CPH:DOX, EAVE and IMS (International Media Support) announced October 9 participants within the CHANGE programme which seeks to “empower” documentary film projects from the European Eastern Partnership countries. For the 2024/2025 line-up, eight teams from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine will join the co-production training workshop series.
Organisers write how the CHANGE programme “seeks to increase equality and access in the international film market by fostering inter-regional co-productions. It connects filmmakers, producers, and projects from the European Eastern Partnership countries with global film professionals at CPH:DOX, creating opportunities for collaboration and elevating diverse voices on the international stage.”
“The programme aims to improve the participants’ skills in refining their projects’ content, core themes and goals. It also focuses on strengthening their abilities in regional and international collaboration and co-production, and navigating the financing structures and the production environment. By the end of the programme, participants are ready to encounter the international market and present their projects on a global platform,” organisers add.
The selected projects in the fourth round explore new and diverse topics and perspectives ranging from large-scale political narratives to seemingly hyper-local stories. They address critical themes and offer nuanced perspectives on issues such as pollution, corruption, patriarchy, and war in a post-colonial context. “The projects showcase the courage and creativity of the talented cohort filmmakers, who confront resistance with bravery on some of the most pressing challenges of our time,” write organisers.
CHANGE – Co-production training course will open later this month in Chisinau, Moldova, and will combine masterclasses and group work sessions, as well as individual meetings for the 8 selected producer-director teams.
The same participants will continue to work together in the second workshop in January 2025 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The programme will culminate with a third workshop and presentation of the projects to the international industry at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen in March 2025.
The selected projects are:
- Kura, prod. Afag Yusifli, dir. Murad Allahverdi, Azerbaijan
- Missing In Action, prod. Aliona Kachkan, dir. Kateryna Holovko, Marharyta Melnychuk, Ukraine
- My Name Is Enough, prod. Ani Ordyan, dir. Marina Arzumanova, Armenia
- Eyes Wide Open (working title), prod. Nino Orjonikidze, dir. Sopho Apriamashvili, Georgia
- Whispers of Womanhood, prod. Olga Slusareva, dir. Rati T siteladze, Georgia
- Entr’actes, prod. Olha Tuharinova, dir. Yuriy Shylov, Ukraine
- Leave Easy Come Back Safe, prod. Sasha Family Kulak, dir. Sasha Family Kulak, Masha Maroz, Belarus
- Import/Export MD, prod. Sergiu Scobioala, dir. Max Ciorbă, Moldova
