Film Submissions Open and 2024 Dates Announced

Film Submissions Open and 2024 Dates Announced

Calling all Filmmakers, submit your films for 2024 now.

Film Submissions and 2024 Festival Details

Calling all filmmakers!

Belleville Downtown DocFest film selection committee is now accepting submissions for the upcoming 2024 festival. We accept new submissions from local, national, and international filmmakers, and even better we don’t charge a submission fee!

Please review the full submission eligibility requirements on our website.

The film submission deadline is December 1, 2023.

Submit your film today!

Not a filmmaker, but have a film suggestion?

Do you love to watch documentary films and have seen something recently that you think the DocFest committee should consider bringing to our community? We would love to hear your suggestions of feature or short documentary films that have been produced after October 1, 2021 and haven’t been shown at DocFest before. You can send your suggestions through our online contact form.

Submit a film suggestion

You’re Invited!

We’re officially less than 6 months away from the 13th annual DocFest! Make sure you put us in your calendars for February 23 – 28, 2024. Festival news and updates will start rolling out in the next few months and festival passes will be on sale in early December, just in time for holiday gift giving. Stay up to date on all things DocFest through our newsletter, social media, and website.

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