Crossing Borders Film Lab

The Crossing Borders Film Lab took place in Tago, a village in the mountainous region of Adjara, Georgia. Twenty-two filmmakers from Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, France, Georgia, Moldova, Paraguay, Poland, Sweden, Tajikistan, the UK, and Ukraine gathered there for the last week of July to explore collective filmmaking under the guidance of Alina Gorlova and Yelizaveta Smith from Tabor, Ukraine.

This truly cinematic location was chosen to ignite creative collaborations across borders, and the immediate results were remarkable. On our final night in Tago, we screened an hour of the footage shot during the week for the local villagers. The project now moves into its next phase, offering travel grants to some participants who submit project ideas to B2B Doc.

Some of the short films created in Tago will be showcased during the B2B Doc Film Days in Stockholm in early November, where we will also invite some participants to further discuss the topic of creative collaboration.

The Crossing Borders Film Lab was organized by B2B Doc in collaboration with Sakdoc Film and Tabor. The project is supported by the Swedish Institute.