Awards were handed out last night at the Sarajevo Film Festival, with Ji.hlava IDFF also announcing the 2026 Emerging Producers cohort. NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/docu-talents...

Ora et Labora takes Ji.hlava's Docu Talent Award in Sarajevo

Ji.hlava's Docu Talent Award goes to Ora et Labora. Retuning wins the DAFilms.com VoD prize at Sarajevo's CineLink Industry Days.

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FIFDH's Impact Days is calling for international #documentary projects and #filmmakers working on #HumanRights! Craft your impact goals with experts & meet your future impact partners in Geneva! Submit your project/film to #FIFDH by 28 July: fifdh.org/en/pro #ImpactProduction 🎥

FIFDH's Impact Days is calling for international #documentary projects and #filmmakers working on #HumanRights! Craft your impact goals with experts & meet your future impact partners in Geneva! Submit your project/film to #FIFDH by 28 July: fifdh.org/en/pro #ImpactProduction 🎥

As Sunny Side of the Doc closes its 2026 edition, one door closes, and another opens... NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/strasbourg-d... #mtr #mtrnews #ssd26 #documentarynews

Sunny Side closes La Rochelle chapter as Strasbourg market takes shape

Sunny Side of the Doc closes its La Rochelle chapter as a new CNC-backed international documentary market prepares to launch in Strasbourg in June 2027.

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Doc Society's Climate Story Fund is open for 2026, with grants of up to $125K for independent non-fiction films (all lengths), series podcasts and radio docs in late production. Deadline: Mon 6 July 2026, 2 PM BST 🔗 More info and: climatestoryunit.org/apply/

#Chiledoc is back at #CannesDocs, this time joining #ProimágenesColombia for a collective Docs-in-Progress regional Latin American showcase. NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/chile-colomb... #mtr #mtrnews #documentarynews #cannes2026

Chile joins Colombia for first Cannes Docs regional showcase

Chile joins Colombia for the first Docs-in-Progress Chile & Colombia Showcase at Cannes Docs 2026, presenting two new Chilean documentary projects.

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#VerzioFilmFest #DocLab 2026 applications are open until the 31st of May 2026 at midnight CET. MORE -> www.moderntimes.review/verzio-docla...

«It was the people and not the authorities» The prolific Romanian producer is the subject of a major tribute at the 2026 #goeast #filmfestival. MTR spoke with #AdaSolomon on Romanian cinema, documentary, and institutional failure. INTERVIEW -> www.moderntimes.review/interview-ad...

«It was the people and not the authorities»

Ada Solomon on Romanian cinema, documentary, and institutional failure.

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MoviesThat Matter and #NEFTi are launching a new #shortfilm initiative for 2026 to support #displacedfilmmakers living in Europe and Africa. NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/movies-that-... #mtr #mtrnews #filmfestival

Movies That Matter, NEFTi Launch Short Film Initiative for Displaced Filmmakers

Movies That Matter and NEFTi are launching a new 2026 short film initiative to support displaced filmmakers living in Europe and Africa.

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A record-setting year at the @fifdh.bsky.social industry side. NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/fifdh-impact... #mtr #mtrnews #documentarynews #humanrightsfestival

FIFDH Impact Days 2026 expands global reach for impact documentary

FIFDH Impact Days 2026 closed in Geneva with new awards, expanded partnerships, and a growing international network for impact documentary.

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The 2026 GoEast #filmfestival Symposium programme foregrounds how authoritarian power and AI-driven moving images are reshaping perception and political debate. NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/goeast-2026-... #mtr #mtrnews #documentarynews

Presented by Krakow Film Festival and The Polish Film Institute, the award is named after the late Polish filmmaker #Marcelłoziński. NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/marcel-lozin... #mtr ##mtrnews #documentarynews #filmfestival

Krakow Film Festival adds new award for documentary innovation

Krakow Film Festival launches the Marcel Łoziński Documentary Award with the Polish Doc Guild, spotlighting innovative nonfiction filmmaking worldwide.

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Honourary Golden Alexander's will be awarded to filmmaker #BillMorrison and #VouvoulaSkoura. NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/thessaloniki...

Thessaloniki 2026 unveils honourary Golden Alexanders, restorations, and 57 Greek features

The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival has set dates for its 28th edition (5–15 March 2026), returning as a hybrid event across physical venues and online exhibition.

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The 2026 CPH:DOX programme is a wide-angle snapshot of a world in flux, balancing frontline political reporting with titles that address AI disruption, Big Tech, freedom of expression, neurotechnology, and the accelerating climate crisis. NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/cphdox-2026-...

Programming for the professional side of #cphdox is framed around the «infrastructure of truth».

CPH:DOX announces full programme of 2026 CPH:INDUSTRY activities

CPH:INDUSTRY has announced the full lineups for the 2026 editions of the CPH:DOX Summit and CPH:Conference, running 16–19 March in Copenhagen

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CPH:DOX sets the opening film for 23rd edition, running March 11–22, 2026 NEWS-> www.moderntimes.review/cphdox-2026-... #mtr #mtrnews #documentarynews #filmfestival

CPH:DOX announces 2026 opening film | MODERN TIMES REVIEW

CPH:DOX has selected Pieter-Jan De Pue’s feature documentary MARIINKA as the opening film for its 23rd edition, running March 11–22, 2026 in Copenhagen.

