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Rabab Khamis’ SAMA will World Premiere at the upcoming Doha Film Festival (Nov. 19-27), alongside 15 titles selected for the International Feature Competition! 🇵🇸🙌

The project was presented in-progress at Cannes Docs - Marché du Film 2025, as part of the @palfilminstitute-hosted Palestinian Showcase of Docs-in-Progress, where it received a Special Mention from @chickeneggfilms 🥚✨

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SAMA
(سما)
By Rabab Khamis 
Produced by Laura Nikolov (Coorigines Production, France) & Rashid Masharawi (Masharawi Fund for Films and Filmmakers in Gaza), in coproduction with Metafora Production
Palestine, France, Qatar I 65’ I 2026

Sama, ten years old, fled northern Gaza with her family to Deir al-Balah. She now lives in a tent with her mother and her six brothers and sisters. Every morning, she walks through the streets and markets searching for plastic and cardboard, which she sells as fuel. Despite everything, she still hopes to be reunited with her father, who remained in Gaza City, for the war to end, and for the day she can return to school.

Huge congratulations, team! 👏💪🍉

More details ➔ Link in bio 🔗

@cannes.docs @marchedufilm #CannesDocs #DocsInProgress #PalestineShowcase @palfilminstitute / #DohaFilmFestoval #DFF26 @dohafilm / #Sama, a film of the @from.ground.zero+ collection / Directed and Written by @rabab_khamis / Produced by @laura_nikolov @coorigines_prod & @rashidmasharawi @masharawi_film_fund_gaza, in coproduction with @metaforaproduction / In association with @artefr #LaLucarne / With the support of @dohafilm / Production Coordinator (Gaza) - Yafa Masharawi / Editing - @audreymaurion, assisted by Delphine Hummel & Pauline Éon / Mix & Sound Design - Sarah Fasseur-Leroux / Color Grading - Denis Le Paven / Post-Production Supervisor - @glo0ms / Foley - Olivier Chat / Music - @davidchiversmusic / Artistic Consultants - @laura_nikolov, @rasha_salti, @alaghoush by @cannes.docs
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Such a TREMENDOUS HONOR!!!!

We at Cannes Docs - Marché du Film are SO PROUD and absolutely over the moon to be receiving the 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 at the upcoming 2026 𝐈𝐃𝐀 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, on Dec. 4th in L.A. ✨

The Amicus Award is presented to individuals or organizations in recognition of their work supporting the needs of the nonfiction media landscape, and it comes as a perfectly unexpected and immensely rewarding acknowledgment of our achievements. 

So for this, a thousand thank yous, @idaorg! 🙏

Headed by Pierre-Alexis Chevit since 2015, Cannes Docs operates under the leadership of @marchedufilm’s Executive Director Guillaume Esmiol, and is organized by the extraordinarily dedicated core team members @bab2tt2, @rittanova & @k100.dra. Other past & present amazing teammates include @louise.legay, @philippeisidorechatard, @louvesun, @theolaglisse, Axelle Jean, @mariaanaoneill, @christywhaibe, @g.geo, @chlogeneste, @william.degardin, @juliette.cba…. Thank you all +++, besties 💗

And OF COURSE, Cannes Docs wouldn’t exist without the brilliant collaboration of all our dear colleagues from @marchedufilm, making it all possible, year after year! Thanks, you guys! =)

A bit of history: Cannes Docs (then Doc Corner) was initiated back in 2012 by the visionary trio Jérôme Paillard, @bergeron_julie and Madeline Robert – with the key input of @nicoleguillemet –, as a concrete response to the clear need for a documentary-dedicated space within the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes, in the context of the accelerating extension of the doc industry.

Since then, the program has been able to steadily grow and establish itself thanks to crucial supporters such as the @fordfoundation (via JustFilms, then steered by the great Cara Mertes), @ieftf_org (𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 @marcoorsini, @liannellewey & team), and many, many more who believed in Cannes Docs – most of which are mentioned here below! 🌟

This Amicus Award is to be shared with all of you, dear friends, colleagues & allies from this beautifully unique doc community, who have been tirelessly standing up for the documentary genre, at Cannes Docs and everywhere else too!

Merci ! 💜 taken in Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes by @cannes.docs
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Double news for Constanza Vásquez Palau & Andrés Morales Zambra’s VUELVO DONDE NUNCA ESTUVE, selected in competition at the upcoming @festivalbiobiocine 2026, early November, while being released in selected Chilean theaters today, October 8th, thanks to the @redsalascl network, composed of 20 independent theaters supporting film diversity and audience-development across the country. 

