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Ex Oriente Film 2025 launches with 17 documentary projects
The Institute of Documentary Film has announced the launch of the 2025 edition of Ex Oriente Film, a leading international training program for the development of creative documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe. This year’s cohort includes 17 projects—12 feature-length documentaries and 5 docuseries—spanning a wide range of urgent themes including social justice, historical memory,…
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DOCU/UKRAINE 2025 showcases five groundbreaking films amid a flourishing national cinema
The national competition program DOCU/UKRAINE at the 22nd edition of #Docudays UA# (6–13 June 2025) will present five critically acclaimed documentaries that reflect the rapid evolution and growing global presence of Ukrainian cinema. These films, already recognised at major international festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, and Visions du Réel, return to Ukrainian screens with…
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ethnocineca: «There’s no way to escape it; it is part of my history»
ETHNOCINECA: «Hauntings» curator Jacqueline Nsiah speaks candidly about cinema’s power to hold contradiction, the emotional labour of curating haunted narratives, and the radical act of asking unanswerable questions.
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DOK.fest München: «We decided to make our curatorial line speak for itself»
INTERVIEW: Deputy Managing Director Adele Kohout and Head for DOK.network Africa Barbara Off discuss the festival's evolution, role within the European documentary landscape, and the significance of its thematic programming.
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Tooth & Nail : Chainsaws, cameras, and the state that looked away
INTERVIEW: Brutal beatings, corrupt police, Austrian multinationals. Romania’s logging war is real and it’s funded by Europe’s thirst for cheap wood.
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Eight documentaries selected for dok.incubator 2025 development workshop
dok.incubator has announced the eight feature documentaries selected for its 2025 development workshop, spotlighting emerging voices and urgent themes from across five continents. The films explore issues of identity, political transformation, environmental anxiety, and artistic resistance. Over the next eight months, the selected teams will participate in dok.incubator’s acclaimed rough-cut lab, working closely with international…
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«People are struggling to process everything that is happening»
MOVIES THAT MATTER: Margje de Koning on the festival’s broader role, its commitment to fostering open conversation, why smaller films can have a big impact, and more.
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«It’s not just a question of whether we want to address these issues—we have to»
CPH:DOX: Head of Programme, Mads Mikkelsen talks curating a festival that balances artistic vision with social relevance, the challenges of navigating a polarised world, what makes a film truly belong at CPH:DOX, and more.
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«You can come as you are, speak as you want, and discuss whatever is on your mind»
ONE WORLD: Festival Director Ondřej Kamenický on his role, the festival's programming approach, the challenges of addressing human rights topics in today's complex societal landscape, and more.