Our annual flagship event the B2B Doc Launch Pad pitching took place in Krakow during the industry days of Krakow Film Festival. On June 4 B2B Doc presented 13 film projects from Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan and offered one-to-one meetings with the decision makers after the pitch.

Here are some photos from our film event Film, War & Independence that B2B Doc - Baltic to Black Sea Documentary Network arranged in collaboration with Svenska filminstitutet and Ahouse/Filmhuset in Stockholm to support Ukrainian documentary filmmakers

The Bergman Estate on the island of Fårö have opened up their doors to Ukrainian filmmakers. B2B Doc arranged for the filmmaker Olga Chernykh to travel to Sweden and stay two weeks on the island together with her friend, the artist and scriptwriter Maryna Brodovska.

Right now Ukrainian filmmakers are working tirelessly to portrait the invasion and unjust attacks by Russian troops in Ukraine. The filmmakers document the senseless loss of lives and raw brutality of war, often at the risk of their own lives.

We, the undersigned, express our support to the people of Ukraine in such a dire moment. The Kremlin's aggression is a terrible act of war that has no place in modern society, in Europe or a democratic world.

We stand with the Ukrainian people and ask that the response of the international community will be adequate and Putin's hostile act will not go unpunished. No country has the right to violate the borders of a sovereign state under the pretext of any lie. This is an attack on democracy. 

We, the international documentary community of filmmakers and film professionals, condemn such an act of aggression. We call upon political representatives to take action, respond to the Russian invasion and to work together towards the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.

We ask the international community to support Ukrainian journalists, filmmakers and artists as they document their reality in the face of the ongoing information war also being waged against them.Let us add that hatred towards Russian people based on the acts of individuals is also reprehensible.

We also stand with the many Russians who condemn Putin's actions, regime and who make many courageous contributions towards a free and just world despite the risks to their own personal safety.

Stay strong, Ukrainian friends!

The Baltic to Black Sea Documentary Network is outraged by the unprovoked invasion by Russian troops into Ukraine. The attack is completely unjustified and leads to global instability and a senseless loss of lives. We urge the Russian government to immediately cease all military activities in Ukraine and withdraw their troops from Ukrainian territory.

B2B Doc wants to express our support particularly to our Ukrainian colleagues in these difficult times, some of which will now be forced to risk their lives to defend their families and nation. Under the Russian bombs, the Ukrainian filmmakers are now documenting the war.

B2B Doc invites you to spend some time with filmmakers who risk their lives to make documentaries. Two Belarusian filmmakers and two representatives of organisations supporting human rights in the country are invited to dig into the situation for documentary filmmakers in Belarus.

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B2B Doc has invited nine projects from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to participate in a Story Development Workshop in Tbilisi, Georgia. The workshop is arranged at the Goethe Institut in cooperation with Sakdoc Film and Georgian National Film Center.

The board and the staff of B2B Doc gathered in Stockholm during the last two days to focus on strategies and inspiration for the coming year.

The B2B Doc Story Development Workshop will bring together a total of 12 film projects from Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

24 filmmakers will work during four days under the guidance of B2B Doc’s tutors: Anastasia Kirillova, Monika Franczak, Uldis Cekulis, Salome Jashi and Anna Eborn.

We send you our warmest wishes for the coming year, let 2022 be full of joy and opportunities to arrange events, workshops, master classes where we can interact physically once again.

B2B Doc’s Alex Shiriaieff is one of five Jury members selecting the winner of the Award for the best feature-length documentary in Warsaw during the festival 10-16 of December.

In this month's newsletter we'll give you news from IDFA, DOK Leipzig, Ji.hlava and MajorDocs, insight in our last workshop Finding a Cinematic Vision and give you some hints about next year's plans.