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Nordic/Docs announces full 2025 programme
Norway’s #Nordic/Docs# has released the complete lineup for its 2025 edition, running 9–14 September at Fredrikstad Kino. Organisers say the program includes more than 70 films from Norway and abroad, alongside director talks, debates, seminars, a masterclass, and an awards ceremony. The festival opens with Fighter, a feature following Geir Kåre Nyland, a former MMA…
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MakeDox 2025: The complete winners
Skopje’s #MakeDox wrapped its 16th edition on 28 August with a strong slate and clear jury statements. The Onion Award crowned Soil and Wings by Stefan Malešević, while additional prizes highlighted debuts, shorts, and student work. On the industry side, the MakeCoProDox Forum spread support across projects from Turkey, Croatia, and Kosovo—doubling up prizes for…
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Baltic Sea Docs opens this week with 26 projects and expanded industry events
The 29th Baltic Sea Docs (BSD) co-production forum will run in #Riga from 31 August to 5 September, presenting 26 documentary projects alongside public screenings in the capital and several regional towns. Founded in Denmark and organised since 2006 by Latvia’s National Film Centre, BSD focuses on feature-length creative documentaries originating in or addressing the…
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Cinemata aims to be movement infrastructure for documentary in Asia-Pacific
Cinemata, the Asia-Pacific video platform run by EngageMedia, is positioning itself as movement infrastructure for social-issue filmmaking rather than another ad-tech venue for views. Launched in 2021 to host advocacy films that often struggle on mainstream platforms, Cinemata now says it carries more than 6,000 user-contributed works from 30+ countries, spanning documentary, fiction, animation, and…
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Influential Polish documentary filmmaker Marcel Łoziński passes away
Marcel Łoziński, who has died at the age of 85, was one of Poland’s most influential documentary filmmakers and a figure of lasting importance in world cinema. Over a career spanning six decades, he developed a distinctive method that combined staged situations, provocation, and careful observation to reveal truths about political systems and human experience.…
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Docu Talent Awards 2025 Spotlight Georgia, Armenia-Switzerland, and Czech Republic
Three projects exploring themes of displacement, surreal imagery, and contested histories took top honours at this year’s Docu Talents from the East Awards, presented during CineLink Industry Days at the Sarajevo Film Festival. The main Docu Talent Award went to A Song Without Home, directed by Georgian filmmaker Rati Tsiteladze and produced by Olga Slusareva.…
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Makedox announces film programme for 2025 «Who cares about reality?» theme
The 16th MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival will take place from 21 to 28 August 2025, presenting 75 documentaries across five evocative venues in Skopje—including Kurshumli An, the Youth Cultural Center, the Museum of Macedonia, Suli An, and Laboratorium—under the pressing theme “Who cares about reality?” The festival opens with Bardo by Slovak director Viera…
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Sarajevo Film Festival announces 2025 documentary activities
Sarajevo Film Festival has renewed its focus on documentary cinema with a revitalised concept for its industry strand at CineLink Industry Days, running 17–18 August. Designed to address the evolving needs of contemporary documentary practice, the two-day programme will bring together filmmakers, decision-makers, and industry professionals for curated sessions, presentations, and networking opportunities. CineLink Talks…
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DokuFest 2025 crowns winners across competitions
The 24th edition of #DokuFest wrapped on Saturday night, where juries, partners, and guests gathered to honour standout films from across the festival’s competitions. Over nine days, DokuFest presented 213 films alongside performances, discussions, masterclasses, and workshops spread across cinemas and improvised venues throughout Prizren. Two notable initiatives framed this year’s momentum. First, the festival…