Nick Cunningham

For its 18th edition, Doclisboa will present a retrospective dedicated to Georgian cinema, mapping its production from the 1920s to the present.

Swedish docmaker Magnus Gertten tells a gripping story of waiting, hoping and familial devotion…and betrayal. He explains all to Business Doc Europe.

Hybrid festival to run September 3-12 2020 following May postponement. International titles to be announced later.

The festival announces “intact” festival programme in theatres plus online, but Forum, Docs for Sale and IDFAcademy to go virtual. IDFA Issues separate statement in support of Black Lives Matter.

Bristol UWE research team reveals ‘a chronic lack of funding, support and coordination at the heart of the UK’s feature documentary film sector’.

2.65m SEK (€252k) granted to two long-form docs on surrogacy and the value of a best friend in times of tragic uncertainty, plus three short-form docs receive 610,000 SEK (€58,000).

Unlike other recent doc events, the FIDMarseille public festival will be presented live this year, running July 22-26.

Eight festivals/organizations to showcase docs-in-progress selections; co-pro speed meetings 23-25 June; Dieudo Damadi special guest of Doc Day; Cannes Docs reveals seven festival partners

Italian director Alessandro Cattaneo addresses our all too human relationship with, and attitude to, animals in his feature-length documentary, selected for Hot Docs.

Polish Daniel Stopa conducts a very personal investigation into the business of love and matrimony in his latest documentary project, currently in post-production and produced by Staroń Film.