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  Link   AIDC
AIDC Australian International Documentary Conference is held annually and offers the full range of participants in the factual film and broadcasting industry the opportunity to meet, network and be exposed to industry best practice from Australia and overseas. In addition, masterclasses and forums raise and explore current challenges and showcase work.
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  Link   CPH:DOX
cphdox-documentary-ff CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, is the largest documentary film festival in Scandinavia. Each year the festival presents a selection of more than 150 documentary films from around the world. During the ten festival days, CPH:DOX also presents five whole days of professional seminars and provides an international forum and meeting place with the newly founded DOX:MARKET and DISTRIBUTION:FORUM.
hosts four official competition programs and grants awards for them:
The CPH:DOX Award, The CPH:DOX Amnesty Award , The New Vision Award and Sound & Vision Award.
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  Link   DISCOP
discop Content business in Cetral and Eastern Europe.

Organizes annual markets where international suppliers of finished programs, scripted and unscripted formats, and packaged TV Channels, with TV stations, cable and satellite operators, DVD distributors, broadband networks, telcos and video-centred web portals can meet.

The hotel-based DISCOP markets are centred on the pre-organization of meetings between BUYERS and SELLERS of television content.

Throughout the year, DISCOP also provides clients with database generation and maintenance services designed to help them access new contacts and new business opportunities in the countries covered by the DISCOP organization.

Contact: Patrick Jucaud - General Manager, patrick@discop.com
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  Link   doclisboa / LisbonDocs
doclisboa-lisbondocs Doclisboa is the only documentary-only festival in Portugal. Has three international awards, ranging from 3000-7000 Eur, five national prizes and one prize for the investigation competition. LisbonDocs, workshops for producers – public pitching session – masterclass with screenings – networking is held in parallel.

Contact: Wanda Caio, docprod@doclisboa.org
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  Link   DOK Leipzig
dok-leipzig [Receive an alert before the submission deadline to the festival through our Festivals Alert Service]

The International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film - DOK Leipzig – is the largest German and one of the leading international festivals for documentary and animated films.

* International Competitions Documentary and Animated Film
* German Competition Documentary Film
* International Young Talent Documentary Competition
* Information and Special Programmes
* Retrospectives

Alongside the festival, DOK Leipzig organises "DOK Industry"- networking opportunities for film-makers, producers and international industry professionals, financing opportunities for new film ideas, arranges co-productions and presents recently completed productions to festival programme organisers, distributors and TV buyers.

DOK Industry offers include:

* DOK Market Digital
* International DOK Leipzig Co-production Meetings
* DOK Summit – Panel Discussions
* Leipzig Screening
* Workshops and Master Classes
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  Link   Guth Gaffa documentary FF
guth-gaffa-docfest A documentary-only film festival in Ireland.
The first Guth Gafa festival held in May 2006 operated under the umbrella of local film production company, Soilsiú Films Ltd. and became a separate company in 2007.

The aims and objectives of the festival are to bring to the Donegal Gaeltacht, documentary films made to the highest international standards, including in the Irish language; to promote the use of Irish in the documentary film industry by developing a festival that operates through Irish and that is Gaeltacht based; to attract internationally renowned film directors to Ireland and to introduce them to a national and local audience; to contribute to the local economy by bringing in a significant number of international visitors and by attracting a large local and national audience to festival events; to stimulate the development of best international practice in documentary film making by providing a forum for screening, discussions and masterclasses; to specifically target selected audiences ranging from local community groups, schools, third level colleges, producers, directors, broadcasters and distributors, and to bring them together in the intimate setting of the Donegal Gaeltacht.

Contact: David Rane, info@guthgafa.com
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  Link   Hot Docs
hotdocs-documentary-festival [Receive an alert before the deadline to Hot Docs in our Festival Alerts Service]

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is North America's largest documentary festival. Each year, the festival presents more than 100 documentaries from Canada and around the globe. Through its industry programmes, the Festival also provides a full range of professional development, market and networking opportunities for documentary professionals.
Hot Docs was founded in 1993 by the Documentary Organisation of Canada (formerly the Canadian
Independent Film Caucus), a national association of independent documentary filmmakers. In 1996, Hot Docs became a separately incorporated organization with a mandate to showcase and support the work of Canadian and international documentary filmmakers and to promote excellence in documentary production.
During the Festival, Hot Docs also presents the Toronto Documentary Forum (TDF).
Launched in 2000, this event is focused around 30 pre-selected
project-presentations and established itself as North America's essential
international market event for buyers and sellers working in the social, cultural and
political documentary genres. More than 130 broadcasters and distributors from Europe, Australia,
the USA, Canada and elsewhere are attending the TDF.
In addition to the Festival and the TDF, Doc Soup, a monthly screening and discussion series provides audiences an opportunity to view and discuss contemporary documentaries throughout the fall and winter.
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  Link   IDFA
idfa-documentary-festival [Receive an alert before the deadline to the event in our Festival Alerts Service]

