We're delighted to reveal the full programme for the 2022 edition of Open City which is our first to take place fully in person since 2019 and will run from 7-13 September 2022.
Over the course of 7 days, we'll be screening 93 new and retrospective non-fiction films at venues across the city including Bertha DocHouse, Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image, Close-Up Cinema, Curzon Soho, Genesis Cinema, Institute of Contemporary Arts, LUX, Tate Modern and our Festival Hub.&n...
DOCU TALENT AWARDS 2022 WENT TO DAD’S LULLABY AND BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS
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EAST WEST INDEX 2022 SURVEY & EMERGING PRODUCERS 2023 PRESENTED IN SARAJEVO
Nine outstanding documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe in post-production – Docu Talents from the East 2022 – were presented yesterday by the Ji.hlava IDFF at the Saraje...
Summer’s here and you know what that means… A new autumn season of documentary films is just around the corner! We can’t wait to see your bright and smiling faces fill up the rooms once again at Ji.hlava’s screening events, industry program, and Inspiration Forum discussion boards.
The 26th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival will take place from October 25th to October 30th, 2022. The in-person segment of the festival will be follo...
The Fund is now accepting submissions for IBF Classic, the flagship grant program that supports projects in development or (post-)production. As announced last fall, increased amounts will go to selected filmmakers from now on, with contributions up to €7,500 for development support and €25,000 for production support. Submit by June 10.
Call for submissions: IDFA Bertha Fund Europe – Minority Co-p...
Film Fest Ghent launches its poster for the 49th edition. For the first time, a composer appears on the campaign image of the festival, which has a unique focus on film music for decades now. To highlight the art of composing and the importance of music in film, South Korean composer Jung Jae-il, known for his scores for Parasite and Squid Game, is front and centre of the poster of Film Fest Ghent 2022. His music will be performed live during the festival's film music...
The visual identity of the 26th Ji.hlava IDFF has been revealed. The author of the visuals, Juraj Horváth, is an award-winning book graphic designer and illustrator who has been the creator of the festival’s visual identity for over two decades.
The festival announced also the first programme highlight of this year’s edition: the latest film by legendary surrealist filmmaker Jan Švankmajer entitled Kunstkamera. The two-hour director’s cut will be pres...
The DOC Atlantic chapter of the Documentary Organization of Canada, in association with Lunenburg Doc Fest, is proud to announce the filmmakers selected for the first DOC Atlantic Breakthrough Program
"As this program begins its inaugural year, it is very exciting to see what real effect it will have in changing the landscape of documentary filmmaking on the East Coast through its contributions towards raising the voices and visions of BIPOC-identifying emerging filmmakers,” sta...
IDFA’s markets are now open for all project and film submissions. As of today, project teams can submit their entries for IDFA Forum—including the Producers Connection, Forum Pitches, and Rough Cut Presentations—as well as for IDFA DocLab Forum and Docs for Sale.
About IDFA's markets
Each November, IDFA hosts a dynamic marketplace that caters to filmmakers, producers, and industry professional...
Lunenburg Doc Fest pays screening fees and presents the following awards:
$1000 International Feature Documentary
$1000 Canadian Feature Documentary
$1000 Audience Award
Short Film Award (crystal trophy)
Atlantic Filmmaker Award (trophy plus in-kind services)
Artist fees are offered to help support the on-site participation of one director from each selected feature documentary at the 9th annual Lunenbur...
The industry platform DOK.forum is meeting for the first time this year as a hybridly: on site in Munich and online. In workshops, panels, case studies and pitches we offer exciting insights into current industry topics.
The Master's Pitch 2022 is dedicated to the question of what filmmakers really need to get back on their feet after this challenging months. We think it's time it’s also time to truly listen, reflect and pool together!
For the German Guest Delegation to the Nor...
Congratulations to the winners of four competitions at the 19th annual festival including three special jury awards for artistic vision! Announced in a special ceremony during the festival, winners were selected by a distinguished jury of filmmakers, programmers and documentary industry professionals. Winners in the Best Short and Best Mini-Doc competitions are automatically eligible for Academy Award nomination in the short documentary category.
W...
The association of documentary festivals picks the best documentaries of the year, nominating them for the Doc Alliance Awards
Doc Alliance, which brings together seven major European documentary film festivals, has unveiled its shortlisted nominees for the 2022 Doc Alliance Awards. Every year, the programmers and artistic directors of all seven festivals nominate one short film and one feature-length film. A jury of leading European journalists and film professionals then select the win...
Full Frame announces the official festival selections for the virtual 25th Annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, which takes place April 7–10, 2022.
