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Open City Documentary Festival 2026

By Marcos Ortega on Wed, 08/04/2026 - 04:19

Open City Documentary Festival is excited to announce the full programme for its 16th edition, taking place in person from 14th to 19th April. Throughout the week we’ll be screening 125 new and historical films across London at our venues Barbican, Bertha DocHouse, BFI, Close-Up Film Centre, Institute of Contemporary Arts, and Rich Mix, where the Festival Hub will be based.
Dates:
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 (All day) to Sunday, April 19, 2026 (All day)
Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son + Introduction by Mark Webber

By Marcos Ortega on Thu, 05/02/2026 - 11:03

Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son + Introduction by Mark Webber
Open City Documentary Festival
Thu 12 Mar 2026, 18:30
Barbican Cinema 2

Ken Jacobs’ 1969 structural film classic created from found footage, including the 1905 original, is a masterful investigation of perception itself.

As a prologue to the retrospective Seeing Through Film: Ken and Flo Jacobs, this film includes the 1905 original from Billy Bitzer (D. W. Griffith’s cinematographer).
Dates:
Thursday, March 12, 2026 - 18:30
Venue:
Barbican Cinema - London, United Kingdom
Open City Documentary Festival 2025

By Open City Docum... on Tue, 22/04/2025 - 10:19

Open City Documentary Festival 2025 is taking place from 6-11 May across London venues. As a festival, our aim is to create an open space in London to nurture and champion the art of non-fiction cinema and artists' moving image, from new releases to archival restorations.
Dates:
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 (All day) to Sunday, May 11, 2025 (All day)
Call for Entries: Open City Documentary Festival 2019

By Matt Turner on Mon, 18/02/2019 - 05:39

Submissions for Open City Documentary Festival 2019 are now open. We're looking for the most exciting and innovative non-fiction storytelling in short, mid-length and feature length documentaries, short audio documentaries, as well as cross-media projects (VR/AR/XR+).

Experimental and hybrid forms are extremely welcome. All we ask is that the artist labels the work non-fiction.
Deadline:
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 (All day)
Open City Documentary Festival 2019 - Call for Entries

By Anonymous on Tue, 20/11/2018 - 07:53

Open City Documentary Festival creates an open space to nurture and champion the art of creative documentary and non-fiction filmmakers, and over 4,000 people attended last year's festival to enjoy some of the very best in contemporary and international documentary. Submit your film or project now for your chance to be a part of London's documentary festival.
Deadline:
Friday, December 21, 2018 (All day)
Open City Documentary Festival 2018 Call for Entries

By Anonymous on Thu, 12/04/2018 - 10:10

The deadline for submissions for Open City Documentary Festival 2018 is May 7th. We're looking for the most exciting and innovative non-fiction storytelling in short, mid-length and feature length documentaries as well as cross-platform projects.
Deadline:
Monday, May 7, 2018 (All day)