The festival network Doc Alliance, of which Doclisboa takes part, has revealed this year’s guest festival. At the regular Doc Alliance meeting, last December, the seven partner festivals thanked the 2024 guest festival Docudays UA (Ukraine) for the fruitful collaboration and welcomed Punto de Vista, the International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra, as their partner for 2025.
As the DA guest festival, Punto de Vista will participate in joint events and meetings at which the network members exchange experiences and ideas regarding topics such as educational practices, supporting emerging talents, XR programming, inclusive programming and sustainability. Furthermore, the festival will nominate one short and one feature-length film for the Doc Alliance Award and co-select this year’s jury.
On 28 February, Punto de Vista will screen the latest Doc Alliance Award winner “The Landscape and the Fury” by Nicole Vögele as part of their festival edition (24 February – 1 March, Pamplona). The festival will also host two Doc Alliance presentations.
The Doc Alliance network of documentary film festivals supports emerging talent in European documentary film. Each of the seven participating festivals (CPH:DOX, Doclisboa, DOK Leipzig, FIDMarseille, Ji.hlava IDFF, Millennium Docs Against Gravity FF and Visions du Réel) as well as a guest festival nominates one short and one feature-length documentary film from its past programme. In addition, each festival in the network shows at least three films from the selection in its next edition.
In a long-term research project, the network has been collecting information about all of the network festivals, focusing on several areas. Two of the research packages are now being presented. On 27 February, FIDMarseille will shine a light on how the festivals support emerging talents and on 28 February; Millennium Docs Against Gravity FF will give an overview of the festivals’ educational practices. A delegation of Doc Alliance representatives will also be part of a programme of professional one-on-ones with Spanish filmmakers.
Punto de Vista is an annual event featuring the latest trends in the field of documentary film. Since the Festival’s first edition, staged in 2005, it has been inspired by Jean Vigo’s film and ethical principles. Promoted by the Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism of the Government of Navarra, and organised by NICDO, the festival is hosted in the city of Pamplona every year. You can find the full programme of this year’s edition at puntodevistafestival.com.
The shortlisted films for the 2025 Doc Alliance Award will be announced in early May. The winners will be presented at Cannes Docs (Marché du Film, 13 – 21 May).
The network invites European documentary film festivals to apply as guest festival 2026. Application forms can be found on the Doc Alliance website.
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