list of documentary festivals

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LIST OF DOCUMENTARY FESTIVALS:

1001 DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

Since its inception, the Festival has hosted hundreds of films from Turkey and around the world and each year, documentary filmmakers and documentary cinema theoreticians have the opportunity to meet with the audience.

Festival start date: 29/10-2010

Festival end date: 04/11-2010

Festival deadline: 25/06-2010

Themes: General

Address:

Kuloglu Mah. Istiklal Cad. Gazeteci, Erol Dernek Sok. No: 6 Kat: 4

34433 Beyoglu - ISTANBUL

Turkey

Telephone: +90 212 245 90 96

Fax: +90 212 245 89 58

Web: www.1001documentary.net

AFRICA WORLD DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

The AWDFF is committed to the promotion of knowledge and culture of Pan African people through cinema. Public viewings of selected AWDFF films shall occur in the US, Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean.




Address:

University of Missouri - St. Louis, One University Blvd, GSB237

MO 63121 St. Louis

USA

Telephone: 1 314 516-4852

Fax: 1 314 516-4851

Web: www.umsl.edu

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AL JAZEERA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

Aljazeera Channel is hosting the Aljazeera Int. Documentary Film Festival with the intent of promoting the best documentary and news programmes. Its aim is to promote better cooperation and understanding among peoples and cultures. Exact dates tba.




Themes: General

Address:

PO Box 24123

Doha

Qatar

Telephone: 974 - 4670049

Fax: 974 - 4651454

Web: www1.aljazeera.net/festival

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL

ASTRA is an int. biannual documentary film festival based in Sibiu, Romania, with a strong focus on Eastern European production approaching contemporary issues with anthropological sensibility. It is the only national showcase for Romanian documentary films




Themes: Anthropological/Ethnographical

Address:

Piata Huet 12

550182 Sibiu

Romania

Telephone: +40 269 210 134, 213 44

Fax: +40 269 210 134

Web: http://www.astrafilm.ro

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BANGKOK INDIEFEST

The goal is to bring the most compelling independent movies from around the world to screen alongside the best new independent Thai cinema.




Address:

PO BOX 680 Bangrak Post Office

10500 Bangkok

Thailand

Email: [email protected]

Web: http://www.bangkokfest.com/

BEELD VOOR BEELD FESTIVAL ON CULTURE AND REPRESENTATION

Rooted in visual anthropology, the festival screens documentaries on various cultures in a format combining screenings, discussions and seminars on different themes. Takes place in both Amsterdam and Antwerp.





Address:

Postbus 95001

1090 HA Amsterdam

Netherlands

Telephone: +31 205688520

Fax: +31 205688384

www.beeldvoorbeeld.nl

BELDOCS

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Beldocs is an Interantional Feauture Documentary Film Festival held in Belgrade, Serbia. Please note the following submission dedlines:1th January 2010 for films finished before 2009. 1th February 2010 - for films finished 2009.




Themes: General

Address:

Nusiceva 6/IV, P.O.Box 440

11 000 Belgrade

Serbia and Montenegro

Telephone: +381 11 3248 873

Web: www.beldocs.rs

BELGRADE DOCUMENTARY & SHORT FILM FESTIVAL




Themes: General

Address:

Direkcija Festivala, Majke Jevrosime 20

11000 Belgrade

Serbia and Montenegro

Telephone: 381 11 3346 946

Fax: 381 11 3346 837

Web: www.shortfilmfest.org/

BELO HORIZONTE DOCUMENTARY AND ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM FESTIVAL





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Address:

Avenida Brasil nº75, sl 6 . Bairro Santa Efigênia

30140-001 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

Brazil

Web: www.filmesdequintal.com.br

BIG SKY DOCUMENTARY FILM FEST




Themes: General

Address:

131 South Higgins Ave. Suite 307

Montana 59802 Missoula

USA

Telephone: 406 541-3456

Web: www.bigskyfilmfest.org

BIRDS EYE VIEW

Birds Eye View is accepting films of any subject matter directed or co-directed by women. Documentaries of any length can be entered.




Themes: General

Address:

Unit 310A Aberdeen Centre, 22-24 Highbury Grove

N5 2EA London

UK

Telephone: +44 20 7288 7444

Web: www.birds-eye-view.co.uk

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BRUXELLES FICTION & DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL




Telephone: +17345386155

Fax: +17345386155


Web: http://www.mamut.net/6festival/

CALIFORNIA DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL

CalDocFest is California Central Valley's first international focus on nonfiction cinema. It is dedicated to promoting gifted documentary filmmakers and sharing knowledge and understanding of our world.



Themes: General

Address:

San Joaquin Film Society, P.O. Box 690341

Stockton CA 95269-0341

USA

Web: www.sjiff.org/caldocfest/

CINESTRAT

CINESTRAT is a documentary film competition with a yearly issue. Issue for 2010 is the 21st Century. Among others, best of the fest for feature documentaries is 7000 eur. Screenings in Spain (Alicante,Valencia), Perú (Lima) and Argentina (Mendoza)




Themes: General

Address:

7

Jazmín 2 6B (62), Edificio España

03501 Benidorm, Alicante

Spain

Fax: +34 966830491

Web: www.cinestrat.es

CITTÀ DEL SOLE DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

The Festival is organized by the Casa del Documentario Città del Sole which brings together film-makers and production companies who have found their genius loci in this region of the Appennines where Continental Europe becomes Mediterranean Europe.




Themes: The Mediterranean

Address:

Italy

Telephone: +39 051-3399157

Web: www.cittadelsole.biz

CPH:DOX

With an annual admission number about 18.000 cph:dox has by now established itself as one of the most important documentary events in Scandinavia.




Themes: General

Address:

Tagensvej 85 F

DK-2200 Copenhagen N

Denmark

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Telephone: +45 3393 0734

Web: www.cphdox.dk

CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL DOC FILM FESTIVAL

CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL (CIDF) is a premier festival of documentary films in the U.S. The 10-day film event established in 2003 is dedicated to the celebration and cultivation of the documentary film.




Themes: General

Address:

1112 Milwaukee Avenue

IL 60622 Chicago

USA

Telephone: 1 773 486 9612

Fax: 1 773 486 9613

Web: www.chicagodocfestival.org

CINÉMA DU RÉEL

Since 1978, Cinéma du Réel int. documentary film festival has been a meeting point, where the public and professionals discover films of experienced authors as well as new talents, the history of documentary cinema as well as contemporary works.




Themes: General

Address:

BPI, Centre George Pompidou, 25 rue du Renard

75197 Paris Cedex 04

France

Telephone: +33 1 44 78 45 16

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Fax: +33 1 44 78 12 24

Web: www.cinemadureel.org

Web 2: www.bpi.fr

CORSICA.DOC



Address:

Cadi Faracciolu

20140 Moca-Croce

France


Web: www.corsicadoc.com

CRONOGRAF

This festival was created to animate the cinema life in Moldova, as well as to discover new horizons in the field of documentary film making. At the same time, it was aiming to cultivate an interest for this genre among the local public.




Themes: General

Address:

10, Veronica Micle Str

MD-2012 Chishinau

Republic of Moldova

Telephone: 373-2-232771

Fax: 373-2-225409

Web: www.owh.md

DIALËKTUS - AUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL FILM FESTIVAL

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Dialektus is a European documentary festival, which aims to make documentary and anthropological film accessible to a wider audience.





