Documentary Films

A documentary film is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterised the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception [that remains] a practice without clear boundaries".Early documentary films, originally called "actuality films", lasted one minute or less. Over time, documentaries have evolved to become longer in length, and to include more categories; some examples being: educational, observational, and docufiction. Documentaries are very informative and are often used within schools, as a resource to teach various principles. …

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Nordic Co-operation | Nordic Council & Nordic Council of Ministers · 26 March 2024 English

An account of the Nordic media welfare state that does not consider the library sector, its historical mandates, and the role it plays in securing universal access to media content …

and with a stronger emphasis on short- and documentary films. Similar to the situation for e-books and


IIC: India International Centre · 23 March 2024 English

The speakers in the programme, ‘Civil Services and the Indian Constitution’, discussed the need of civil services, its role and place in the Indian Constitution, and the interaction between the …

Konkani Film Festival’ featuring cinematic and documentary films, organised in collaboration with Goenkarancho KONKANI FILM FESTIVAL A festival of feature and documentary films organised in collaboration with Goenkarancho


AUDA-NEPAD: African Union Development Agency-NEPAD · 20 February 2024 English

Engage an individual consultant to undertake post acceleration support for health HGS alumni 33/AUDA/DIIT/ITEFA/ICS/2024 DIIT AFDB ICS 4 00 000,00 28 July 2024 02 August 2024 16 August 2024 15 …

2024 production of 10 FLRCorporate Videos/Documentary Films and FLR 19/DAFSES/RFQ/2024 DAFSES DP SIDA


UN: The United Nations · 25 January 2024 English

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Mosul and Babil. The festivals featured documentary films on key human rights issues in Iraq. On 15


BBC Media Action · 11 December 2023 English

In 2023, with the support of BBC Media Action, Suspilne broadcast 10 short films under the umbrella title Visible, to profile the diverse experiences of women and members of LGBTQI+ …

learnings from producing a series of short documentary films designed to increase understanding around


CMS: Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals · 24 November 2023 English

UNEP/CMS/COP14/Doc.15.2/Rev.1/Annex 3 ANNEX 3 FULL NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF THE COP-APPOINTED COUNCILLORS FOR THE SUBJECT AREA OF CLIMATE CHANGE NB: The full nominations are presented in the …

science magazines, international newspapers, documentary films, and national radio programs. Trisha Atwood's


CMS: Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals · 24 November 2023 English

UNEP/CMS/COP14/Doc.15.2/Rev.1/Annex 3 ANNEX 3 FULL NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF THE COP-APPOINTED COUNCILLORS FOR THE SUBJECT AREA OF CLIMATE CHANGE NB: The full nominations are presented in the …

science magazines, international newspapers, documentary films, and national radio programs. Trisha Atwood's


Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance · 10 November 2023 English

The study explores the evolution of Bengali cinema from a materialist point of view and how the material relations influenced the production of Bengali cinema from independence to the present …

industry. Extensively produced short films, documentary films, and theatre productions independently and studies. Over the two years produced various documentary films as academic projects. The course allowed an


Local Futures/ International Society for Ecology and Culture · 27 October 2023 English

In other words, big-picture, global- And whether or not one believes in to-local awareness informs the the possibility of transforming the successful creation of local ‘lifeboats’, global economy, Local Futures …

Program, we organize regular screenings of documentary films addressing a variety of pressing social and


LIANZA: Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa | Te Rau Herenga O Aotearoa · 19 October 2023 English

In Rotorua the library team at Te Aka Mauri are working on the development of a framework and delivery of resources and services that adapt to the needs of those …

Ngako: The Collections Talk is a series of documentary films produced and published by Auckland Libraries


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