Documentary Competition

Inventive cinematic language, pressing social issues, real people and stories that leave nobody indifferent – this in a nutshell is our competition of first and second documentary films, which offers cinemagoers an opportunity to get acquainted with contemporary documentary film in its creative variety. Ranging from engaged pictures to bewitching portraits to film essays to artworks bordering on non-fiction and experimental film – our competitive selection strives to paint the reality in broad brushstrokes of available genres year by year.

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