CPH:DOX announced October 13 the project selection for the third edition of CHANGE, a collaboration between CPH:DOX, EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) and IMS, International Media Support, designed to “promote journalism and documentary film to reduce conflict, strengthen democracy and facilitate dialogue,” write organisers.
“The goal of CHANGE is to increase equity and access to the international film market with a programme that will stimulate inter-regional co-production and connect projects, filmmakers and producers from the European Eastern Partnership countries with the international film professionals gathered annually at CPH:DOX,” they add.
“The selected projects show new perspectives ranging from the bigger political picture to seemingly hyper-local dramas dealing with nuanced points of view on pollution, corruption, radicalization, patriarchy and war in a post-colonial context meeting resistance and bravery portrayed by a talented cohort of courageous local filmmakers,” organisers continue.
“The objective of the programme is to improve the participants’ skills in defining the content, core and goals of the film projects; in regional and international collaboration and co-production, financing structures and production environment; and in preparing for the encounter with the international market.”
The selected projects are:
- Lessons of “Chemistry” Prod. Olga Karpovich, dir. Marta Veras, Belarus
- Echoes of Avey Prod. Durna Safarova, dir. Atanur Nabiyeva, Azerbaijan
- Prod. Olha Symonenko, dir. Pavlo Dorohoi, Ukraine
- Prod. Calin Laur, dir. Denis Pavlovic, Moldova
- Prod. Katerina Barushka, dir. Tanya Haurylchyk, Belarus/Germany
- Prod. Mira Oyetoro, dir. Sabina Asadova & Mira Oyetoro, Ukraine
- Prod. Mariam Chachia, dir. Maradia Tsaava, Georgia
- Prod. Mariam Bitsadze, dir. Nona Giunashvili, Georgia
PROGRAMME FOR 2023/2024
- in November 2023 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 2024 in Chisinau, Moldova.
- The programme will culminate with a third module and presentation of the projects to the international industry at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen in March 2024.
