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Verzió IHRDFF announces full 2025 film programme
The 22nd Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival has announced its complete 2025 lineup, presenting 49 new creative documentaries across 11 sections under the slogan «We Exist Together.» Screenings will take place November 11–19 in Budapest and eight other Hungarian cities, with an online program from November 20–30. Ticket sales open in late October.…
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Verzió 2025 Sets November dates and unveils «We Exist Together» theme
The 22nd Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival will run 11–19 November 2025 across Hungary, followed by an online edition from 20–30 November. This year’s slogan, «We Exist Together,» frames a program that examines how communities confront conflict, fracture and shared responsibility. The festival opens with Coexistence, My Ass!, a five-year portrait of Israeli…
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UNAFF announces 28th Edition across the Bay Area this October
The United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) has released the full program for its 28th edition, running 16–26 October 2025 across Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Stanford University. The festival will present 60 documentary films under the theme «MESSAGES FOR THE FUTURE,» continuing UNAFF’s focus on human rights and shared global challenges.…
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Sofia DocuMental 2025 wraps with industry prizes and audience honours
The sixth edition of #Sofia DocuMental# closed with a string of awards recognizing both completed films and works in development, as the festival’s industry platform, the Balkan Documentary Market (BDM), distributed nearly €100,000 in support across film and podcast projects. The market ran 30 September – October alongside the festival, bringing nearly 70 international guests…
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DOK Leipzig unveils full 2025 competition lineup
DOK Leipzig (27 October – 2 November) has confirmed 78 films competing across four strands in 2025, including 30 world premieres. In the International Competition Documentary Film (feature-length), nine titles include five world premieres and three international premieres. The slate spans Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland. Selections include Melt…
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Porto/Post/Doc 2025 announces opening/closing titles; Cinema Falado foregrounds Lusophone voices
Porto/Post/Doc frames its 2025 edition around family memory and belonging, naming Carla Simón’s Romería as Opening Screening and Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother as Closing Film, alongside a #Cinema Falado# competition devoted to Portuguese-language cinema across continents. Simón’s feature extends her inquiry into autofiction and intergenerational silence. Set in 2004, Romería follows Marina, an…
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Nominations announced for the 2025 Green Film Network Awards
Together with its partner, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN CEC), the Green Film Network (GFN) has announced the awarding of two prizes — the Best Short Green Film and the Best Feature Green Film — to be presented on 11 October 2025 at two venues: Abu Dhabi at the IUCN World Conservation…
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Mnemonica marks 10 years with launch of «living» archive for digital cinema
A decade after setting out to «preserve and remember» in the shift from film to data, Rome-based Mnemonica says its cloud platform has become a single point of reference for managing the full lifecycle of films and TV series—linking production, post and long-term preservation while tackling the industry’s chronic data-loss risks. The company positions its…
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One World Bratislava unveils 2025 lineup, adds laureled titles and Gaza-focused pair
The International Documentary Film Festival One World (Jeden svet) in Bratislava has announced its full 2025 program and opened ticket sales. The 26th edition runs 21–26 October at Kino Lumière, presenting 30 documentaries from Slovakia and abroad. The festival opens with 2000 Meters to Andriivka (2000 metrov do Andrivky), the latest feature by Oscar-winning Ukrainian…