Producer training program EURODOC has named the 45 participants, from 32 countries and 5 continents, selected for its 27th program.
This year, the first residential session will take place in Porto (Portugal) in March, with the support of Porto/Post/Doc, ICA – Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, Turismo de Portugal,Turismo do Porto e Norte and Portugal Film Commission and the second session will be run in Tallinn (Estonia) in June, with the support of the Estonian Film Institute and the Lithuanian Film Centre. In October in Strasbourg, the producers will meet with 40 leading industry decision-makers, and graduate.
“In each country, a group of local producers will join the international cohort and build a robust network of creative and business opportunities,” EURODOC writes. “Through the in-person sessions and intensive online sessions, group work and peer-to-peer learning, masterclasses, case studies, individual consultations and coaching, and a special BIPOC Taskforce – curated program, the participants will address writing and development, European, global and South-South production funding schemes, coproduction fundamentals, techniques and ethics, legal responsibilities, management, impact, marketing and audience outreach, responsible uses of AI and pitching skills, distribution and sales strategies.”
EURODOC is co-funded by Creative Europe MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union, the CNC and Procirep. The 2026 cohort are:
- Daham Alasaad – Bel Studio, Syria/France
- Florencia Amoussou – Shama Production, Togo
- Eliott Baillon – Darjeeling, France
- Rocío Barba Fuentes – Cosmos Films, Canada/Spain
- Maud Berbille – MB17 Films, France
- Marcel Beltrán – Mediocielo Films, Brazil/Cuba
- Eléonore Boissinot – Dryades Films, France
- Hester Breunissen – Doxy Fixy, Netherlands
- Clothilde Bunod – La Société du Sensible, France
- Nina Wara Carrasco Gómez – Estación Marte Films, Mexico
- Julieta Cejas – L’Œil Vif Productions, France/Argentina
- François-Xavier Destors – Saule Productions, France
- Pauline Devaux – CNC, France
- Emerson Dindo – Portátil, Brazil
- Patricia Echeverria Liras – The Office for Public Therapy Politics, USA/Spain
- Julia Fernandez – CNC, France
- Núria Frigola Torrent – La Mula, Spain/Peru
- Laura Gabay – Écran Mobile, Spain/Uruguay/Switzerland
- Stanislas Gazelle – Babel Doc, France
- Mariona Guiu – Suricata Stories, Spain
- Jessie Hayden – Venom Films, Ireland
- Said Isaac – Mente Pública, Panama
- Maria Krauss – Plesnar & Krauss Films, Poland
- Zofia Kujawska – Telemark, Poland
- Théo Laboulandine – Melocoton Films, France
- Nadja Lapcevic – Varda Pictures, UK/Serbia
- Léa Luiz de Oliveira – Unlabelled Films, Brazil/ France/UK
- Hanne Myren – Medieoperatørene, Norway
- Stefan Neumann – Deutsche Welle, Germany
- Andrew Phillips – Al Jazeera, Qatar
- Paulina Portela – Compañía de Cine, Argentina/Uruguay
- Alfredo Pourailly De La Plaza – 55 Sur Media, Chile
- Tayran Razzak – Chitra Production, Bangladesh
- Beto Rosero – Guerrero Films, Colombia
- Miriam Selle – ARTE GEIE, France
- Pascaline Sordet – Climage, Switzerland
- Stefan Supplice – Niya Production, Canada/Haiti
- Alice Tabery – Cinepoint, Czechia
- Nicole Tsien – Jiějie Productions, USA/Taiwan
- Anu Veermäe-Kaldra – Menufilmid, Estonia
- Silje Viki – Indie Film AS, Norway
- Kathy Wong – In-Sight Practice,Taiwan
- Hazar Yazji – Syria
- Ilyas Yourish – Congoo, Belgium/Afghanistan
- Leonor Zúñiga – Juli Films, Nicaragua
Alumni selection for Berlinale 2026 Forum Special:
- RIVER DREAMS by Kristina Mikhailova, produced by Dana Sabitova (524 FPS Film, Kazakhstan EURODOC23). Film developed within the framework of EURODOC23
Alumni selections in Berlinale 2026 Forum:
- SZENARIO by Marie Wilke, produced by Heino Deckert (MA.JA.DE., Germany – EURODOC Tutor)
- THE DAY OF WRATH: TALES FROM TRIPOLI by Rania Rafei, produced by Jinane Dagher (Orjouane Productions, Lebanon – EURODOC12)
Alumni selections in Berlinale 2026 Panorama:
- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH by Elisé Sawasawa, produced by Christian Bitwaiki (Molakisi Films, DR Congo – EURODOC24)
- TWO MOUNTAINS WEIGHING DOWN MY CHEST by Viv Li, produced by Olivia Sophie Van Leeuwen (100 %, Netherlands – EURODOC17)
- DOUGLAS GORDON BY DOUGLAS GORDON by Finlay Pretsell, produced by Estelle Robin-You (Grande Ourse, France – EURODOC tutor)
- and Sonja Henrici (UK, EURODOC07)
- THE HIDDEN FACE OF EARTH by Arnaud Alain, produced by Mathilde Raczymow (Les films du Bilboquet, France – EURODOC19)
- THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN by Tawfik Sabouni, produced by Jean-Baptiste Bonnet (Habilis Productions, France – EURODOC21), coproduced by Hanne Phlypo (Clin d’oeil films, Belgium – EURODOC12)
- TRACES by Alisa Kovalenko & Marysia Nikitiuk, produced by Natalia Libet (Digital Religion, Ukraine – EURODOC21)
EURODOC alumni at EFM 2026
- Marcel Beltrán (Mediocielo Films, Brazil – EURODOC26) and Leonard Cortana, (EURODOC Strategic Partnership Manager and Inclusion Officer) have been selected to Berlinale Talents 2026
- Ilham Raouf (Abdel Aflam, Morocco – EURODOC22 Local Worksop) will be part of the Moroccan Producers Spotlight: The New Generation and Established Voices Shaping Moroccan Cinema
- Michel Plazanet (CNC, France – EURODOC13 and expert) will be part of France: Your Production Partner
- Michael Geidel (Miriquidi Film, Germany – EURODOC12) will be part of DocSalon XR Breakfast
- Signe Byrge Sørensen (Final Cut for Real, Denmark – EURODOC03) will be part of Data on Impact, Please! Essential Needs in Non-Fiction Financing
- Sarah Kang (Seesaw Pictures, Korea – EURODOC22) will be part of
- Spotlight on: South Korea | KOFIC’s International Co-Production Initiative & Project Pitches
- Marion Schmidt (DAE, Germany – EURODOC19 and expert) will be part of The Moroccan German Non-Fiction Assembly
- Pandora da Cunha Telles (Ukbar Filmes, Portugal – EURODOC14) will be part of Rebel Rebel: Series Battling the Status Quo
