Dear Asian filmmakers, the Festival dei Popoli, International Documentary Film Festival (Italy) is accepting documentary until July 21, 2025.

About the festival:
The aim of the Festival dei Popoli – International Documentary Film Festival – is to promote and help circulate creative documentary and cutting-edge films, to foster discussion between various branches of learning, and to provide a space for the cinematic arts and other disciplines to engage with each other and grow.

Eligibility:
– The festival accepts feature documentaries over 60 minutes.
– Films must have been produced or Premiere after November 1, 2024.
– First and second works from filmmakers can be submitted to the Discoveries International Competition.
– Documentaries with particular attention to the themes of contemporary living, the ongoing transformations in the geo-political sphere, the environmental crisis and human rights are eligible for the Habitat Section.
– Films must be eligible as Italian premieres: films publicly disseminated via Internet and those already screened, in any place and context, in Italy will be excluded.
– World, International and European premieres will be preferred.
– Submissions must be made via the festival’s website.
– Submission Fee: $ 20 Euros | $ 30 Euros for Late Submissions
– Deadlines:
* Films produced before March 2025 – April 7, 2025
* Films produced before May 2025 – June 7, 2025
* Film produced after June 1st, 2025 – July 7, 2025
* Late Submissions – July 21, 2025
– Notification Date: October 1, 2025

We recommend filmmakers to read the full Rules and Regulations here: https://www.festivaldeipopoli.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Rules-and-Regulations_2025.pdf

To submit to the festival please visit: https://areariservata.festivaldeipopoli.org/index.php/en/

We remind readers that the 66th Festival dei Popoli, International Documentary Film Festival will take place from November 3 – 10, 2025 in Florence, Italy.

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