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Inside the Doc Edge Festival 2026 documentary programme
New Zealand’s Oscar-qualifying Doc Edge Festival returns for its 21st edition. Across 75 films, 12 immersive projects, an industry conference, and its awards ceremony, the festival moves between war zones, courtrooms, endangered ecosystems, AI intimacy, intergenerational memory, feminist revolt, and the unstable border between journalism and survival. Running in Auckland from 24 June to 12…
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Doclisboa and Cinemateca Portuguesa to Stage Major Lino Brocka Retrospective
Doclisboa and the Cinemateca Portuguesa will present a major retrospective devoted to Filipino filmmaker Lino Brocka during the festival’s 2026 edition, running in Lisbon from 15 to 25 October. Titled «Lino Brocka – Kill the National Artist», the programme is curated by Filipino artist and filmmaker Khavn de la Cruz in collaboration with the programming…
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Climate Story Fund 2026 opens global call for nonfiction projects
Doc Society has opened the 2026 Climate Story Fund, offering grants of up to $125,000 for independent nonfiction projects capable of expanding public engagement with climate justice and a just transition. The international call is open to emerging and established creators working across documentary film, nonfiction series, podcasts and radio documentaries. Eligible projects should demonstrate…
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Iran upholds prison sentence against Jafar Panahi
Iranian authorities have confirmed a one-year prison sentence against Jafar Panahi, the internationally celebrated director whose latest film, It Was Just an Accident, won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2025. According to a statement attributed to Panahi’s lawyer, Mostafa Nili, Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran has rejected the filmmaker’s appeal…
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KFF Industry Awards support new documentary and animation projects
KFF Industry has announced the 2026 awards and special mentions for Animated in Poland and Doc Lab Poland, closing another edition of Krakow Film Festival’s professional programme for documentary and animated films in development, production and post-production. The awards were presented on 5 June at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków during the 66th…
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Tristan Forever wins Golden Horn at 66th Krakow Film Festival
The 66th Krakow Film Festival has announced its winners, with Swiss documentary Tristan Forever, directed by Tobias Nölle and Loran Bonnardot, taking the Golden Horn in the International Documentary Competition. The festival ran in cinemas from 31 May to 7 June 2026, with its online KFF VOD programme continuing from 5 to 19 June. In…
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Baltic Sea Docs 2026 selects 26 projects for 30th edition
Baltic Sea Docs has announced 26 documentary projects for its 30th anniversary edition, taking place in Riga from 6 to 11 September 2026. The forum, one of the key documentary industry platforms for the Baltic Sea region, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and beyond, will again bring together filmmakers, producers, broadcasters, sales agents, festivals and international…
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MIA 2026 to expand Rome market with new financing and animation focus
MIA | Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo has unveiled the first details of its 12th edition, set to take place in Rome from 19 to 23 October 2026, during a presentation at the Italian Pavilion in Cannes. Promoted by ANICA and APA under the direction of Gaia Tridente, the market is entering what organisers describe as a…
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CIRCLE launches expanded Orbit XR programme with Onassis ONX
CIRCLE has announced the launch of CIRCLE Expanded Orbit, a new international training programme dedicated to immersive storytelling and XR-based practices, developed in partnership with Onassis ONX, the Onassis Foundation’s global platform for art and advanced technologies. Taking place from 21 to 26 November 2026 in Athens, the programme will support filmmakers, artists, XR creators…