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Festival releases a statement 9 October to confirm virtual event. Festival dates extended, now to run 27 October to 8 November. Press conference October 14 to give details of programme.

150 films and XR works, including 43 world premieres, 11 international, 7 European and 36 German premieres. International competitions and Camera Lucida section with world premieres by Ada Ushpiz, Shelly Silver and Boris Gerrets

German docfest announces a new podcast series in collaboration with What's Up with Docs, programmers of Color Collective and Themba Bhebhe

A total of 47 films have been added to the IDFA 2020 program, in which “risk-taking artistic choices and fluid roles of artist and filmmaker come to the fore.”

Film selected for Dok Leipzig, also pick-ups of chess doc Glory to the Queen and Backstage – Vienna State Opera.

New EFA Award for Innovative Storytelling goes to director Mark Cousins, paying tribute to the ground-breaking 14-hour documentary odyssey produced by Hopscotch Films

Hungary’s only human rights documentary film festival will run online 10–22 November. The festival kicks off 76 Days, which provides an account of the early days of the COVID pandemic in Wuhan, China.

61st Krakow Film Festival to be held in Krakow cinemas and online throughout Poland May 30 to June 6, 2021. First deadline: November 30, 2020 for films made before October 31.

For the first time at DOK Leipzig, a Golden Dove (€3,000) and a Silver Dove (€1,500) will be awarded in the newly established Audience Award competitions for long and short films. 20 docs and animations from 12 countries include five world, five international, one European and nine German premieres.

Among the tutors of the 2nd session of Ex Oriente Film 2020 (running online October 19-24) are director Feras Fayyad, consultant Claire Aguilar, editor Joe Bini and director Hanna Polak.