For June, read Sheffield
Patrick Hurley, Sheffield Doc/Fest’s Director of Marketplace & Talent, talks to Business Doc Europe about the festival’s online industry offer for June 2020.
Matthijs Wouter Knol to take over as EFA Director January 2021
He replaces Marion Döring who has been head of the European Film Academy since 1996
DOK.fest Munich award winners
International prize to Radu Ciorniciuc’s Acasa, My Home. German award to The Long March Home (Weina Zhao and Judith Benedikt). Horizonte award to Sandra Beerends’ They Call Me Babu.
Lockdown launch
Former IDFA senior programmer Martijn te Pas has made the most of corona lockdown, deciding to launch a new documentary consultancy out of Stockholm. He explains all to Business Doc Europe.
Hot Docs 2020 online market wraps with over $190k CDN in cash prizes
Al Jazeera Short Pitch awards two projects, doubling prize money to US $100k
Online Thessaloniki Doc Fest 2020 announces titles
22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (May 19 – 28) presents 210 documentaries from across the world, and three international competitions. Free access for Greek audiences up to 400 screenings per film.
Hot Docs: Changing Face of Europe: Always Amber
Swedish makers Lia Hietala and Hannah Reinikainen create an inspiring, colourful and moving portrait of a young trans and their changing generation.
Hot Docs: Changing Face of Europe: Lessons of Love
A Polish film about late blossoming love and the filmmakers’ fascination for women ‘of a certain age’ with a zest for life.
DocsBarcelona announces programme for 2020
Running 19-31 May 2020, the online selection runs to 35 documentaries including 13 tthat will compete for Best Documentary Award in the Official Panorama Section.
Munich kicks off online
Following the May 6 opening of the online DOK.fest München, the festival got down to business May 7 with the two-pronged DOK.forum Industry programme, comprising Marketplace and Perspectives.
