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Dokufest 2021: The complete winners
Kosovo’s #Dokufest wrapped up its jubilee edition on Sunday, 14 August with the announcement of winners from across its 10 days. Dokufest 2021 winners Balkan Dox: Reconciliation (dir. Marija Zidar) International Dox Competition – Feature: Nous (dir. Alice Diop) International Dox Competition – Short: The Rifleman (dir. Sierra Pettengil) Truth Dox: Writing With Fire (dir.…
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Sarajevo Film Festival announces full CineLink Industry Days 2021 online lineup
From 14 – 19, August, several hour long #CineLink Talks will be presented as part of the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival CineLink Industry Days. All will run via Zoom and feature a live Q&A in which audience members will be able to ask questions of the panellists. Topics include filmmaking during the pandemic, working with…
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Sarajevo Film Festival announces documentary competition jury
The 27th Sarajevo Film Festival has announced its three member jury who will oversee award decisions for its Documentary Competition programme. Film Consultant #Cecilia Lidin#, who holds an extensive background in the field with past roles at the likes of EDN, Odense International Film Festival, Swedish Film Institute, Danish Film Institute, and Nordisk Panorama. Director…
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Sarajevo Film Festival adds music docs, human rights day info to 2021 programme
The 27th Sarajevo Film Festival continues adding to their 2031 programme. Now, new music docs and Human Rights Day information has been released for the festival running 12 – 20 August, 2021. As part of its Summer Screen Programme, Sarejavo Film Festival brings six films on music, art, and culture. The six films include Heart…
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Doclisboa announces first details for 2021 festival
The 19th #doclisboa, to be held between 21 – 31 October, 2021, has announced its early programme details. Having already announced a complete retrospective of #Ulrike Ottinger#, Doclisboa will also bring a #Cecilia Mangini# retrospective. Cecilia Mangini, who passed away earlier this year, was one of Italy’s most important documentary filmmakers. The retrospective will also…
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Sarajevo Film Festival sets documentary competition for 27th edition
16 films have been announced making up the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival Documentary Competition. The festival, which runs 13 – 20 August, will feature 8 world premieres, 1 European, 6 regional and 1 Bosnian-Herzegovinian premieres. The 16 films will also compete for three awards: Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary Film, Human Rights Prize, and…
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Transilvania International Film Festival finalises documentary offerings for 20th edition
Aside from the documentaries featured in its Romanian Days and Whats Up, Doc? programme, the 20th Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) has rounded out its complete programmes with several more documentary offerings. From its Hungarian Day focus on Hungary, Asia Dér and Sári Haragonics’s Her Mothers is included. Pepe Andreu’s Lobster Soup, Miguel Angel Blanca’s…
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16 films to compete for Heart of Sarajevo Award for documentary film
Of the 47 total films competing for the 2021 Sarajevo Film Festival Heart of Sarajevo Award in their respective sections, 16 will be documentaries. The Best Documentary award joins Feature, Short, and Student Film as the four categories for the Heart of Sarajevo. The documentary selections have been curated by #Rada Šešić#, selector of the…
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Pandemic cut film programmes by 22%, East West Index 2021 shows
In analysing the representation of different regions at documentary film festivals, new data from the East West Index 2021, was presented during the debate Back to “Normal”? at Marché du Film / #Cannes Docs#, which was co-organised by the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival and presented by Festival Director #Marek Hovorka#. The East West Index…