Doclisboa is a
documentary film festival
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" originall ...
in
Lisbon,
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
which held its first edition in 2002.
In 2020, Doclisboa was organized into six moments of programme across six months, in order to deal with the pandemic restrictions while presenting its physical screenings in Lisbon's main venues.
In 2021, the festival returned to its original, with a 11-day live format.
The 19th edition took place between 21 an 31 October, with its original sections, featuring a total of 249 films. The winner of Best Film Award (International Competition) was 918 Nights, by Spanish director Arantza Santesteban.
In 2022, the festival's 20th edition will be held from 6 to 16 October, welcoming films from all over the world, with its competitive and non-competitive sections: the International Competition, National Competition, New Visions, From the Earth to the Moon, Heart Beat, Retrospectives, Cinema of Urgency, Green Years and Doc Alliance.
Call for entries are open until May 31, 2022.
Doclisboa is part of the
Doc Alliance – a creative partnership between 7 key European documentary film festivals.
Awards
Best Film (International Competition)
References
External links
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Documentary film festivals in Portugal
Festivals in Lisbon
Annual events in Lisbon
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