Nick Cunningham

'Spaces' embraced so far by 14 doc and fiction global luminaries, including Rachel Leah Jones, Yung Chang, Radu Jude and Nanouk Leopold.

The core Catalonian public and industry doc gathering is the latest event to take the virtual option after the declaration of a global pandemic.

In Eva Marie Rødbro’s feature debut I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I Die, which screened in Danish:Dox, Betty is a mother of two living on the breadline in Colorado Springs.

Total includes six European productions from six countries. Women make up 4 of the 6 European directors, and 17 across all projects.

Nonprofit American Documentary (AmDoc), which was behind the PBS series POV, kickstarts a COVID-19 Artist Emergency Fund to support the independent documentary community.

Arché is a prof lab that provides tools for the creation of new cinematographic Ibero-Am projects. RAW aims to provide a space for the development of new films between Lisbon and Madrid.

New films by Coco Schrijber and Dawood Hilmandi get Dutch Incentive nod. Total Production investment of €6.8 million in this round.

The festival’s pitching forums will continue online in June while films, talks, panels and artist events will be presented across weekends in Autumn 2020.

Originally slated to run April 24 to May 2 2020, the festival start date will come forward to April 17. Free online access for public limited to 500 spectators per film. Full industry programme to run online April 25-30

Songs of Repression picked up the coveted DOX:AWARD, as winners are announced for the Nordic:Dox, F:act, New:Vision, Next:Wave and newly founded Politiken:Danish:Dox Awards.