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The B2BDoc workshop "Documentary Storytelling with a Personal Voice" with Karin Ekberg and Johanna Bernhardson at Cronograf Festival in Moldova has begun! The girls are working on their short films which will be screened at the festival on friday. Loads of feedback and ideas are being exchanged.

Happy birthday, Aren Malakyan ;)

Premiere this friday, may 24, bratislava! Gestures of Resistance connects the personal testimonies of some of the last survivors of the Holocaust from Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia through their… More presentations of antifascist resistance - chapter 1: Armed Resistance, chapter 2: Civic/Political Resistance, chapter 3: Resistance through Art, chapter 4: Resistance through Solidarity. We use these personal stories to inquire further into their relevance in today´s society, what our protagonists feel about the right-wing political movements gaining power, and how they think we can use their stories to resist current tendencies. Gestures of Resistance weaves filmed footage from protest movements and individual acts of solidarity today, with filmed testimonies of our protagonists, archival material, and artworks depicting antifascist resistance, to plead for a path that reshapes our present and future into one governed by equality and justice for all, and asks us to resist the closure of our societies now before it´s too late.

Finally Belarusian premiere of a documentary My granny from Mars supported by B2B DCO took place in Minsk at Northern Lights Nordic-Baltic Film Festival in Belarus We were happy to have a full house and a… More lot of good questions. It was extremely important for us to screen the film in our homeland. Director Alexander Mihalkovich Producers Volia Chajkouskaya Volia Films Igor Savychenko Directory Films Editor Петро Цимбал DoP Siarhiej Kanaplianik

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Submit your documentary project for Lisbon Docs 2019 — New Gateways to Your Audience, the international financing & co-production forum for documentaries organized by EDN - European… More Documentary Network, APORDOC and Doclisboa. Lisbon Docs concentrates on strategies to create top-quality documentary projects and delivering them to a wide range of audiences across the globe. Lisbon Docs is a reference for professionals seeking financing and co-production opportunities for their documentary projects. The submission deadline is 30 July 2019. Visit https://bit.ly/2wa6Idk for more information about the programme and how to apply!

DO YOU HAVE A GREAT STORY TO TELL? Apply for The Malik Fund development grant! When Malik Bendjelloul was working on the documentary Searching for Sugar Man, the lack of financing threatened the finalisation… More of his movie. The Malik Fund won’t let financing get in the way of great storytelling. That is why the fund provides grants for documentary filmmakers! So if you have a story to tell, apply now! Send your applications no later than the 17th of June.

The 9th edition of East Doc Platform will take place March 7–13, 2020, in Prague. Looking forward to see you!

Happy birthday, Alexander Mihalkovich ;)

Call for entries to East Silver Market 2019 ! Submit your completed documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe by May 31, 2019! Your application is also valid for @Mezinárodní festival dokumentárních filmů Ji.hlava http://www.entryform-jidff-es.net/es/

We saw a number of new interesting Belarussian film projects in development yesterday in Minsk at Скаўцінг дакументальных праектаў ад B2B DOC і Паўночнага ззяння / Scouting of documentary projects at Northern… More Lights Nordic-Baltic Film Festival in Belarus. Looks like the B2B Doc family will soon grow with new talented filmmakers from Belarus ;)

Two film projects, supported by B2B Doc, are selected for IDFAcademy Summer School 2019: - Between Two Wars (dir. Alina Gorlova, prod. Maksym Nakonechnyi, Ilona Bicevska); - Gentle Warriors (dir. Marija Stonyte, prod. Giedrė Žickytė) Congratulations and good luck!!!

The 15th DOK Co-Pro Market is now open for submissions! The DOK Co-Pro Market will take place on 28 & 29 October 2019. 35 projects in development will take part in 2 days of exclusive networking. 200 potential… More co-producers, co-financiers, broadcasters and other professionals will participate in more than 850 individual meetings to finance new ambitious creative documentaries. Deadline for submission is August 1, 2019, 00:00 CEST. Participation in the DOK Co-Pro Market costs 350 € per project (ex. VAT). This participation fee includes two festival accreditations and full access to the DOK Industry Programme and DOK Leipzig film festival.

Happy birthday Lybov! 🧚🏻‍♀️ A modest member of our group..

Multitaskers: If you scroll across, I count 6 different stories in progress here. Thats just how B2B Doc rolls.