Address:

Katóka u. 46

H-1163 Budapest

Hungary

Web: www.dialektusfesztival.hu

DOC NYC

DOC NYC is a new festival celebrating documentary storytelling in film, photography, prose and other media. Curated by the team behind "Stranger Than Fiction," the programming will range from world premiers to retrospectives to panels, assembling the world's leading creators for dialogue, inspiration and incubation of ideas.



Address:

1710 First Ave #345

NY 10128 New York

USA

Web: www.docnyc.net

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

DOCBOAT

The DOCBOAT/WARSAW NONFICTION E-FEST is an on-line documentary film festival where viewers can watch documentary films from all over the world either on the barge tansFORM in Warsaw or through the internet.



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Themes: General

Address:

ul. Bzowa 15

02-708 Warszawa

Poland

Web: www.docboat.pl

DOCLISBOA - SISBON INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

Doclisboa is the only film festival in Portugal that is exclusively dedicated to documentary films.




Themes: General

Address:

Largo da Madalena, nº 1, 1º

1100-317 Lisboa

Portugal

Telephone: +351 21 887 1639

Fax: +351 21 887 1639


Web: www.doclisboa.org

DOCSBARCELONA

DocsBarcelona has been an international meeting place for the documentary field for the past 10 years. A marketplace for the industry and a point of encounter for the public, where viewers come into contact with films and directors.




Themes: General

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Address:

c/o Planeta S.L c/ Mallorca 209, pral. 2ª

08036 Barcelona

Spain

Telephone: +34 93 453 00 25

Fax: +34 93 323 93 30

Web: www.docsbarcelona.com

DOCSDF, INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL OF MEXICO CITY

Any professional, student, school, institution, broadcasting or production company are able to participate. Topic and length of the works presented are free.




Themes: General

Address:

Etla # 3. Col Hipódromo Condesa

CP 06100 México DF

Mexico

Telephone: +5255 5515 1420

Fax: +5255 5515 1440

Web: www.docsdf.com

DOCUFEST ATLANTA

The Atlanta International Documentary Festival (DocuFest Atlanta) brings independent documentary film and video from across the globe. DocuFest Atlanta showcases life stories which educate and entertain audiences of every demographic.




Themes: General

Address:

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1132 Virginia Ave. NE, Suite 19

30306 Atlanta GA

USA

Telephone: 1 4043473564

Web: www.docufest.com

DOCUMFEST

TVR Timisoara, regional public studio for South-West Romania, organizes this fall, an International Festival. It will promote the diversity of documentary films and it will contribute to a better knowledge of new ways to approach reality.




Themes: General

Address:

SRTV - TVR Timisoara Studio, Str. Pestalozzi nr. 14A

300115 Timisoara

Romania

Telephone: +40 256 49 95 60

Fax: +40 256 22 13 10

Web: www.documfest.ro

DOCUMENT - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

Document understands human rights in its broadest terms to include a wide range of subjects, and a representative selection of documentaries from home and abroad, addressing issues such as: Immigration; asylum; racism; eviction; poverty; HIV/AIDS, etc.




Themes: Human Rights

Address:

268 Albert Drive, 2/1, Pollokshields

14

G41-2RJ Glasgow, Scotland

UK

Telephone: +44 7963 476 204

Web: www.docfilmfest.org.uk

DOCUMENTARIES IN MARIBOR - ROKMA

Documentaries in Maribor - DokMa is the only film festival with international and national documentary film competition in Slovenia. There are five categories: Main Programme, Interregional Programme, Slovenian Special, Great Documentaries and Parallels




Themes: General

Address:

Glavarjeva ulica 49

1000 Ljubljana

Slovenia

Telephone: +386 2 300 78 70

Fax: +386 2 300 78 71

Web: www.dokma.net

DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL SLOVENIA

Different programme sections will present the so-called problem, socially critical works, films about myths and icons of the present and the past, intimate portraits, as well as retrospectives of prominent Slovene and foreign documentarists.



Themes: General

Presernova cesta 10

1000 Ljubljana

Slovenia

Telephone: +386 1 24 17 100

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Web: www.cd-cc.si

DOCUTAH

DOCUTAH is an international documentary festival with film and filmmakers from throughout the world. Additionally DOCUTAH has an academic component in keeping with the college atmosphere as the hub of all festival activities. Masters class seminars for students and attendees, as well as round table discussions of all facets of documentary production will be held on campus throughout the 9 day festival.




Themes: General

Address:

84770 UT, St. George

USA


DOCVILLE

DOCVILLE stands for documentaries with character: films in which the director shows his vision toward the medium, films that move, that open new worlds.




Themes: General

Address:

Naamsestraat 96

3000 Leuven

Belgium

Web: www.docville.be

DOKUFEST

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DOKUFEST, The International Documentary and Short Film Festival, is the largest film event in Kosova. The Festival is organized in August in the picturesque and historical town of Prizren which attracts numerous international and regional artists. In




Themes: General

Address:

Mimar Sinan 12

20000 Prizren - Kosovo

Telephone: +381 29 633 718

Fax: +381 29 633 718

Web: www.dokufest.com

DOKU.ARTS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR FILMS ON ART

The festival accepts creative documentaries in all fields of the arts and of any length.




Themes: Art

Address:

Filmmuseum Amsterdam, Vondelpark 3, Postbus 74782

1070 BT Amsterdam

Netherlands

Telephone: +31 205891469

Fax: +31 206833401

Web: www.doku-arts.com

DOKUBAZAAR - TJUBLJANA INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

DOKUBAZAAR LJUBLJANA is aiming to promote creative and social documentary works of all lengths from young and independent filmmakers.


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Types: Emerging Filmmakers, Documentary Festival

Themes: General

Address:

C/O SASO NISKAC BRATOVSEVA PLOSCAD 19

Ljubljana

Slovenia

Web: www.lidff.blogspot.com

DOX BOX

DOX BOX is an event dedicated to creative documentary cinema. Screenings of films from around the world and in addition seminars and Master classes with some of the world's leading documentary film professionals. Held in Damascus, Tartous and Homs.




Themes: General

Address:

1340 M.S.Ghnayem St., East Dumma

Damascus

Syria

Telephone: 963 (11) 2320252

Fax: 963 (11) 2320373


Web: www.dox-box.org

DOXA DOCUMENTARY FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL

DOXA consists of critical programs that examine the history of documentary film and video as well as present new works that expand our thinking about the documentary genre. Only NTSC cassettes are accepted.

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Themes: General

Address:

113 207 West hastings Street

V6B 1H7 Vancouver

Canada

Telephone: 1 604 646 3200

Fax: 1 604 602 9790

Web: www.doxafestival.ca

DOCS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Detroit Docs was founded in 2000 to promote the best in non-fiction filmmaking. The festival is presented by the Detroit Film Center.

Themes: General

Address:

5200 Lannoo

MI 48236 Detroit

USA

Telephone: 1 313 417 9784

Web: www.detroitdocs.com

DOC À TUNIS




Address:

Maison du Documentaire, 17 rue Larbi Kabadi, El Omrane

1005 Tunis

Tunisia

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Telephone: +216 71 287 203

Fax: +216 71 842 551

Web: http://docatunis.nesselfen.org

DOCAVIV INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

The DocAviv Festival includes competitive and non-competitive programs. Competition categories are: International, Israeli, Israeli Student Films, Youth. All submissions must reach DocAviv three (3) months prior to the opening of the Festival.




