Faking it

Shoot faster, because there are just two weeks left to enter Moc Docs – the third annual Canada-wide competition for short mockumentaries. Airtime on CBC’s Rough Cuts and a one-year membership to the Canadian Independent Film Caucus will be yours if your phony five-minute doc is among this year’s winners.

‘Docs are a part of our landscape,’ says organizer Sally Blake, ‘and so mockumentaries are getting more and more popular. They’re all over TV these days.’

Past winners have covered such bogus beats as the grim consequences of playing tag (It by John May) and the elusive woodland monster that stalks Nova Scotia (Shriek of the South Shore Yeti by Tara Doyle). Deadline for entries is Feb. 15. See www.mocdocs.com for details.

Sean Davidson