The MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival is calling for submissions to the 17th edition.
Submission to the Festival is open to creative documentary films of all running times, topics, style and production technologies completed and/or publicly screened after 1 January 2024.
MakeDox aims to promote creative documentary film production in North Macedonia and to support documentary storytelling in general. It focuses on creating a stimulating environment for the exchange of experience and knowledge of documentary creation and promotion of films with cinematographic quality, offering the creative point of view of an author, both in terms of content as well as in form.
The MakeDox festival program in 2026 consists of four competitive sections:
- Onion – Main Competitive Program open to mid- or full-length creative documentaries from all countries of the world.
- Young Onion – Newcomers Competitive Program open to creative documentaries that are the director’s first or second documentary film (mid or full-length) from all countries of the world.
- Onion Seed – Competitive Program of Students’ creative documentary films of any length from all countries of the world.
- Sliced Onion – Competitive Program of short creative documentary films (up to 30 minutes).
MakeDox is organized by the Association MakeDox. The 2026 festival is scheduled for 20th — 27th August in Skopje, North Macedonia and accompanied with the MakeDox Traveling Cinema (decentralized festival event) through 6-10 Macedonian villages in June – September 2026.
Please check the official website for further detail.
MakeDox 2026 – Entry Fees
- Earlybird Deadline – 1 February 2026
- Main Competitive Program (Onion Award): €25
- Newcomers Competitive Program (Young Onion Award): €15
- Competitive Program of short creative documentary films (Sliced Onion Award): €10
- Student Films: €5
- Regular Deadline – 1 April 2026
- Main Competitive Program (Onion Award): €35
- Newcomers Competitive Program (Young Onion Award): €25
- Competitive Program of short creative documentary films (Sliced Onion Award): €20
- Student Films: €10
- Late Deadline – 1 May 2026
- Main Competitive Program (Onion Award): €50
- Newcomers Competitive Program (Young Onion Award): €35
- Competitive Program of short creative documentary films (Sliced Onion Award): €30
- Student Films: €15