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CPH:DOX has announced the appointment of Josef Kullengård as its new Head of Industry & Training. Having played a key role in strengthening Göteborg Film Festival's position as a leading Nordic industry marketplace, Kullengård brings “a strong combination of strategic leadership, editorial experience and international industry expertise,” the Copenhagen docfest writes. Kullengård will join CPH:DOX on February 15, 2027, following the upcoming edition of Göteborg Film Festival.

LDNDOCS has announced its feature programme for its second edition, taking place from November 20-22 at the Curzon Bloomsbury Cinema, Bertha DocHouse and Garden Cinema. Established in 2025, LDNDOCS is described as “an intimate showcase of cinematic non-fiction held every November in Central London,” and will open with Neon’s award-winning Once Upon A Time in Harlem.

The Nyon-based docfest is inviting films for its Official Selection, which includes six competition sections, as well as projects for VdR–Industry activities. Films in competition receive their world, international or European premiere. The final deadline is December 15. The 58th edition of Visions du Réel will run 9 to 18 April 2026. Elsewhere, the Kenyan project The Ones With the Tempered Flowers won the VdR Award at the 2026 Durban FilmMart. The prize will enable the filmmakers to participate in the 2027 VdR–Industry programme in Nyon.

James Longley’s feature doc won the top prize in Opus Bonum International Competition. The Best CEE Doc Film was named as Sacred Songs by Nona Giunashvili. In First Lights Comp, the main award went to After the Rehearsal by Philipp Fröhlich, In Czech Joy the top prize was won by Glowing by Martin Páv. In Testimonies, Brydie O'Connor picked up the main award for Barbara Forever. All awards…

Andrei Kutsila’s Polish/Lithuanian/German co-pro takes home the €10,000 Golden Dove Feature prize. The feature-length Transition, by Peter Badel and Chris Wright, won in German Competition. The Silver Dove Feature-Length Film, awarded to the best doc by an up-and-coming director, went to Asmahan Bkerat for Concrete Land, The Audience Award went to Swiss film Nicole Nicole by Lauren Dällenbach. All awards…

Thirteen industry awards were presented October 30 to the most promising projects participating in the Ji.hlava New Visions Forum 2026. In total, 29 projects from Europe, United States and East & Southeast Asia were presented. The projects in development, production and post-production were among those presented. The winners received numerous cash and in-kind awards accorded in cooperation with the partners of Ji.hlava IDFF. All awards…

Eleven prizes were presented at DOK Industry during the 69th edition of DOK Leipzig, taking place 26 October to 1 November. DOK Industry awarded outstanding projects across three formats: the DOK Co-Pro Market, Short n’ Sweet, and DOK Preview Germany, which saw Julius Gintaras Blum’s EASTKIDS pick up the D-Facto Motion Works-in-Progress Prize, which includes post-production services valued at €10,000.

The four-time Oscar-nominated producer was presented the award October 28 during the 30th Ji.hlava IDFF. “I think it is really important that I take this moment to thank the European public, the audiences out there whose tax money we are actually spending when we are making our films,” she told the Czech and international professional audience. “Because such is the system in Europe, we are lucky still that we have public service television and we have film funds in Europe, and both these things are pillars upon which we build our democracy.”

In Anna Khazaradze’s Berliner, co-produced by German Heino Deckert, we meet Nana, a Georgian immigrant who has lived in Berlin for thirty years, and who translates for newly arrived migrants while navigating her own memories of displacement. “The film’s strongest foundation is the trust I have built with Nana over more than six years,” Khazaradze tells BDE. “The film connects directly with Georgian and German audiences, while its themes of migration, belonging and care are very universal themes.”

Two projects, Folil, A Journey to the Roots by Loreto Plubins, and Snails, directed by Max Kerkhoff, have been selected for the DOK Co-Pro Market. Chile will also be very much present in the DOK Leipzig retrospective ‘Kino und Kampf: Latin America between East and West,’ featuring films related to Chile’s political and cinematic history. “The fact that a Latin American retrospective now includes major historical films from Chile shows how highly our cinema is valued, both in Germany and by the festival itself,” comments Diego Pino Anguita, Deputy Director of Chiledoc.