Nick Cunningham

Shot over four years and currently in late production stage ahead of a January 2022 delivery, My Place Ozerna is a story of two women, one who has her whole life ahead of her, the other nearing her final farewell, and the profound emotional effect that each person has on the other.

It’s not every creative doc that has a global fashion icon playing a significant supporting role, but the story of Leon would be incomplete without the involvement of Manfred Thierry Mugler, boyfriend of the eponymous hero. Director/producer Wojciech Gostomczyk and creative producer Anna Stylińska pitched their project at Krakow.

Polish director/producer Anna Konik presented her latest project during Krakow 2021. Set in London, Silence Heard Loud tells the stories of seven people who have been fighting a desperate battle for freedom and dignity.

In Joanna Ratajczak’s Krakow FF project, after the death of Mong, the head of a Congolese clan, his biological daughter Monica becomes the new leader of the family – despite having grown up in an all-white Communist village in the Masuria district of Poland. Her new circumstances instil in her a need to find and unite other illegitimate members of the clan.

International Documentary Competition winner named as Far Eastern Golgotha while Golden Hobby-Horse went to Walk with Angels during the Krakow FF awards ceremony June 5. The audience award was granted to Polański, Horowitz. Hometown. Plus all Industry awards.

For two years Polish doccer Zofia Pręgowska has been following Trotsky and Natalia, a couple desperately in love but fundamentally at odds. He is a dreamer and a non-conformist. She is a practical home builder. He wants to go abroad to street busk. She wants to get a loan and buy a house. Can their love survive their differences?

In her directorial debut, Polish filmmaker Aga Borzym will delve into the world of adolescence, with all its ups and downs, as experienced by 11‐year‐old Jagoda and 13‐year‐old Zuzia. “We will observe their family, their peers, and above all their very close circle of friends, including boys, and we will get the key to their very fascinating world.”

Six new doc projects supported through the IDFA Bertha Fund Europe – International Co-production funding scheme. Each will receive €40,000 in addition to tailored support through IDFA's Filmmaker Support department and year-round opportunities for connecting with IDFA’s professional network.

Docaviv, taking place in Tel Aviv 1 - 10 July, will present a total of 116 documentaries, of which 31 are world premieres (28 Israeli films, 3 international titles). The programme will “reflect the times - by showing protests and calls for change, struggles for freedom of speech, basic liberties, and human rights,” says Artistic Director, Karin Rywkind Segal.

After the documentary Arica unveiled the effects of toxic waste on the people of Arica (Chile) after Swedish toxic waste was dumped there over 30 years ago, United Nations Human Rights Council has advised the Swedish Government that “urgent measures should be taken to repatriate the hazardous wastes…and/or ensure the disposal of the hazardous wastes in an environmentally sound manner.”