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NEWS
CPH:DOX unveils full film programme for 20th anniversary edition
FIFDH releases full programme for 21st festival of human rights
B2B Doc, IDF, and Visegrad Pitch hold open call for Ukrainian projects
CPH:DOX’ INTER:ACTIVE Symposium ponders the future of the Metaverse
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival announces full 2023 competition slate
CPH:DOX announces 2023 opening film
FILMS
5 Seasons of Revolution
Director: Lina
Under bombs, an aspiring video journalist finds herself facing self-reckoning as the unexpected narrator of her own destiny.
Eastern Front
Director: Vitaly Mansky, Yevhen Titarenko
A gut-wrenching glimpse of the brutal realities of life and death on the Eastern front in Ukraine's fight to keep back Russian invaders.
La Empresa
Director: André Siegers
Sometimes the value of a documentary insists on documenting its makeup and fragile circumstances.
Le Spectre de Boko Haram
Director: Cyrielle Raingou
A group of children carve out their own worlds amid the dangers of armed conflict.
REPORTS
Festival Report: FIPADOC SMART 2023
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Edinburgh Pitch 2023 - 29 March 2023
MDOC - Festival Internacional de Documentário de Melgaço - 5 May 2023
Kids Kino Industry - 12 May 2023
UNAFF International Documentary Film Festival - 13 May 2023
Al Jazeera Balkans Documentary Film Festival - 26 May 2023