EDITOR NOTES must have's are:
- SCHEDULE ongoing
- 75 BERLINALE, February 13-23, 2025 _75berlinale_
- 27 Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, March 6-16, 2025 __27tidf__
- CPH:DOX, March 19-30, 2025 at Copenhagen, Denmark,__cphdox2025___
- Visions du Réel, April 4-13, 2025 __56vdr__
- 30 It's All True Sao Paulo | É Tudo Verdade, April 3-13, 2025 in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ___30itsalltrue___
- 32 Hot Docs, April 24 – May 4, 2025 at Toronto __32hotdocs2025__
- 22 Millenium Docs Against Gravity, May 9-18, 2025 ___22docsagainstgravity___
- 65 Krakow Film Festival, May 25 – June 1, 2025.__65kff_
- 32 Sheffield DocFest, June 18-25, 2025__32sheffielddocfest___
- 36 FID Marseille, July 8-13, 2025__fidmarseille2025__
- 11 VISIONI DAL MONDO, September 11–14, 2025 Milan, Italy. ___11visionidalmondo___
- 17 DMZ Docs, IDFF Korea, September 11-17, 2025 __17dmcdocs__
- Yamagata IDFF, October 9-16, 2025 [call for entries]__yidff2025___
- DOC NYC, November 1-30, 2025 __16docnyc__
- 38 IDFA November 12-23 in Amsterdam __38idfa2025__
- 66 Festival dei Popoli, in November at Florence _66festivaldeipopuli__
additionally:
- 46 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, January 20-26, 2025 __46ffmop2025__
- 61 GRIMME PRIZE 2025 __61grimmeprize2025__
- 2024 zweite Jahreshälfte [••• int. importante GF]
- 77 LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL August 7-17, 2024+ 34 Semaine de la critique, August 9-16, 2024 __featering 2 Docs___
- ••• 37 IDFA November 13–24, 2024 at Amsterdam [37idfa2024] __ DEADLINES__––sept11 || sept24 || oct 15 ––the 2024/2025 Docs for sale catalogue goes live on November 1st.
- 67 DOK Leipzig, October 28 – November 3, 2024 ––67dokleipzig_––october 10 PR––more than 50 Titel---
- 41 FILMFEST MÜNCHEN Juni28 – Juli 7, 2024_41ffmuc__feateatering 5 Docs___
- Shortlisted EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2024 ...Direct Action & My Stolen Planet shortlisted...__featering 2 Docs___Bekanntgabe_December 7, 2024
- ••• 15 DOC NYC November 13 – December 1, 2024 [Notification September 30, 2024]––15docnyc- –––
- ••• 65 Festival dei Popoli, Nov 02-10 at Florence ––[65festivaldeipopuli]––21okt––
- 27 RIDM November 21–December 01, 2024 at Montreal ––[27ridm]––PR October 30, 2024––
- 41 Kassel Dokfest, November 12-17, 2024, + ONLINE until November 24––41kassel ––?––
- ••• 22 doclisboa, October 17-27, 2024––doclisboa2024–– ––October1––
- ••• 28 Ji.Hlava IDFF, October 25 – November 3, 2024––28jihlava2024 [Viktor Licek
program manager, viktor@ji-hlava.cz, +420 778 058 274]––??!?!?!–– - 48 Duisburger Filmwoche, November 4–11, 2024––48duisburg––––Oct8––
- 66 Nordic Film Days Lübeck, November 6-10, 2024––66nordicfilmdays––––Oct8––
- ••• Let's meet again at 40 MIPCOM, October 21—24, 2024 at Cannes, Frankreich [ongoingFile]
- ••• 16 DMZ Docs, IDFF Korea | Filmography as Autobiography: Heinz Emigholz,
- 58 Hof IFF, October 22-27, 2024––58hofiff––––in etwa oct 15––
- 32 FILMFEST HAMBURG September 26 – October 5, 2024 ––ffhh24--
- 5 LETsDOK September 2024 _ AG DOKnahe Veranstaltung ––5letsdok––
- 81 BIENNALE with RIEFENSTAHL by Andres Veiel --
- 40 MIPCOM, October 21—24, 2024 at Cannes, Frankreich ---
- 2024 erste Jahreshälfte
- SCHEDULE ongoing •
- 45 FF Max Ophuels Preis, Januar 22–28, 2024 –– 45ffmop
- 6 FIPADOC 2024, Biarritz .
