MajorDocs 2024
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MajorDocs 2024 focuses on cinematography
with Nicolas Philibert as guest of honor
- The 6th edition of the Mallorca documentary film festival will be held between October 1 and 5
- The prestigious French filmmaker Nicolas Philibert (To be and to have, Sur l’Adamant) will be the guest of honor
- New features this year include the CalmaDocs residencies
- The professional sessions will feature discussions on the work of cinematographers and will include a session on the challenges of festivals, with a panel of international programmers.
Palma – With just three months to go before the start of its sixth edition, the MajorDocs festival is beginning to reveal some of the ingredients of its sixth edition, which this year will focus on photography direction and the film device as an essential part of the creation process. The figure of the director of photography and his relationship with the authors as well as with the characters will be one of the axes of this new edition, which will be inaugurated by the prestigious director Nicolas Philibert, author of reference works To be or to have or the most recent Sur l’ Adamant, winner of the Golden Bear in Berlin, which will be screened as part of the festival. In addition, Philibert will offer a master class in which he will reflect on his own creative processes.
On the other hand, the program for professionals will include, among others, a Doc Session with three directors of photography, as well as a meeting with directors and programmers from different European festivals. This new edition of the festival will also have a new residency program, CalmaDocs, tutored by the filmmaker and editor Diana Toucedo that will end with the pitch conducted by Zeynep Güzel (Berlinale Talents) before programmers, producers and other documentary professionals .
Registration for professionals, with special discounts, can be done through the festival website.
In addition, MajorDocs continues with its commitment to bringing the creation of documentaries to younger people and introduces a series of mentorships for debut films in this year’s edition. The result will also be part of the 2024 edition, in which the Educa and Comunidad programs will be expanded, two initiatives that serve to connect all types of audiences with MajorDocs programming and generate a diverse, open and enriching debate in relation to the films that are projected.
The full program will be announced soon on the festival website.
Photo: Michael Crotto.