DMZ Docs Selections

The DMZ International Documentary Film Festival (DMZ Docs), founded in 2009, is one of Asia’s most prominent and influential international documentary platforms, usually held in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea—adjacent to the Korean Demilitarized Zone—each early autumn. Through its International Competition, Frontier section, Special Screenings, and Industry program, it brings socially urgent and aesthetically innovative non-fiction cinema to wider audiences, serving as a vital launch pad for Asian and global independent documentaries onto the world stage.

Since its 2009 inception, DMZ Docs has championed the core values of “peace, life, and communication,” transcending artificial geographic and psychological borders to continually discover and showcase documentary works that confront contemporary dilemmas and human realities. This selection gathers CathayPlay titles that were screened or awarded at the festival, tracing the profound relationship between this geoculturally symbolic documentary celebration and Chinese independent cinema.