- 74 BERLINALE February 15-25, 2024 –– 74BERLINALE
- 53 IFFR Jan 25 – Feb 5, 2024 at Rotterdam ––53iffr2024
- MtMF24 – Movies that Matter Festival, March 22–30, 2024 in The Hague
- 55 Visions du Réel Nyon, April 12-21, 2024 ---#VdR2024 [flex]
- ROMAN BRODMANN PRIZE 2024 [romanbrodmannpreis24]
- CPH:DOX Denmark • March 13–24, 2024 • submission • Rules and Regulations •
- DEUTSCHER FILMPREIS – German Film Award 2024 [lola24] • May 3, 2024 •
- 29 It's All True April 4–14, 2024 [29 É Tudo Verdada 2024 São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro]
- 64 Krakow Film Festival, May 26 – June 2, 2024 • May20, 2024 films in other sections?•
- 60 GRIMME PRIZE 2024 •
- 26 Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, March 07–17, 2024 [#26TiDF]
- 22 FIFDH Geneva, March 8–17, 2024 [fifdh24]
- 21 dokumentarfilmwoche hamburg, April 23–28, 2024 –– 21dokumentarfilmwochehh
- 39 DOK.fest Munich, May 1-12, 2024 [May 6-20 @home] –– 39docfestmunich
- 31 Hot Docs Toronto, April 25 – May 5, 2024, Toronto, Canada –– 31hotdocs2024
- 35 FIDMarseille, June 25–30, 2024. –– FIDMarseille2024
Films registrations open until March 15th 2024 for films produced in 2023 or 2024. - 21 Millenium Docs Against Gravity, Poland, May 10–19, 2024 and May 21 – June 3, 2024 online. –– 21docsagainstgravity, May 20 AWARDS?
- 31 Sheffield DocFest, June 12–17, 2024 –– 31SheffieldDocFest May 20 programme?
- 35 SSD _ sunny Side of the June 24–27, 2024 [35ssd]
- 20 achtung berlin – new berlin film award April 10-17, 2024
- German Documentary Award 2024 – 8 SWR Doku Festival, June 18-22, 2024 at Stuttgart
- TIFF ev nur auf FBwegen © 2010 THE GREEN WAVE by Ali Samadi Ahadi, 80min, redaktionellen Eintrag gemacht, weil Spielfilm....
eventuell diesmals wieder NEWS zu
46 CINEMA DU RÉEL Paris, March 22-31, 2024 mit Workschau Claudia von Alemann
sonst nur DIRECT ACTION und THE FIRST 54 YEARS .
2023 with a total number of 40 NEWS so far.
- IFF – subtiteling support – new conditions coming soon!
- ETERNAL YOU is premiering at Sundance 2024 __
- German Focus at the Venice Production Bridge 2023 #80VeniceIFF
- FilmKunstMesse Leipzig, September 18—22, 2023 [FilmArtFair]
- 31 FILMFEST HAMBURG September 28—October 7, 2023 #FFHH [PR September 12]
- YIDFF Yamagata Ocotber 5–12, 2023 int. competition .
- 4 LETsDOK September 11-17, 2023 all across Germany .
- 66 DOK Leipzig October 8—15, 2023 [PR September 21, programme-overview]
- 39 MIPCOM, October 16—19, 2023 #mip #mipcom
- 21 doclisboa, Oktober 19—29, 2023 #doclisboa
- 27 Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, October 24—29, 2023.
