(IDC) is a new, timed filmmaking competition developed by KDHX, Saint Louis Community Media, in cooperation with the International Documentary Association (IDA) and the creators of the 48 Hour Film Project and the National Film Challenge.

The Premise Filmmaking teams have just over five days to make a short documentary (4-8 mins). All creativity - research, writing, shooting, editing and adding a musical soundtrack - must occur beginning Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 7 p.m. and ending Monday, March 27, 2006. On Wednesday, to make things interesting, each team is emailed a genre for its film, be it Character Study, 1st Person, Experimental, etc. In addition, all filmmakers will be given a broad theme (such as “Peace”) that must be addressed at some point in their film. To ensure the films were made within the required time frame, each team must prove the date the film was made by adding a time element to the film or credits (such as the main subject holding a newspaper.) Then the film must be sent to IDC Headquarters with a postmark no later than Monday. The top films (determined by a panel of judges) will screen in association with SilverDocs at The AFI Silver Theatre where the Grand Prize Winner will be announced. After the premiere, their will be additional theatrical screenings in major cities, possible television exposure and eventually the top films will be available for viewing and voting on documentarychallenge.org to determine the Audience Award Winner.

Every documentary film completed within the IDC rules, and within the competition period, will be eligible for prizes and judging.

For more information, e-mail the Producer of the International Documentary Challenge at info@documentarychallenge.org.