Category Archives: Overviews

Festival:
The 62nd BFI London Film Festival

Dates:
October 10-21

About:
This noted UK event presents more than 200 new features, but has reduced the number of nonfiction offerings substantially this year, with just over 40 docs compared to last year’s nearly 60. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 26th Hamptons International Film Festival

Dates:
October 4-8

About:
This well-respected Long Island event presents 30 documentaries out of its 70 feature offerings. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 56th New York Film Festival

Dates:
September 28-October 14

About:
The storied Film Society of Lincoln Center event presents approximately 20 docs among its more than 50 new features, a slight drop compared to last year. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 24th Los Angeles Film Festival

Dates:
September 20-28

About:
Film Independent’s annual festival makes the move to the Fall this year, once again presenting two dozen documentaries among its 70 feature offerings. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 22nd annual Urbanworld Film Festival

Dates:
September 19-23

About:
Just seven documentaries appear among the 25 features presented at the long-running NYC event, which celebrates work by African American and multicultural filmmakers. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 43rd annual Toronto International Film Festival

Dates:
September 6-16

About:
This premier North American event once again presents just shy of 40 documentaries among its 240+ feature offerings, keeping in line with the slimming down put into effect last year. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 45th annual Telluride Film Festival

Dates:
August 31-September 3

About:
Seventeen of the influential Colorado festival’s 39 feature slots go to documentaries this year.

Festival:
The 75th annual Venice Film Festival

Dates:
August 29-September 8

About:
The world’s oldest film festival reaches a landmark year, and, together with its autonomous sidebars, presents approximately 30 documentaries among more than 100 new features. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 15th New York Latino Film Festival

Dates:
August 22-26

About:
This well-regarded event showcasing the work of Latinx talent in film went dormant between 2013-2016, but returned last year. This year’s anniversary edition offers two dozen features, among them 10 documentaries. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 24th Sarajevo Film Festival

Dates:
August 10-17

About:
Nonfiction makes up about a third of the more than 100 features of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s premier festival, an event founded during the siege of Sarajevo. Continue reading →