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After 20 years at the helm of the leading North America docfest, Hendrie will join Univ of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. “It has been an incredible privilege to be a part of this inspiring organization for 20 years, and an honour to advance its mission to champion documentary films and filmmakers,” he said.

EDP is the largest co-production, funding and distribution platform for Central and East European documentaries, designed to connect East European filmmakers with global decision makers. Main prize of €7500 for best project in development / production.

Deadline of February 25 for Public Pitch of new doc projects. DocsBarcelona Industry will this year be presented online 18-30 May. Professional activities include a financing market for documentary projects, as well as conferences and round-tables and workshops.

Lock Doc Development looks to offer support for the documentary slates of up to ten production companies, both for existing documentary film plans affected by Covid and for new feature doc film plans. Overall spend on the package amounts to €600,000. Deadline of 23 March.

52nd edition of the leading Swiss docfest will celebrate the work of directors Tatiana Huezo Sánchez (Mexico/El Salvador) and Pietro Marcello (Italy) by holding two major retrospectives and in-depth online masterclasses.

Producers Fan Wu (Taiwan) and Venice Atienza (Philippines, also director) have released the trailer for their Generation Kplus selection ‘Last Days at Sea’. The logline reads how, in the isolated village of Karihatag, every boy grows up to become a fisherman. However, when the first rains come, Reyboy (12) will leave for the city to study.

Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In, a look at the life and legend of the Manchester United manager and directed by his son Jason, will have world premiere 6 March. GFF will also host UK premiere of Tina, a revealing and intimate look at the life and career of musical icon Tina Turner.

Deadline of March 31 for films released in 2020, May 31 for films completed in 2021 and released by May 31, and July 31 for rough cuts and films yet to have world prem. Additional deadline of March 31 for two-part EMERGING PRODUCERS programme to be held October 25–29 in Jihlava and February 2022 in Berlin.

At the core of Stark’s unsettling and powerful documentary is the story of a young woman whose dalliance with fame and fortune has brought her little by way of happiness.

Alexander Nanau, Maya Daisy Hawke and Anja Salomonowitz are among the eight guest tutors joining the 3rd session (March 6-17) of the 2020/21 Ex Oriente Film workshop programme, held online. Twelve projects are selected, out of a record 108 submissions.