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CPH:DOX announces climate-changed focused opening film: CPH:FORUM selections
Taking place 21 April through 2 May 2021, #CPH:DOX has announced its opening film, as well as CPH:FORUM projects. Kicking things off for the Copenhagen Documentary Festival will be Danish director Phie Ambo’s climate-change focused 70/30. The film asks profound and important questions: How do we fight climate change? At what cost? And are politicians…
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IDFA Bertha Fund announces first selections of 2021
10 documentary projects have been selected for the 2021 #IDFA Bertha Fund (IDF). The films cover all of the IDF regions – #Africa, #Asia, #Latin America#, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, and includes four projects in development and six in production or post-production. Each selected project will receive financial support, as well as tailor-made…
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23rd Thessaloniki Documentary festival set to kick off first session 4 March
From 4 to 14 March, 2021, the 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival will go online presenting 50 documentaries across its digital platform (for Greek audiences). Alongside the screenings, there will also be the launch of a new podcast section with a series of workshops and an open discussion. Following the March session, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival will…
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FIFDH gears up full programme for 19th edition
Between 5 – 14 March, a restructured International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) will take place. The largest such festival in the field of human rights has adapted its 19th edition to the current pandemic situation with several new sections and platforms including the Utopia3 podcast series, video Activist Voices, as well…
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24th United Nations Association Film Festival opens 2021 submissions
Under the theme MOVING FORWARD, submissions are open for the 24th #UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival). The 2021 edition will run from October 21-31, 2021 in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco and Stanford University, USA Held annually in October, UNAFF has grown to be one of the oldest and most respected documentary…
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FIFDH Geneva announces full programme for 19th festival edition
The International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) has announced the full program for their 19th edition, 5 – 14 March 2021. Across the human rights festival’s extensive programme (more to follow) are included three documentary film sections, two competitions and one non-competitive. Here, find the complete #FIFDH Documentary selections. Find more information…
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East Doc Platform announces full 2021 programme
Made for Central and East European documentaries, The Institute of Documentary Film‘s East Doc Platform is the region’s largest co-production, funding, and distribution platform. This year occurring online from 6 – 17 March, East Doc Platform has now announced its full 2021 program. The open programme is accessible to all accredited guests with livestreams found…
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Ji.hlava IDFF opens submissions for 2021 festival & 2022 Emerging Producers workshop
The Ji.hlava International Documentary Festival has opened submissions for their 25th edition (26 – 31 October 2021). Accepted are feature-length, shorts, animated, and interactive documentaries. Ji.hlava IDFF premiered films are eligible for the European Film Academy Awards and the festival’s winners are also eligible for Oscar consideration. Read more about Ji.hlava IDFF film submissions –…
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Docudays UA to take 18th edition hybrid
This spring, the 18th #Docudays UA# (26 March – 4 April, 2021) will be held in a hybrid format for the first time. The offline centre of the festival will be Podil (Kiev, Ukraine), where all locations will be situated: Zhovten Cinema, IZONE Creative Space, and Dymchuk Gallery. In addition, audiences will have a chance…