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Seventy-two feature and short Greek documentaries are selected for competitive and non-competitive sections of leading Hellenic documentary festival that will take place 24 June to 4 July in open-air theatres in Thessaloniki and online.

The need for speed is beautifully underlined in Belgian filmmaker Eva Küpper’s impressive film about motorcycles, men and battling against the odds.

Hot Docs Forum, the Canadian docfest’s co-financing market event, wrapped April 6 after the presentation of 20 projects from 16 countries, with women representing 20 of the 25 directors and 36 of the 58 producers. The Canadian Forum Pitch was awarded to ‘Wilfred Buck’ by Lisa Jackson.

The two competitions, in English and Greek language, each bestow a €2000 prize. The deadline for submission is May 14. Podcasts must be 20-60 mins in length. The 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival runs June 24 to July 4.

Included in the tribute are the director’s Low Tide, Stop the Pounding Heart and The Other Side. The DAFilms online portal will also host a live discussion between Minervini and Locarno Artistic Director Giona Nazzaro on 19 May.

The 23rd edition of the Academy Award qualifying international documentary film festival Docaviv returns to Tel Aviv cinemas July 1 – with over 100 local and international documentaries, “allowing the magical encounter between the audiences, the films and their creators,” says Artistic Director Karin Rywkind Segal.

Passion starts off with a warning about the real blood and violence you’re about to see. But it should also warn that your views are to be turned upside down as you watch this brave, lyrical and aesthetic journey into the worlds of BDSM and Christianity, connected through rituals, mysticism and judgment.

The Netherlands Film Fund + IDFA Bertha Fund Co-Production Scheme is supporting two documentary projects this year with €50,000 each: The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine by Alfredo Pourailly and The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder by Inadelso Cossa.

26 projects have been selected to take part in the CEDOC Market (2-4 June) of the Krakow Film Festival, the only international co-production market in Poland for documentary producers seeking Polish and foreign partners. The selection includes doc projects from Poland, Great Britain, Estonia, Italy, Norway and Portugal.

Running March 5-23, the Munich doc fest presents 131 films from 43 countries in 2021. In addition to international and German competitions, student films and docs from “countries in transition” will also compete for cash prizes. The fest also includes an homage to Helena Treštíková, a 75-year DEFA retrospective plus an extensive Industry programme.