International Student Documentary Competition

The International Student Documentary Competition (ISDC) is the first competition dedicated solely to student documentary work. Founded in 2003 by Russell Porter, the mission of the competition is to find and applaud new emerging voices in documentary filmmaking. This grand initiative has been primarily sponsored by Columbia College Chicago with generous support from Focal Press and Home Vision Entertainment. In 2005 the ISDC has formed a new collaboration with the Chicago International Documentary Festival. Starting this year the ISDC winning films will be presented at every CIDF edition as a special program. One of the awarded student filmmakers will be invited to participate in the festival.

In 2004 the ISDC selected winning films from 66 entrees from 36 film schools in 13 countries. The upcoming ISDC edition will accept submissions until September 6, 2005.
The winners will be announced at the special awards gala in November 2005.