Call for Entry 2025
Film submission is open from March 10, 2025 to July 20, 2025 at 23:59 (UTC+7).
What we envision
Representative
Provides accessible information and a diverse film library as an informational resource that enrich the documentary knowledge repository.
Demonstrative
Building and creating a space for the exploration of documentary filmmaking, study, and distribution.
Immersive
Broaden and strengthen the network by opening up opportunities for cross-field collaboration that enriches the development of documentary studies, discourses, and literacies.
What We Do
Festival
Held every yearend, Festival Film Dokumenter is a melting pot to discuss documentary as a medium of expression and knowledge ecosystem through various programs.
Database
With more than 300 titles, Forum Film Dokumenter's film database has gradually been opened for public use for research, filmmaking reference, and film exhibition purposes.
Workshop
Through this program, we aim to provide an intensive learning platform that caters the needs of documentary filmmakers including film production, film criticism, and film festival programming.
Thematic Screening
Titled Café Society and partnering with MES56, this platform serves as a channel to raise public recognition of alternative cinema that stimulates dialectical development of discourses and ideas.
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