29 October, 2021
DokuFest is pleased to announce the opening of the Call for Entries for the 21st edition of the festival, due to take place from 5 to 13 of August 2022 in Prizren, Kosovo. Festival aims to present a rich and diverse programme of international contemporary non-fiction, short fiction and animation film, as well as a number of masterclasses, panels, talks and workshops.
After an online edition in 2020 and a hybrid edition in 2021, we expect the festival to take place fully in-person in 2022.
The deadline to submit is February 28, 2022. We accept submissions exclusively through Film Freeway submission platform.
To submit and to access full rules and regulations of the festival please visit our Film Freeway submissions page.
DokuFest is the largest film festival in Kosovo. Hailed as one of the most important film festivals in Southeast Europe and voted twice as Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals by Filmmakers Magazine, it fills the cinemas and improvised screening venues around historic center of Prizren with a selection of more than 200 hand-picked films from around the world.
Founded in 2002, with the aim of revitalizing cinema and the cultural life in Prizren, DokuFest grew and expanded into the largest cultural event in the country and one of the top documentary and short film festivals in Europe. As of 2019 DokuFest is a Section B BAFTA Qualifying Festival for the British Short Film award.