Festivals
Documentary Film Festivals screen hundreds of films each year and provide unparalleled opportunities to see a wide range of films and videos, and congregate with filmmakers and critics. Each documentary film festival has its own mission and ambience. Here, you will find information on the world's leading, largest and most dynamic documentary film festivals.
Los Angeles Film Festival 2008 - Documentary Films in Competition
The Los Angeles Film Festival 2008 presents ten feature length documentaries in competition for the Target Documentary Film Award and its $50,000 cash prize. Here's the list.
The Los Angeles Film Festival 2008 presents ten feature length documentaries in competition for the Target Documentary Film Award and its $50,000 cash prize. Here's the list.
Human Righs Watch International Film Festival
Held in March in London, and in June in New York (at Lincoln Center for the Performing Art's Walter Reade Theater), the traveling Human Rights Watch International Film Festival screens documentaries about some of the world's most pressing social, political and economic issues, ranging from abuse of women and children, to the spread of HIV, to exploitation of workers around the world. This mission-oriented festival is one of the world's most dynamic and important documentary film showcases.
Held in March in London, and in June in New York (at Lincoln Center for the Performing Art's Walter Reade Theater), the traveling Human Rights Watch International Film Festival screens documentaries about some of the world's most pressing social, political and economic issues, ranging from abuse of women and children, to the spread of HIV, to exploitation of workers around the world. This mission-oriented festival is one of the world's most dynamic and important documentary film showcases.
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival - 2008
The 19th annual festival runs from June 13 to 26, presenting documentaries covering a wide range of current political and social issues, including injustice in Brazil's juvenile courts, child trafficking in China, rape in the Congo, the U.S. health insurance crisis, the murder of a crusading journalist and a human rights lawyer's battle to bring a killer dictator to trial. Several of the films fo…
The 19th annual festival runs from June 13 to 26, presenting documentaries covering a wide range of current political and social issues, including injustice in Brazil's juvenile courts, child trafficking in China, rape in the Congo, the U.S. health insurance crisis, the murder of a crusading journalist and a human rights lawyer's battle to bring a killer dictator to trial. Several of the films fo…
2008 Tribeca Film Festival Announces Awards - Press Release
2008 Tribeca Film Festival Announces Awards
2008 Tribeca Film Festival Announces Awards
Tribeca Film Festival 2008 - World Documentary Feature Competition
Tribeca Film Fesival 2008's World Documentary Competition's twelve films from seven countries take audiences to a Baghdad high school, a New Jersey prison, behind-the-scenes at The Public Theater and other intriguing places--and present compelling personal stories, investigations of important global events and issues, and new perspectives on perennial subjects of interest.
Tribeca Film Fesival 2008's World Documentary Competition's twelve films from seven countries take audiences to a Baghdad high school, a New Jersey prison, behind-the-scenes at The Public Theater and other intriguing places--and present compelling personal stories, investigations of important global events and issues, and new perspectives on perennial subjects of interest.
Sundance 2008: Sixteen World Premieres
The 2008 Sundance Film Festival presents 16 docs in competition, all made by American independent filmmakers. Each is a world premiere. The subjects range from the nation's use of natural resources and political system to intimate portraits of artists and wider studies of cultural trends. The selection was made from 953 submissions, a record-setting number in the documentaries category. Look for…
The 2008 Sundance Film Festival presents 16 docs in competition, all made by American independent filmmakers. Each is a world premiere. The subjects range from the nation's use of natural resources and political system to intimate portraits of artists and wider studies of cultural trends. The selection was made from 953 submissions, a record-setting number in the documentaries category. Look for…
Documentary Film Festivals: North America
A list of important Documentary Film Festivals in the United States and Canada.
A list of important Documentary Film Festivals in the United States and Canada.
Documentary Film Festivals: Around the Globe
A list of important international documentary film festivals in Europe, Asia and New Zealand.
A list of important international documentary film festivals in Europe, Asia and New Zealand.
Documentary Film Festivals: Themed
A list of documentary film festivals that focus on specific themes, notably human rights or short films.
A list of documentary film festivals that focus on specific themes, notably human rights or short films.
Complete List of Documentary Film Festivals
There are hundreds of documentary film festivals around the world. Use this list to find those that are most appropriate and accessible for you.
There are hundreds of documentary film festivals around the world. Use this list to find those that are most appropriate and accessible for you.
How to Start a Documentary Film Festival
Slumdance Film Festival founder Brian Flemming's twelve step guide to establishing film festivals is intended primarily for venue-seeking filmmakers, but will work equally well for viewers who can't find festivals that meet their criteria, can't get to or into existing festivals, want to do something wonderful for their community, or are so addicted to docs they simply must have their own show.
Slumdance Film Festival founder Brian Flemming's twelve step guide to establishing film festivals is intended primarily for venue-seeking filmmakers, but will work equally well for viewers who can't find festivals that meet their criteria, can't get to or into existing festivals, want to do something wonderful for their community, or are so addicted to docs they simply must have their own show.