Samara Chadwick International Competition

Samara is a filmmaker, scholar, programmer, mother, and the Executive Director of The Flaherty. Since 1954, the Flaherty Seminar has been committed to showcasing non-commercial non-fiction works alongside expansive conversations, breaking down the barriers between creators, scholars, critics, and the general public. Prior to joining The Flaherty, Samara was Senior Programmer at the Points North Institute and CIFF, and programmed for the Goethe Institut, HotDocs, RIDM, and organized conferences and workshops for re:publica Berlin, MUTEK – Montreal, UnionDocs, and the Berlin Biennale. Her dreamscape debut feature, 1999, premiered in 2018 at Visions du réel, and has since played worldwide, including HotDocs, DokuFest Kosovo, BAFICI, and MoMI.