joseph Hillel; Patrick Demurs; Forian Lepan; Ellen Perry; Peter Raymont; Cem Madra; Marc Wiese; Tom Murray, Allan Collins; Peter Lom; Tobias Miller; Nick Read; Alireza Ghanie and Scott Dalton.

Production : Frozen Feet Films, Melody Gilbert, Adrian Danciu, Matt Ehling, Charlie Gerszweski, Todd Grabe Post Audio, Paul Dahlseid, Dan Solovitz; Chicodu Films, Road Agent Productions, Kathryn Bucher, Richard Bucher, John Cannizzaro, Joe Cannizzaro; Konwiser Brothers, Parkway Productions, Magic Johnson Entertainment, Kern Konwiser, Kip Konwiser, Sekou Tha Misit, Steve Connell, Javon Johnson, Scoop Jackson, Christopher Gallo, John Anthony Reiss, Derek Luff, Ryan Cross; Eris Prod., P+P Prod., Phil Varone, Fabio Jafet , Phil Varono, Ian McDaniel; em productions, Jason Graham , Clark Caldwell, Adam Ellend, Jeff Marks, Jason Tucker; Tilapia Corp., Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer , Scott Hirsch; and Nomadic Pictures, Tod Lending, Slawomir Grunberg, Jan Sutcliffe, Sheldon Mirowitz; Paramount Classics, Marylin Agrelo, Amy Sewell, Claudia Raschke-Robinson, Sabine Krayenbuhl, Steven Lutvak, Joseph Baker; The Grace Court Picture Company, Tractor-Beam, Matt Kohn, Udy Epstein, Brian McNelis, Eddy Gilbert Herch, Dan Efram, Joan Linder, Matt Boyd, Laurel Greenberg, Valery Lyman, Yervant Der Partough, Sylvia Stoyanova, Chris Boscardin, Eric Carlson; Rosenblatt Films , Jay Rosenblatt, Jay Rosenblatt, Ara Corbett, Todd Curtis, Jay Rosenblatt, Arvo Part, Eliane Radrque; Hibiscus Films Inc., Susan Kaplan, Sarie Horowitz, Sarah Cawley, Samuel Henriques, Don Lenzer, Kramer Morgenthau, Toby Shimin, Judy Karp, Ross Levinson, Catie Curtis; Little Engine Films in association with Brainchild Productions and Pathway Productions, Lauri Feldman, Michael Husain, Jane Abramson, Ned Miller, Ted Coats, Chris Martin, Matt Mais, Dave Carlson, Adam Singer, Oren Castro, Mirco Popadic, Sharon Karp, Oral User, Sharon Karp, Corky Siegel, Ed Tossing; A View Askew Production, Steve James, Scott Mosier, P.H. O?Brien, Steve James, Richard K. Pooler, Norman Arnold; and Maysles Films, Inc., Albert Maysles, Robert Leacock, Antonio Ferrera; "Nick Torrens Film Productions Pty Ltd., Nick Torrens, Jane St Vincent Welch , Mix Mechael Gissing , David Bridie, Paul Anthon Smith; and Xiaolu Guo Ltd., Zillah Bowes, Emiliano Battista, Sylvester Holm, Matt Scott; "Matfilm, Jarek Sztandera, Radek Ladczuk; Vides Filmu Studija, NDR/Arte, Uldis Cekulis, Laila Pakalnina, Maris Maskalans, Maris Maskalans, Gatis Belogrudovs, Anrijs Krenbergs, Shigeru Umebayashi; and SPI International for TVP Channel 2 , Piotr Reisch, Radek Stys, Maciej Adamek, Artur Zurawski, Slawek Gozdzik, Mateusz Adamczyk, Jan Duszynski; "Daylights Films, Amy Stechler, Buddy Squires, Amy Stechler , George Schafracker, Jeanine Cowen;True Vision Productions, Brian Woods, Deborah Shipley, Natalie Haarhof, Reg Clarke, Brian Edwards; Quatre par Quatre Films, Joseph Hillel, Francois Dutil , Patrick Demers, Frederic Cloutier, Ramachandra Borcar (a.k.a. DJ Ram); Westend Film+TV Produktion, Sub-Cult-Ura S.R.L., Razvan Georgescu, Florin Iepan, Wolf von Truchsess, Peter Reuther, Carlos Fuchs, Wolfgang Lehmann, Michael Bogar, Alfred Huff; Stardust Pictures Production, Ellen Perry, Kim Roberts, Zack Anderson, Junji Aoki, Mel Henry, Steve Bissinger, Mark Adler; White Pine Pictures, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Societe Radio-Canada, Peter Raymont , John Westheuser, Michele Hozer, Ao Loo, Mark Korven; Cem Madra, Nevin Direk; Westdeutscher Rundfunk K”ln, Heribert Blondiau, Marc Wiese, Mustafa Mustafic, Dejan Rosic, Diana Kischkel, Nenad Radmilac, Rolf Skukies; Film Australia, Graeme Isaac, Tom Murray, Allan Collins, James Bradley, Chris West, Allister Spence; Petr Lom, Anatoly Sivoha, Rosa Amanova; Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg, Hanneke M. Van der Tas, Beate Scherer, Katharina Kulinsky, Immo Trumpelmann; Raw TV Ltd / Goldvicht Productions, Israel Godlvicht, Nick Read, Nick Read, Eyal Zehavi, Jay Taylor, Amir Boverman, Neil Arthur; Scott Dalton, Margarita Martinez, Scott Dalton , Andrew Blackwell

Tags: Film, Rest Of The World, 2005