DokuFest (Kosovo) announced July 11 the full slate of competition films for its 22nd edition. 3481 films from 111 countries from across the world were submitted for consideration, which marks a 22% increase on 2022. The festival will showcase 104 films in its eight competition sections, with number of films seeing their World, International and European premieres, “making DokuFest an important launching pad in this part of the world for both, documentary and narrative short films,” festival organisers note.
“Once again, we are delighted to state that there is hardly an art form other than the art of moving images that is capable of bringing us joy or moving us to tears, the one art form that is able to take us to the places of horror whilst at the same time making us stand and want to change the world,” festival organisers continue. “Many of the films in this year’s competition do exactly that and we are delighted to be able to share the work of, both growing number of emerging filmmakers, as well as the established ones, with our audiences soon.”
Comments Veton Nurkollari, Artistic Director of DokuFest: “As every year, I am full of joy to see DokuFest returns again in full swing and with another exceptional programme of films that will question many things, such as our place in this world and the responsibilities we take or don’t take towards others and towards the planet in peril, as well as our ever growing relationship with technology.”
“I am also thrilled that time has come for me and for the programming team to finally share all those films that we cared so much for such a long time, films that will for sure move, amaze and in some cases, even shock the audience with their rawness and directness, a pure testament to the power of documentary film in first place,” he adds.
In the following days DokuFest will continue with the further programme announcements, including its eagerly awaited theme announcement, the selection for highly popular View From the World section, a Country in Focus programme, as well as a host of other specially curated programs, panel discussions, talks, kids programme, master classes and music acts that will perform at the festival.
DokuFest runs August 4-12 in venues throughout the historic city center of Prizren, Kosovo.
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE DOX
- AN INHABITED VOLCANO by David Pantaleón Spain, 2023, 66 mins
- HYPERMOON by Mia Engberg, Sweden, 2023 78 mins
- IN THE REARVIEW by Maciek Hamela, Poland, France, Ukraine, 2023, 84 mins
- KNIT’S ISLAND by Ekiem Barbier, France, 2023 96 mins
- LANDSHAFT by Daniel Kötter, Germany, Austria, 2023, 97 mins
- MOTHERLAND by Alexander Mihalkovich, Hanna Badziaka, Sweden, Ukraine, Norway, 2023, 92 mins
- ON THE EDGE by Nicolas Peduzzi, France, 2022, 93 mins
- Q by Jude Chehab, United States, Lebanon, 2023, 93 mins
- THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES by Asmae El Moudir, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, 2023, 96 mins (pictured)
- THE TASTE OF MANGO by Chloe Abrahams, United Kingdom, United States, 2023, 75 mins
BALKAN DOX
- ALEXANDER by Ardit Sadiku Albania, United States, 2023, 80 mins
- ANOTHER SPRING by Mladen Kovačević Serbia, France, Qatar, 2022, 88 mins
- ARSENIE. AN AMAZING AFTERLIFE by Alexandru Solomon Romania, Luxembourg, 2023, 96 mins
- AURORA’S DREAM by Dragana Jovanović France, Germany, Serbia, United States, 2023, 72 mins
- DRIFTING by Somnur Vardar Turkey, 2022, 67 mins
- FORMS OF FORGETTING by Burak Çevik Turkey, 2023, 70 mins
- I’M PEOPLE, I AM NOBODY by Svetislav Dragomirović, Serbia, Germany, 2022, 72 mins
- INGRESSO ANIMALI VIVI by Igor Grubić Croatia, 2023, 15 mins
- MARCH 8, 2020: A MEMOIR Fırat Yücel Turkey, 2022, 15 mins
- STUNTWOMEN by Elena Avdija, Switzerland, 2022, 64 mins
- THE HOUSE IN KRALJEVEC by Pero Kvesić Croatia, 2023, 89 mins
- THE SILENCE OF THE BANANA TREES by Eneos Çarka Albania, Hungary, 2022, 24 mins
- THREE SPARKS by Naomi Uman Albania, Mexico, 2023, 95 mins
- WILD FLOWERS by Karla Crnčević Croatia, Spain 2022 11 mins
Click here for all Competition sections and Special Programmes. Over coming days the festival will announces selections within the View From the World section, a Country in Focus programme, as well as other specially curated programs, panel discussions, talks, kids programmes, master classes and music acts that will perform at the festival.
