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Award winners announced at the 22nd Verzió Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
The 22nd Verzió Human Rights Documentary Film Festival has announced its award winners, following eight days of screenings and discussions in Budapest and across Hungary. In the International Competition, the award for Best Documentary Film went to 9-Month Contract by Georgian director Ketevan Vashagashvili, which explores commercial surrogacy and the pressures of economic precarity. A…
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Verzió 2025 DocLab professional awards announced
The 10th anniversary edition of Verzió Film Festival’s DocLab platform has announced its professional awards, with Hungarian project The Grandfather Puzzle emerging as the major winner of the year’s industry programme. DocLab, the development and networking forum of the Verzió International Human Rights Film Festival, brought together six international documentary projects from Georgia, Spain, Italy,…
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FIFDH 2026 Impact Lab unveils global lineup
From Gaza’s velodromes to Mexico’s avocado groves, the 2026 Impact Lab at FIFDH’s Industry Days is staking out the frontline of social-justice documentary. Run alongside Geneva’s International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights each March, the #Impact Lab# is not a film market in the usual sense. It is a training and matchmaking hub…
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MOLDOX unveils 2025 programme under «Chaos. Reinventing Reality» theme
The 10th edition of the #MOLDOX Festival will take place from 26–30 November 2025 in Chișinău, with a programme that examines conflict, social fragility and the ways communities respond to upheaval. Under the theme «Chaos. Reinventing Reality,» the festival positions documentary cinema as both a witness to crises and a medium for imagining alternatives. This…
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DOK.fest München 2026 opens submissions for 41st edition
Submissions have opened for the 41st edition of #DOK.fest München#, which will take place from 6–17 May 2026 in cinemas across Munich and from 11–24 May 2026 on the festival’s nationwide digital platform, DOK.fest München @home. Filmmakers, producers, students, composers and inclusive film teams are invited to submit new work for one of Europe’s key…
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dok.incubator to present eight new feature docs in IDFA 2025 preview
dok.incubator will present eight new feature-length documentaries at an industry preview during this year’s #IDFA. The showcase is scheduled for Sunday 16 November at 15:30 at LAB 111 in Amsterdam and is an invitation-only event aimed at festivals, sales agents and other industry decision-makers. The films come from the 2025 edition of the dok.incubator workshop…
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MajorDocs reveals full lineup for seventh edition, sets sound-focused programme
MajorDocs, the Mallorca Documentary Film Festival, has unveiled the complete programme for its seventh edition, running 25–29 November across venues including Teatre Xesc Forteza (opening gala), CineCiutat (closing ceremony), and the newly added Pati de Ses Dones at La Misericòrdia. The feature competition presents eight documentaries from eight countries, spanning colonial legacies, identity, mental health,…
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Chile showcases films, talent, and projects at IDFA
Chile will present a broad slate of films, projects and industry initiatives at the 38th #IDFA, running 13–27 November. Headlining the delegation is Blue Silence (Silencio Azul) by Matías Rojas Ruz, world-premiering in the International Short Film Competition. Set on the coast near Manquemapu, the short revisits the 1965 Janequeo sinking through textured analogue imagery…
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Ji.hlava 2025: The complete winners
The 29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival ran in Jihlava from 24 October to 2 November 2025, showing more than 300 films across ten days. Ji.hlava 2025 winners Opus Bonum Main Award: Natalia Koniarz, Silver I. Special Mention: Jean Boiron-Lajous, Abysses and Wonders II. Special Mention: Hilary Powell, Dan Edelstyn, Power Station Best Central and…