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A film both heart-warming and heart-breaking in telling the story of the House of Migrants, a shelter for stranded African travelers in the Malian city of Gao. In this home for the homeless, lives touch each other in passing and dreams are crushed or revived.

CPH:DOX is set to mark the reopening of Danish cinemas with 120 films that will premiere on the big screen. All films from the festival's six competition programmes will screen in Copenhagen cinemas May 6-12. New world prem announced: Gabin Rivoire’s Laurent Garnier: Off the Record.

Polish documentaries are on the Industry agenda 29 April as seven projects at various stages are pitched to international decision-makers ahead of round-table meetings April 30.

Visions du Réel closed its doors April 27 on its hybrid 52nd edition, having garnered 46,600 admissions. “It was all so magical. I feel really proud that we made it,” said Artistic Director Emilie Bujès. "And of course we were very lucky with the timing, but also prepared. When the cinemas re-opened we were ready to adapt to it all.”

Director Johann Grimonprez and producers Daan Milius and Emmy Oost pitched their new project that fuses the promise of African decolonization in the 1960s, the rise of the US civil rights movement and the State Department’s mobilization of ‘jazz ambassadors’ for propaganda purposes.

Stalin had lots. Saddam Hussein employed several and his son Uday had one of his own too. Gaddafi kept his share and pock-marked Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega maintained four of them. Welcome to the world of body doubles and political decoys. A singular Mads Brügger tells more…

Anna Serner, the progressive head of the Swedish Film Institute, will be stepping down from the role of CEO in the autumn of 2021. She has been in the post for ten years, during which she launched the ground-breaking 50/50by2020 gender equality initiative in 2016.

Ex Oriente organisers have extended the deadline for the submission of creative feature-length doc projects and docuseries from Central/Eastern Europe in development and early production, and which ‘challenge genres, format and media boundaries.’ Deadline extended to April 30.

Within an atmosphere of enchantment, the beauty of Broberg’s cinematography, the intelligent editing and the sensitive soundtrack all pay tribute to Gabi’s persona, her strength, vulnerability and authenticity.

Fifty-five projects have been selected for presentation to industry partners at the 16th edition of Sheffield DocFest’s flagship pitching forum, the MeetMarket (9-11 June). Furthermore, 22 projects are selected for Arts Talent Market, running in parallel.