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Docaviv

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “tel aviv international documentary film festival”. Today it says “only film festival in israel dedicated to documentary films”.
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Annual international documentary film festival held in Tel Aviv, Israel Outdoor screening in Docaviv, 2016 Docaviv ( Hebrew : דוקאביב ), also known as the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival , is the only film festival in Israel dedicated to documentary films , and the largest film festival in Tel Aviv . It is run by a non-profit organisation of the same name, founded in 1998. In recent years (to 2021) the festival has drawn an attendance of around 40,000. The festival has multiple sections, including a domestic Israeli Competition, an International Competition, and the non-competitive Panorama, Masters and Music sections. Docaviv Galilee is a five-day offshoot of the festival, held at Ma'alot-Tarshiha .

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tel aviv international documentary film festival

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only film festival in israel dedicated to documentary films

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