Address:

The Tel-Aviv Cinemateque, 2 Shprinzak Street, P.O.B. 20370

61203 Tel Aviv

Israel

Telephone: 972 3 6060817

Fax: 972 3 6956485


Web: www.docaviv.co.il

DOCMIAMI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

DocMiami's signature events include: a competitive international film festival, special youth screenings, expert panels, awards gala and three evening benefit concerts to raise much needed funds to build schools in Tanzania.




Address:

P.O. Box 720487

Florida 33172 Doral

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USA


Web: http://docmiami.org/

DOCPOINT HELSINKI DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

(Although DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival has no official selection procedure for non-national films, it urges filmmakers to send an email with a short synopsis of their film. If the film fits one of the categories and interests the festival, it will then request the filmmaker/producer to send a screener.)




Address:

Fredrikinkatu 23

00120 Helsinki

Finland

Telephone: 358 9 672 472

Fax: 358 9 673 998

Web: www.docpoint.info

DOCUDAYS - CEIRUT INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL

DocuDays was founded in 1999 with the aim of raising public awareness for the non-fiction genre as an entertaining and informative tool. Beirut Int. Documentary Festival is still the premiere festival in the Arab world totally dedicated to documentaries.




Themes: General

Address:

PO BOX 113-7222

Hamra, Beirut

Lebanon

Telephone: 961 3 771 880

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Fax: 961 1 352 256


Web: www.docudays.com

DOCUMENTA MADRID

Documenta Madrid is an international film festival dedicated exclusively to documentary filmmaking.




Themes: General

Address:

C/ Gran Via 24, 6 planta

28013 Madrid

Spain

Web: www.documentamadrid.com

DOCUMENTARIST

DOCUMENTARIST – Istanbul Documentary Days is an independent initiative run by a group of young documentary filmmakers. Geared towards the new generation of filmmakers and film students as well as the filmlovers, the event is created mainly to support creative documentary filmmaking and to bring the best example of the genre to Istanbul. Eurasia Art Collective (ASK) is a non-governmental organization dedicated to the task of creating intercultural and interdisciplinary platforms through the organization of cultural studies, educational artistic practice, festivals and contemporary arts events. The Collective has succesfully carried out the programming and organization of the Bodrum Film Festival for the last five years.




Address:

Sahkulu mah. Seraskerci cikm. 4/

Galata, 34420 Istanbul

Turkey


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Web: www.documentarist.org

DOCUMENTARY EDGE FESTIVAL




Address:

PO Box 90943

1142 Auckland

New Zealand

Telephone: +64 9 360 0329


Web: www.documentaryedge.org.nz

DOCUPOLIS INT'L DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

Docupolis invites all voices around the world to converge into the annual geographical latitud. A diversity of ideas transits/traverses the cosmos of Docupolis, an independent festival, steadily growing and established as an indispensable encounter point.

Address:

Barcelona

Spain

Telephone: +34 93 3064100

Fax: +34 93 3018251

Web: www.docupolis.org

DUISBURG FILM WEEK

The Duisburger Film festival is a festival for German-language documentaries. The filmmaker must live in Germany, Austria or Switzerland or be otherwise connected to these countries.

Min length:

60

Address:

23

Am König Heinrich Platz

47049 Duisburg

Germany

Telephone: +49 203 283 41 87

Fax: +49 203 283 41 30

Web: www.duisburger-filmwoche.de

EBS INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL

Over 100 non-fiction films from around the world will meet the audience on the EBS-TV channel for 15 hours a day in addition to public screenings, forums, seminars, performances, photo exhibitions and a special focus on five Asian countries.




Address:

463, Dogok2-Dong Gangnam-Gu

134-854 Seoul

Korea, Republic of

Telephone: 82-2-526-2122-3

Fax: 82-2-526-2170

Web: www.eidf.org

EDOC, ENCUENTROS DEL OTRO CINE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

EDOC runs in the three Ecuadorian cities of Quito, Guayaquil and Manta.




Address:

Corporación Cinememoria, Veintimilla E8-125

Quito

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Ecuador

Web: www.festivaledoc.org

ENCOUNTERS SA DOC FEST

South African International Documentary Festival




Address:

PO Box 16191

8018 Cape Town/Johannesburg

South Africa

Telephone: 27 21 465 4686

Fax: 27 21 461 6964

Web: www.encounters.co.za

ETHNOCINECA - STHNOGRAPHIC AND DOCUMENTARY FILMFEST VIENNA

Ethnocineca is an audio-visual media exhibition in Vienna dedicated to anthropological themes and subjects. Documentaries of all genres with a socia-cultural focus are welcome.


Address:

Schottengasse 3a/1/59

1010 Wien

Austria

Web: www.ethnocineca.at

EXTREMA'DOC

The Documentary Film Festival of Extremadura EXTREMA'doc is a cultural event organized by the association DOCUS Extremadura with the aim to promote and disseminate the documentary author.

Address:

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Apartado de correos nº 687

10080 CÁCERES

Spain

Telephone: +34 927 24 67 51


Web: www.extremadoc.com

FIDA DOC'SOUSS

5 days programming to watch and learn from productions coming from different geographical, linguistic and cultural areas: Maghreb, Middle-East, Latin America, Asia and Europe. With focus on 4 main issues: Environment, Social, Sport and Arts & Music. NB! Filmmakers outside Morocco please send films to this address: Mr Laurent BOCAHUT,(FIDA DOC), 5 Rue Pierre Lermitte,75018 Paris




Themes: Sport, Environmental, Art

Min length:

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Address:

BP 200061

8000 Agadir

Morocco

Telephone: +212 70 14 33 69

Web: www.fidadoc.org

FIDMARSEILLE

The Marseille International Documentary Film Festival is organised to promote cinema by presenting films to broadcasters, the media and the public.




Themes: General

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Address:

14 allée Léon Gambetta

13001 Marseilles

France

Telephone: +33 4 95 04 44 90

Fax: +33 4 95 04 44 91

Web: www.fidmarseille.org

FIFA - INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FILMS ON ART

FIFA's primary mission is to increase public awareness, knowledge and appreciation of the arts by promoting works by artists and professionals from the fields of film, television and video.




Types: Documentary Festival, Fiction, Short Film Festival , Animation

Address:

640, Saint-Paul Street West, suite 406

H3C 1L9 Montreal, Quebec

Canada

Telephone: 1 514-874-1637

Fax: 1 514-874-9929

Web: www.artfifa.com

FIGRA

International current affairs and social documentary film festival.




Address:

CesArts Evénements-FIGRA, BP 103

13701 La Ciotat Cedex

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France

Telephone: +33 4 4208 5234

Fax: +33 4 4283 4887

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM DOCUMENTAIRE OCÉANIEN

Any documentary that talks about the Pacific can be registered and participate.




Themes: The Pacific

Address:

Association FIFO, BP 1709

98713 Papeete, Tahiti

French Polynesia

Telephone: [689] 544 536

Fax: (689) 561 238

Web: www.filmfestivaloceanie.org/

FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI

Aims to promote documentary film, particularly the cinema d´auteur, films dealing with social, anthropological, historical and political issues as well as the world of the Arts. Films produced after April 30. have a August 1. deadline.

