DocuWeek opens Friday in Los Angeles - it's an exhibition of outstanding new documentary films - a week-long journey of color, music, human drama, laughter and tears. This year, DocuWeek will showcase 23 diverse and extraordinary documentary feature and short films at ArcLight Hollywood and ArcLight Sherman Oaks.

The International Documentary Association’s DocuWeek presents a public theatrical exhibition of outstanding new films. DocuWeek helps to qualify feature and short documentaries for Academy Award consideration. DocuWeek was created in 1997. To date, DocuWeek has qualified 165 films yielding 15 Academy Award nominees and garnering six Oscars.

This year's festival, which runs Aug. 22-28, includes such acclaimed documentaries as Terence Davies' Of Time and the City, The Wrecking Crew, The Matador, Dear Zachary: a letter to a son about his father, and Scott Hicks' GLASS: a Portrait of Philip in twelve parts.

For tickets and more info, visit the festival's site.

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