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Documentary film festivals are film festivals devoted solely to documentary film , which is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document " reality.
Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock , it has subsequently expanded to include video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a television series . Documentary, as it applies here, works to identify a "filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception" that is continually evolving and is without clear boundaries.[ 1]
In many cities around the world, documentary film festivals are held annually to showcase documentaries made that year. Many of them are theme or genre specific.
Name
Est.
City
Country
10 Under 10 Film Festival
2002
Austin, Texas
United States
Academia Film Olomouc
1966[ 2]
Olomouc
Czech Republic
AFI Docs
2003
Washington, D.C.
United States
Al Jazeera Balkans Documentary Film Festival
2018
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ambulante Documentary Film Festival
2006
Mexico
Mexico
Atlanta DocuFest
2005
Atlanta, Georgia
United States
Belleville Downtown DocFest
2010
Belleville , Ontario
Canada
Berlin Documentary Forum
2010
Berlin
Germany
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
2003
Missoula, Montana
United States
Camden International Film Festival
2005
Camden, Maine
United States
Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
2010
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
United States
Chicago International Documentary Festival
2003
Chicago, Illinois
United States
China Screen
2007
Paris
France
Cine Pobre Film Festival
2002
La Paz, Baja California Sur
Mexico
Cinéma du Réel
1978
Paris
France
Copenhagen International Documentary Festival - CPH:DOX
2003
Copenhagen
Denmark
Development Film Festival
2005
Chennai
India
DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
2009
Gyeonggi-do
South Korea
Doc LA - Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival
2010
Los Angeles, California
United States
Doc NYC
2010
New York City
United States
Docaviv International Film Festival
1998
Tel Aviv
Israel
Dockanema
2006
Maputo
Mozambique
Doclisboa
2003
Lisbon
Portugal
Documentary Edge Festival
2005
Auckland and Wellington
New Zealand
Docville
2005
Leuven
Belgium
Dok Leipzig
1955
Leipzig
Germany
Dokufest
2001
Prizren
Kosovo
DORF
2007
Vinkovci
Croatia
Dox Box
2008
Damascus
Syria
DOXA Documentary Film Festival
1998
Vancouver
Canada
EBS International Documentary Festival
2004
Seoul
South Korea
Encounters Festival South Africa
1999
Cape Town and Johannesburg
South Africa
Encuentros del Otro Cine EDOC
2002
Quito , Guayaquil , Cuenca , Manta , Ibarra , Portoviejo
Ecuador
Flashpoint Human Rights Film Festival
2010
Mumbai
India
Freedom Film Fest
2003
Malaysia
Malaysia
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
1998
Durham, North Carolina
United States
Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival
2008
Winnipeg , Manitoba
Canada
Gran Paradiso Film Festival
1984
Cogne
Italy
Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival
2003
Guangdong
China
Guelph Film Festival
1984
Guelph , Ontario
Canada
Hádoc
2012
Leiria
Portugal
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
1993
Toronto
Canada
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
1992
Hot Springs, Arkansas
United States
Imagine International Film Festival
2004
Clearwater, Florida
United States
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
1988
Amsterdam
Netherlands
International Wildlife Film Festival
1977
Missoula, Montana
United States
Io Isabella International Film Week
2005
Italy
Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival
2003
New Delhi
India
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
1997
Jihlava
Czech Republic
Junction North International Documentary Film Festival
2013
Sudbury , Ontario
Canada
Krakow Film Festival
1961
Kraków
Kraków
London International Documentary Festival
2007
London
United Kingdom
Marda Loop Justice Film Festival
2006
Calgary , Alberta
Canada
Margaret Mead Film Festival
1977
New York City
United States
Marseille Festival of Documentary Film
1989
Marseille
France
Millennium Docs Against Gravity
2004
Warsaw
Poland
Montreal International Documentary Festival
1998
Montreal
Canada
New Haven Documentary Film Festival
2014
New Haven, Connecticut
United States
New Media Film Festival
2009
Los Angeles, California
United States
New Orleans Film Festival
1989
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States
Northwestfest
1983
Edmonton , Alberta
Canada
Open City Documentary Festival
2011
London
United Kingdom
One World Film Festival
1999
Prague
Czech Republic
Portland Documentary and Experimental Film Festival
2001
Portland, Oregon
United States
Portland Film Festival
2013
Portland, Oregon
United States
Pravo Ljudski Film Festival
2006
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Punto de Vista. International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra
2005
Pamplona
Spain
Sheffield Doc/Fest
1994
Sheffield
United Kingdom
San Francisco Documentary Festival
2001
San Francisco, CA
United States
DOCUTAH International Documentary Film Festival
2010
Utah
United States
Taiwan International Documentary Festival
1998
Taipei
Taiwan
Telluride Mountainfilm
1979
Telluride, Colorado
United States
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
1999
Thessaloniki
Greece
True/False Film Festival
2004
Columbia, Missouri
United States
United Nations Association Film Festival
1998
Palo Alto, CA
United States
ViBGYOR International Film Festival
2006
Thrissur
India
Visions du réel
1969
Nyon
Switzerland
VIVA Film Festival
2015
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Wakefield Documentary Film Festival
Wakefield , Quebec
Canada
World Community Film Festival
1990
Courtenay , Duncan , Kelowna and Nanaimo , British Columbia
Canada
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
1989
Yamagata
Japan
Yogyakarta Documentary Film Festival
2002
Yogyakarta
Indonesia
ZagrebDox
2005
Zagreb
Croatia
