More than 150 documentary films from all over the world in eight festival days

17.01.2013.

Along with the well-known programmes, this year’s new programme Biography Dox presents the life stories of fascinating and influential personalities who have differently marked the last decades.

For the ninth year in a row the last winter weeks take the shape of hundreds of documentaries which attract the local audience with all kinds of stories and phenomena from all four corners of the world. The ninth edition of ZagrebDox, the biggest international documentary film festival in the region, takes place 24 February – 3 March at Zagreb’s Cineplexx Kaptol Centre cinema. These eight festival days will present more than 150 documentary films from all over the world.

In addition to the International and Regional Competition, a series of intriguing titles have settled in our popular official selections: Controversial Dox, State of Affairs, Happy Dox, Masters of Dox, Musical Globe, Teen Dox. This year’s new programme Biography Dox presents the life stories of fascinating and influential personalities who have differently marked the last decades: from Steve Jobs to sisters Louise and Martine Fokkens. The side programme includes a number of retrospectives, like the one of the outstanding Russian documentarian Victor Kossakovsky, as well as an evening dedicated to the Croatian director Vlatka Vorkapić.