The 19th edition of Kosovo’s #DokuFest has announced its full competition slate of documentaries to feature at the 2020 online-only festival. Running 7 – 25 August, DokuFest will feature its selections across a specially developed platform from Festival Scope and Shift72.

There will be 8 awards sections, where 51 countries will be represented across 90 films. For 2020, Dokufest also adds a new award competition, entitled TRUTH. This section highlights 8 films that tread the line between documentary and investigative journalism.

Below are the individual award sections and all participating films.

Balkan Dox

Homelands (dir. Jelena Makismović) – Serbia

Invisible to the Eye (dir. Zeynep Dadak) – Turkey

Once Upon a Youth (dir. Ivan Ramljak) – Croatia

Oroslan (dir. Matjaž Ivanišin) – Slovenia, Czech Republic

Outside The Oranges Are Blooming (dir. Nevena Desivojevic) – Serbia, Portugal

Phases of Matter (dir. Deniz Tortum) – Turkey

Speak So I Can See You (dir. Marija Stojnić) – Croatia, Serbia, Qatar

Tales From the Prison Cell (dir. Ábel Visky) – Croatia, Hungary

Then Comes the Evening (dir. Maja Novaković) – Serbia

The Infidel (dir. Nejra Latic Hulusic) – Bosnia and Herzegovina

International Competition: Features

• A Storm Was Coming (dir. Javier Fernández Vázquez) – Spain
• Acasa, My Home (dir. Radu Ciorniciuc) – Romania, Germany, Finland
• Bulletproof (dir. Todd Chandler) – United States
• El Father Plays Himself (dir. Mo Scarpelli) – Venezuela, Italy, United Kingdom, United States
• Mayor (dir. David Osit) – United States, United Kingdom
• Mon Amour (dir. David Teboul) – France
• Some Kind of Heaven (dir. Lance Oppenheim) – United States
• The Metamorphosis of Birds (dir. Catarina Vasconcelos) – Portugal
• The Viewing Booth (dir. Ra’anan Alexandrowicz) – Israel, United States
• Wake up on Mars (dir. Dea Gjinovci) – France, Switzerland

International Competition: Shorts

• 3 Logical Exits (dir. Mahdi Fleifel) – Denmark, Lebanon
• A Bright Summer Diary (dir. Lei Lei) – United States
• A Month of Single Frames (dir. Lynne Sachs, Barbara Hammer) – United States
• Ankebût Ceylan (dir. Özgün Özçelik) – Turkey
• Bab Sebta (dir. Randa Maroufi) – France, Morocco
• Playback (dir. Agustina Comedi) – Argentina
• Soon It Will Be Dark (dir. Isabell Heimerdinger) – Germany
• Tender (dir. Isabel Pagliai) – France
• The Scents That Carry Through Walls (dir. Erin Wilkerson) – United States
• Up at Night (dir. Nelson Makengo) – Democratic Republic of Congo

Human Rights Dox

• Aswang (dir. Alyx Ayn G. Arumpac) – Philippines, France, Norway, Germany, Qatar
• Coded Bias (dir. Shalini Kantayya) – United States, China, United Kingdom, South Africa
• Corporate Accountability (dir. Jonathan Perel) – Argentina
• Higher Love (dir. Hasan Oswald) – United States
• Radio Silence (dir. Juliana Fanjul) – Switzerland, Mexico
• Strike or Die (dir. Jonathan Rescigno) – France
• Sunless Shadows (dir. Mehrdad Oskouei) – Iran, Norway
• The Earth is Blue as an Orange (dir. Iryna Tsilyk) – Ukraine, Lithuania

Green Dox

• Amazon Mirror (dir. Fernando Segtowick) – Brazil
• Journey to Utopia (dir. Erlend E. Mo) – Denmark, Norway, Sweden
• Jozi Gold (dir. Sylvia Vollenhoven, Fredrik Gertten) – South Africa, Sweden, Norway
• małni—towards the ocean, towards the shore (dir. Sky Hopinka) – United States
• Once You Know (dir. Emmanuel Cappellin) – France
• Smog Town (dir. Meng Han) – China, South Korea, Netherlands
• The Lake and The Lake (dir. Sindhu Thirumalaisamy India) – United States
• Vestiges (an archipelago) (dir. Enar de Dios Rodríguez) – Austria

International Shorts

• 16 December (dir. Álvaro Gago) – Spain
• A Sister and a Brother (dir. Jaro Minne) – Belgium
• All the Fires the Fire (dir. Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis) – Greece
• Among the Almond Trees (dir. Marie Le floc’h) – France
• Barakat (dir. Manon Nammour) – Lebanon
• Dogs Barking at Birds (dir. Leonor Teles) – Portugal
• Exam (dir. Sonia K. Hadad) – Iran
• Genius Loci (dir. Adrien Mérigeau) – France
• Good Night (dir. Anthony Nti) – Ghana
• I’ll End Up in Jail (dir. Alexandre Dostie) – Canada
• Hello Ahma (dir. Siyou Tan) – Singapore
• Helfer (dir. Anna Szöllősi) – Hungary
• How to Disappear (dir. Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner) – Austria
• Mizaru (dir. Sudarshan Suresh) – India
• Pace (dir. Kai Stänicke) – Germany
• Perpetual Night (dir. Pedro Peralta) – Portugal
• Shadow of Violence (dir. Ibrahim Karatay) – Netherlands
• Song of Clouds (dir. Ankit Poudel) – Nepal
• Sticker (dir. Georgi M. Unkovski) – North Macedonia
• Sun Dog (dir. Dorian Jespers) – Belgium
• Terminal (dir. Kim Allamand) – Switzerland
• The Last Image of Father (dir. Stefan Djordjevic) – Serbia
• The Van (dir. Erenik Beqiri) – Albania, France
• The Visit (dir. Đorđe Vojvodić) – Montenegro
• Tremendous Cream (dir. Alexei Dmitriev) – Russia

National

• 65 Roses (dir. Murat Zherka0 – North Macedonia
• As If Biting Iron (dir. Stephanie Rizaj) – Austria, Kosovo
• Farmer’s Blues (dir. Iber Deari) – Macedonia
• Hope (dir. Vjosa Abazi) – Kosovo
• Ismail’s Dilemma (dir. Dhimitri Ismailaj) – Albania
• Kiss me, now. (dir. Norika Sefa) – Kosovo
• Omonimia (dir. Mentor Selmani) – Albania
• Salon (dir. Zgjim Terziqi) – Kosovo
• She Asked Me Where I Was From (dir. Aulona Fetahaj) – Belgium, Kosovo
• Sticker (dir. Ardit Sadiku) – Albania
• Where Are You Now? (dir. Eneos Çarka) – Albania

TRUTH Dox

• Collective (dir. Alexander Nanau) – Romania, Luxembourg
• Coup 53 (dir. Taghi Amirani) – United States
• Dope is Death (dir. Mia Donovan) – Canada
• Green Blood (dir. Arthur Bouvart, Jules Giraudat) – France
• Influence (dir. Richard Poplak, Diana Neille) – Canada
• The Exit of the Trains (dir. Radu Jude, Adrian Cioflâncă) – Romania
• Vivos (dir. Ai Weiwei) – Germany, Mexico
• We Hold The Line (dir. Marc Wiese) – Germany