Nick Cunningham

The three new works, all to be presented during IDFA DocLab 2020, will share total grant allocation of €20,000

Commencing Monday September 7, London/Barcelona-based outfit Sideways Film will embark on a month-long sales and acquisition odyssey throughout Europe, kicking off in Switzerland and visiting a further 13 countries.

Documentary meets gumshoe in Maite Alberdi’s The Mole Agent which world premiered at Sundance 2020 and premieres digitally in North America September 1, courtesy of Gravitas Ventures. The director talks to BDE.

October 15 is the date to register films for the Biarritz doc fest running 18 to 24 January 2021

New additions from Rise and Shine, Andana Films, Lightdox (formerly Sweet Spot Docs), DR Sales, Cinephil, and Films Transit, following the success of the DfS Summer Showcase in June 2020.

Italian director is the only filmmaker to win top awards at two A-list festivals with docs, the Golden Lion at Venice with (Sacro GRA, 2013) and the at Berlinale Golden Bear with Fire at Sea in 2016.

In the powerful and jarring Hold Me Right, Serbian actress and rape victim Danijela Stajnfeld discusses the trauma experienced by her and other survivors, at the same time examining the motives of a number of rapists and perpetrators of sexual violence.

Visual artist Mladen Bundalo returns to Bosnia and Herzegovina to tell a hopeful tale of migration, as experienced by the eponymous hero of the title.

14 European countries are represented in the EFA Documentary Selection. EFA Members will now vote for five documentary nominations. Winner to be announced 12 December in Reykjavik.

The Bosnian capital’s first Gay Pride celebration in 2019 provides the dramatic backdrop for Ado Hasanović’s short documentary, selected for Sarajevo FF.