15 films selected for Int’l Comp at 12th Taiwan Doc Fest, May 2020
44 competition titles in total across International, Asian and Taiwan categories.
Homo Homini Award to jailed Tajik lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov
The People in Need NGO award to be presented by Oleg Sentsov March 5 2020 to Yorov’s brother during the opening of the One World Film Fest, Prague.
Journeyman to the Moon
Journeyman Pictures acquires world rights (except The Netherlands and Flanders) to Frank Herrebout's moon doc Fallen Astronaut.
UK’s Learning to Skateboard… wins Oscar for Best Short Doc
Academy nod for Carol Dysinger's film about the all-girl skate school in Kabul; follows BAFTA win.
Polish short docs win at Slamdance and Budapest
Awards for Shooting Stars at the Sundance shadow fest and 19:91 at Budapest International Documentary Festival.
Finnish doc Colombia in my Arms wins Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary
The Gothenburg Film Festival prize is valued at €25,000.
Epicentro wins Grand Jury Prize of Sundance World Cinema Doc Comp
The Reason I Jump garners Audience Award, and Benjamin Ree’s The Painter and the Thief wins Special Jury Award for Creative Storytelling. Further prizes for The Earth is Blue as an Orange, Softie and Acasa, My Home.
For Sama wins BAFTA for Best Doc
Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts popular winners at pre-eminent Brit awards event.
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone… wins BAFTA for Best British Short
Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva's doc about an all-girl skateboard school in Kabul wins top shorts award in London.
Peter Mettler to be guest of honour during Visions du Réel 2020 Ateliers program
The Swiss-Canadian filmmaker will “share his universe’ and his cinematographic practice with the public during a Masterclass. In addition retrospective will be dedicated to his work throughout the festival.
