IEFTA at Cannes Docs with 3 ‘Spotlighted’ Projects
Monaco-based International Emerging Film Talent Association also sponsors the €10,000 Prize for Documentary Works-In-Progress for second year.
Open programme of Ex Oriente workshop (first session)
Online lectures and case studies by Emma Davie, Christian Aune Falch and Salomé Jashi, among others.
FID Marseille announces “first post-Covid film festival in the world”
Live 31st edition running 22-26 July to include 82 films from 31 countries. Industry component FIDLab to run online 6-10 July.
Doclisboa: Georgia on my mind
For its 18th edition, Doclisboa will present a retrospective dedicated to Georgian cinema, mapping its production from the 1920s to the present.
Docaviv announces 16 titles for Israeli Competition
Hybrid festival to run September 3-12 2020 following May postponement. International titles to be announced later.
IDFA returns to cinemas in Nov 2020, Forum and DfS to go online
The festival announces “intact” festival programme in theatres plus online, but Forum, Docs for Sale and IDFAcademy to go virtual. IDFA Issues separate statement in support of Black Lives Matter.
UK feature doc sector in crisis, says report
Bristol UWE research team reveals ‘a chronic lack of funding, support and coordination at the heart of the UK’s feature documentary film sector’.
Feature and short docs benefit in latest round of Swedish funding
2.65m SEK (€252k) granted to two long-form docs on surrogacy and the value of a best friend in times of tragic uncertainty, plus three short-form docs receive 610,000 SEK (€58,000).
Online FIDLab 2020 unveils 15 co-pro projects (6-10 July)
Unlike other recent doc events, the FIDMarseille public festival will be presented live this year, running July 22-26.
Cannes Docs 2020 full program announced
Eight festivals/organizations to showcase docs-in-progress selections; co-pro speed meetings 23-25 June; Dieudo Damadi special guest of Doc Day; Cannes Docs reveals seven festival partners
