Al Jazeera Balkans Documentary Film Festival announces a Call to authors and production companies to participate in the seventh edition of the Festival, which will take place in Sarajevo September 13-17, 2024.

AJB DOC Film Festival is organized by the TV broadcaster Al Jazeera Balkans in cooperation with Al Jazeera Media Network, Al Jazeera Documentary Channel and Al Jazeera Media Institute in Doha.

The festival aims to promote authors who address universal social values through unique stories about events and destinies of people around the world, thus educating us about well-known and lesser-known topics through documentary films intended for television broadcasting.

Submissions to the seventh edition of the AJB DOC Film Festival will be made through the application form HERE or through the Film Freeway platform. Submission deadline is 27th May 2024.

There is no country-of-origin limitation for producers and authors who wish to submit their film. One of the main criteria is a TV documentary format with a minimum duration of 22 to 27 minutes and a maximum of 44 to 52 minutes. All additional details regarding submissions and rules and regulations are available on the official festival website.

The official selection of the seventh AJB DOC Film Festival will be announced at the beginning of September 2024, and more than 20 top-quality documentaries of recent production will be screened across four festival selections: Competition Selection and three Out-of-competition selections: Last Minute Cinema, AJB Screening and SmartDoc.

Awards in three categories will be presented at the closing ceremony of the 7th AJB DOC Film Festival: AJB DOC Main Award for the best film in the competition selection presented by the International Jury, Program Department Jury Award and Audience Award. All selected films may be considered for an acquisition with Al Jazeera Balkans and broadcast on its TV Programme.