The film was presented in-progress in May 2024 at the Marché du Film’s Cannes Docs program, as part of the Chile Showcase of Docs-in-Progress, hosted by Chiledoc 🇨🇱

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VUELVO DONDE NUNCA ESTUVE
(RETURNING WHERE I HAVE NEVER BEEN)
Directed by Constanza Vásquez Palau & Andrés Morales Zambra 
Produced by Constanza Vásquez Palau, Andrés Morales Zambra y Diego Avello Martínez (Quetro Producciones, Chile), Alejandra Rosas & Magdalena Ponce (Tonina Sur Films, Chile) 
Chile | 75’ | 2026 

In 1895, during the genocide of the Selk’nam people in the Chilean Patagonia, 165 indigenous were captured and brutally deported from their territory. Their children were taken by European settlers and forced to work as servants. A century later, a young Selk’nam descendant, driven by a painful family history, makes the journey back to her ancestral territory to prove that they are not extinct. 

Congratulations to the entire team for these achievements, well done! 👏✨

@cannes.docs @marchedufilm #DocsInProgress #ChileShowcase @chiledoc @prochilecl / @vuelvodondenuncaestuve, a film by Constanza Vásquez Palau @constanza_vas_pa & Andrés Morales Zambra @moraleszambra / DoP - Diego Avello Martínez @diegoavellom / Editing - Daniel Ferreira @danieldelsure - Merced / Original Music - Beto Peña @beto.pena.r / Executive Producers - Alejandra Rosas @alerosasc & Magdalena Ponce @magdaponcev / In coproduction with Tonina Sur Films @tonina_sur / Project previously developed and presented at Documenta+Sur 2022 @documenta_sur, @fecichindustria / @fecich.cl 2024, Conecta 2024 @ccdocumental by @cannes.docs
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This Saturday is the grand WP of Nicole Costa's NO MONEY NO HONEY at @camdeniff! 🎊✨ + Chilean Premiere coming up soon at @ficvaldivia!

The film was presented in-progress in May 2025 at the Marché du Film’s Cannes Docs program, as part of the Chile Showcase of Docs-in-Progress, hosted by Chiledoc 🇨🇱

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NO MONEY NO HONEY
Directed by Nicole Costa
Produced by Daniela Camino	(Mimbre Film, Chile) 
Chile, USA | 84’ | 2026 

During her glorious years as a sex worker in '90s and early 2000s Miami, Máxima documented the wild escapades she shared with her glamorous trans Latinx friends. Revisiting VHS tapes decades later, she reflects on where everyone ended up, what they carried with them, and the ghosts that linger. As past and present collapse, the images of their unfolding trajectories open a broader exploration of the conditions that have shaped their fates.

Congratulations to the entire team!!!! 🌟🌸

More details ➔ Link in bio ✔️

@cannes.docs @marchedufilm #DocsInProgress #ChileShowcase @chiledoc @prochilecl / @nomoneynohoney_film, a film by @nicolecostany & @maxima_in.xanadu / Directed by @nicolecostany / Written by Nicole Costa, Daniela Camino, Melisa Miranda / Produced by @danicxz @mimbrefilms / Cinematographer - @maxima_in.xanadu / Editor - @melisamirandau_editor @ursusfilms / Sound Design - goyothekid / Music - @katohidekimusic / With the support of @womenmakemovies / Previously developed or presented in-progress at @cannes.docs, DocuLab @ficg, Cine Chileno del Futuro @ficvaldivia, @glaffofficial, @femcine, @sanfic, @ficmafest, @fbal.biarritz by @cannes.docs
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Sept 16-24, ÉCRANS du réel | Doc SCREENS returns to @metropoliscinema in Beirut for its 21st edition! 🙌🇱🇧✨

This year’s program includes 15 features: 'Orwell 2+2=5' by Raoul Peck, @flana.movie by @zahraa.ghandour, @afiretheredocumentary by @marloshig, @birdsofwar.film by @janayboulos & @abd_alkader_habak, @myfatherandqaddafi by Jihan K, 'The Tree of Authenticity' by Sammy Baloji, 'The Dome Sessions' by @firaselhallak / @in.resonance.collective, @thetaleofsilyan by @tamarakotevska, 'Journacide: The War on Truth' by sean_murray_film, 'Tales of the Wounded Land' by @Abbas Fahdel, 'Pulse' by May Kassem, @fatna_doc by @eleneh_harder, 'Life After Siham' by @namirabdelmesseeh (Closing Film, #DocDayCannes 2025 x @association_acid), 'Did Borges Ever Visit Egypt?' by Jalal Toufic, & 'The Hand That Tells, The Hand That Waters' by @maximehourani.

