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Webinar on pre-production. The first one in the series of three webinars for the documentary filmmakers, arranged by B2B Doc. Tomorrow, April 25, at: 11:00 CET (Stockholm, Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen, Warsaw,… More Prague, Berlin); 12:00 EET (Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Minsk, Kyiv, Chisinau, Moscow); 13:00 (Tbilisi, Yerevan, Baku) Join us online. More info at the event link.

Mikael Opstrup in his interview: - The documentary environment in Europe is very well organized; - The development of film technology has changed the film production process; - The amount of money for film… More production has been shrinking during the last two decades; - A lot of personal stories are coming to the film market, where the film director is a part of the story; - The bigger themes in politics always make their way to documentaries.

Great news from the goEast Film Festival. After the yesterday’s pitching the jury has made the following decisions: - Renovabis Research Award goes to Alexander Mihalkovich’s project Mothers’ Crusades; - goEast Development Award goes to Ksenia Ksiu Malikova Ciuvaseva’s project Landing. Congratulations!

Do you have a feature length documentary project in development or early production? Apply for Ex Oriente Film! The deadline is 🔜👉 APRIL 19 👈️ Details: http://bit.ly/ex-oriente-film-2019-open-call>> Ex Oriente Film 2019 Guidelines <<>> online application form <<

EDN Congratulates! Were delighted to announce that five documentary projects & films, co-developed at EDN workshops, have received important recognition through awards, funding and selections for key industry… More events. #EDNcongratulates is a series of news stories where we congratulate project teams from EDN workshops when they have achieved great results. The recognized films/projects are: "Cinema Under Siege" by Anne Barliannt, "Terra Franca" by Leonor Teles, "Hope Frozen" by Pailin Wedel, "Queen of the Deuce" by Valerie Kontakos and "The Wind. A Documentary Thriller" by Michal Bielawski. Visit https://bit.ly/2DaDlvr for more information.

Selected works will receive a budget up to €10,000 to realize a non-fiction artwork to be experienced by the Idfa audience in Amsterdam in November 2019. The application deadline is Monday, April 22.

Submit your 2019 productions by 15 April and mark your calendar for Nordisk Panorama in Malmö, Sweden 19-24 September 2019. Submission for Festival Competitions: - Films completed in 2018: 15 February - Films… More completed in 2019: 15 April Submission for Market: Films completed in 2018: 15 April Films completed in 2019: 1 August To be eligible for the festival and market, the film must: - qualify as an independent production - qualify as a Nordic production or be directed by a Nordic director - be completed within the current or preceding year - be subtitled in English or English versioned Documentaries are accepted in any length and short films include all forms of animation, fiction and experimental films of up to 60 minutes.

Подія «B2B DOC Продюсери зустрічають продюсерів» на фестивалі документального кіно Docudays UA 2019, бар «Буду Позже», Київ, Україна © repor.to/shalamov

Every B2B Docs Producers meet Producers event ends up with a networking party, where filmmakers can evaluate the working day in an informal atmosphere.

Stay updated with our #DOCalendar deadlines for April 2019! Once a month, we provide a list of upcoming deadlines for doc industry events based on our DOCalendar, a free online tool containing a vast collection… More of information about key industry activities. The April edition includes deadlines for IDFA Bertha Fund - Europe International Co-Production, Sørfund/Film fra Sør, Nordisk Panorama Market, Doc Market/Doc Fest Ireland, Sunny Side of the Doc and more in our DOCalendar. Visit https://bit.ly/2TwNzLY for more details!

16th East Silver Market at Mezinárodní festival dokumentárních filmů Ji.hlava – Submission deadlines:for films produced in 2018: March 31, 2019for films produced in 2019: May 31, 2019for projects in rough cut stage: July 31, 2019 Submit your documentary via our online ENTRY FORM http://bit.ly/east-silver-2019-open-call

Projects, that were pitched: 1. Encounter Tatia Skhirtladze, Anna Khazaradze 2. Ivan’s Land Olga Beskhmelnytsina, Dirk Simon 3. The New Imperium Vlad Ketkovich 4. In The Sweltering Sun Shorena Tevzadze, Maka… More Gogaladze 5. Michel Ganna Iaroshevich, Aliona Kachkan 6. Independence Day Yuliya Shatun, Max Tuula 7. Landing Xenia Ciuvaseva, Natalia Imaz 8. A Hawk as Big as a Horse Sasha Kulak, Suzanna Spertsyan 9. Hey, Teachers Evgenia Vengerova, Yulia Vishnevetskaya 10. The Earth is Blue as an Orange Iryna Tsilyk 11. How to Save a Dead Friend Ksenia Gapchenko, Marusia Syroechkovskaya 12. Fragile Memory Mariia Ponomarova, Ihor Ivanko… More

Відкритий пітчинг «B2B DOC Продюсери зустрічають продюсерів» на фестивалі документального кіно Docudays UA 2019, готель «Русь», Київ, Україна © repor.to/popenko