Category Archives: Overviews

Festival:
The 10th anniversary BAMcinemaFest

Dates:
June 20-July 1

About:
Approximately two dozen features – among them 10 docs – as well as shorts and retrospective work make up the anniversary lineup of this celebrated Brooklyn event. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 42nd Frameline: San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival

Dates:
June 14-24

About:
The longest-running LGBT festival in the world offers over 70 features, nearly half of them nonfiction. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 29th Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Dates:
June 14-21

About:
This year’s edition of the long-running event explores vital human rights issues across 13 nonfiction and one fiction feature. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 16th AFI Docs

Dates:
June 13-17

About:
This Washington DC event showcases approximately 50 documentary features. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 25th anniversary Sheffield Doc/Fest

Dates:
June 7-12

About:
This British fest celebrates its quarter century edition with more than 100 new and recent feature documentaries. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 65th Sydney Film Festival

Dates:
June 6-17

About:
This long-running Australian event includes just over 60 new documentary features. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 20th anniversary Encounters Documentary Festival

Dates:
May 31-June 10

About:
Just over 30 nonfiction features are presented in Cape Town and Johannesburg during Africa’s largest documentary event, including several South African productions such as those noted below. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 17th SF DocFest

Dates:
May 31-June 14

About:
This San Francisco event presents just under 50 nonfiction features. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 44th Seattle International Film Festival

Dates:
May 17-June 10

About:
The largest and most attended festival in the US offers audiences approximately 65 feature docs among a lineup presenting more than 400 features and shorts. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 20th anniversary Docaviv: The Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival

Dates:
May 17-26

About:
The Tel Aviv nonfiction event closes out its second decade with approximately 90 new and recent features. Continue reading →