Themes: General, Anthropological/Ethnographical, Art, History/Archaeology

Address:

Borgo Pinto 82 Rosso

50121 Firenze

Italy

Telephone: +39 055 244 778

Fax: +39 055 241 364

Web: www.festivaldeipopoli.org

FESTIVAL OF VISUAL CULTURE

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The Festival of Visual Culture - international festival of ethnographic, anthropological and documentary film - was established in 2001. Alongside with the festival has been arranged a lecture series of visual anthropology.





Address:

Länsikatu 15

80110 Joensuu

Finland

Telephone: 358 40 7236413

Web: www.viscult.net

FESTIVAL OF THE DOCUMENTARY PRIZE LIBERO BIZZARRI

The Libero Bizzarri Foundation organize this annual documentary festival.

Address:

Via G. Gronchi 11

63039 San Benedetto del Tronto

Italy

Telephone: +39 735 753334

Fax: +39 735 763132

Web: www.fondazionebizzarri.org

FLAHERTIANA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

The festival includes documentaries that develop the aesthetics introduced by Robert Flaherty in his masterpiece Nanook of the North, portraying human character's real life on film.




Address:

29

17 Pionerskaya Street

614039 Perm

Russia

Telephone: 7 342 245 9056

Fax: 7 342 241 3802

Web: www.flahertiana.perm.ru

FULL FRAME FESTIVAL

Full Frame celebrates the power and artistry of documentaries. Its mission is to provide filmmakers opportunities to showcase their work theatrically, stimulating conversation and community between filmmakers, industry executives and the general public.




Themes: General

Address:

212 West Main Street, Suite 104

NC 27701 Durham

USA

Telephone: 1 919 687 4100

Fax: 1 919 687 4200

Web: www.fullframefest.org

GLOBIANS FILM FESTIVAL

Globians Film Festival is an international documentary film festival focusing on world cultures - fx subcultures, religions, traditional cultures, regional cultures, rural life, urban issues, environment, the globalization process, human technology, etc.




Themes: General, Anthropological/Ethnographical, Environmental, Urbanity

Address:

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P. O. Box 60 13 61

14413 Potsdam

Germany

Telephone: +49 700 765 937 63

Fax: +49 700 765 937 32

Web: www.globians.com

GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

The festival held in Guangzhou annually includes the following major activities: A thematic Competition, Documentary Market, Public Screenings and Seminars.

Address:

Room 1201-12-02, Tower 4, Dongjun Plaza 836 East Dongfeng Road Guangzhou

510080 Guangdong Province, P. C.

China

Web: www.gzdoc.com

GÖTTINGEN INTERNATIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM FESTIVAL

Göttingen IFF is a biennial event with an aim to promote documentaries in the context of intra- and intercultural communication and give credit to new films, videos or interactive media dealing with anthropology, sociology and cultural studies.





Address:

Nonnenstieg 72

37075 Göttingen

Germany

Telephone: +49 551 5024-170

Fax: +49 551 5024-322

Web: www.gieff.de

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HOT DOCS

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is North America's largest documentary festival. Each year, the festival presents a selection of more than 100 cutting-edge documentaries from Canada and around the globe.



Address:

110 Spadina Ave., Suite 333

ON M5V 2K4 Toronto

Canada

Telephone: 1 416 203 2155

Fax: 1 416 203 0446

Web: www.hotdocs.ca

HOT SPRINGS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

It is a goal of the Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute to provide a venue for new and established documentarians from across the nation and abroad and on a variety of topics and themes.




Address:

819 Central Avenue, Hot Springs National Park

71901 Arkansas

USA

Telephone: 1 501 321 4747

Fax: 1 501 321 0211

Web: www.hsdfi.org

HUMAN RIGHTS NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL

The films, coming from all over the world, are selected for their ability to document reality - in particular the violations of human rights - with investigative scruple, courage and independence of judgement.

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Address:

c/o Cineteca di Bologna, Via Riva di Reno, 72

40122 Bologna

Italy

Telephone: +39 051 2194208

Web: www.humanrightsnights.org

HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM DAYS - YKRAINE

Documentary films of any genre without any limits as to the year of the film production and release are accepted, provided the film has not been screened in Ukraine earlier. Earlier screenings in other festivals will not exclude participation.





Address:

House of Cinema, 6 Saksaganski St

Kiev

Ukraine

Telephone: 38 057 714 0103

Fax: 38 057 714 96 03

Web: www.docudays.org.ua

IDFA

Creative documentary films or videos of any length. No previous screenings/broadcast in the Netherlands. Note the August 1. deadline for productions finished after April 1st.



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Themes: General

Address:

Frederiksplein 52

1017 XN Amsterdam

Netherlands

Telephone: +31 20 627 33 29

Fax: +31 20 638 53 88

Web: www.idfa.nl

INT. LEIPZIG FESTIVAL FOR DOCUMENTARY AND ANIMATION FILM

The Leipzig DOKfestival is an annual festival for long and short documentary films and videos, as well as animated productions. Submission Deadlines 2010: May 31, 2010 for films completed before May 1, 2010 July 10, 2010 for films completed after May 1, 2010




Types: Animation, Documentary Festival

Themes: General

Address:

Grosse Fleischergasse 11

04109 Leipzig

Germany

Telephone: +49 341 30864 0

Fax: +49 341 30864 15

Web: www.dok-leipzig.de

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL DOKUMENTART

DokumentART is a forum for the European documentary film, with a special interest in Eastern Europe. It is also open to works from outside Europe which make a valuable contribution to the festival programme. The festival looks for recently produced films.

Address:

34

Große Krauthöfer Straße 16

17033 Neubrandenburg

Germany

Telephone: +49 39 55 66 61 09

Fax: +49 395 5 66 66 12

Web: www.dokumentart.org

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL JIHLAVA




Themes: General

Address:

Na Kopci 23

586 01 Jihlava

Czech Republic

Telephone: 420 776 012 369

Fax: 420 567 333 812

Web: www.dokument-festival.cz

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM ENCOUNTER




Address:

Ministerio de Cultura- Dirección de Comunicaciones-Calle 11 # 5

16 Bogotá

Colombia

Telephone: 571 350 0403

Fax: 571 281 8840

Web: www.muestradoc.com

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INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL OF PARIS

[A]LLIANCE organises the Paris International Human Rights Film Festival. The selection is made up of documentary films (creative documentaries, investigative reports, etc.). The Festival is opened to filmmakers from all over the world.





Address:

115 rue Saint Dominique

75007 Paris

France


Email 2: [email protected]

Web: www.festival-droitsdelhomme.org

INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN & ADVENTURE FILMFESTIVAL GRAZ

The Festival was founded in 1986 by the mountaineer and filmmaker Robert Schauer. Starting out as a gathering of professional producers and alpinists it grew larger and expanded to an annual happening that attracts a multitude of people. The variety of films developed equally. Every year a varied program is composed from the vast number of submissions represented in the categories: alpine documentation, climbing on rock & ice, adventure, nature and environment, alpine & foreign cultures.




Themes: Nature/Adventure

Address:

Am Klammbach 1 A

8044 Graz

Austria

Telephone: 43/316/814223-0

Fax: 43/316/814223-4

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Web: http://www.mountainfilm.com/en/

INTERNATIONAL NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT FILM FESTIVAL OF GRENOBLE

The Festival aims at showing beautiful wildlife and environmental films coming from all over the world in order to raise public awareness of ecological issues.




