Nick Cunningham

The Finnish Film Foundation has granted €717,000 in production support to seven documentaries, the organisation announced December 30 2019.

Adam Cook has resigned with immediate effect as Senior Programmer of Sheffield Doc/Fest, according to a statement released December 19 2019 by the festival.

IFFR will present 22 feature doc world premieres (17 from Europe) in 2020 across its Deep Focus, Bright Future, Perspectives and Voices Strands.

Director of Original Documentaries leaves the streaming giant after 18 months.

Polish docs have rounded off the year superbly with prizes at Macau, Athens and Barcelona… and Slamdance to come in Jan 2020.

Fifteen films, six from Europe, will advance in the 2020 Oscars documentary feature category after 159 films were submitted this year.

Swedish documentary about 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg to be aired on Hulu in 2020

The Story of The Netherlands will be produced by Pupkin Film and directed by Niek Koppen and Lourens Blok.

Former HFM boss and current Director of Acquisitions at MUBI to shadow Bero Beyer at IFFR 2020 before taking over March 1.

Chinese/Dutch producer Jia Scheffer talks to BDE about one of IDFA 2019’s audience pleasers, debutante Han Meng’s Smog Town, which illustrates the massive problems inherent within the business of environmental protection.