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Early entry deadline set for November 6; first in series of Autumn weekenders ‘Into the World’ to come to Sheffield & Online 2 - 4 October; tribute to be paid to the late Sarah Maldoror (19 July 1929 – 13 April 2020) as one of the Filmmakers in Focus for 2020.

The programme is aimed at documentary makers looking for “a clearer dramaturgical structure and a more streamlined production process for their next project in development.”

Deadline of November 30 for film submissions leading Greek doc fest and Oscar® documentary feature qualifying event, running 4-14 March 2021.

Long and short competition selections include works by Andreas Voigt, Jan Soldat, Carsten Rau, Martina Priessner, Bettina Ellerkamp and Jörg Heitmann

Doc haul to include a pitch of Lennart Stuyck’s fantastical story of two Somali pirates Capturing the Pirate King plus Draw for Change (pictured), a documentary series about female cartoonists who use their drawings to empower women and strive for gender equality.

The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR) and its founding institutions, EFA, IDFA and IFFR, as well as Berlinale, call for the Sudanese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release filmmaker Hajooj Kuka and the four artists imprisoned with him.

Czech docfest’s October programme to offer the first and last film by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, a portrait of artist Marina Abramović, Giedre Zickyte’s The Jump and Hubert Sauper’s Epicentro. Women to dominate the music doc section and Inspiration Forum to turn gaze towards Africa.

2020 list includes 52 films across 14 categories. Best Cinema Doc nominees are American Factory, For Sama, Honeyland and Midnight Family.

Twice in a lifetime. 36 years on from the release of Stop Making Sense, Jonathan Demme’s iconic Talking Heads’ concert movie, comes David Byrne’s American Utopia in which Spike Lee documents Byrne’s wildly popular 2019/20 Broadway show, performed with a troupe of 11 international musicians.

Focus on Nordic films produced over the last production year, with the competition programme at its core. 67 films selected from 541 submissions to compete for Nordisk Panorama Film Festival Awards across four competitive sections.