17 shorts will also be presented, by @joude.bazzoun, Razan Aridi, @anisnasseredine, Mohammad Taleb, Rayan Bassam, Zainab Saad, Wassim Tanios, @carlaouad, Ashraf Mtaweh, @_microperson, @hass.chami, @sabah_jalloul, davina__maria, Liliane Rahal, @lamatauk, Mohammad Nassar and Adam Chamseddine.

As stated by the festival, “the films in this edition span geographies, histories, and artistic forms from across the world; some confront war directly, while others deliberately turn toward other spaces, insisting on our right to document life in all its intricate, multidimensional fullness (...) We gather at Metropolis because cinema, in the multiplicity of its forms, gives us the space to hold all these contradictory truths together reminding us that we are not merely passive subjects of what is imposed upon us”. 🤍

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On the occasion of Cannes Docs 2026, ÉCRANS du réel | Doc SCREENS became one of our official #FestivalPartners – a symbol which meant the world to us, now more than ever –, with the active presence and involvement of Hania Mroue, Founding Director of Metropolis, and Badih Massaad, Industry & Training Coordinator.

Hooray for documentary film festivals all around the world! ✊🌍🌟✨🔥🎉

More info ➔ link in bio ✔️

Organized by @metropoliscinema, with the support of @imsforfreemedia, also a key partner of Cannes Do taken in Metropolis Cinema by @cannes.docs
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Nikolai Galitzine’s EYRÍKI (ISLAND NATION) will have its International Premiere @nordiskpanorama 2026, following its Icelandic WP at the 2026 Skjaldborg Icelandic Documentary Film Festival, and recent presentations in Akureyri (Akureyrarvaka 2026), at Grímsey’s Múli Community Centre, and more. Upcoming screenings are planned in Reykjavík in October!

The film was presented in-progress at Cannes Docs 2026 as part of the Five Nordics Showcase of Docs-in-Progress 🇩🇰 🇫🇮 🇮🇸 🇳🇴 🇸🇪

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EYRÍKI 
(ISLAND NATION)
Directed by Nikolai Galitzine
Produced by Dögg Mósesdóttir (Northern Wave Productions, Iceland), Nikolai Galitzine (The Heavy Lifting Company, UK)
Iceland, UK | 2026 | 79’ 

Grímsey is an island 40km north of Iceland, the northernmost inhabited area of the country measuring 2.5 km in length. It has been populated for over 800 years, but now their future is uncertain. This film is an elegy and celebration to a fading way of life, a love letter to a remote Arctic community going through upheaval, depopulation and climate change. 

Congratulations, team! ^.^ 

More info ➔ link in bio ✔️

@cannes.docs @marchedufilm #DocsInProgress @thefivenordics #TheFiveNordicsShowcase @skjaldborg_heimildamyndahatid @ssne_nordurland_eystra @visitgrimsey / @islandnationfilm / Director, Screenwriter, DOP & Editor - @hairydemon / Produced by @doggmo #NorthernWavesProductions & @hairydemon #TheHeavyLiftingCompany / Executive Producer - @splatterinn / Music by @kathrynmaclennanmusic & @mikemaclennanmusic / Sound Design - @nixonokonos taken in Nordisk Panorama by @cannes.docs
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WP coming up in 2 days for Alexandra Lazarowich’s TURTLE ISLAND RAP, on Sept. 13th at @tiff_net! (TIFF Docs) Also screening 🔜 at @viffest 2026 ✨ (Northern Lights)

The film’s writer / director / EP Alex Lazarowich was part of our inaugural Co-Pro Social Club immersion course last May at Cannes Docs 2026, as a member of the @indigenous.cinema.alliance delegation (with the support of @imaginenative and @indigenousscreen). 

It was a real pleasure to have her among the Co-Pro Social Club cohort, and super exciting to discover the then soon-to-be-completed TURTLE ISLAND RAP doc, when she pitched it in Cannes just a few months ago!

