The Institute of Documentary Film has unveiled the projects for its 2022 East Doc Platform, running March 26 to April 1. Every year, the Platform looks to connect CEE filmmakers and decision makers – producers, broadcasters, distributors and festival programmers – from around the world.
East Doc Platform is organised by the Institute of Documentary Film in cooperation with One World IHRDFF.
The Platform comprises:
- East Doc Forum: Pitching for Central and East European creative documentary projects in development or in production, including docu-series.
- East Doc Interactive: A part of the East Doc Forum, a five day-long workshop with pitching and networking opportunities for documentary projects with VR and interactive elements in development or production.
- East Doc Series: A special program for factual series, designed to provide necessary feedback and know-how for film professionals and creators from Central and Eastern Europe
- East Doc Market: Pre-arranged one-on-one meetings with decision makers for documentary projects in post-production.
- Czech Docs… Coming Soon: Presentation dedicated to Czech documentary projects, followed by pre-arranged meetings.
The selected projects are:
EAST DOC SERIES
- Below (dir. Timo Novotny, prod. Sebastian Rieker, AT, DE)
- Dakar Sistaz (dir. Jakub Šmíd, prod. Zuzana Kučerová, CZ)
- El Lobo Letonia (dir. Karlis Lesins, prod. Dominiks Jarmakovics, LV)
- Finding Home (dir. Maria Stanisheva, prod. Manon Messiant, FR, BG, US)
- Imaginary Youth (dir. Ruxandra Gubernat, prod. Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, RO)
EAST DOC INTERACTIVE
- I Wonder iI Peace Knows How to Fight (dir. Ioana Mischie, RO)
- If These Streets Could Talk (dir. Barna Szász, HU)
- Jacob’s Journey (working title) (dir. Joanne Popinska, prod. Tom Hall, PL, CA)
- UP IN THE AIR VR (dir. Oksana Syhareva, prod. Nataliia Pogudina, UA)
- Washed Ashore (dir. & prod. Volodymyr Kolbasa, UA, DE)
CZECH DOCS… COMING SOON
- BLIX (dir. Greta Stoklassa, prod. Radovan Síbrt, CZ, SE, DE)
- CAMERRAMAN (dir. Jana Hojdová, prod. Michal Sikora, CZ)
- So Far from Mikulov (dir. Marie Dvořáková, prod. Pavel Berčík, CZ, SK)
- The Investigator (dir. Viktor Portel, prod. Hana Blaha Šilarová, CZ, HR)
- The Visitors (dir. Veronika Lišková, prod. Kristýna Michálek Květová, CZ, NO, SK)
EAST DOC FORUM
- Below (dir. Timo Novotny, prod. Sebastian Rieker, AT, DE)
- Dissenters and Madness (dir. Sergey Gindilis, prod. Yevgeniy Gindilis, RU, DE)
- Exchange (dir. Vahagn Khachatryan & Aran Malakyan, prod. Vahagn Khachatryan, AM)
- 5 Pills Away (dir. Karolina Domaglaska, prod. Katarzyna Ślesicka, PL, DE)
- Pianoforte (dir. Jakub Piątek, prod. Maciej Kubicki, PL)
- Searching for Pokemon (dir. & prod. Roman Blazhan, UA)
- Scarecrows (dir. Laila Pakalnina, prod. Uldis Cekulis, LV, LT)
- The Other One (dir. Marie-Magdalena Kochová, prod. Aleš Hudský, CZ, SK)
The East Doc Forum selection includes 12 Ex Oriente Film projects
- As Long as I Live (dir. Roman Ďuriš, prod. Simona Bago Móciková & Radka Babincová, SK)
- Baltic UXO (dir. Alexander Belinski. dir. & prod. Agne Dovydaityte, prod. Dagne Vildziunaite, LT)
- 8 (dir. Danilo Cekovic, prod. Mario Adamson & Sergio Ayala, SE, RS)
- Hunting the Invisible (dir. Johana Ožvold, prod. Jakub Košťál & Vratislav Šlajer, CZ, DE, FR, GB)
- Last Letters of My Grandma (dir. Olga Lucovnicova, prod. Frederik Nicolai, co-prod. Virgiliu Mărgineanu, BE, MD)
- Man of Marble (dir. Szymon Kuriata, prod. Aneta Zagórska, PL)
- Nest of Storks and People (dir. Petko Gyulchev, prod. Galina Shtarbeva, BG)
- Runaway (dir. Marika Pecháčková, prod. Vít Klusák & Pavla Klimešová, CZ)
- Shut the Fuck Up! (dir. Taisiia Kutuzova, prod. Stephane Siohan, co-prod. Olga Beskhmelnitsyna, UA, FR)
- The World is Not (a) Mine (dir. Natalia Koniarz, prod. Maciej Kubicki, PL)
- Up in the Air (dir. Oksana Syhareva, prod. Anna Kapustina, UA)
- Confidential project
EAST DOC MARKET
- And Now What And Then What? (dir. & prod. Boris Mitic, RS, HR, FR)
- Abastumani – 101 Rooms (dir. Mariam Chachia & Nik Voigt, prod. Mariam Chachia, GE)
- Cabin Pressure – ‘Motherhood, My Way!’ (dir. Eszter Nagy & Sara Czira, prod. Patricia D’Intino, co-prod. Hanka Kastelicová, HU)
- Flotacija (dir. Eluned Zoë Aiano & Alesandra Tatić, prod. Greta Rauleac & Miloš Ljubomirović, RS)
- Ironman (dir. & prod. Kiril Karakash, Svetislav Podleshanov, MK)
- The One I Love (dir. Paweł Hejbudzki, prod. Justyna Przybylska & Filip Luft, PL)
- Lost and Found (dir. & prod. Laurentiu Garofeanu, RO, CA, DE)
- A Year of Endless Days (dir. Renata Lučić, prod. Tamara Babun, HR)
- Leon (dir. Wojciech Gostomczyk, prod. Anna Stylinska, PL)
- No Mercy – The Female Gaze (dir. Isa Willinger, prod. Alex Tondowski, DE)
- Unbound (dir. John English & Tom Garner, prod. John English, ES)
- Velvet Generation (dir. Ivana Hucíková, prod. Monika Lošťáková, Jakub Viktorín, SK, CZ)
- Fire Mountain (dir. Epos 257, prod. Martina Štrunc, Albžběta Janáčková, CZ, SK) – APA Wild Card
- Olympic Halftime (dir. Haruna Hancoop, prod. Vít Janeček, CZ, FR, SI) – APA Wild Card
