Explore the craft of 
documentary filmmaking!  

Morning Session
10:00-12:00 | Plage du CNC (Mademoiselle Gray Plage Barrière)

Cinema and the Pleasures of the Impossible
  10:10-10:55 | DIRECTORS' TALKS & MASTERCLASSES

Director & DOP Kirsten Johnson (President of the 2023 Œil d’or Jury) and writer, director, producer Guetty Felin in conversation about the many ways filmmaking creates possibilities to search for the invisible, to bring life to the dead and to time travel in our own lives.

An Impenetrable Field of Optimism
Intersections of the Personal and Political in Documentary Filmmaking
  10:55-11:45 | PANEL DISCUSSION

Filmmakers Zeynep Güzel, Mina Keshavarz and Sahra Mani (Bread and Roses, Special Screenings, Festival de Cannes 2023), will come together to discuss their work, dreams, aspirations and hopes for the future, both professional and personal.

"All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" – Anatomy of a Scene
  11:45-12:00 | KEYNOTE

Producer Yoni Golijov (All the Beauty and the Bloodshed) shares a behind-the-scenes account about one of the pinnacle scenes in the 2022 Golden Lion winning doc – the long-awaited apparition of the Sackler family in bankruptcy court and on camera...

Afternoon Session
15:00-17:00 | Main Stage (Riviera) & Online

Moving Beyond Empathy and Equity in Global Stories
 15:00-15:40 | KEYNOTE

The distinction between the West and the rest has been replaced by a multipolar world where the cultural influence of "the rest" is rising. This presents the chance for the documentary industry to re-invent itself by moving beyond empathy and equity. But is the documentary industry ready for this? By producer, writer, director Mehret Mandefro, cofounder of various organizations at the intersection of social impact and media in the US, Ethiopia, and across Africa at large.

A Conversation With Kaouther Ben Hania
  15:40-16:40 | DIRECTORS' TALKS & MASTERCLASSES

Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania in conversation with Rabih El-Khoury about her film Four Daughters (In Competition, Festival de Cannes 2023).

Filming, Singing the Blues
  16:40-17:00 | DIRECTORS' TALKS & MASTERCLASSES

Director Justine Harbonnier and protagonist, songwriter and performer Caiti Lord talk about making the ACID Cannes 2023 film Caiti Blues together, down in Madrid, New Mexico (as written on Caiti’s sweater: "Madrid has no town drunk. We all take turns"). Meanwhile, madness surges in the United States...

Docs-in-Progress Awards
17:30-18:00 | Main Stage (Riviera) & Online

MEET TOMORROW'S FILMMAKERS

The jury composed of Karim Aitouna (Producer, Haut les Mains Productions), Fernanda Lomba (E.P., Mundi Filmes and Co-Founder, NICHO 54) and Angeliki Vergou (Head of Agora, Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival) will announce the 7 Docs-in-Progress Awards!

These prizes are comprised of:

• The Docs-in-Progress Award, in partnership with IEFTA | The International Emerging Film Talent Association, endowed with a €10,000 cash prize and professional long term project follow-up by IEFTA
• The AJD DOC Award | Al Jazeera Documentary comes in as co-producer, with a minimum contribution of $15,000
• The Post-Production Award | €5,000 grant in post-production services, thanks to the participation of Hiventy, Technical Partner of the Festival de Cannes
• The Alphapanda Award | Endowed with two exclusive consultations on film marketing & social media, offered by Alphapanda
• The Think-Film Impact Award | Consisting of a strategic impact workshop & an impact pitching coaching session, offered by Think-Film Impact Production
• The DAE – Documentary Association of Europe Award | Offering a free membership and a rough cut consultation with one of DAE’s senior consultants
• The Docs in Orbit Invitation Award | An invitation to be featured on the Docs in Orbit podcast, including an interview with the filmmaker to be launched for the film’s world premiere, and year-round exposure on the Docs in Orbit website and social media.

Join us for this exciting Awards Ceremony and discover the winning 
projects among the 32 showcased docs-in-progress!

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Doc Day Closing Screening
20:30-22:30 | Cinéma Les Arcades

CAITI BLUES

In collaboration with ACID Cannes 2023, join us at Cinéma Les Arcades and close this memorable Doc Day with the documentary film Caiti Blues, by Justine Harbonnier (France, Canada | 84' | SISTER Productions - La Cinquième Maison).

Synopsis:
Caiti Lord has a beautiful voice that she plans to use to do more than sell cherry cocktails. As madness surges in the United States, in a most disturbing absurd manner, Caiti is overtaken by a growing sense of suffocation. So Caiti sings. The blues. 

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LET'S CELEBRATE DOCUMENTARY 
FILMS TOGETHER!

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