Established in 1988, it has become the world's largest documentary film festival, screening more than 250 film each year. Aside from the festival, IDFA consists of three other components: the Jan Vrijman Fund, the FORUM and Docs for Sale. All of these were established in order to improve the international climate for creative documentaries. The Jan Vrijman Fund offers support to documentary projects and festivals in developing countries, the FORUM is Europe's biggest co-financing market for international documentary productions, and Docs for Sale is an international documentary market.
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  Link   input TV - International Public Television
input-tv-international-public-television An international voluntary organization of public TV channels. Organizes annual screening conference which is held in a different country each year — encourages the development of public service television by screening and debating programs from around the world.
Input 2008 takes place in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Contact: Noemi Schory, noemischory@gmail.com
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  Link   Krakow Film Festival
Krakow Film Festival Krakow Film Festival is the oldest film festival in Poland, organized every year since 1961 as the national short film competition, later also an international one and finally only international, made a comeback as a double-barreled event once again in 1997.
Films are accepted in three categories:

- National (Polish) competition - for short fictions and animations up to 30 minutes and documentaries up to 60 minutes.
- International Competition - for short fictions and animations up to 30 minutes and documentaries up to 60 minutes.
- Feature-length Documentary Competition (for documentaries at least 60 minutes or more)
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  Link   MIPDOC
mipdoc [Receive an alert before the submission deadline to the event through our Festivals Alert Service]

Takes place every April in Cannes, France.

MIPDOC is a specialist international screening marketplace and conference for documentaries. Taking place ahead of the main TV market (MIP TV), MIPDOC provides a commercial platform for the international players in one place and at one time.

Activities include panels, workshops, co-production pitching (for 5 selected projects) and match-making forum.
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  Link   realscreen Summit
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Held every January in Washington D.C - USA.

The Realscreen Summit is a non-fiction film & television industry event. The Summit is dedicated to the development of business and creative opportunities for those in non-fiction and factual programming and content creation. In partnership with realscreen magazine, the ongoing mandate is to identify new ideas, recognize top industry talent, offer the forum for discussion and debate, explore issues and uncover trends and ultimately create an international network of connected individuals leading to business growth and career development.

Contact: Sharlene Wilder, swilder@brunico.com
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  Link   Sheffield Doc/Fest
sheffield-doc-fest [Receive an alert before the deadline to the event in our Festival Alerts Service]

Sheffield Doc/Fest presents an international programme of over 90 documentaries from the
1200 submissions it receives.
The industry conference at the festival attracts British documentary makers
and executives in British television. The delegate mix of around 900 includes documentary and
factual producers, directors, buyers, commissioners and distributors.
Sheffield Doc/Fest offers a marketplace for producers to secure the deals for the year
through the meetings held with the many broadcasters from the UK and the world attending
the festival.
In cooperation with The Grierson Trust, three awards are also during the festival.
Read more Grierson Awards as another entry in our directory.
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  Link   SILVERDOCS
silverdocs Established in 2002, the festival runs evey June 16-23 at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in the Washington, DC area. The 2007 Festival featured 100 films from 43 countries presented to over 21,000 attendees,
The concurrent five-day SILVERDOCS International Documentary Conference presents presentations and engages over 1,000 filmmakers and industry professionals concerned with the future of non-fiction storytelling, production and distribution.
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  Link   Sunny Side of the Doc
sunny-side-of-the-doc [Receive an alert before the submission deadline to the event through our Festivals Alert Service]

International documentary films market. Takes place every June in La Rochelle, France.
Sunny Side provides an annual venue that brings together 1800 international professionals.

For 4 days, they have access to a digital video library and to four catalogues (Who’s Who, the Video Library Catalogue and the Catalogue of Commissioned Projects and Projects in Development).
Other activities include co-production meetings and public and private screenings.

Contact: Yves Jeanneau - Founder and Director, yjeanneau@sunnysideofthedoc.com
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  Link   The Grierson Awards
grierson-awards-documentary [Receive an alert before the deadline to the event in our Festival Alerts Service]

The Grierson Awards commemorate the pioneering Scottish documentary maker John Grierson (1898 – 1972), famous for Drifters and Night Mail and the man widely regarded as the father of the documentary.

Established in 1972, the Grierson Awards recognise and celebrate documentaries that have made a significant contribution to the genre from Britain and abroad.

In 2007 The Grierson Trust, along with Sheffield Doc/Fest, introduced three new awards – the Green, Innovation and Youth Jury Awards – to be presented during the Sheffield documentary festival.
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