Al Jazeera Balkans Documentary Film Festival has put out the call to authors and production companies to participate in the sixth edition, which will take place in Sarajevo 8 – 12 September 2023.
AJB DOC Film Festival is organized by the TV broadcaster Al Jazeera Balkans in co-operation with Al Jazeera Documentary Channel and Al Jazeera Media Institute in Doha, “with the objective to promote authors and films dealing with social phenomena, films about human destinies and stories that are universal to all of us,” write organisers.
Submissions can be made online using the application form on the festival website or via the Film Freeway platform. The submission deadline is 26th May 2023.
The official selection of the sixth AJB DOC Film Festival will be announced at the beginning of September 2023. As in the previous years, the Festival will screen over 20 top-quality documentaries across four festival selections: Competition Selection, Out-of-competition Last Minute Cinema, AJB Screening and SmartDoc.
In addition to being a platform for TV documentaries, AJB DOC Film Festival also presents best of recent feature-length documentaries, films co-produced by Al Jazeera Balkans, and films made by young authors with mobile smartphones.
AJB DOC Film Festival will present awards in three categories: AJB DOC Main Award for the best film in the competition selection presented by the International Jury; the Programme Department Jury Award, and an Audience Award.All selected films may be considered for an acquisition agreement with Al Jazeera Balkans and broadcast on its TV Channel.
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