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The '''AFI Docs''' (formerly '''Silverdocs''') documentary film festival is an [[United States|American]] international [[film festival]] created by the [[American Film Institute]] and the [[Discovery Channel]]. It is held every year in [[Silver Spring, Maryland]] and [[Washington, D.C.]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dry|first=Kate Erbland,Eric Kohn,David Ehrlich,Ben Travers,Jude|last2=Erbland|first2=Kate|last3=Kohn|first3=Eric|last4=Ehrlich|first4=David|last5=Travers|first5=Ben|last6=Dry|first6=Jude|date=2020-06-16|title=AFI Docs 2020: 10 of the Most Exciting Films in This Year’s Lineup|url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/afi-docs-2020-most-anticipated-films/|access-date=2021-04-14|website=IndieWire|language=en}}</ref> Started in 2003, the festival is held for five days in June at the [[AFI Silver]] Theatre as well as several locations in Washington, D.C. |
The '''AFI Docs''' (formerly '''Silverdocs''') documentary film festival is an [[United States|American]] international [[film festival]] created by the [[American Film Institute]] and the [[Discovery Channel]]. It is held every year in [[Silver Spring, Maryland]] and [[Washington, D.C.]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dry|first=Kate Erbland,Eric Kohn,David Ehrlich,Ben Travers,Jude|last2=Erbland|first2=Kate|last3=Kohn|first3=Eric|last4=Ehrlich|first4=David|last5=Travers|first5=Ben|last6=Dry|first6=Jude|date=2020-06-16|title=AFI Docs 2020: 10 of the Most Exciting Films in This Year’s Lineup|url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/afi-docs-2020-most-anticipated-films/|access-date=2021-04-14|website=IndieWire|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI plans|url=https://deadline.com/2020/05/afi-docs-boys-state-1202927333/|url-status=live}}</ref> Started in 2003, the festival is held for five days in June at the [[AFI Silver]] Theatre as well as several locations in Washington, D.C. |
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| Location | Washington, DC & Silver Spring, Maryland |
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| Founded | 2003 (2003) |
| No. of films | 103 (in 2017) |
The AFI Docs (formerly Silverdocs) documentary film festival is an American international film festival created by the American Film Institute and the Discovery Channel. It is held every year in Silver Spring, Maryland and Washington, D.C..[1][2] Started in 2003, the festival is held for five days in June at the AFI Silver Theatre as well as several locations in Washington, D.C.
Yoruba Richen won the Audience award in 2013 for The New Black, her documentary was about the African-American community response to marriage equality initiatives.
BBC, CPB, Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, The Ford Foundation, HBO, Latino Public Broadcasting, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Miramax, National Black Programming Consortium, National Geographic, PBS, the Sundance Institute, The Weinstein Company.
The AFI Docs Advisory Board includes: Ken Burns, Davis Guggenheim, Chris Hegedus, Werner Herzog, Barbara Kopple, Spike Lee, Albert Maysles, Errol Morris, D A Pennebaker, Frederick Wiseman.
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