EDN - European Documentary Network has announced that The EDN Award 2010 is presented to IRDFA - Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association. IRDFA receives the award for their outstanding contribution to the documentary culture. EDN has chosen to honour IRDFA with the EDN Award 2010 to recognise the impressive work the organisation has done since it was founded in 1996. IRDFA has established a strong national organisation to unite the Iranian documentary sector and made sure that the docu...

The EDN Award 2007 is presented to Svetlana & Zoran Popović from Belgrade, Serbia. They receive the award for their energetic and outstanding contribution to building and supporting the documentary culture in and around Belgrade and Serbia. The award will be presented on Friday March 23rd at 19:30 at an award reception at the international documentary pitching session Docs in Thessaloniki. Coming from the state television TV Belgrade in 1990, Svetlana & Zoran Popović were the driving f...

Wednesday, November 22---A financial assistance fund that has helped several dozen documentary films from developing countries get made over the past 10 years is having its future status debated during the upcoming International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (IDFA), the largest showcase of international documentaries on the festival circuit. The Jan Vrijman Fund, founded by IDFA in 1998, has provided financial funding to 36 projects from 29 countries, investing a total sum of over US $5...