Walk The Doc 2023 International Documentary Festival took place in Langkawi Island from 1 – 3 August 2023 at Mercure Langkawi Pantai Cenang. The 3-day event was filled with insightful masterclasses, workshops and talks featuring prominent experts from the field of factual and digital content from around the world. There were also a curated screenings of stories from Walkabout Asia and the festival’s Official Selection featuring local and international submissions. The festival closed with an Award Dinner Night, celebrating the winners of the Documentary Film Competition.
With the theme Nature, Environment and Travel, Walk The Doc 2023 received remarkable stories from talented documentary filmmakers representing 15 countries, such as Russia, South Korea, France, Indonesia, Philippines,and Turkiye. These stories were judged by an international panel of experienced documentary filmmakers and producers namely Hanizah Hamzah of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), Fabio Mancini of RAI Italy, Kenichi Imamura of Tokyo Docs and Duygu Kepenek of TRT.
The festival also hosted the ABU CARE (Change Asia Rescue the Earth) SERIES 11, the annual co-production initiative developed in cooperation with the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) and
the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). It was attended by 10 organizations from countries across the APAC region with Fabio Mancini from RAI Italy as its Executive Producer.