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TURTLE ISLAND RAP 
Directed by Alexandra Lazarowich
Produced by Jessica Ford (Scenario Media, Canada), Ehren “Bear Witness” Thomas, Tim “2oolman” Hill (Halluci Nation)
Canada | 2026 | 97’ 

Hip-hop is a tool of self-expression and community connection for A$h Da Hunter, Travis Thompson, and Wiidaaseh, the artists featured in Turtle Island Rap. Blending performance, intimate personal moments, and a view from inside the creative process, this documentary is a portrait of three artists shaping contemporary Indigenous culture. 

Congrats to you and your entire team, Alex! 🙌

More info ➔ link in bio ✔️

@cannes.docs @marchedufilm #CannesDocs #CoProSocialClub / #TIFF2026 #TIFF #Indigenous #HipHop / @turtleislandrap, Written & Directed by @alexalexlaza / Featuring @officialashdahunter @travisxthompson @wiidaaseh / Producer - @jessica_ford00 / Creative Producers - @thehallucination / Executive Producers - Rodrigo Bascuñán, 
Alexandra Lazarowich, @_anupa, @iamdarby / DOP - @elalexcoronado, @sanguinuss, @keenanlynch / Editor - @missnewbudi / Consultant - @mayskyle / Sound - Eric Anderson, Michael Beliveau, @natureofsoundto, Sara Labadie, Chris Mas, @mylestravitz, Nathan Whitcomb / Original Score - @benfox.mp3, @officialashdahunter, @travisxthompson, @dontexist__________ / Canadian Distributor - @photonfilmscan / PR - @wonder_wong / With support from Bell Media, Indigenous Screen Office, Ontario Creates @ontariocreates, Canada Media Fund @cmf.fmc, Rogers Documentary Fund, and @hotdocs_ - Slaight Family Fund. taken in TIFF Toronto International Film Festival by @cannes.docs
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#CannesDocs❤️Festivals!

DMZ Docs is BACK! 🎉 Under the slogan 'Peace Is Not Silent', the 18th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival will take place Sept. 10-16 in the cities Goyang & Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea 🇰🇷 

The International Competition includes @g.massart’s 'Detention' (#DocDayCannes 2026, Closing Film x @association_acid), and @alexandermurphyfilms’ 'Tin Castle' (@semaine_de_la_critique 2026, Special Mention, L'Œil d'or @lascamfrance).

 

Other sections include the flagship Korean competition, 'Frontier', 'Docufiction', 'Essay', 'Expanded', 'Critics’ Choice', 'Verite'... with docs by @alexgibneyfilm, @habibanosheen, @nolwennherv, @federico_luis_____, @riversbenfilm, @kaki.wong.kaki, @hassen.ferhani, @radujude, @gala__hernandez, @gasvatek, @graemearnfield, @nadinamite, @manuelcorre........... 

Thematic focuses will put the spotlight on @kamalaljafarifilm, @rdepardon, @basmalsharif, alongside 'Eco-Documentary: Living Together in Discord' (@apichatpong_w, @geyrhalterfilm, #JamesBenning, #RyusukeHamaguchi…).

The line-up of Festival & Forum masterclasses and panels includes such guest speakers as @_e_d_b_, @antoine_thirion, and our great friends @li_viv 💗 & @jabalymohamed @palfilminstitute 🇵🇸 🍉, with moderations by DMZ programmers Moon Juhwa @himooncoin, Jang Byungwon, and more. Meanwhile, 3 'Club Cinema' panels are hosted by partnering collectives @lothringen_seoul, @salt_sajik11 & @image.b._.

DMZ Docs Industry will be comprised of pitches, showcases, and multiple networking activities to connect projects with decision makers – with such amazing attendees as @aurelienmarsais @visionsdureel, @chika_inquieta @kinorebelde, @monica_lazurean_gorgan @manifestfilm.ro, @leonardcortana @eurodoc, Mayu Hirano @tokyodocsofficial, Mads Mikkelsen @cphdox, @denisebarren @whickerawards, @moonbible @jisff_official, Taichi Ishikawa @yidff, Gunny Hyoung @ebs_eidf…... and many more!

We’re so proud and honored to count #DMZDocs among our beloved Cannes Docs Festival Partners =)

Hooray for documentary film festivals all around the world!✊🌍🌟✨🔥🎉

@cannes.docs @marchedufilm #CannesDocs #FestivalPartners #MarcheDuFilm @dmzdocs #PeaceIsNotSilent taken in Dmz Docs by @cannes.docs
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World Premiere coming up soon for John Torres' THE REMOTES @tiff_net’s Wavelengths, + the US Premiere @thenyff @filmlinc, in the Currents section, early October! ✨

The film was presented in-progress at Cannes Docs 2020, as part of the Filipino Showcase of Docs-in-Progress, hosted by the Film Development Council of the Philippines. 

