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FOCAL Awards 2025

Join us on Thursday, 19 June 2025, for the FOCAL International Awards 2025 at the Church House Westminster.

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Lifetime Achievement Award - Declan Smith

FOCAL International is honoured to announce Declan Smith is this year's recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award 2025

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Reelin in the Years Productions - David Frost Vs

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Nature Picture Library | Celebrating Earth Day

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Kinolibrary - April Newsletter

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British Pathé | British Steel Industry, Anniversary of Musolini's Death, End of the Cambodian Civil War

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Huntley Film Archives | Huntley Film IN FOCUS!

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Bridgeman Images | Collections of the Month | April 2025

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2025 FIAF Congress

27th April 2025 Montreal, Canada Visit website

FIAT/IFTA Media Management Seminar 2025

7th May 2025 University of South Wales, Cardiff, Wales Visit website

Media Production & Technology Show 2025

14th May 2025 Olympia, London Visit website

Sheffield DocFest 2025

18th June 2025 Sheffield, UK Visit website

FOCAL International Awards 2025

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Sunny Side of the Doc 2025

23rd June 2025 La Rochelle, France Visit website