Munich announces new editing prize
The DOK.edit Award honours outstanding editing achievements with prize money of 5,000 euros. It is part of the new programme focus Re:arranging Reality which revolves around the post-production of documentary films. DOK.fest München runs 5-23 May 2021.
Nyon’s Industry Visions
The Visions du Réel Industry programme commences April 14, with its usual panoply of pitching and networking events/opportunities and debates, presented both online and live. Head of Industry Madeline Robert guides BDE through the programme.
LevelK boards new Brazilian doc From Love No One Escapes
International sales/aggregation outfit LevelK has acquired world sales rights for the Brazilian documentary feature From Love No One Escapes, which depicts the lives of inmates inside a Brazilian jail where there are no guns or guards. The film screens at Visions du Réel market running 14-22 April.
My Octopus Teacher wins Bafta for Best Documentary
Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed win the coveted Best Documentary Bafta for their Netflix Original story of an unusual friendship between a filmmaker and an octopus living in a South African kelp forest.
Mr Bachmann and Sabaya pick up HK doc prizes
German film Mr Bachmann and His Class (Maria Speth) is awarded Best Documentary while the Jury Prize in Doc Competition goes to Swedish Sundance winner Sabaya, directed by Hogir Hirori.
April 23 deadline for Ex Oriente Film workshop 2021
Organisers put out call for creative feature-length documentary projects and docuseries from Central and Eastern Europe in development or early production, and which ‘challenge genres, format and media boundaries.’
Krakow FF announces International Doc Comp line-up
The 14 films ‘will take the viewers on a journey to an alternative reality without any traces of the pandemic, but full of equally serious problems,’ says the festival. Two of the films are Polish productions. All the films will compete for the Golden and Silver Horns. Festival to run May 30 to June 6.
DOK.fest München announces opener and nominees for kids prize
Daniel Sager’s Behind the Headlines to open DOK.fest München 2021 @home on May 5. Six nominees named to compete for DOK.fest Award SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, valued at €3000 and awarded to films that ‘show the perspective of children and young people in a remarkable way.’
Thessaloniki Doc Fest invites podcasters to submit for June/July event
New podcast competition presented as core part of hybrid festival running June 24 to July 4. Greek and international competition sections, submission deadline of May 14.
IDFA restructures 2021 programme, makes call for submissions
“IDFA is changing along with documentary film, moving into a new program structure that departs from its solid and proven past into a more flexible curatorial vision that is open to experimentation,” says festival chief Orwa Nyrabia.
