Category Archives: Overviews

Festival:
The 25th Hamptons International Film Festival

Dates:
October 5-9

About:
Almost half of the tony Long Island event’s lineup of more than 60 features is represented by nonfiction. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 61st BFI London Film Festival

Dates:
October 4-15

About:
Among the more than 200 new feature offerings of the respected UK event are nearly 60 documentaries. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 55th New York Film Festival

Dates:
September 28-October 15

About:
Nonfiction makes up more than half of the 60 new features presented at the beloved, venerable Film Society of Lincoln Center event. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 9th DMZ Docs

Dates:
September 21-28

About:
Held near the Korean Demilitarized Zone, this annual South Korean documentary event presents more than 60 features with the aim to champion dialogue, coexistence, and peace. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 21st Urbanworld Film Festival

Dates:
September 20-24

About:
This NYC event, which showcases film and episodic content by African American and multicultural filmmakers, presents approximately two dozen feature-length presentations, with documentaries consisting of less than half that number. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 42nd Toronto International Film Festival

Dates:
September 7-17

About:
The annual North American Fall mecca for the film industry has deliberately slimmed down its lineup, offering just over 250 features vs last year’s near 300, with nonfiction accounting for just under 40 slots, compared to last year’s approximately 60 doc or hybrid presentations. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 44th Telluride Film Festival

Dates:
September 1-4

About:
The influential Labor Day weekend event, which keeps its lineup a secret until the day before its start, offers up 15 new and recent documentaries among its nearly 40 features this year – nonfiction showing a slight dip in representation relative to last year’s program. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival

Dates:
August 11-18

About:
More than 100 features – among them over 40 docs – screen at the celebrated festival in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 16th Dokufest

Dates:
August 4-12

About:
The well-respected Prizren, Kosovo festival features a curated collection of approximately 80 international nonfiction feature standouts as well as new regional work, noted below. Continue reading →