Category Archives: Overviews

Festival:
The 37th Outfest

Dates:
July 18-28

About:
Nearly 70 feature are included in the lineup of this venerable LGBTQ event, including 24 documentaries. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Dates:
June 28-July 6

About:
Documentaries make up about a third of the new offerings of this A List event in the Czech Republic. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 43rd Frameline: San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival

Dates:
June 20-30

About:
The world’s longest-running and most influential LGBT festival presents more than 75 features, including approximately 30 documentaries. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 73rd Edinburgh International Film Festival

Dates:
June 19-30

About:
Just under 30 new or recent nonfiction – of approximately 120 features – appears in the lineup of this long-running Scottish event. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 17th AFI Docs

Dates:
June 19-23

About:
Just over 40 new and recent doc features, plus retrospective programming and shorts, make up the line-up of this respected Washington DC event. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 30th Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Dates:
June 13-20

About:
Eleven documentaries and two fiction features about urgent human rights issues make up the slate of this NYC event. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 11th BAMcinemaFest

Dates:
June 12-23

About:
Nearly half of this well-curated Brooklyn event’s lineup consists of docs. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 26th Sheffield Doc/Fest

Dates:
June 6-11

About:
This popular British event presents more than 100 new and recent features, organized into several thematic sections. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 21st Encounters: South African International Documentary Festival

Dates:
June 6-16

About:
Approximately 30 nonfiction features screen in Cape Town and Johannesburg for Africa’s largest documentary event. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 66th Sydney Film Festival

Dates:
June 5-16

About:
More than 70 feature documentaries are included in this long-running Australian event. Continue reading →