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Tue Steen Müllers review on The Earth Is Blue As an Orange by Iryna Tsilyk (producer Anna Kapustina, co-producer Giedrė Žickytė). The film had recently its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival, then… More screened at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art. Soon it will be Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival and Docudays UA (Міжнародний фестиваль документального кіно про права людини Docudays UA).

Circle - Women Doc Accelerator announces the call for an exclusive one-year training program. We are looking for 10 women filmmakers (directors or producers) with a strong creative documentary project in any… More stage of production (from development to rough cut) who are seeking further support to upgrade their professional skills with leading experts, further develop their films and bring them to the wider professional audience. The program of CIRCLE 2020 features 3 tailor-made sessions focusing on a different aspect of project development. Submission deadline: February 28, 2020.

Happy birthday, Johan Liljestrom Seth ;)

European co-producers working with a filmmaker from any of B2B Doc countries! Check out the call from the IDFA Bertha Fund and apply by April 1.

Open Call for Spring Film Academy in Heraklion! If you are in love with Fiction-Non-Fiction Cinema and Video Production, find all details on www.cineimpact.org. If you are not able to attend this edition,… More please care and share this message to your friends, along the chance to enjoy the Cineimpact method and the magic of the whole filmmaking process within 2 hands-on sections: New Project Development and Work-in-Progress Incubator

Happy birthday, Dragos Turea ;)

Our colleagues and friends Tekla Machavariani (Georgia)and Yulia Serdyukova (Ukraine) are among the wonderful team of Emerging producers by Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival.

The 17th edition of CPH:DOX will be opened with the world premiere of The Fight for Greenland’ (Kampen Om Grønland) by Kenneth Sorento Dff.‘The Fight for Greenland’ is produced by Ulrik Gutkin for Copenhagen… More Film Company with support from the Danish Film Institute and DR. The film is co-produced by B2B Docs friend and colleague Jørgen Chemnitz (Greenland) and Benedikte Bredesen (Norway).

Be in with a chance of pitching in one of the most internationally renowned marketplaces for documentary and narrative experiences across all platforms, in La Rochelle, France, from 22 to 25 June 2020. Projects… More should be in advanced development: at least 30% of the budget already confirmed by third parties. At least one confirmed partner and provide proofs of the confirmed participation of all partners (LOC): broadcaster, distributor, supporting fund, foundation, crowdfunding, new platforms, museums, brands… If aiming at completion funding, you can already be in production or postproduction. A 2-4 minute trailer with English subtitles is required. Deadline: April 16, 2020.

Happy birthday, Monika Franczak ;) (You got already the birthday present from The Earth Is Blue As an Orange, right?)

Happy birthday, Marusya Syroechkovskaya ;)

I remember the day when Iryna Tsilyk was pitching The Yellow Bus film project for the first time at Ukrainian state film agency. Producer Anna Kapustina just persuaded Iryna to take over the project as… More director. That one in Kyiv was not the best pitch at al ;) I didnt think that Yellow Bus could become an international story. It was too complicated and unclear, without any strong characters. But there was the passion of those who worked on that project. And I invited them to the B2B Doc workshop in Tbilisi. To help Iryna and Anna find the solutions for making a good story.For Iryna Tsilyk it was the documentary debut. My colleagues within B2B Doc and me have been witnessing Irynas struggle… More

О, яке ніжне невеличке відео про наш перший показ! This short video-clip about our first screening at Sundance Film Festival is so nice.