[@ MUNICH 72 | ORLANDO | SOLAR_short] - 47 Duisburger Filmwoche, November 6—12, 2023 .
- 36 IDFA November 8—19, 2023 __ PRESS __#IDFA [Docs for Sale 2023-2024 catalogue]
- 14 DOC NYC November, 8–26, 2023 .
- 40 DOK FEST KASSEL Nov 14—19, 2023 .
- 57 Hof IFF, October 24—29, 2023 #57hofiff
- 64 Festival dei Popoli November, 4–12, 2023 . #FDP64 .
- 26 RIDM, November 15—26, 2023, Montreal #ridm
- 65 Nordic Filmdays Lübeck, Nov1–5, 2023 •
- 36 EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS [ceremony December 9, 2023]
- 96 OSCARS® [submitted, ceremony March 10, 2024.]
- 34 Sunny Side of the Doc June 19-22, 2023.
- DEUTSCHER DOKUMENTARFILMPREIS 2023 .
- DEUTSCHER FILMPREIS – German Film Award 2023 .
- 30 Sheffield DocFest june 14-19, 2023 .
- 76 Locarno Film Festival, August 2-12, 2023 [3 Filme]
- Thomas Kufus awarded with Carl Laemmle Producer Prize. [32 Titel]
- ANSELM by Wim Wenders at 76 Festival de Cannes .
- 38 DOK.fest Munich, May 3-14, 2023 [May 8-21 @home]
- 20 Millenium DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY May 12-21, 2023 .
- ROMAN BRODMANN PREIS endowed by HDF .
- 59 GRIMME PRIZE 2023 .
- 20 Millenium DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY May 12-21, 2023.
- 30 Hot Docs April 27 – May 7, 2023 .
- Visions du Réel Nyon, April 21—30, 2023 . [14+4 + 21]
- 20 dokumentarfilmwoche hamburg, april 24-30, 2023 .
- CPH:DOX March 15 – 26, 2023, Copenhagen .
- 73 BERLINALE February 16-26, 2023 .
- 44 FF Max Ophuels Preis, Januar 23-29, 2023 .
- 52 IFFR International Film Festival Rotterdam, Jan 25 – Feb 5, 2023.
- • DOC NYC • [15th Edition – November 13–December 1, 2024 ?]
- • Festival dei Popoli • [#FDP65, November 2–10, 2024 ?]
- • Sheffield DocFest • 31 Sheffield DocFest, June 12–17, 2024
- • IDFA • Festival • Market • [November 2024]
- • Ji.hlava IDFF • [28 Ji.hlava IDFF October 25. – November 3, 2024Film submission deadlines:
February 28, 2024 | films completed in 2023
April 30, 2024 | films completed in 2024 and premiered before April 30, 2024
June 30, 2024 | for rough cuts and films that have not yet had a festival world premiere
As of June 30, the possibility to officially submit and register a film in the Ji.hlava IDFF system will end. However, in case of rough cuts, the finished film can be sent to us until August 15, 2024.
Despite these deadlines, we kindly ask that you start submitting your films beginning on January 17, 2024, in order to allow ample time for us to review them. - • Yamagata IDFF • ['every other year' – October 2025 ?]
- 77 LOCARNO Film Festival August 7-17, 2024 .
34 Semaine de la critique, August 9-16, 2024 .
https://www.semainedelacritique.ch/
Filme können bis 26.März, 2024 via German Films eingereicht werden.
https://www.locarnofestival.ch/extra/rules-regulations.html
NOTES - upcoming festivals featured by German Films:
• CPH:DOX
• TiDF – Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
• Visions du Réel _
Hot Docs
FID Marseille
Millenium Docs Against Gravity
• Krakow Film Festival _
DOC NYC
Festival dei Popoli
• It's All True Sao Paulo _
Sheffield DocFest
IDFA
Ji.hlava IDFF
Yamagata IDFF