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
Film stock is an analog medium that is used for recording motion pictures or animation. It is recorded on by a movie camera, developed,
edited, and projected onto a screen using a movie projector. It is a strip or sheet of transparent p ...
, it has subsequently expanded to include
video and
digital
Digital usually refers to something using discrete digits, often binary digits.
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*Digital electronics, electronic circuits which operate using digital signals
**Digital camera, which captures and stores digital i ...
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.
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.
See also
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List of film festivals
References
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Documentary
Festivals