Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, China, 2008 December 1st to 5th, 2008. Festival schedule click here GZ DOC 2008 will include the following sections: Documentary Market, Screening, Seminars, Competition as well as Screening Premiere Ceremony , Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony. Documentary Market includes: Documart, Projects with Most Marketing Potential, and Doc Shop and Producer Day. For Documentary Market news and application information please click here We encourage all providers of documentaries to publicize their information on the GZ DOC website and in the Catalogue. Please click here. Since submissions for Screening are not subject to the theme of the Competition (“Earth: Our Home”)all documentaries are welcome. Approved submissions will be screened at public screening venues during the festival and will possibly join touring screenings in China during the following year. For Screening please click here. Seminars on the making of market-oriented documentaries will be held during GZ DOC 2008. Please click here for “Seminar”. GZ DOC 2008 Competition Theme is “Earth, Our Home”. We are looking for documentaries within the general perspective of global environment and its interdependence with climate, ecology or interaction with humans and their concern to preserve the natural habitat For Competition please click here. There will be ten awards: five jury prizes and five Chinese producer prizes. Special awards to honor specific aspects in documentary making are planned as well. The whole world has been shocked by May 12th Szechuan Earthquake. We are searching for “Filmmakers at the Szechuan Earthquake”… Grand Entertainment (GZ) Company Ltd Address: RM 1201-1202, Tower 4 Dong Jun Plaza, No. 836 Dong Feng Dong Rd Guangzhou, 510080 China Tel: +86 (20)8767.0529 +86 (20) 8762.4578 Fax: +86 (20) 8762.4895 Website: www.gzdoc.com Email: info@gzdoc.com