DOXA Documentary Film Festival
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{{Infobox film or theatre festival
| name = DOXA Documentary Film Festival
| image = Doxa.png
| location = 750 Hamilton Street
Unit 110
{{nowrap|Vancouver, British Columbia}}
V6B 2R5{{cite web | url=https://opengovca.com/vancouver-business/17-134883 | title=110 Arts Cooperative · 750 Hamilton St, Unit#110, Vancouver, BC V6B 2R5 | publisher=OPENGOVCA: Open Government Data in Canada | accessdate=October 19, 2019}}
| founded = 2000
| founders = The Documentary Media Society (incorporated in 1998){{cite web | url=https://www.doxafestival.ca/about/doxa | title=About DOXA | publisher=DOXA Documentary Film Festival | accessdate=October 19, 2019}}
| 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.straight.com/movies/636801/georgia-straights-guide-doxa-documentary-film-festival-2014|title=The Georgia Straight's guide to DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2014|date=April 30, 2014|work=Georgia Straight|accessdate=June 23, 2014}} 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.Marke Andrews, "DOXA festival screens 50 films". Vancouver Sun, May 11, 2000. Originally intended as a once-only event, by the time of its launch the organizers had decided to organize a permanent biennial festival; following the second festival in 2002, it became an annual event thereafter.Katherine Monk, "The highs and lows of recording reality". Vancouver Sun, May 6, 2003.
Awards
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.{{cite web | url=https://www.doxafestival.ca/festival-awards | title=Awards | publisher=DOXA Documentary Film Festival | accessdate=October 19, 2019}}
- DOXA Feature Documentary Award
- Colin Low Award for Canadian Documentary
- Nigel Moore Award for Youth Programming
- DOXA Short Documentary Award
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.doxafestival.ca/}}
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Category:Film festivals in Vancouver
Category:Documentary film festivals in Canada
Category:Canadian documentary film awards
Category:Film festivals established in 2000
Category:2000 establishments in British Columbia
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