Nick Cunningham

Summer Nights by Ohad Milstein wins Best Israeli Film, Sabaya by Hogir Hirori takes home Best International Film Award. Docaviv kicked off July 1 in a hybrid format and was set to run through July 10, but due to the high demand for online screenings the festival has extended its digital programme until July 31.

Biljana Tutorov, Program Director of CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator, explains to Business Doc Europe the association’s raison d’etre, its Showcase offer of four docs-in-progress during Cannes Docs 2021 and why specifically it is called a ‘Circle’.

Canadian Cinema - Reignited partnership announced between Telefilm Canada, Hot Docs, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

International Film Initiative of Bangladesh presents four docs-in-Progress during the South Asia Showcase at Cannes Docs 2021. Elsewhere, 2021 marks the first time a Bangladeshi film is selected to compete in Cannes (Rehana Maruim by Abdullah Mohammad Saad, Un Certain Regard), and Bangladeshi producer Arifur Rahman will present his project Solo (Eka) at La Fabrique.

Ahead of the Chiledoc presentation of new docs-in-progress at Cannes Docs, the association’s director Paula Ossandón Cabrera explains to Business Doc Europe the success of her country’s documentary sector over the past decade, the power of collaboration and how geographical diversity equates to an equally rich diversity of output.

With 27 feature docs selected across most festival sections in 2021 (the previous highest was 18 in 2019), Cannes Docs chief Pierre-Alexis Chevit is in naturally buoyant mood on the eve of the festival, especially when combined with the re-opening of the market which will allow face to face interaction once more. Chevit gets down to business with BDE.

The Fund provides in-kind grants valued at €20,000 for visual and sound post-production of documentary and hybrid films at production or post-production stage. The in-kind grant(s) can be accessed for doc and hybrid films with a length 15 minutes+ and at production or post-production stage. The completed film will premiere at the Ji.hlava IDFF.

Feature-length Competition: Golden Alexander to Magaluf Ghost Town by Miguel Ángel Blanca, Special Jury Award to Luchadoras by Paola Calvo and Patrick Jasim. In Newcomers Competition: Golden Alexander Dimitri Eipides Award to On the Other Side by Iván Guarnizo. Τhe Special Jury Award given to Sediments by Adrián Silvestre.

The Switzerland-based company announces early sales on its Cannes 2021 market slate, plus details of additional projects in the works to be pitched online to the international doc community over the coming week. Their Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege is selected for Cannes ACID.

What do you get when you cross a leading trade editor, a very well-connected former festival director/critic, arguably Cannes’ top snapper over the years and a UK producer with an archive of Croisette coverage going back over a quarter century? Answer: potentially the most definitive documentary history of the Cannes FF, currently in production ahead of delivery for next year’s 75th edition.