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Location | 750 Hamilton Street Unit 110 Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 2R5 [1] [2] |
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Founded | 2000 |
Founded by | The Documentary Media Society (incorporated in 1998) [1] |
Festival date | Annually in May |
Language | International |
Website | http://www.doxafestival.ca/ |
The DOXA Documentary Film Festival is a documentary film festival based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [3] It is held annually held for 10 days in May, and is presented by The Documentary Media Society, a non-profit organization.
The festival was staged for the first time in 2000. [4] Originally intended as a once-only event, by the time of its launch the organizers had decided to organize a permanent biennial festival; [4] following the second festival in 2002, it became an annual event thereafter. [5]
DOXA award winners are given on the basis of three major criteria: "success and innovation in the realization of the project’s concept; originality and relevance of subject matter and approach; and overall artistic and technical proficiency". Jury members are filmmakers, film critics, and industry professionals. [6]
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verification. (December 2009) |
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Location | 750 Hamilton Street Unit 110 Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 2R5 [1] [2] |
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Founded | 2000 |
Founded by | The Documentary Media Society (incorporated in 1998) [1] |
Festival date | Annually in May |
Language | International |
Website | http://www.doxafestival.ca/ |
The DOXA Documentary Film Festival is a documentary film festival based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [3] It is held annually held for 10 days in May, and is presented by The Documentary Media Society, a non-profit organization.
The festival was staged for the first time in 2000. [4] Originally intended as a once-only event, by the time of its launch the organizers had decided to organize a permanent biennial festival; [4] following the second festival in 2002, it became an annual event thereafter. [5]
DOXA award winners are given on the basis of three major criteria: "success and innovation in the realization of the project’s concept; originality and relevance of subject matter and approach; and overall artistic and technical proficiency". Jury members are filmmakers, film critics, and industry professionals. [6]