Spellbound
“Everyone wants the last word.”
This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C.
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Jeffrey Blitz Director · Yana Gorskaya Editor
United States release November 13, 2002 · Produced in United States · Production Cinetic Media
Production
Blitz / Welch
Production
Cinetic Media
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 14, 2002
Premiere · South by Southwest Film Festival
United States · November 13, 2002
Theatrical
United States
May 10, 2002 · Premiere · Tribeca Film Festival
June 5, 2002 · Premiere · Atlanta Film Festival
November 16, 2002 · Premiere · Deep Ellum Film Festival
January 10, 2003 · Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival
February 22, 2003 · Premiere · Portland International Film Festival
March 23, 2003 · Premiere · Dallas Video Festival
March 28, 2003 · Premiere · Cleveland International Film Festival
March 29, 2003 · Premiere · Wisconsin Film Festival
April 6, 2003 · Premiere · Philadelphia International Film Festival
Canada
September 8, 2002 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
September 21, 2003 · Premiere · Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival
France
September 11, 2004 · Premiere · Deauville Film Festival
Greece
March 2, 2003 · Premiere · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Iceland
August 25, 2004 · Premiere · American Independent Film Festival
New Zealand
July 11, 2003 · Premiere · Auckland International Film Festival
Norway
January 13, 2004 · Premiere · Tromsø International Film Festival
Sweden
January 24, 2004 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
April 27, 2004 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
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