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THE REMOTES
Directed by John Torres 
Produced by Sherad Sanchez, Shireen Seno & John Torres (Los Otros, Philippines) 
Philippines | 2026 | 153’

Days before migrating abroad, a grieving detective investigates two sisters linked to a sinister navigation app, only to find himself slowly surrendering to the unseen voices controlling the city and his own lingering sorrow. 

More info ➔ Link in bio ✔️

Congrats to the entire team from all of us at #CannesDocs! 🙌 (including our 2026 Co-Pro Social Club alumna Armi Rae Cacanindin from Popple Pictures💗;)

#DocsInProgress #ShowcasePhilippines @fdcpofficial / #TheRemotes, Directed by John Torres' @sumimple / Produced by Sherad Anthony Sanchez, Shireen Seno, John Torres @losotrosfilms / Written by John Torres, Do Dayao @dododayao / Executive Producers - Monster Jimenez @thedailymonster, Mario Cornejo @mariocornejo99, Antoinette Jadaone @tonetjadaone, Reign Anne De Guzman @reignannedeguzman, Dan Villegas @danvillegas, Valerie Castillo Martinez @valeriecastillomartinez, Armi Rae Cacanindin @armicacanindin, Mikko Qzn @wapaksoundstudios, Jim Baltazar @jgbcmb108, Tristan Salas @tristansalas / Assistant Director - Jet Leyco @jetbleyco / Line Producer - Rajiv Clifton Idnani @raj_rajiv_jiv / Associate Producer - Marienel Calma @calmarienel / Production Design - Remton Siega Zuasola @remtonzuasola / Director of Photography - Tristan Salas @tristansalas / Costume Design - KC Contrevida @kcontrevida / Sound - Mikko Qzn @wapaksoundstudios / Music - Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan @don.ebb / Starring Alchris Galura @alchrisgalura, Gabby Padilla @gabbygpadilla, Julia Richards @thejuliarichards & Enchong Dee @mr_enchongdee / Publicist - Samantha Chater taken in TIFF Toronto International Film Festival by @cannes.docs
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#CannesDocs❤️Festivals!

Just a few days away from #DOCanarias, the International Non-Fiction Film Festival taking place in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, September 8-12! 

DOCanarias is conceived as a space for non-fiction films that brings stories from Africa and Latin America, articulating a distinct and original cinematic language of reality – as developed already over 20 years through the former MiradasDoc festival @miradasdoc.idff and the Miradas AfroIndígenas project incubator @miradasafroincubadora. 

This edition’s main focal points include an honorary award for Mexican-Salvadorian filmmaker Tatiana Huezo, as well as a special focus on Cape Verde 🇨🇻, with the screenings of 'Amilcar', by @migueleek, and of 'We, People Of The Islands', by Elson Santos & @alaradesousa (an @ieftf_org curated Spotligthed Project at Cannes Docs back in 2021!). 

The jury for the int’l features comp includes Johanné Gómez Terrero @johannegomezterrero, Noé Pineda & Vanessa Cuervo @banessi. Among the international docs competition feature 2 films which premiered @festivaldecannes 2026! Christophe Dimitri Réveille’s 'Che Guevara: The Last Companions' @pentacle_films, and Juan Cabral & Santiago Franco’s 'The Match'.
 
Concurrently to the festival will take place the 10th Afrolatam Forum, bringing together filmmakers, producers, funding bodies, labs, and various institutions to foster dialogue on non-fiction cinema from the #GlobalSouth, aiming to identify collaborative models that will shape the future of the Afro-Indigenous film industry and to facilitate cooperation networks spanning the Atlantic.

We’ve had the pleasure of welcoming DOCanarias at Cannes Docs 2026 as one of our brand new Festival Partners this year – with Festival Director David Baute & Market Director Valentín Romero attending onsite. Hoping that it’s a relationship built to last! 

