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Thessaloniki Documentary Festival opens call for 29th edition
The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival has opened submissions for its 29th edition, set to run from March 4 to 14, 2027. TiDF remains one of Europe’s most significant documentary gatherings and is qualified to submit its winning feature directly for Academy Award consideration. Early bird entries are open until September 18, 2026 at a fee…
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DokuFest reveals competition lineup for 25th Jubilee edition
DokuFest has unveiled the full competition slate for its 25th jubilee edition, with 104 films selected from a record 3,687 submissions. The festival, which runs from 7 to 15 August in Prizren, Kosovo, will present films across eight competition sections: Balkan Feature Dox, Balkan Short Dox, International Feature Dox, International Short Dox, International Shorts, Human…
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Ji.hlava Launches 30th Anniversary Programme for 2026
The Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival will mark its 30th edition with an anniversary programme placing equal emphasis on documentary cinema’s public impact and the material conditions required to produce it. Running from 23 October to 1 November 2026, the Czech festival will combine the retrospective Films That Changed the World with a renewed €110,000…
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Slano Film Days Announces Seven Female Filmmakers Support Projects
The Female Filmmakers Support Programme has selected seven projects for its second edition, with the recipients announced during Slano Film Days 2026 in Croatia. Established in 2024 by the UNIQA SEE FUTURE Foundation with Sarajevo Film Festival and Slano Film Days, the initiative supports women filmmakers working across Southeast Europe. The selection comprises Marta Popivoda’s…
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CIRCLE selects ten projects for 2026 Doc Accelerator
CIRCLE Doc Accelerator has selected ten projects for its 2026–2027 edition, bringing filmmakers from Syria, Germany, Denmark, Malaysia, Romania, Slovenia, Thailand, Ukraine, and Georgia into its development programme for women and gender-expansive documentary professionals. The three-module cycle opened on 22 June in Edipsos, Greece, with a session centred on creative development and project analysis. It…
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Sunny Side closes La Rochelle chapter as Strasbourg market takes shape
Sunny Side of the Doc has concluded its final edition in La Rochelle, closing a 20-year chapter in the port city as France prepares to launch a new international documentary market in Strasbourg in June 2027. The 37th edition, held from 22 to 24 June, gathered 1,500 participants from 55 countries, including representatives of more…
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New Documentary Festival to Launch in Viana do Castelo in 2027
DOC[iN] – Viana International Documentary Festival is organised by the cultural association AO NORTE in partnership with the Municipality of Viana do Castelo. Dedicated to nonfiction cinema, the festival will present films addressing subjects including democracy, human rights, social justice, labour, memory, identity and climate change. The programme will include an Official Competition for documentaries…
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Sunny Side of the Doc Heads to Strasbourg in 2027
Sunny Side of the Doc will relocate from La Rochelle to Strasbourg in June 2027, ending the international documentary market’s 27-year association with the Atlantic port city. The move was announced by Gaëtan Bruel, president of France’s National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image, during the opening of Sunny Side’s 2026 edition. A future…
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China Pavilion Brings 30-Project Slate to Sunny Side of the Doc
The China Pavilion returns to Sunny Side of the Doc in La Rochelle from 22 to 24 June, marking its ninth consecutive appearance at the international documentary market. Positioned as a bridge between Chinese producers and global buyers, the pavilion will present 30 projects spanning science, ecology, culture, history and emerging production technologies. Participating organisations…