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Ji.hlava IDFF plays on the light with 2020 visual identity
Visual artist, book designer, and long term collaborator Juraj Horváth has unveiled the visual identity for the 24th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, running October 27 to November 1, 2020. Playing on the light theme, director Marek Hovorka described the new Ji.hlava IDFF visuals as representative of the challenges faced in hosting the 24th festival…
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This week, join Ex Oriente Film 2020 through online lectures & case studies
The Institute of Documentary Film (IDF) invites audiences to join the online programme for the first session of Ex Oriente Film 2020. Starting today, 23 June through Friday, Ex Oriente Film 2020 offers lectures and case studies from several esteemed filmmakers. You can find the complete schedule for Ex Oriente Film 2020’s online programme below.…
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Cannes Docs – Marché du Film welcomes DMZ DOCS as its first Asian festival partner
This week, Cannes Docs – Marché du Film occurs online, from 22 to 26 June. Partnering with some of the most renowned documentary festivals in Europe, this year Cannes Docs – Marché du Film has expanded out welcoming two new festivals and, in turn, markets to their slate. Of those festivals, South Korea’s #DMZ DOCS#…
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Cannes Docs – Marché du Film welcomes It’s All True / É Tudo Verdade as its first Latin American festival partner
This week, Cannes Docs – Marché du Film occurs online, from 22 to 26 June. Partnering with some of the most renowned documentary festivals in Europe, this year Cannes Docs – Marché du Film has expanded out welcoming two new festivals and, in turn, markets to their slate. Of those festivals, Brazil’s It’s All True…
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Biografilm 2020: The complete winners
As an international celebration of lives, #Bologna, Italy’s Biografilm yesterday wrapped up their 16th edition. Like many others, the documentary & feature film festival took place online due to the Coronavirus pandemic, however also like many others, it enjoyed much success as audiences filled (45,000+) the Hera Theatre virtual cinema. The festival itself, born from…
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Makedox merges with silence for 2020 festival
Skopje, Macedonia’s #Makedox Creative Documentary Film Festival will celebrate its 11th festival in 2020 across dates 19 – 26 August. Committed to bringing a festival, it is still unsure as to how this edition will present itself. Whether as a fully online festival or hybrid experience, only time will tell. Yet, despite all this, Makedox…
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Cannes Docs – Marché du Film Guide: Doc Talks
As part of the online Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, Cannes Docs brings its selection of screenings and events to the virtual festival, 22 – 26 June 2020. Aside from the variety of workshops, industry events, screenings, as well as its culminating event, Doc Day, Cannes Docs has also curated 5 expert-led industry…
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Docaviv announces hybrid 2020 edition; Israeli competition selections
From September 3 to 12, 2020, the 22nd edition of #Docaviv Film Festival will take place in Tel Aviv, Israel. The festival will assume a hybrid online/physical form after the postponement of its original May 2020 dates due to the #Coronavirus pandemic. In compliance with social distancing rules, audience events will occur both online and…
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IDFA to hold physical 2020 festival
For its 33rd edition, 18 – 29 November 2020, #IDFA will present its program in cinemas and extend it across virtual screenings. Though screening will have potentially reduced capacity, all selected films will premiere physically before running online for Dutch audiences via IDFA Virtual Cinema. For 2020, some 200 titles will be selected and judged…