Themes: Wildlife, Environmental

Address:

5, place Bir-Hakeim

38000 Grenoble

France

Telephone: +33 4 76 42 64 08

Fax: +33 76 44 63 36

Web: www.festivaldufilm-frapna.org

INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE FILM FESTIVAL

IWFF is an opportunity to engage public audiences, to learn about trends in filmmaking - technology, cinematography and wildlife production as well as to participate in seminars and workshops that focus on wildlife, conservation and the natural world.




Themes: Wildlife

Address:

718 S. Higgins

59801 Missoula, Montana

USA

Telephone: 1 406 728 9380

Web: www.wildlifefilms.org

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IOWA CITY INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL

Short documentaries - duration less than 30 min.




Types: Short Film Festival , Documentary Festival

Max length: 30min

Address:

P.O.Box 10008

IA 52240 Iowa City

USA

Telephone: 1 319 335 3258

Web: http://icdocs.net

IRAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

DEFC (Documentary and Experimental Film Center)organizes Cinema Verite,Iran International Documentary Film Festival. The festival tries to express the relationship betweeen reality and truth through documentary films.

Address:

No.17, Ghandi Sq, Shariati ave

15569 Tehran

Iran

Telephone: 98 21 88511326

Fax: 98 21 88511242

Web: www.irandocfest.ir

Ismaïlia International Festival for Documentary & Short Films

* Ismailia International Film Festival takes place to promote an intercultural dialogue for a deeper understanding of others by presenting their creative works to the audience and to encourage filmmakers of documentary and and short films.

Address:

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c/o Egyptian Film Center, City of Arts, Pyramids Ave

12111 Giza

Egypt

Telephone: 202 358 51 613

Fax: 202 358 51 613

Web: www.egyptianfilmcenter.org.eg

IT'S ALL TRUE INT. DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL

It's All True International documentary festival is the most important event dedicated exclusively to the non-fictional production of cinema and video in Brazil. The festival has taken place since 1996 simultaneously in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.




Address:

Rua Mourato Coelho, 325 - Pinheiros

05417-010 São Paulo

Brazil

Telephone: 55 11 3868 3277

Fax: 55 11 3873 7296


Web: www.itsalltrue.com.br

JACKSON HOLE WILDLIFE FILM FESTIVAL

This event allows television and film industry professionals from around the world to network with their peers and engage in lively discussions, seminars, and forums, all devoted to the world of natural history filmmaking. The festival is biennial.




Themes: Wildlife

Address:

39

240 S Glenwood, Suite 112, PO Box 3940

WY 83001 Jackson

USA

Web: www.jhfestival.org

JAPAN WILDLIFE FILM FESTIVAL

The festival hopes to increase understanding and awareness of the urgent need to protect and care for the natural world. It was established in 1993, and is held biennially. The next edition of the JWFF will find place 2011.

Themes: Wildlife

Address:

Nature Film Network - JWFF Office, Akagishita-machi 11-1

162-0803 Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

Japan

Telephone: 81(0)3 5261 9908

Fax: 81(0)3 5261 9760

Web: www.naturechannel.jp

JEAN ROUCH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Jean Rouch IFF (formerly known as Bilan du film Ethnographic) is dedicated to the professionals in the fields of cinema and anthropology, and is focusing on formal and thematic innovations.





Address:

Musée de l'Homme, Place du Trocadéro

75116 Paris

France

Telephone: +33 1 47 04 38 20

Fax: +33 1 45 53 52 82

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Web: www.comite-film-ethno.net

KASSELER DOKUMENTARFILM UND VIDEO FEST

The Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest is a festival, which aims at providing insight into current international documentary filming and video work. The festival intends to present critical, ambitious and entertaining documentary films and videos.




Themes: General

Address:

Goethestrasse 31

34119 Kassel

Germany

Telephone: +49 561 188 44

Fax: +49 561 188 34


Web: www.filmladen.de/dokfest

LES ESCALES DOCUMENTAIRES

Documentaries from all over the world may join the competition, whatever the theme and the length are.

Address:

21 rue Ampère

17000 La Rochelle

France

Telephone: +33 5 4642 3416

Fax: +33 5 5 46 34 29 24

Web: www.carre-amelot.net/escalesdocumentaires/

LES ETATS GÉNÉRAUX DU FILM DOCUMENTAIRE

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For twenty years aesthetic, political and economic issues in documentary films have guided the editorial choices of the Etats généraux. The 21st edition will bring together all those passionately interested in documentary cinema, professionals and spectators to participate in the dynamics of training, screening and reflection that have distinguished this event since its creation.




Address:

Ardèche Images, Le Village

07170 Lussas

France

Telephone: +33 4 7594 2806

Fax: +33 4 75 94 28 81

Web: www.lussasdoc.com

LONDON INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL

The LIDF is particularly, although not exclusively, interested in films in the categories:Environment, Human Rights, Memory/history, Ethnography/anthropology, Politics/Philosophy/Economics, Heritage and the Arts, Other social and development issues




Themes: Anthropological/Ethnographical, Human Rights, Environmental, General

Min length: 10min

Max length: 120min

Address:

UK


Web: www.lidf.co.uk

MIDA

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MIDA is a festival dedicated to documentary cinema. The substance of this event is about "contemporary history", to reflect and present the profound changes of human history and the most imminent social topics.




Address:

11 F, STV Mansion B

200041 Shanghai

China

Telephone: +86-21-62565899


Web: www.midadoc.org

MIFF, MUMBAI INT. FILM FESTIVAL

Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films is a bi-annual competitive festival.

Types:

Documentary Festival, Short Film Festival , Animation

Address:

Ministry of Information and Broadcting, Govenm. of India, 24-Dr.G.DeshmukhMarg,

400026 Mumbai

India

Telephone: 91 22 386 4633

Fax: 91 22 380 0308

Web: www.miffindia.in

Web 2: www.filmsdivision.org

MARGARET MEAD FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL

The festival accepts documentary or experimental non-fiction films (including animation and new media). Films can be any length.


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Address:

American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street Central Park West

NY 10024 New York

USA

Telephone: 1 212 769 53 05

Fax: 1 212 769 53 29

Web: www.amnh.org/Mead

MEDITERRANEAN FILM FESTIVAL




Address:

Trg Gojka Šuška 5

88220 Široki Brijeg

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Telephone: +387 39 704 631


Web: www.mff.ba

MESSAGE TO MAN, ST. PETERSBURG INT. FILM FESTIVAL

The purpose for the filmmakers is to create their own world and reflect the reality meeting with. faith, hope, love, mercy and compassion.




Types: Short Film Festival , Documentary Festival, Animation

Max length: 120min

Address:

44

Karavannaya 12

191011 St Petersburg

Russia

Telephone: 7 812 230 2200

Fax: 7 812 235 3995

Web: www.message-to-man.spb.ru

MIRADAS-DOC

Miradas-Doc (formerly Docusur), the International Documentary Film Festival of Guía de Isora is accepting registrations of documentaries for the official section for competition in the categories of full-length, short, first work, national and Canarian.




Address:

Ayuntamiento de Guía de Isora, C/ El Ayuntamiento n 4

38690 Guía de isora, Canarias

Spain

Telephone: +34 647470722

Fax: +34922850354

Web: www.miradasdoc.com

MUJERDOC II FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DOCUMENTAL SOBRE GÉNERO

MUJERDOC - II INTERNACIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL ON GENDER aims to be a platform for the exhibition of documentaries that contribute to the promotion of the equal possibilities of men and women. The access of women to the social, civil, political and sexual rights; the equality of opportunities; the defense of the different cultures between people, the stereotypes and roles associated to women in the sexist social model; the oppression practiced by some religions against the freedom to choose and the freedom of sexual identity…these are the topics that Festival's first edition brought up.




