Nick Cunningham

Prolific Icelandic filmmakers Anní Olafsdottir (IDFAcademy 2020) and Andri Snær Magnason brief BDE on their current, highly pertinent, creative docs whose content and production have been either informed or affected by lockdown.

IDFA Award for Best Directing (€5,000) goes to Vitaly Mansky for Gorbachev. Heaven. IDFA First Appearance Award (€10,000) to Alina Gorlova for 'This Rain Will Never Stop'.

A total of 47,615 visitors attended the hybrid edition DOK Leipzig in late October. “The positive reactions of the visitors and the fantastic level of interest among the public tell us that this huge effort was worth it,” says director Christoph Terhechte.

Gunda, The Reason I Jump, Reconnected and Collective among Best Feature noms for 2020 International Documentary Association Awards. Jerry Rothwell (The Reason I Jump) also nominated in Best Director category.

Water buffaloes in the Carpathians and a hero who wants to settle down - but on his own terms. Ukrainian producer Aliona Kachkan discusses her Docs For Sale selection As Far As Possible, about to complete post-production and ripe for a festival debut in 2021.

In 'Here we move, here we groove', director Sergej Kreso asks of Balkan Beats founder DJ Robert Soko, what next? The answer is creative and compassionate, and appropriate for our age.

16th edition of MeetMarket planned as a hybrid event in June 2021, running in parallel with Arts Talent Market for XR/new-media artists. MeetMarket deadline 15 Feb 2021, Arts Talent Market deadline 1 March 2021.

Human Rights Film Award to Welcome to Chechnya, Best Hungarian Film Award to Give Me Shelter. International online audience of 20,000 exceeds expectations.

Kids and Docs embraces young adults in 2020, explains co-ordinator Marije Veenstra to Business Doc Europe ahead of IDFA Junior Day at Amsterdam’s Eye. Plus there is a VR in competition for the first time, alongside 12 short and feature documentaries.

Irena Taskovski focusses on “the positive, while letting docs connect us,” as she picks up world rights for three more IDFA titles. This boosts a slate that already includes Main Competition titles Radiograph of a Family and War and Peace.