Dear Asian filmmakers, the DOXA Documentary Film Festival (Canada) is accepting documentaries until December 20, 2024.

About the festival:
DOXA is Western Canada’s largest documentary film festival, presented by The Documentary Media Society, a non-profit, charitable society devoted to presenting independent and innovative documentaries to Vancouver audiences.

Eligibility:
– The festival accepts short and feature documentaries.
– Projects that have not screened (theatrical, online or broadcast) to audiences in Vancouver B.C. audiences prior to the festival will be prioritized.
– More weight is given to projects which do not take a conventional journalistic or commercial approach.
– Films must have been completed after January 1, 2024.
– Work produced in languages other than English must be subtitled in English.
– Fee waivers are available for Indigenous filmmakers. Please email submissions [at] doxafestival.ca for more information.
– Submission Fees and Deadlines:

– Notification Date: April 4, 2025

We recommend filmmakers to read the full Rules and Regulations here: https://filmfreeway.com/DOXAFestival (This is also the submission link)

We remind readers that the 24th DOXA Documentary Film Festival will take place from May 1 – 11, 2025 in Vancouver, Canada.

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To see other Calls please follow the next link: “Call For Entries”.