DOXA Documentary Film Festival
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The DOXA Documentary Film Festival is a film festival
based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
. It is held annually held in May and is presented by the Documentary Media Society, a non-profit organization incorporated in 1998. DOXA is dedicated to delivering innovative and independent documentaries to Vancouver audiences. The festival has forums for critical debates on the documentary genre via artist talks, essays, and discussions on current topics on documentary filmmaking, along with festival workshops and forums. It also allows young people to take part in DOXA's educational programs, 'the Connexions Youth Forum' and 'Rated Y for Youth'.
In May 2009, the festival expanded to a 10-day event.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Canada
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. It is held annually held in May and is presented by the Documentary Media Society, a non-profit organization incorporated in 1998. DOXA is dedicated to delivering innovative and independent documentaries to Vancouver audiences. The festival has forums for critical debates on the documentary genre via artist talks, essays, and discussions on current topics on documentary filmmaking, along with festival workshops and forums. It also allows young people to take part in DOXA's educational programs, 'the Connexions Youth Forum' and 'Rated Y for Youth'.
In May 2009, the festival expanded to a 10-day event.