Themes: General, Human Rights

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Address:

C/ Camino Viejo de Leganés, 59, B

28019 Madrid

Spain


Web: www.mujerdoc.es

Web 2: www.mujeresdelmundo.es

MUNICH INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

The Festival programme consists of: International Competition; International Programme; Horizons, with films from developing countries and countries in transition; New Films from Bavaria; Retrospective; Special Programmes




Address:

Landwehrstraße 79

80336 München

Germany

Telephone: +49 89 5139 9788

Fax: +49 89 5156 3936

Web: www.dokfest-muenchen.de

NATURVISION

Documentaries from around the world focusing on nature and wildlife are welcomed for the fourth edition of this festival.




Themes: Nature/Adventure, Wildlife

Address:

Forstwaldstraße 6

46

94556 Neuschönau

Germany

Telephone: +49 8558 9739 0

Fax: +49 8558 9739 26

Web: www.natur-vision.de

NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL

The New York international Documentary Festival presents new and classic international documentaries to New York audiences. Selection is by invitation only.

Address:

159 Maiden Lane

NY 10038 New York

USA

Telephone: 1 212 668 1100

Fax: 1 212 943 6396

Web: www.docfest.org

NODODOCFEST

Nododocfest is organized by Il Nodo Cultural Association as a festival solely dedicated to the movie of the real productions, or non-fictions.




Address:

Associazione Culturale Il Nodo, C.P. - PO Box 270

34132 Trieste

Italy

Telephone: +39 347 6273390

Web: www.nododocfest.org

NORDISK PANORAMA FILM FESTIVAL

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Nordic film festival with competition. The festival travels each year among the five Nordic cities Oulu, Bergen, Århus, Reykjavik and Malmö. It is organised by Filmkontakt Nord.Please notice the 2 deadlines: The first deadline is 15 February for films made in 2009 and the second deadline is on 15 May for films completed after 1 January 2010.




Types: Fiction, Documentary Festival, Short Film Festival , Animation

Address:

Bergen

Norway

Telephone: +45 33 11 51 52

Fax: +45 33 11 21 52

Web: www.nordiskpanorama.com

NORWEGIAN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

The aim of the festival is to strengthen the status of documentaries in Norway, and to inspire a broader production. Focus is on Norway and the Nordic countries but documentaries from other countries are also welcome.




Themes: The North, General

Address:

HVO, Boks 500

6101 Volda

Norway

Telephone:

Fax: +47 7007 5051

Web: www.dokfilm.no

OXDOX

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Oxdox International Film Festival brings 100 of the best documentary films from around the world to Oxford. A 'work in progress' workshop is organised at the festival as well.



Address:

The Jam Factory, 27 Park End Street

OX1 1HU Oxford

UK

Web: www.oxdox.com

ODENSE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The International Odense Film Festival is a short and documentary film festival. The festival screens international short fiction and short documentaries as well as Danish short fiction and Danish short and feature length documentaries.




Types: Short Film Festival , Animation, Fiction, Documentary Festival

Address:

Farvergården 7, 4. sal, Postboks 1169

5100 Odense C

Denmark

Telephone: +45 65 51 28 21

Fax: +45 65 91 43 18

Web: www.filmfestival.dk

ONE WORLD INT'L HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL

One World is one of the leading festivals dealing with the issue of human rights in Europe and belongs among the founding members of the Association of Human Rights Festivals, which joins together 17 festivals from throughout the entire world.




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Types: Fiction, Documentary Festival


Address:

Sokolská 18

120 00 Prague 4

Czech Republic

Telephone: 420 226 200 400

Fax: 420 2 6113 4137

Web: www.oneworld.cz

OROBIE FILM FESTIVAL

International Festival of Mountain Documentary and Fictional Film.




Themes: Nature/Adventure

Address:

Via Zelasco,1

24122 Bergamo

Italy

Telephone: +39 035 237323

Fax: +39 035 224686

Web: www.teamitalia.com

PLANETE DOC REVIEW

Planete Doc Review presents films awarded at the most prominent festivals which talk about the world we live in through the language of cinema of the highest merit.




Address:

50

Palace of Culture, Pl. Defilad 1

Warsaw

Poland

Web: www.docreview.pl

Web 2: www.againstgravity.pl

PLAY-DOC, TUI INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL

Play-Doc will focus on author and creative documentaries. It includes an Official Competition Section for the best Feature-length and Short Documentary. Exact festival dates tba.




Address:

Rua Colon nº2- Edificio Area Panoramica 2º piso

36700 TUI, Pontevedra

Spain

Telephone: +34 986 607161

Web: www.play-doc.com

PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

This non-competitive festival focuses primarily on work from outside the United States, but American features, documentaries and shorts are included. The festival has a rolling deadline until the end of December.




Types: Short Film Festival , Fiction, Documentary Festival

Address:

NW Film Centre, 1219 SW Park Avenue

OR 97205 Portland

USA

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Telephone: 1 503 221 1156

Fax: 1 503 226 4842

Web: http://www.nwfilm.org/festivals/portland_international.php

PUNTO DE VISTA - NNTL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL OF NAVARRA

The Festival is open to all non-fiction audiovisual forms, such as author's documentaries, creation documentaries, experimental essays, diary films or works created using home, orphan or recycled materials. There are no limits with regard to subject matte




Address:

Fundación INAAC. C/ Navarrería 39

31001 Pamplona

Spain

Telephone: +34 848 42 46 84

Fax: +34 848 42 46 24

Web: www.puntodevista.navarra.es

PÄRNU INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY AND ANTHROPOLOGY FESTIVAL

Worldwide festival for the best documentaries. Two grand prices. One is given by an international jury the other one by votes of the audience of Estonian TV.





Address:

Box A

3600 Pärnu

Estonia

Telephone: 372 44 43 869

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Fax: 372 44 30 774

Web: www.chaplin.ee

RAI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM

The Int. Festival of Ethnographic Film is sponsored by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain & Ireland (RAI). It is an itinerant event, moving from one university host to another on a biennial basis.





Address:

50, Fitzroy Street

W1T 5BT London

UK

Telephone: +44 20 7387 0455

Fax: +44 20 7383 4235

Web: www.raifilmfest.org.uk

REYKJAVÍK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Features and full-length documentaries.





Address:

Fríkirkjuvegur 1

101 Reykjavík

Iceland

Telephone: +354 411 7055

Web: www.riff.is

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RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES DU DOCUMENTAIRE DE MONTRÉAL




Address:

5455, av. de Gaspé, bureau 1104

H2T 3B3 Montréal, Québec

Canada


Web: www.ridm.qc.ca

RIVER TO RIVER - VLORENCE INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL

River to River is the first festival in the world entirely devoted to films from and about India. Moreover, to give our audience a greater vision of India and around, the festival is also open to films coming from Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka




Types: Documentary Festival, Short Film Festival , Fiction

Address:

Piazza Santo Spirito, 1

50125 Florence

Italy

Telephone: +39 055 286929

Fax: +39 055 284983

Web: www.rivertoriver.it

ROSHD INT'L FILM FESTIVAL

The main goal is to support producing educational, pedagogical and scientific films, paving the way for introducing such films into education system and support and encourage (young) filmmakers to produce more and better educational and pedagogical films

Address:

54

No 8.Semnan St. Bahar Ave.