Hooray for documentary film festivals all around the world!✊🌍✨🔥🎉

@cannes.docs @marchedufilm #FestivalPartner / @docanarias is supported by @cultura_puertodelacruz @proexca @ayuntamientopuerto @cucic.gobcan @accionexteriortfe @fundacioncajacanarias @icdcultural @tenerifefilmcommission @cabildotenerife taken in Puerto de la Cruz - Tenerife - Islas Canarias by @cannes.docs
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Wishing a splendid @tiff_net World Premiere to Ashley Duong’s BA’S BOOK, on Sept. 15th, as part of TIFF Docs – soon to be followed by upcoming presentations at @ciffcalgary, @viffest, the @britishfilminstitute London Film Festival and @ridm_festival (closing screening) in the weeks to come! 🙌

The film was presented in progress last May at the Marché du Film’s Cannes Docs program, as part of the Canada Showcase of Docs-in-Progress 🇨🇦 – hosted by Telefilm Canada in collaboration with Forum RIDM –, where it received from the hands of the jury our brand new #DocumentaryMagazine Award! 📖

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BA’S BOOK
Directed by Ashley Duong 
Produced by Ina Fichman (Intuitive Pictures, Canada) 
Canada I 2026 I 103’

When a filmmaker receives her father’s memoir about the Vietnam War and the Iranian Revolution, she answers with a film. Returning to her ancestral village, she collaborates with her father and relatives to film participatory re-creations of their past. A true hybrid of live-action and documentary, 'Ba’s Book' offers a disarming look at how a family moves forward from divisions caused by displacement and war. 

More info & trailer ➔ Link in bio ✔️

Congratulations to the entire team! ✨👏🎉 

@cannes.docs #CannesDocs @marchedufilm #MarcheDuFilm #DocsInProgress #CanadaShowcase @telefilm_canada @ridm_festival @forumridm / @basbookfilm / Directed by @ash.da.le / Screenplay - @ash.da.le & Steven Sych / Producers - @inafich, @ash.da.le / Cast - @ash.da.le, Anh Duong, @leo_bambino, Kim Anh Dao, Bảy Thị Nguyễn, Hạnh Thị Dương, Tuấn Văn Dương / Cinematography - @mrinaldesai5 / Editing - Anouk Deschênes, @ash.da.le / Production Designer - Gillian Nasser / Sound - Sasha Ratcliffe, Benoit Dame / Original Score - @petervenne / Production Company - @intuitivepictures / Canadian Distributor & International Sales Agent - B.in Media / Publicist - Albert Media Group / With the support of @tvodocs @cmf.fmc @rogers @la.sodec @hotdocsindustry by @cannes.docs
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#CannesDocs❤️Festivals!

DokuFest is 25! ✨ Kosovo’s one and only International Documentary and Short Film Festival is back in its hometown Prizren, August 7-15, 2026.

In addition to the 104 films screened across the 8 competitive sections, some festival highlights include: the great Mark Cousins (with the presentation of the 60s and 80s chapters of 'The Story of Documentary Film'); A Spotlight Programme on acclaimed filmmaker @sophiefiennesofficial (in her presence); An @agnes.varda-dedicated 'Masters of Shorts' program; The 'View from the World' section, with some of the best docs from the festival circuit; the three-film exploration of Sergei Parajanov, one of cinema’s most visionary voices; The adventurous and genre-defying 'Fiction/Non-Fiction' program;

Also worth noting: The 'Focus Ireland' program 🇮🇪, with 5 films exploring the political, social, and cultural forces shaping contemporary Ireland; The 'Blast From the Past' programme (x @lumbardhi); A whole new immersive VR program; The DokuKids screenings and workshops, for children aged 6-14; The DokuTalk series, composed of 6 conversations, will offer a unique space where filmmakers, thinkers and audiences continue the conversations that begin with the films; The Short Film Forum, presenting 10 short film projects from 🇽🇰, 🇦🇱, 🇲🇰, 🇲🇪 and 🇧🇬

Last but not least, the DokuNights extravaganza will include shows by @tiranatironaallstars, @richii_chan_, @tamtam_pda, @amin_diamin, @dontfkwithdisco, Jackal @agoncakalli, @lluni96, Marshall Jungle @asdrenzogai, @liburn_jupolli, @konduku, @carlh.aop & @bufiman

So many super great friends of Cannes Docs will be around this year, it’s crazy! Just on the juries themselves – Florian @leflochat, Heidi @hiflyparis, Marion @marion.schmidt13, Viv @li_viv, Karim…. Pure homies 💗

DokuFest 25 – “𝑇𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦-𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔” / “𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒”.

SHOW UP OR IT DOESN’T COUNT!

Hooray for documentary film festivals all around the world! ✊

(or, as Mark Cousins’ t-shirt would put it, “Documentary kill fascism”!)

@cannes.docs @marchedufilm #CannesDocs #CannesDocsFestivalPartner @dokufest #DokuFest2026 by @cannes.docs
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