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After an initial cancellation, Sunny Side of the Doc will take place in 2026 in partnership with Documentary Campus. NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/sunny-side-o... #mtr #mtrnews #documentarynews

One World Int' #humanrights film festival 2026 will take place in Prague from 11 to 19 March, and then tour other Czech cities from 11 March to 24 April. NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/one-world-20... #mtr #mtrnews #documentarynews #filmfestival

One World CZ launches 2026 trailer, announces first titles, and marks a decade of accessibility

One World 2026 will take place in Prague from 11 to 19 March 2026 and then tour other Czech cities from 11 March to 24 April.

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@fifdh.bsky.social returns to Geneva from 6–15 March 2026 with an edition explicitly shaped by the instability of «the real» as a civic category. NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/fifdh-2026-o... #mtr #mtrnews #documentarynews #humanrights

FIFDH 2026 announces opening and closing films and new media partnerships

The International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) returns to Geneva from 6–15 March 2026 with an edition explicitly shaped by the

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The 37th #TriesteFilmFestival turns its attention to Slovenia for its annual focus on women filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe. NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/trieste-wild... #mtr #mtrnews #documentarynews #filmfestival

Majordocs has announced the winners of its seventh edition, with jury honours shared for the first time in the festival’s history. NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/majordocs-20... #mtr #mtrnews #documentarynews #filmfestival

MajorDocs 2025 announces complete winners of 7th edition | MODERN TIMES REVIEW

MajorDocs has announced the winners of its seventh edition, with jury honors shared for the first time in the festival’s history.

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«Through cinema, she can talk more about her problems and about everything women face» In Gaza, Dr Ezzalden Shlah stages cinema under a broken truce, where rubble replaces venues and women’s stories refuse to stay buried. INTERVIEW-> www.moderntimes.review/interview-ga...

«Through cinema and films, she can talk more about her problems and about everything women face»

In Gaza, Dr Ezzalden Shlah stages cinema under a broken truce, where rubble replaces venues and women’s stories refuse to stay buried.

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The 2026 @fifdh.bsky.social #ImpactLab selections cross fault lines of war, climate change, and creeping authoritarianism. NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/fifdh-2026-i... #mtr #mtrnews #documentarynews #filmfestival

FIFDH 2026 Impact Lab unveils global lineup | MODERN TIMES REVIEW

From Gaza’s velodromes to Mexico’s avocado groves, the 2026 Impact Lab at FIFDH’s Industry Days is staking out the frontline of social-justice documentary.

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Under the theme «Chaos. Reinventing Reality,» the 10th edition of the Moldox Festival takes place from 26–30 November in Chișinău, with a programme that examines conflict, social fragility and the ways communities respond to upheaval NEWS-> www.moderntimes.review/moldox-2025-... #mtr #mtrnews

MOLDOX unveils 2025 programme under «Chaos. Reinventing Reality» theme | MODERN TIMES REVIEW

The 10th edition of the #MOLDOX Festival will take place from 26–30 November 2025 in Chișinău.

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"An intimate and deeply personal portrayal of identity, displacement, and resistance. It is a story about survival and memory, one that feels as political as it is poetic." - @moderntimesreview.bsky.social

Khartoum - Bertha DocHouse

From the metropolis of Khartoum, five Sudanese people have their stories unexpectedly woven together in this evocative mosaic.

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Amid rubble, hunger, death, and the violent realities of occupation in the heart of the Gaza Strip, the Gaza International Festival for Women’s Cinema opens Sunday. NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/gaza-womens-... #mtr #mtrnews #filmfestival #gaza

Amid the rubble, Gaza debuts women’s film festival | MODERN TIMES REVIEW

Public screenings are planned as open-air events in Deir el-Balah.

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"A lifetime prison hidden in the centre of the free world" @moderntimesreview.bsky.social on DREAMERS, out now on True Story.

A lifetime prison hidden in the center of the free world

HUMAN RIGHTS: The struggles of 2.5 million people growing up in a country that does not recognize them as its own.

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The 23rd #doclisboa will open with Palestinian filmmaker Kamal Aljafari's 'With Hasan in Gaza'. NEWS -> www.moderntimes.review/doclisboa-20... #mtr #mtrnews #documentarynews #filmfestival

"In politically and socially volatile times, dedicated documentary streaming platforms may play a critical role in responding to today's realities" We spoke to Sevara Pan for an article about documentary streaming platforms in @moderntimesreview.bsky.social Read more: buff.ly/mqQGtxb

A panel at last month's Dokufest raised this epic question: "What does it mean to watch?" I unpacked some of the ideas for @moderntimesreview.bsky.social www.moderntimes.review/what-does-it...