Category Archives: Overviews

Festival:
The 23rd Los Angeles Film Festival

Dates:
June 14-22

About:
Film Independent’s annual event showcases just over 70 features – among them nearly two dozen documentaries. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 15th AFI Docs

Dates:
June 14-18

About:
More than 60 documentary features screen at this Washington DC event. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 24th Sheffield Doc/Fest

Dates:
June 9-14

About:
More than 100 new and recent documentaries screen at this popular South Yorkshire event, which brought on BRITDOC’s Luke Moody as its new Director of Film Programming late last year. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 28th Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Dates:
June 9-18

About:
Human rights issues are explored in eighteen new documentary features, as well as a handful of retrospective films. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 64th Sydney Film Festival

Dates:
June 7-18

About:
Approximately 60 new documentaries screen out of a lineup consisting of over 150 features. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 19th Encounters Documentary Festival

Dates:
June 1-11

About:
Nearly 50 features are in the lineup of Africa’s largest nonfiction event, with screenings taking place in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 16th SF DocFest

Dates:
May 31-June 15

About:
Approximately 50 features screen at this scrappy San Francisco nonfiction event presented by the SF IndieFest. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 70th anniversary Cannes Film Festival

Dates:
May 11-20

About:
Nearly 100 features screen within the prestigious official festival and its two autonomous sidebars, Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week, though documentaries remain underrepresented, numbering fewer than 20. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 19th annual Docaviv

Dates:
May 11-20

About:
Nearly 100 new features screen as part of this Tel Aviv, Israel documentary festival. Continue reading →

Festival:
The 16th annual EDOC – Encuentros del Otro Cine

Dates:
May 10-21

About:
More than 60 new features screen at Ecuador’s largest nonfiction festival in both Quito and Guayaquil. Continue reading →