Sofia DocuMENTAL
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Sofia DocuMental 2025 wraps with industry prizes and audience honours
The sixth edition of #Sofia DocuMental# closed with a string of awards recognizing both completed films and works in development, as the festival’s industry platform, the Balkan Documentary Market (BDM), distributed nearly €100,000 in support across film and podcast projects. The market ran 30 September – October alongside the festival, bringing nearly 70 international guests…
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Cyborg Generation
TECHNOLOGY: A personal journey into sensory expansion, DIY biohacking, and the radical politics of cyborg identity.
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Balkan Documentary Center extends deadlines for 2025 submissions
The Balkan Documentary Center (BDC) has announced extended submission deadlines for its flagship training programs aimed at fostering independent journalism and documentary filmmaking across the Balkan region and beyond. The new deadlines are: DOCU Rough Cut Boutique: January 13, 2025 Balkan Watchers: January 19, 2025 BDC Discoveries: March 10, 2025 Key Programs Open for Submission…
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Balkan Documentary Center launches call for 2025 Balkan Watchers program
The Balkan Documentary Center (BDC) has announced the 2025 call for its #Balkan Watchers# program, aimed at fostering critical storytelling through documentary films and podcasts. This initiative offers journalists, filmmakers, and activists a platform to confront societal issues in regions with restricted press freedom. The program seeks to support 20 projects—10 films and 10 podcasts—with…
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Sofia Documental 2024: The complete winners
The fifth edition of the #Sofia DocuMental# International Film Festival, held from 28 September to 6 October 2024, celebrated human rights-focused documentary cinema with a series of awards. Czech director Klára Tasovská’s I Am Not Everything I Want to Be was awarded Best Film by a Woman Director, receiving a statuette and a financial prize…
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Balkan Documentary Center presents Balkan Watchers at Sofia Documental
The Balkan Documentary Center ‘s new initiative, Balkan Watchers, aimed at supporting journalists, filmmakers, and activists across the #Balkans and surrounding regions presented its selected projects on Thursday, 3 October. Launched in response to increasing threats to #media freedom#, the program encourages critical storytelling through journalism-driven documentary films and podcasts. The program culminated in a…
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Sofia DocuMENTAL kicks off with Human Rights-focused programme
Sofia DocuMENTAL, Bulgaria’s only documentary event focused on human rights, has kicks off its complete program for the fifth edition. Taking place across nine key locations in Sofia from 28 September to 7 October, this year’s festival will feature 30 Bulgarian premieres, with tickets now available for screenings. Under the theme Step out of the…
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A million roses and coal
UKRAINE: The impact of war on three generations of women, blending personal stories, family archives, and historical parallels.
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The secret battle between Russia and the West
RUSSIA: Russian President Vladimir Putin blames the West for the war in Ukraine, but as Putin's Playground shows, the Kremlin has been subverting the west to suit its own agenda for years.