1561711135 Teheran

Iran

Telephone: +982177501097

Fax: +982177522921


Web: http://festival.roshd.ir/filmFestival/en/

ROMA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

The Roma Independent Film Festival (RIFF) is Rome 's first independent and international film festival. Its aim is to unite enthusiasm for films and filmmaking among young filmmakers with the realities of film production and distribution.




Types: Documentary Festival, Short Film Festival , Animation, Fiction, Emerging Filmmakers

Address:

Piazza Buenos Aires 5

00198 Roma

Italy

Telephone: +39 6 45425050

Fax: +39 6 23319206

Web: www.riff.it

SIDF - SINGAPORE INDIE DOC FEST

The Singapore Indie Doc Fest is biannual. Edition 4 returns in 2011.

Address:

The Substation Ltd, 45 Armenian St

179936 Singapore

Singapore

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Web: www.substation.org

SIEFF - SARDINIA INTERNATIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM FESTIVAL

SIEFF concentrates on a selection of recently made documentaries with an ethno-anthropological prospective, special attention is given to works concerned with themes that bring us back representation of contemporary life. The festival is biannual.





Address:

Istituto Superiore Etnografico della Sardegna, via Papandrea 6

08100 Nuoro

Italy

Telephone: +39 0784 242900

Fax: +39 0784 37484

Web: www.isresardegna.org

SEE - THE BRIGHTON DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

SEE is an event packed full of screenings, seminars and special events with some of the leading persons in the industry.



Address:

10 Boyces Street

BN1 1AN Brighton, East Sussex

UK

Telephone: +44 (0) 1273 227700

Fax: +44 (0) 1273 227777

Web: www.seefestival.org

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SXSW - SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FILM FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE

Independent fiction and docs. The conference portion is a five-day crash course on guerilla filmmaking and marketing.




Types: Animation, Short Film Festival , Fiction, Documentary Festival

Address:

100 E.40 TH Street

78751 Austin Texas

USA

Telephone: 1 512 467 7979

Web: www.sxsw.com

SAVANNAH FILM FESTIVAL

Featuring independent and innovative film from around the world. Hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, the annual festival presents a full range of cinematic creativity from both award-winning professionals and emerging student filmmakers.




Address:

Savannah

USA

Web: http://filmfest.scad.edu/

SHEFFIELD INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL

Doc/Fest is a film festival, industry session programme and market place, offering pitching opportunities, discussion panels and filmmaker masterclasses, as well as inspirational documentary films from across the globe. 2011 in June!


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Address:

The Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row

S1 2BX Sheffield

UK

Telephone: +44 114 276 5141

Fax: +44 114 272 1849

Web: www.sheffdocfest.com

SILVERDOCS - LVERDISCOVERY CHANNEL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

The eight-day program presents contemporary documentary filmmaking from across the globe, including numerous world and international premieres and works by master and emerging filmmakers alike.




Address:

8633 Colesville Road

MD 20910 Silver Spring

USA

Telephone: 1 301 495 6776

Fax: 1 301 495 6798

Web: www.silverdocs.com

SKIP CITY INT'L D-CINEMA FESTIVAL

The SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL is an international competitive festival, which is being held annually since 2004 with its theme being Digital Cinema (D-Cinema).




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Types: Animation, Short Film Festival , Documentary Festival, Fiction

Address:

3-12-63 3F, Kamiaoki, Kawaguchi

333-0844 Saitama

Japan

Telephone: +81 48 263 0818

Fax: +81 48 262 5635

Web: www.skipcity-dcf.jp

SLOW FILM FESTIVAL

The festival calls for films both fiction- or non-fiction avoiding commercial dramaturgy, scratching only the surface of the artistic expression. Films holding a mirror to humankind, focusing on real life conditions and make viewers use their mind.




Types: Documentary Festival, Short Film Festival , Animation, Fiction

Address:

Széchenyi út 14

3300 Eger

Hungary

Web: www.slowfilmfest.hu

SOLE E LUNA DOCFEST

Mediterranean and Islamic International Documentary Festival presenting and rewarding most beautiful films and documentaries about the Mediterranean sea, Islam, nature, adventures, journeys to the middle East and to the East.




Types: Documentary Festival, Short Film Festival , Animation, Fiction

Themes: Nature/Adventure, The Mediterranean, The Middle East

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Address:

Via Libertà 161

90144 Palermo

Italy

Telephone: +39 091 6268404

Fax: +39 091 6268404

Web: www.solelunaunpontetraleculture.com

SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL OF MALAGA

Spanish feature films. Documentaries with Spanish or Latin American themes or backing. Congress on Spanish and Latin American Documentaries.





Themes: Latin America

Address:

C/ Cárcer , nº 6

29012 Malaga

Spain

Telephone: +34 95 222 8242

Fax: +34 95 222 7760

Web: www.festivaldemalaga.com

STRANGER THAN FICTION FESTIVAL & MARKET

Stranger Than Fiction is dedicated to celebrating the best of factual film and television.




Address:

Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace St.

60

Dublin 2.

Ireland


Web: http://www.irishfilm.ie/STF/index.htm

TARTU FESTIVAL OF VISUAL CULTURE - LORLDFILM

The focus of the WorldFilm is upon all film production that is not part of mainstream commercial film-making and has some kind of anthropological component. Films from different regions of the world are most welcome.




Types: Short Film Festival , Fiction, Documentary Festival


Address:

Estonian National Museum, Veski 32

51014 Tartu

Estonia

Telephone: 372 735 0447

Web: www.worldfilm.ee

THE ART OF THE DOCUMENT

The Art of the Document Festival is a meeting with the most interesting docs from Eastern Europe. It is a new place of exchange of ideas in the old centre of the Poland's capital city.




Address:

ul. Chelmska 21

00-724 Warszawa

Poland

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Telephone: +48 22 8402745


Web: www.sztukadokumentu.pl

TV3 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

The TV3 International Award has become a platform for all productions that raise a voice against the violation of human rights. The goal is to defend the rights of individuals and democratic values such as tolerance and respect for minorities.




Address:

Carrer Jacint Verdaguer, s/n

08970 Sant Joan Despí Barcelona

Spain

Web: http://www.tv3.cat/premistv3/dentro02.html

TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL

The Taiwan International Documentary Festival, held once every two years, aims to encourage the making of documentaries and to enhance the interaction between international and local documentarists.




Address:

No 25, sec. 3 Jen-ai Road

6F-1 Taipei

Taiwan

Telephone: 886 2 27 72 38 37

Fax: 886 2 27 72 43 70


Email 2: [email protected]

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Web: http://tidf.tmoa.gov.tw

TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM FESTIVAL

TIEFF is more than a venue for screening films and videos; it is also a forum for education, discussion, and exchange. The festival is biennial.


Address:

Taiwan Association of Visual Ethnography, Room 2610, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica

Taipei 115 Nankang

Taiwan

Telephone: 886 2 2652 3452

Fax: 886 2 2785 5836

Web: www.tieff.sinica.edu.tw

THE ARCHAEOLOGY CHANNEL INTERNATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL

The festival mission is to exhibit the diversity of human cultures past and present in the exploration of our place in history and in our world. To promote the genre and the makers of film and video productions about archaeology and indigenous peoples.




