UnionDocs is representing abroad this month, with Founder/ Executive Artistic Director Christopher Allen on the International Feature Jury at the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) and Executive Producing Director Lucila Moctezuma on the jury at Los Cabos International Film Festival for the Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund in Post-Production.
Since 1998, RIDM has presented a selection of the year’s best documentaries from Canada and around the world for general and professional audiences. Christopher will be helping to award the GRAND PRIZE FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE, Presented by Bell Média, the award for BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN AN INTERNATIONAL FEATURE and BEST EDITING IN AN INTERNATIONAL FEATURE alongside jurors: Lynn Fainchtein, Cíntia Gil, Luciano Rigolni and Nicholas Wadimoff.
The 3rd annual Los Cabos International Film Festival hosts a forum for collaboration between Mexican cinema and its North American cultural commercial partners. The Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund awards seven projects in development stage with $5,000 each, and two projects in Post-production stage with $52,000 each in digital services.