Short Film News (SFN) - The European Film Academy (EFA) announced the nominations for European Film Academy Documentary 2008 - Prix Arte.
Ten films will compete in this category and jury will now convene in Berlin to screen the nominated films and decide on the winner.
Short Film News (SFN) - Austrian filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter has chosen films which have impressed him and have played a role in his own development for Top 10 program of IDFA 2008.
Short Film News (SFN) - The 21st edition of International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) will open with Dutch artist Renzo Martens' Episode 3 on November 20, 2008.
The documentary shows that how suppliers of African export product themselves hardly profit at all from the huge amounts of money made from their poverty.
Short Film News (SFN) - Louise Beaudoin, former Quebecois Minister of Culture and Communications joined the Board of Directors of Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM).
The board also welcomed two other new members: Andreanne Bournival and Jean Lemire.
Short Film News (SFN) - Hot Docs Documentary Festival announced its 2008-09 Doc Soup season will open with the Canadian premiere of Sundance 2008 top award-winner Trouble the Water .
96-min documentary by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal which won the Sundance Festival's Grand Jury Prize will screen October 29 at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto.
Short Film News (SFN) - The Dubai International Film Festival is going to support world peace by screening of Jeremy Gilley's documentary The Day After Peace .
The feature-length documentary charts 10-year journey of Gilley to establish a globally recognized annual day of ceasefire and non-violence, and features Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Dalai Lama, Annie Lennox and Kofi Annan, which all of them contribute Gilley.