Submit to any category to get a chance to participate in the talk with Michael Monaco, director and producer of Amazon Prime Video / Amazon Freevee docu-series Luke Bryan: My Dirt Road Diary.

All winners of this edition will be invited to participate.
To get your spot, submit your documentary now!
Remaining filmmakers interested in this opportunity will be placed on a waiting list.

Sylvester Stallone, Michael Jackson, Metallica, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Snoop Dog...
Since 2016, we screened world-class documentaries.

We are documentary focused only.
That means to us, documentary is not just another category like in many film festivals. We think documentaries deserve more attention, and we want to contribute, and give them some of that attention.

Other names that were part of our festival include: Jonathan Demme, Christian Audigier, Alice Cooper, Matthew Broderick, Rob Zombie, Tom Savini & John Carpenter...

Our selection is open to all genres including investigative, travel, entertainment... Local or international documentary are accepted, whatever the scope or reach of your work.
if it is honest and professionally made, we'll consider it.

Our recent screenings included impactful film such as:
C(Answer) the Marijuana / Cancer documentary
Capitol Insurrection
Gorilla Girl
CRYPTOPIA
Vertical - The Future of Farming

Our competition is running twice a year.

Screenings can be in person or digital, depending the availability of the filmmakers.

Documentaries request high level quality writing, an exceptional production coordination, and a smart budget management.

WHAT WILL BE OUR SELECTION ?

We select all kind of documentaries, regardless of length.
To ignite a debate, start a talk, share your vision and explorations, deepen your analysis on numerous topics... Explore the world,, bring these issues to the table, whether you shot it with a DSLR or a top 4K+ camera.

We accept all themes and language. If not English speaking we require English subtitles.

Best Feature Documentary
Women Doc Award
Best Short Documentary
Best Very Short Documentary
Best Director
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Student documentary
Best Score / Original music
Best Documentary Photography (still images)
Best Behind the Scenes
Best Voice Over
Best Marketing

We reserve the right to only screen the winning documentaries of every category, unless more time available.
Complete selection listed on our website, every edition.

Your documentary may be any genre, any topic, any length.
English subtitles wills be required for the screening documentaries.
We only screen the winning documentaries of every category.

Entries are not refundable.
If you submit to the wrong category, your submission will be re-located under the right category if the fee corresponds.
Student entries must include a student ID / Status proof as an image downloaded within the FilmFreeway page.

Multiple entries are accepted.
The festival may not screen your documentary if you do not attend the event.

We value documentaries and most of all, the documentary filmmakers. In order to create a discussion between an audience and the movie creators, please confirm your attendance so we can secure your talking time.

Final screening program will be made accordingly with the finals votes of the Judges.

A selection does not guarantee a screening: only winners might screen depending on multiple factors. More movies may be added to the program based on available time and attending filmmakers.

The festival reserve the right to not distribute awards or to not publish a selection and/or winners for any given category.

We do not pay screening fees. FilmFreeway is a third party platform you chose to use to submit for consideration to festivals.
We might set up screenings for free, or with a box 0ffice, at the discretion of the festival, and there will be no share of gross with participating filmmakers.
By submitting to the festival, you expressly authorize the festival and its affiliates to use every piece of content and information presented in your FilmFreeway project page, in connection to the festival, the event, and for promotion of the festival, now and in the future. That includes all videos, pictures, texts (biography, logline and other) hosted on your FilmFreeway project page submitted to us.

It is the filmmaker's responsibility to provide the festival with the proper screening file.
Festival has the final say regarding the event program.

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  • Truly honored to Win a Best Doc award for “ “BEING ANNE: Conversation of Transformation” from Angeles Documentaries. This year it was an online festival and winning movies were shown online .. which was a bit disappointing but understandable. Terrific folks who run the festival. Highly recommend.

    March 2024
  • Anderson Rodrigues Costa

    I was very happy for Doc The Invisible Forest to be a semi-finalist at the Festival. The entire team has clear and agile communication throughout the process, from film submission to film promotion and screening. Congratulations to the entire Angeles Docs team.

    September 2023
  • Aliya Furniturewala

    Thrilled that our feature documentary From the Shadows made it as a semi finalist at Angeles Documentaries! We were travelling to SXSW for our special screening for Intl Women's Day hosted by South Asian House and Global Media Makers in Austin and missed the screening. But Thank you for the selection

    March 2023
  • Thank you for showing my documentary short Night Outside. All the best!

    March 2023
  • Thank you for selecting God Bless the Movement Part 1: The Kingdom of the Father as a finalist for the best research & investigative category!

    April 2022