Al Jazeera Balkans Documentary Film Festival (AJB DOC) is an international documentary film festival organized annually by the regional TV broadcaster Al Jazeera Balkans, in cooperation with Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) and Al Jazeera Media Institute from Doha.
The sixth AJB DOC runs from 08 - 12 September in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
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NEWS
INTERVIEW
«It is an event that intends to support the expansion of documentaries worldwide»
AJB DOC Head of Industry Days, Adel Ksiksi, on the programme's offerings, ultimate goals, and the highly anticipated Main Pitch competition.
Laughing in Afghanistan – «I told myself we must do the film at all costs»
Director Anneta Papathanassiou speaks with Modern Times Review on her forthcoming film Laughing in Afghanistan.
FILMS
Blix Not Bombs
Former UN Secretary-General Hans Blix's fact-finding mission in Iraq became an issue of war and peace, with his words becoming the most crucial for those trying to stop it.
Make People Better
The rise and fall of a scientist at the heart of a genetic revolution and the controversies it unleashed
Return to Raqqa
Former ISIS hostage Marc Marginedas returns to Raqqa to confront the ghosts of his past.
The Investigator
A film set in the present, about the past, that points to the future...