Themes: History/Archaeology

Address:

4147 E. Amazon Drive, Eugene

97405 Oregon

USA

Telephone:

Web: www.archaeologychannel.org/content/TACfestival.shtml

THE GLOBAL VISIONS FILM FESTIVAL – GVFF

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Global Visions continues to champion alternative media through the art of documentary film and search for the best in the documentary art form. The Festival screens new films on current issues or on issues that continue to be relevant.

Address:

31221-10405 Jasper Avenue. Standard Life Building

T5J 3S2 Edmonton, Alberta

Canada

Web: www.globalvisionsfestival.com

THE JEWISH MOTIFS FILM FESTIVAL

The festival is focused on the Jewish nation, its tradition, identity and history, both past and present. It aims to show films from post-soviet countries as well as from Western Europe.





Themes: Jewish Culture

Address:

Jewish Motifs Association, Wilcza 12C Str

00-532 Warszawa

Poland

Telephone: +48 22 627 28 31

Fax: +48 22 622 60 13

Web: www.jewishmotifs.org

THE RIVER FESTIVAL/EL FESTIVIL DEL RIU

The River Festival is born with the intention to be the compulsory meeting and reference point for all the people who consider the rivers as a source of richness and culture, as a nexus between people who know their strength.

Types: Fiction, Animation, Short Film Festival , Documentary Festival

Themes: Anthropological/Ethnographical, Nature/Adventure

Address:

64

Avinguda Príncep d'Astúries, 13

08012 Barcelona

Spain

Web: www.elriu.com

THE UK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

The UKJFF exhibits films that engage with Jewish experiences, histories, cultures and areas of concern worldwide, and explores their relationship and place within a multi-cultural society.




Types: Documentary Festival, Fiction, Animation, Short Film Festival

Themes: Jewish Culture

Address:

27-31 Clerkenwell Close

EC1R 0AT London

UK

Telephone: +44(0)20 3176 0048


Web: www.ukjewishfilmfestival.org.uk

THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL

The TDF is carried out every March in Thessaloniki since its inception in 1999. Through tributes and retrospectives, the TDF focuses on filmmakers internationally renowned for their contribution to the documentary genre.





Address:

9, Alexandras Av.

65

11473 Athens

Greece

Telephone: +30 210 8706000

Fax: +30 210 6456251

Web: www.filmfestival.gr

TIRANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The first International Festival in Albania for short film, fiction, documentaries, animation and experimental.


Max length:

30

Address:

P.O. Box 8361

Tirana

Albania

Telephone: +355 4 250840

Fax: +355 69 2026703

Web: www.tiranafilmfest.com

TUR OSTRAVA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The festival involves short films and documentaries aimed at all branches of industrial, agricultural, economic and civic pursuits of people and their connection with living environments and long-term sustainable development.




Types: Documentary Festival, Short Film Festival

Themes: Environmental

Address:

FABEX MEDIA s.r.o., Kosmova 651/16

66

702 00 Ostrava

Czech Republic

Web: www.turfilm.cz

URBAN-TV - SNTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL ON URBAN LIFE AND ECOLOGY

The competition is open to documentaries, reports and other productions about any topic related to life in the cities.




Types: Animation, Short Film Festival , Documentary Festival, Fiction

Themes: Urbanity

Address:

La Casa Encendida, C/ Ronda de Valencia, 2

28012 Madrid

Spain

Telephone: +34 91 506 38 83

Fax: +34 91 506 38 76

Web: www.urbantvfestival.org

U. S. INTERNATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL

US Int Film And Video Festival was founded in 1967 and is devoted to recognition of outstanding Business, TV, Documentary, Educational, Entertainment, Industrial and Informational productions. Awards are presented each June during an Awards Gala in L.A.

Address:

713 South Pacific Coast Highway, Suite A

CA 90277-4233 Redondo Beach

USA

Web: www.filmfestawards.com

VERZIO - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

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The aim of Verzio is to highlight human rights issues and create greater global awareness in the public through documentaries that go beyond the usual media coverage of current social and political affairs.





Address:

arany jános u. 32.

1051 Budapest

Hungary

Telephone: +36 1 327 3250

Fax: +36 1 327 3260


Web: www.verzio.ceu.hu

VILA DO CONDE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

International competition for fiction, documentary and animation. Short film market. Please note that the deadline for the national competion is May 25.





Max length:

60

Address:

Praca de Republica

4480-715 Vila Do Conde

Portugal

Telephone: +351 252 64 65 16

Fax: +351 252 24 84 16

Web: www.curtasmetragens.pt/festival

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VISIONS DU RÉEL

Visions du Réel is presenting a great diversity of themes and a wide range of approaches as well as covering everything from fundraising to distribution and sales. Note that deadline for films completed after September is January 05, 2010.




Themes: General

Address:

18, Rue Juste-Olivier

1260 Nyon

Switzerland

Telephone: +41 22 365 4455

Fax: +41 22 365 4450

Web: www.visionsdureel.ch

VIDEOEX

The purpose of Videoex is to promote video and experimental film works. The festival is looking for experimental films, videos, innovative animations and music videos, experimental digital and graphic productions and experimental documentaries.




Types: Short Film Festival , Animation, Fiction, Documentary Festival

Max length:

60

Address:

Kanonengasse 20

8004 Zürich

Switzerland

Web: www.videoex.ch

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WILDSCREEN FESTIVAL

For 25 years the Wildscreen Festival has been celebrating and promoting the wildlife media industry. It has grown to become the world's largest wildlife and environmental film festival. The next festival will take place in October, 2010.




Themes: Wildlife, Environmental

Address:

Ground Floor, The Rackhay, Queen Charlotte Street

BS1 4HJ Bristol

UK

Telephone: +44 117 328 5950

Fax: +44 117 328 5955

Web: www.wildscreenfestival.org

YAMAGATA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

The festival is bi-annual. The next Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival will take place in 2011.



Address:

201 9-52 Kinomi-cho, Yamagata-shi

990-0044 Yamagata-ken

Japan

Telephone: +81 23-666-4480

Fax: +81 23-625-4550

Web: www.yidff.jp

ZIFF-FESTIVAL OF THE DHOW COUNTRIES

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Promote and develop the shared heritage of the Dhow countries. Contemporary trends in global culture. Cultural diversity, individual integrity, social justice, women, children, diaspora culture and conservation.




Types: Documentary Festival, Fiction, Animation, Short Film Festival

Themes: General, Africa

Address:

Ngome Kongwe, PO Box 3032, Stone Town, Cultural Centre

Zanzibar

Tanzania

Telephone: 255 (0) 777 411499

Fax: 255 (0) 777 419955

Web: www.ziff.or.tz

ZINEBI - FESTIVAL DE CINE DE BILBAO

Zinebi is an international festival for documentary and short films.




Address:

Colón de Larreategui 37 - 4° dcha

48009 Bilbao

Spain

Telephone: +34 94 424 86 98

Fax: +34 94 424 56 24


Web: www.zinebi.com

ZAGREBDOX INT. FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS

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Documentary films of all running times, topics, style and production technologies can be submitted.




Address:

Nova Ves 18

10 000 Zagreb

Croatia

Telephone: +385 1 4838 215

Fax: +385 1 4854 823

Web: www.zagrebdox.net

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