Documentary Links
Website for UK documentary filmmaker Sean McAllister. Sean is best known for his films 'The Liberace of Baghdad', 'Minders', 'Japan: A Story of Love and Hate', and 'Working for the Enemy'.
Documentary Filmmakers Group (DFG)
The Documentary Filmmakers Group - DFG - is the national organisation working to promote documentary filmmaking talent and innovation in the UK. Our presence, our activities and our community continue to expand, showing that there is real demand for a group dedicated to serving the needs of documentary film in all its aspects.
As media consolidation increases, independently distributed films are one of the few outlets remaining for free speech, alternative views and movies with a message. The significance of independently produced and distributed films has grown exponentially as audiences clamor to see feature films and documentaries that introduce new ideas, are socially conscious and that may challenge the status-quo. We realize that there is an audience, both "art-house" and "mainstream," that refuses to be force-fed Hollywood happy-endings.
BANFF World Television Festival
The mandate of the Banff Television Festival Foundation is to recognize, develop, celebrate and encourage excellence in television programming within Canada and around the world.
The Institute of Documentary Film
The Institute of Documentary Film is a non-profit training, promotion and networking centre based in Prague, Czech Republic, focused on the support of the EAST EUROPEAN creative documentary film and its wider promotion.
This Foundation exists to nurture new talent and new approaches in documentary filmmaking.
Definitive guide to British film and TV history, with analysis, information and multimedia.
Sheffield Doc/Fest attracts the leading names of British documentary makers and executives in British television.
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam was founded in 1988 in order to stimulate the national and international documentary culture.
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Through the eyes of committed and courageous filmmakers, 'Human Rights Watch' showcases the heroic stories of activists and survivors from all over the world. The films featured help to put a human face on threats to individual freedom and dignity, and celebrate the power of the human spirit and intellect to prevail.
The largest independent cinema festival in the United States
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