Taking place in a truly cinematic location in a remote region of Georgia, ‘Crossing borders’ is a Film lab that seeks to spark creative collaborations across borders. Here, B2B Doc will bring together European filmmakers with emerging talents from Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Belarus and Armenia to inspire and nurture the growth of a first of its kind international film community.

Cinematic Frontlines

Navigating the Art and Challenges of Film-making

A New Years video greeting from B2B Doc

Happy New Year from B2B Doc! Have a look at what we have done throughout 2023!

Are you a filmmaker from Belarus, Ukraine, or Moldova? Do you have a documentary film project that hasn't yet been shared with anyone? Are you seeking feedback from film industry professionals on how to develop and finance your film project? Then join us in Warsaw on December 6th!

B2B Doc and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights / Watch Docs Human Rights Film festival are arranging a panel discussion at IDFA 2023.

Have a look at the programme for the Documentary Industry Days 2023!

We are excited to announce the selected projects for the Documentary Industry Days 2023.

For over three weeks, Georgian filmmakers have been protesting against the decision made by the Minister of Culture of Georgia, causing a wave of discontent. The minister's abrupt elimination of the deputy director positions at the Film Centre, the appointment of an inexperienced interim director from the penitentiary system, and the placement of a government party propagandist in a production role have stirred upheaval.

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It goes without saying that the filmmakers of Baltic to Black Sea Documentary Network stand by the side of our Georgian fellow colleagues. We support their struggle for independence and against political censorship.

B2B Doc and Odesa IFF in collaboration with Gdynia Film Center will arrange the Documentary Industry Days of Odesa IFF in Gdynia, Poland during August 28-31.

The industry programme will consist of three main industry events; Scouting, Launch Pad Pitching and Cutting Edge Pitching

GET TO KNOW OUR COMMUNITY OF FILMMAKERS

Please watch a visual mini-portrait of filmmakers from our partner countries with beautiful and striking imagery from their current films.

Good news! In August we will start the new project Crossing Borders in collaboration with Sakdoc, funded  by the Swedish Institute.

The selection committee has announced the Ukrainian film projects that will participate in the workshop and Visegrad pitch during the East Doc Platform in Prague!

A warm welcome to a panel discussion arranged by B2B Doc at Tempo Documentary Festival on the 10th of March - Making documentaries where the future of Europe is being determined.

With this talk we want to inspire all of you in the documentary film industry to get involved in the fragile region that guards Europe’s eastern borders.

B2B Doc, in collaboration with the Institute of Documentary Film and with the support of the Visegrad Fund, announces an open call:

The idea of the event is to bring together Ukrainian projects that need funding to continue production with producers and funders from the Visegrad countries; Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.

How to fund documentary films in challenging times? B2B Doc invites decision makers to a conference in Tallinn, 7-8 February 2023.

The B2B Doc project "War and Peace between two Seas" started off in late November with a workshop in Frankfurt an der Oder and Slubice for filmmakers from conflict regions who work on film projects covering wars and conflicts.

Writing is an essential part of filmmaking. It’s also an ongoing process that keeps evolving throughout the production of any given film, be it documentary or fiction.

The B2B Doc online writing workshop wants to equip directors with the necessary skills as well as the mind-set to clearly be able to communicate their ideas on paper. An ongoing process that should make the job of producer easier and more effective.

The writing always starts with the director, who then continues to hold, transform and amend her/his vision throughout the entire filmmaking process. And here is where writing for film - solely a director’s task - goes hand in hand with writing applications.

For everyone in South of Sweden - Rikstolvan is arranging Wednesday screenings of Ukrainian films - tomorrow it’s time for the B2B Doc supported Mountains and Heavens in Between by Dmytro Hreshko at 19.00.

B2B Doc has been granted support for an Emergency Residency for female Ukrainian filmmakers, either who live in exile or who wish to find peace outside Ukraine. The Emergency Residency is primarily located in Czech Republic in collaboration with the Institute of Documentary Film, but solutions may also be found elsewhere. The programme will run for 10 months starting during the summer and is funded by the Swedish Institute.