PARTNERS

The mission of the HER Docs Foundation is to popularize documentary films made by women, promote women’s creativity, and support and empower women and girls. Through its activities—the HER Docs Film Festival and the HER Docs Forum—the Foundation aims to contribute to the fight for equal access and opportunities, not only in the film industry but also in civil society as a whole. Through the power of visual (her)story, it seeks to inspire and initiate social change.

HER Docs Foundation contributes a strong feminist vision and educational approach, working to amplify the voices of women in non-fiction cinema and beyond. With a focus on equality, representation, and youth engagement, HER Docs nurtures local and international communities of filmmakers and audiences, making social change through cultural actions.

Founded in 1959, Festival dei Popoli Institute is a non-profit organization devoted to the promotion, study and dissemination of documentary cinema. Based in Florence, it organizes Festival dei Popoli, the most important international documentary film festival in Italy and the oldest in Europe. Over more than sixty years, the Institute has fostered dialogue between cinema and other fields of knowledge, developed an extensive network of collaborations in Italy and abroad, preserved a film archive of over 25,000 titles, and promoted educational and training activities related to documentary culture.

Festival dei Popoli contributes to the project with its long-standing expertise in documentary programming, archival research and international festival networking. As a respected platform connecting historical documentary heritage with contemporary creative practices, the festival offers curatorial know-how, industry connections and strong links with European documentary communities, helping to expand the project’s visibility and cultural impact.

The Good Media Network is dedicated to championing outstanding films and storytelling initiatives that help shape a more just, sustainable, and enchanting world. Its flagship, the Doxumentale – International Documentary & Media Festival Berlin, brings documentary formats to the heart of Germany’s capital, connecting filmmakers, audiences, and partners through a hybrid program of films, live podcasts, readings, VR, and its Dx’Hub industry platform. Rooted in impact-driven storytelling, the Network translates documentary narratives into immersive event formats and strategic media campaigns.

The Good Media Network contributes deep expertise in audience engagement, cross-sector partnerships, and innovative festival design. Through the Doxumentale’s hybrid programming, industry pitches, and interactive spaces, it turns stories and public debate into action, amplifying the project’s discoveries and films for broad national and international audiences.

Since 2010 Balkan Documentary Center (BDC) has established itself among the main facilitators for the documentary scene by providing high-profile training, expert support and networking possibilities for a wide range of professionals. BDC has been recognized as the innovative link between the Balkan region and the rest of Europe. It is a physical space, a historical building in downtown Sofia, and a virtual network and support system for the documentary sector that is filling a painful niche for fruitful collaborations based on daring stories and unapologetic talent. 

Balkan Documentary Center adds a focus on talent development and storytelling from the Balkan region, offering expertise in mentorship, networking, and cutting-edge training. Their commitment to linking local voices with European platforms will foster new connections and ensure a diverse, bold representation of stories within the project.

Cineuropa as Europe’s leading informative audiovisual platform, ensures the consortium’s outreach far beyond film circles. By connecting professionals and audiences across the continent through daily news, interviews, and in-depth coverage, Cineuropa will help amplify the project’s discoveries, debates, and films to a broad international audience, from the general public and professionals alike.

Loreley Film Association seeks to rediscover filmmakers belonging to underrepresented groups, especially women whose work has been forgotten over the years. Its mission is to bring their features, whose value has failed to be noticed by their contemporaries or has progressively fallen into oblivion, back to the silver screen, in order to give the opportunity to both culture professionals and the general public to (re)discover them with the eyes of the present. Through a variety of projects and activities, Loreley Films intends to revive films and artists of the 20th and 21st century, hoping to initiate a dialogue between the past and the present as well as encourage a wider discussion on forgotten artworks. The association is of public utility and acts without profit-making purpose.

DAFilms.com is your documentary cinema: fresh festival picks, beloved classics, hidden gems. Seven European documentary film festivals make up the Doc Alliance and power the VOD platform DAFilms (CPH:DOX, Visions du Réel, MDAG, FID Marseille, Doclisboa, Ji.hlava IDFF, DOK Leipzig). Our catalogue of more than 4 000 titles includes documentaries, festival hits, arthouse cinema, and masterclasses and discussions with the worldwide voices of documentary cinema. Focusing on the documentary, experimental, and hybrid formats, we show films of all lengths, types, and from all eras of cinema history, and cast a powerful spotlight on artists big and small, giving you the chance to discover films from beyond the mainstream of documentary cinema through exclusive program specials.