Statement originally published on 19/10/23. Document Film Festival stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their struggle for liberation. We join the mobilisation of human rights and film organisations across the globe calling for an end to the violence perpetrated by the Israeli state through military occupation, ethnic cleansing, deliberate systemic violence through a brutal apartheid system, and now the genocide unfolding in Gaza. As an organisation and festival dedicated to platforming film as an advocacy tool to raise the profile and promote debate of human rights across the ..read more

Document Human Rights Film Festival is looking to recruit up to four new board members, including a Treasurer. About Document Document Festival was established in 2003 to show and support human rights documentary films in Scotland. It provides a unique platform that attracts Scottish, British and international documentary filmmakers and promotes local and international discussion, cultural exchange and education. By screening the best of recent and historical human rights documentaries, Document is a crucial space for the visibility and consideration of documentary film as an art form and soci ..read more

Have you attended an event or film screening at Document Film Festival in the past year? Tell us about it in return for free tickets for next year’s festival! A team based at Queen Margaret University would like to invite you to a focus group to share your experiences attending Document films and events online. The focus group will give you a chance to talk to other audience members and share your experiences attending film festivals online. We are particularly interested in how people have been able to connect with their communities around and during film festivals during the pandem ..read more

What would a festival of images that don’t exist look like? Join us 25 – 31 Jan 2021 for a packed week of online screenings and discussions at the intersections of cinema, politics and human rights. The 18th edition of Document Film Festival will explore the politics of viewing and the role of cinema in a world of perpetual emergency. We ask what is redacted, erased, and invisibilised in the wake of crisis? And how can we disrupt the dominant flows of images and media that shape our understanding of the world? All films will be available within the whole of the UK! Watch this space for the ful ..read more

Sat 29 Aug, 1:30pm (rescheduled event from Sat 27 June) Join us for a masterclass with the makers of Revenir, David Fedele and Kumut Imesh. The masterclass will look at the unique and controversial creative collaboration that forms the basis of the film, as well as broader questions about agency, ethics, and representing the migrant experience on film. We present this masterclass in collaboration with Scottish Refugee Council and Scottish Documentary Institute, and the session will be moderated by SDI Director, Noe Mendelle. Book a free ticket to join us on Zoom or watch th ..read more

Document presents an online screening, masterclass and conversation series exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland.  In collaboration with Scottish Refugee Council, the series offers a platform for discussion and awareness-raising around issues relating to asylum, detention, healthcare, housing and welfare – as well as aspects of the complex relationship between the refugee experience and the moving image. The series features:   The free-to-access screening of Revenir (2018) and a livestream masterclass with filmmakers David Fede ..read more

Following an ambitious 17th edition that showed the Oscar-nominated Honeyland alongside short and feature documentaries from Latin America and local activism, Document returns to the screening room this winter-spring season as a partner to other amazing Scottish film festivals. Join us for the co-screening with Femspectives of Moments of Resistance on Saturday, 22 February, from 6pm at Civic House. This film is part of the strand ‘Collective Memory: Trauma and Nation’, a collection of stories that explore the power of memory and the role it plays in resistance. We are excited to co-present thi ..read more

Document Human Rights Film Festival is back! Returning to the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Glasgow for it’s 17th annual edition from Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 October, this year’s Festival brings discussions, workshops and parties on top of an eclectic programme of feature length and short documentary films from around the globe to Glasgow, including 6 Scottish, 2 UK and 2 European premieres. Document opens with an exclusive Scottish performance of poet, filmmaker and 2017 Ted Hughes award winner Jay Bernard’s Surge, which blends poetry and archive film to trace a line from a New Cros ..read more

Document, Scotland’s only dedicated human rights film festival, is going into its 17th edition from 24-27 October at CCA Glasgow, and we’re looking for a team of enthusiastic volunteers!  If you are keen to get hands-on experience in a small, friendly festival environment, get in touch with responses to the questions below before midday on 25 September. Volunteers play a key role at Document, since you’re often the first point of contact for guests and audiences, so we’re looking for reliable, committed and friendly team members with an interest in event organising, hospitality and docume ..read more

We’re delighted to announce full programme details for Document Film Festival 2018, which runs from Friday 30 November to Sunday 2 December. Relocated to the Scottish Youth Theatre for our 16th edition, this year we bring discussions and workshops as well as 40 feature length and short documentary films from around the globe to Glasgow, including 11 Scottish premieres and some of the world’s most exciting prize-winning films. Through innovative contemporary titles and historical gems this year’s Festival explores the potential of archives and archive film, asking what they can tell us about co ..read more