Nick Cunningham

“The EFAs at Eight” to run as a series of virtual events 8-12 December 2020, starting at 20.00 each evening. Best European Documentary award to be handed out on December 12.

Viera Čákanyová’s mesmerising feature essay White on White picked up the award for Best World Documentary Film at Ji.hlava IDFF 2020. The director talks AI, the absurdity of the internet and Lars von Trier with BDE.

International Film Festival Nyon has announced changes to its personnel set-up for the 52nd edition running 15 to 25 April 2021 that include new Selection Committee members, a restructuring of the international network and a reorganised Industry section. Plus deadlines approaching for both festival and industry.

Silver Dove to The Poets Visit Juana Bignozzi; Golden Dove German Competition goes to Lift Like a Girl. Films will available online throughout Germany until 14 November.

Prize winners revealed from the 15 projects at varying stages of production presented during DocLisboa Arché 2020. Originating countries: Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Mexico, Bolivia, Canada, Cuba, Argentina, Brazil and Peru.

The Silver Eye Award 2020 for the best feature length film in the East Silver Market, given by the Institute of Documentary Film, was awarded Jindřich Andrš’ story of a former miner who is forced to retrain in a new profession.

Viera Čákanyová’s White on White picks up Best World Documentary Film 2020 while Latvian Coyote by Ivars Zviedris wins Best Central and East European Documentary Film, valued at €10,000. Plus many more…

NYC-based Cargo Film & Releasing announced October 30 the acquisition of George Attwood and Callum Roe’s doc about Reynhard Sinaga, the UK’s most prolific rapist who was sentenced to life imprisonment earlier in 2020.

The leading Iberian doc fest “takes its next breath in Movements through the most diverse landscapes, reflecting physical and personal displacements and trajectories that flow between concepts of identity, space and time.”

Dec 3 submission deadline announced for three-part 2021 RealYoung programme (7th edition) designed to deliver ‘real life’ stories to young international audiences. Six places up for grabs.