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115 films of all lengths spanning 50 countries representing 49 spoken languages. 22 UK productions. 31 World Premieres, 15 International Premieres, 5 European Premieres and 40 UK Premieres.

Festival and Industry prizes awarded June 6. Best film prize to Acasa, My Home (Romania, Finland, Germany). FIPRESCI award to The Self Portrait (Norway).

Following its successful online roll-out in May 2020, DOK.fest Munich director Daniel Sponsel offers nine arguments, and draws nine conclusions, concerning the future of theatrical documentary film.

On the eve of the Krakow Film Festival Industry event, Katarzyna Wilk of Polish Docs outlines the effectiveness of the pitch event, and how the switch to online is proving very beneficial in 2020.

Spotlights are on Sarah Maldoror, Lynne Sachs and Simplice Ganou, while the retrospective is revealed as Reimagining the Land, curated by Christopher Small.

From 1997 to 2001 Cooke was a film programmer of Sheffield Doc/Fest and is currently the CEO and one of the two founders of Renegade Pictures.

The Institute of Documentary Film has selected 12 documentaries, out of a record number of 108 submissions for the 18th edition of the Ex Oriente Film workshop.

Like the festival (which kicks off May 31), Krakow Industry will be online in 2020, and offers up a wide range of opportunities to collaborate with the Polish doc industry.

Doclisboa joint directors reveal plans for a “new format” that will offer “six different moments’ between October 2020 and March 2021.

Main prize to Welcome to Chechnya, making it automatically eligible for Best Feature Doc Oscar® consideration. At festival end on 28 May, 167 films sold out and 82,686 free tickets issued.