Category Archives: Overviews

Festival:
The 26th É Tudo Verdade/It’s All True

Dates:
April 8-18

About:
This Brazilian nonfiction event returns with approximately 35 new documentary features.

Festival:
The 6th Neighboring Scenes: New Latin American Cinema

Dates:
March 31-April 12

About:
This annual showcase from Film at Lincoln Center and Cinema Tropical goes online this year with a scaled-back lineup that includes only three doc features:

Festival:
The 20th Documentary Fortnight

Dates:
March 18-April 5

About:
The Museum of Modern Art’s annual exploration of international nonfiction and hybrid work presents nearly 20 features, in addition to short films and special retrospectives.

Festival:
The 28th SXSW Film Festival

Dates:
March 16-20

About:
After being forced to cancel last year, this popular Austin event returns with an online festival showcasing approximately 80 new projects, nonfiction representing half that number.

Festival:
The 43rd Cinéma du Réel

Dates:
March 12-21

About:
This Paris-based nonfiction event showcases more than 30 new and recent feature projects online this year.

Festival:
The 22nd Tempo Documentary Festival

Dates:
March 8-14

About:
Approximately two dozen new and recent features are presented in Sweden’s largest nonfiction event, which is presented online this year.

Festival:
The 38th Miami Film Festival

Dates:
March 5-14

About:
This popular Florida event adopts a hybrid online and in-person model this year, and screens just over a dozen doc features or series among its approximately 50 features.

Festival:
The 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival

Dates:
March 4-14 (online)

About:
Greece’s respected nonfiction event will take part in two phases this year: March’s presentation of approximately 50 films – new and retrospective features as well as shorts – is exclusive to Greece and presented online, with a hybrid component taking place June 24-July 4 featuring several competition sections and a Greek panorama.

Festival:
The 71st Berlinale

Dates:
March 1-5 (industry)

About:
Germany’s world-class film event presents its scaled-down line-up of approximately 100 features – docs or hybrids making up a third – for industry online over the next few days, with in-person screenings of these selections planned for the public this June.

Festival:
The 27th Slamdance Film Festival

Dates:
February 12-25

About:
Presented online – and a few weeks later than its usual concurrence with Sundance – this ever-scrappy event presents 25 features, with docs making up just over half that number, including the highlights below.