MDOC – Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival
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Cutting Through Rocks
IRAN: Set in rural Iran yet reaching far beyond it, this is a quietly incendiary portrait of female autonomy under pressure.
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Winners announced at 11th Edition of MDOC – Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival
The 11th edition of #MDOC – Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival concluded on 3 August with the announcement of this year’s winners. Held from 28 July to 3 August in the northern Portuguese border town, the festival welcomed over 4,500 spectators and more than 15 filmmakers and producers. The Jean-Loup Passek Award for Best International…
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Flowers of Ukraine
UKRAINE: On the outskirts of Kyiv, a woman in her 70s demonstrates her love of freedom.
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Cutting Through Rocks
IRAN In a conservative Iranian village, one divorced woman’s political rise sparks fierce resistance, gendered repression, and bold feminist defiance.
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My Memory Is Full of Ghosts
SYRIA: Life in post-siege Homs is marked by rubble, silence, and voices determined to remember, mourn, and somehow endure.
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MDOC Melgaço brings record premieres and new critics’ prize to Portugal
The #MDOC# – Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival returns this summer with a bold and urgent lineup that spans continents, histories, and identities. From 28 July to 3 August, the festival’s 11th edition will screen 33 films from 23 countries, all competing for the prestigious Jean-Loup Passek Awards, the Don Quixote Award (FICC), and—for the…
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MDOC Melgaço returns for 11th Edition, spotlighting documentary and community heritage
From 28 July to 3 August 2025, the 11th edition of MDOC – Melgaço International Documentary Festival returns. Set in Melgaço, located in the Alto Minho region of northern Portugal, the festival promises a programme that celebrates auteur perspectives and regional heritage. Central to MDOC 2025 is the competitive section, featuring over thirty films from…
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Ancestral Visions of the Future
EXILE: Blending docufiction and philosophy, Lemohang Mosese redefines home, exile, and human interconnectedness through Ubuntu and radical decolonial storytelling.
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