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Verzió DocPro returns with workshops, industry talks and project showcases
Verzió DocPro, the professional and educational strand of the Verzió Documentary Film Festival, will run from 12–16 November with five days of masterclasses, workshops and public presentations in Budapest. This year’s edition expands its Hungarian focus through a new collaboration with the Hungarian Documentary Association (MADOKE), bringing more projects-in-development to both industry and general audiences.…
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Adriatic Film & TV Awards announce inaugural winners in Tivat
Igor Bezinović’s Fiume o morte! (Croatia/Italy/Slovenia) led the film winners, taking Best Film, while Bezinović also received Best Director and Best Screenplay. Jara Sofija Ostan won Best Leading Actress for Kaj ti je deklica (directed by Urška Djukić), which also secured Best Debut Film. Leon Lučev was named Best Leading Actor for The Working Class…
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Porto/Post/Doc 2025 announces full film programme
Porto/Post/Doc has announced the complete lineup for its 2025 edition, running 20–29 November across venues in Porto. The festival will screen 135 films under this year’s theme, «The Time of A Journey,» which frames a programme spanning documentary, fiction, hybrid, experimental and animation works. The International Competition gathers eight feature-length titles that probe social, political…
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Doclisboa 2025: The complete winners
Doclisboa closed its 23rd edition on Saturday, 25 October, with an awards ceremony at Culturgest followed by Eugène Green’s The Tree of Knowledge. In the International Competition, the City of Lisbon Award for Best Film went to The Night Is Fading Away / La Noche Está Marchándose Ya by Ezequiel Salinas and Ramiro Sonzini (Argentina).…
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Amid the rubble, Gaza debuts women’s film festival
The inaugural Gaza International Festival for Women’s Cinema will open on Sunday, 26 October 2025, with Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab, and run through 31 October. While the festival is Gaza City–based, public screenings are planned as open-air events in Deir el-Balah, reflecting a cultural act of endurance amid hunger, death, and…
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Ji.hlava ethics conference takes on creative control and authorship in AI age
The Conference on Ethics in Documentary Filmmaking, held at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, is an open platform for academics, industry professionals, creatives, and the public to examine ethical questions central to non-fiction cinema. Its mission is to bridge practice and theory, foregrounding relationships between filmmakers, protagonists, audiences, and films. The forum advances dialogue…
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Winners unveiled at 12th BIFED, including student prize
The 12th Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary (BIFED) concluded with its award ceremony on the Aegean island of Bozcaada, capping four days of screenings and events focused on environmental issues. 45 titles were showcased across the island’s venues. In the Main Competition, the Fethi Kayaalp Grand Award went to Falling Sky (Düşen Gökyüzü), directed…
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Chile sets a focused slate for DOK Leipzig 2025
Chile will arrive at the 68th #DOK Leipzig# (27 October–2 November 2025) with two official selections and one project at the DOK Co-Pro Market, alongside a 14-strong industry delegation coordinated by Chiledoc. Five producers travel with backing from the Ministry of Culture’s programme for participation in international markets, which has reinstated Leipzig after several years…
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Ji.hlava IDFF unveils full 2025 programme
The 29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival has announced its full programme ahead of its 2025 edition, running October 24–November 2 in Jihlava, Czechia. This year’s event features 305 films across competitive and non-competitive strands, including 76 world premieres, 28 international premieres and 15 European premieres. The festival opens with Barbora Chalupová’s Virtual Girlfriends, a…