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greenstories 2026 returns to Goa with 22 Asian documentaries
More than 150 submissions have been narrowed to 22 documentary projects for the third edition of the Asian environmental film lab and pitching forum, held in Goa from 11 to 17 November.
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23rd Verzió Film Festival opens with more than 80 films
The 23rd Verzió festival opens in Budapest on November 16 with more than 80 films, a programme shaped by the question of whether seeing is still believing, and its first-ever grant from the National Film Institute.
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One World Festival Slovakia 2026 Takes BONDS as Its Theme
The 27th One World International Documentary Film Festival opens in Bratislava on 20 October with BONDS as its theme and Alisa Kovalenko's Traces at the centre of the programme.
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Buzzies Awards 2026 Nominees Announced by WCSFP
Nominees for nine of the 16 Buzzies Awards categories have been announced, including the debut Best Digital-First category, with winners to be revealed in Tallinn on 11 November.
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MIA Market returns to Rome with finance at the centre
Rome's market for film, series and animation comes back to Via Veneto with more than 630 submissions, a new European Investment Hub and an expanded financing programme.
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BIFED turns 13 with accountability as its question
BIFED's 13th edition runs 7 to 11 October 2026 on Bozcaada, built around accountability and ecological justice amid a difficult financial year.
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Inconvenient Films Marks 20 Years «Moved By Cinema»
Lithuania's Inconvenient Films turns twenty this October under the theme Moved By Cinema, with a retrospective shaped by its own audience's memories and personal recommendations from the team behind it.
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Thirty Years of Ji.hlava, Told Through Films That Moved Law and Public Debate
The 30th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival marks its anniversary with a section devoted to films that altered law and public debate, a Trinh T. Minh-ha retrospective and an essay drawn from its own archive.
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Docs Beyond Names Nine Projects for First Edition
The Institute of Documentary Film has named the nine Czech projects joining the first edition of Docs Beyond: Audience, Impact & AI, a new training initiative running through autumn 2026.