The NEW DOCS lineup and Invited Program include 37 titles from 18 countries, comprising 22 feature films and 15 short films, with two world premieres, one North American premiere, and three U.S. premieres.
Thirty films will screen as part of NEW DOCS and are eligible for juried cash awards. Award winners will be announ...
2022 SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN
Submit to the 9th Lunenburg Doc Fest for a chance to showcase your film in our hybrid celebration of documentary September 22-28, 2022!
Screenings will take place online, at select onsite venues, and outdoors as part of our "Docs on the Dock" programming on Lunenburg's beautiful harbour.
Lunenburg Doc Fest showcases a diverse program of feature-length and short documentary films and presents cash awards, comm...
BIG SKY OPENING NIGHT 2022
A DECENT HOME
Friday, February 18th | Doors 6:30pm Show 7:00pm | The Wilma
Director Sara Terry in attendance
When housing that's on the lowest run of the American Dream is being devoured by the wealthiest of the wealthy, whose dream are we serving? A DECENT HOME addresses urgent issues of class and economic (im)mobility through the lives of mobile home park residents who can't afford housing anywhere else.&nbs...
FIPADOC President Anne Georget and FIPADOC Managing & Artistic Director Christine Camdessus have curated a 150-film programme for the International Documentary Festival held in Biarritz from 17 to 23 January 2022.
With four Grand Prix competition categories (International Documentary, French Documentary, Musical Documentary, and IMPACT), plus numerous selections (Short Films, New Talent, European Stories, Taste of Doc, Focus on… Benelux) and digital experiences, FIPADOC ...
Antenna Documentary Film Festival is nearly here! From 2-13 February, across 12 big days and nights, Antenna celebrates the very best in non-fiction cinema with 50 of the most creative and thought-provoking documentaries from around the globe. From intimate personal stories to political exposés, Antenna promises to have your mind reeling long after the credits roll. Below are some hand-picked highlights for Sydney Film Festival subscribers.
Check out the full program and book ...
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, a program of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, has been approved for a $20,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
The funds will go toward compensation for participating artists and programming committee members, screening fees, and efforts to make the festival more accessible to all attendees.
“Now more than ever, we believe in the immense power of documentary film ...
From February 2 to 13, across 12 days and nights, Antenna celebrates the very best in non-fiction cinema — once again turning Sydney into a doc-lovers paradise.
50 of the most creative and thought-provoking documentaries from around the globe fill the program, with several international and Australian premieres showcasing the funny to the sobering, the real to the surreal.
From intimate personal stories to political exposés, Antenna promises to ...
Wednesday, 15 December at the CNC in Paris, FIPADOC President Anne Georget and FIPADOC Managing and artistic director Christine Camdessus reveal the major lines for the International Festival of Documentary’s coming edition, which will take place in Biarritz, 17-23 January 2022.
This includes: the announcement of the opening film and the two preview screenings, and the list of films presented out of competition: all films in the ENCORE DES DOCUMENTAIRES category, a programme fea...
The 24th edition of the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) drew to a close on November 25. For its first hybrid edition, Quebec’s largest festival dedicated exclusively to documentary film presented 120 documentaries for film-lovers both in Montreal and across Canada. The festival team is proud to announce that these two audiences—physical and virtual—reached 80% of the total audience of 2019’s pre-pandemic edition.
By screening documentar...
The 25th edition of the annual Ji.hlava IDFF closed its doors. The festival programme took on a hybrid form: After the physical edition on October 25–30, the online part followed on November 1–14.
The festival presented 338 films and over 100 discussions. There were 5,698 accredited visitors and guests this year, and 85,000 viewers watched the films: more than 30,000 visitors in cinemas and almost 55,000 online viewers. The Inspiration Forum discussions, which are st...
The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) ended its run of theatrical screenings yesterday, Sunday, November 21. The 24th edition presented 78 public screenings for many eager filmgoers who had the opportunity to discover the selected films on the big screen at the Cinémathèque québécoise, Cinéma du Musée, Cinéma du Parc or Cineplex Quartier Latin.
Invited to vote for their favourite film, audiences ch...
IDFA 2021: The in-person festival edition takes place November 17–28
IDFA Industry Talk on innovations in online distribution, a follow-up to an event from 2019, took place at the Brakke Grond on Sunday afternoon, where representatives of three innovative distribution platforms from the UK, the US and the Netherlands talked about their work with cinemas in the times when the pandemic is not yet over.
The talk was moderated by Wendy Bernfeld of...
This year will be the 8th year of the festival. On the opening day of the festival, which will continue online until 19th October, a total of 1,108 views were reached.
BIFED (Bozcaada International Festival of Ecologic...
