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Paradiddle Pictures launches a brand-new online documentary mentoring program named DocCelerator. It is aimed at documentary makers looking for input to develop a clearer dramaturgical structure for their… More project currently in development.The workshop is run by Geoffrey Smith and Ove Rishøj Jensen.Deadline for applying is Monday, May 4th at noon, Central European Time.

Traveling Docs Networks for Future - Joining forces for the documentary film industry Traveling Docs @ DOK.fest München Thursday, May 7th at 13.00 Industry experts from around the world will gather online to… More investigate what power the networks can have to meet todays challenges in the documentary industry. What solidarity means for filmmakers and how we can work together to help our films reach their audience. Organizations such as the Idfa Bertha Fund and the newly formed DAE - Documentary Association of Europe, as well as Isabel Arrate Fernandez (Idfa Bertha Fund), Zdenek Blaha (Institute of Documentary Film), Nicole Van Schaik (Doc Society/Good pitch), Marion Schmidt (Documentary Association of Europe), Sanna Kultanen (AVEK - Audiovisuaalisen kulttuurin edistämiskeskus) and many more will participate in the presentations and discussions. The talks will be moderated by well-known experts from the industry: Klara Grunning, Ove Rishøj Jensen and Ulla Simonen.

Today, on April 30, is the deadline for submitting your documentary projects in development or early production to Ex Oriente Film. Applying is free of charge. Info: https://bit.ly/exor-2020-deadline-approching… More East Silver Market deadlines (submitting is free of charge and applications are eligible for Ji.hlava IDFF): May 31: films produced in 2020 August 31: rough cuts Info: https://bit.ly/es-market-2020-submit

Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival has announced that this years festival edition will be moved from mid-July to 1-8 November. Երևանի «Ոսկե ծիրան» միջազգային կինոփառատոնը կկայանա նոյեմբերի 1-8-ը «Ոսկե ծիրանի» թիմն այս օրերի ընթացքում ձեռնպահ մնաց հապշտեպ հայտարարություններ անելուց՝ կապված հուլիսի 12-19 փառատոնի անցկացման հետ, քանի որ… More թե ՀՀ կրթության, գիտության, մշակույթի և սպորտի նախարարության, թե իր բազմաթիվ հայաստանյան և օտարերկրյա գործընկերների, թե գործընկեր փառատոների հետ քննարկվում էին տարբեր սցենարներ՝ առցանց փառատոնից մինչև հետաձգում հաջորդ տարի: Այնուամենայնիվ, բոլոր երկարատև քննարկումների արդյունքում «Ոսկե ծիրանի» թիմն այս պահին փառատոնը նպատակահարմար է համարել անցկացնել ս.թ. նոյեմբերի 1-8-ը: Իհարկե, այլ սցենարներ ևս առկա են, բայց այս պահին հաստատված է նոյեմբերի 1-8 ժամկետը: Այս մասին «Առավոտ» օրաթերթին… More

Visions du Réels industry program takes place online until April 30. Film project Roma (director Olya Zhurba, producers Darya Bassel, Viktoria Khomenko) has bee selected to Rough Cut Lab;Film project Rebbellion (director Keren Cherry, producer Ilko Gladshtein) has been selected to Pitching du Réel.Good luck to all of you!

Sheffield Doc/Fest has announced film projects, selected to its flagship pitching initiative MeetMarket. Among them there are two projects from B2B Doc family: - Roma (working title) by Olya Zhurba, producers … MoreDarya Bassel, Viktoria Khomenko;and- Polymers (working title) by Denis Shabaev, producers Max Tuula and Masha Gavrilova.Congratulations to our colleagues from Ukraine, Estonia and Russia!MeetMarket will be held online during 8-10 June 2020.

Tonight we all can attend the opening ceremony of the 17th edition of Docudays UA (Міжнародний фестиваль документального кіно про права людини Docudays UA). There will be film screenings and even the happy hour after that. Online, of course.

This is how co-production works in practice: Belarusian film director (Daria Yurkevich) + French producers (Louis Beaudemont and Nicolaï Iarochenko from Les Steppes Productions) and Ukrainian co-producer (Igor… More Savychenko from Directory Films). Film project Myths has got support from the French National Film Center CNC - Centre national du cinéma et de limage animée. !! NEWS !! MYTHS. CHRONICLES OF THE THIRD WORLD WAR, a documentary film directed by Daria Yurkevich and produced by Les Steppes Productions has been granted by the CNC - Centre national du cinéma et de limage… More animée among 5 other author-driven documentary projects. Congratulations to the team : Daria Yurkevich (director), Louis Beaudemont (producer, Les Steppes Productions), Nicolaï Iarochenko (producer, Les Steppes Productions) and Igor Savychenko (co-producer, Directory Films). Thanks also to B2B Doc - Baltic to Black Sea Documentary Network for their great support so far. Love Les Steppes

Malcolm Dixelius - one of the founders of B2B DOC - works hard even on his birthday! Today we have plotted many interesting and useful events to be offered to the filmmakers online during the coming weeks. Stay tuned! And - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Malcolm Dixelius!

Happy birthday, Ilko Gladshtein ;)

Today before midnight is the deadline to apply to Sunny Side of the Docs online pithing during June 22-25, 2020. For the Connected Edition Sunny Side of the Doc has decided this year to increase the number of the grants offering the All Access Pass for free.

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