Eurodoc, the flagship international program for creative doc production, has announced its cohort of participants for 2025.
Coming from 28 countries worldwide, the 40 producers will develop their documentary projects and their careers over eight months, within groups led by Jean-Laurent Csinidis (Les Films de Force Majeure), Heino Deckert (Ma.ja.de) and Gema Juarez Allen (Gema Films).
The first residential session will take place in Biella (Italy) in March, courtesy of the Film Commission Torino Piemonte, and the second session will be run in Ljubljana (Slovenia) in June, with the support of RE-ACT.
Within each country, a group of local producers will join the international cohort and “build a robust network of creative and business opportunities,” organisers write. “Through the in person sessions and additional online sessions, through group work, masterclasses, case studies, individual consultations and coaching, the 40 participants will address artistic development, European and global development and production funding, co-production fundamentals, techniques and ethics, legal aspects of development, creative teams management and leadership, impact, marketing and audience outreach, pitching skills, until the third session in October in Cork, Ireland, held thanks to Screen Ireland, where they will meet with 40 industry guests.”
The 40 selected producers are (with projects in brackets, where appropriate):
- LAURA ALVAREZ SOLER, Nanouk Films, Spain (HOMEFIRE by Neus Pagès)
- MAARTEN BERNAERTS, Salto, Belgium (DO MATKI by Mattias Bavré)
- CAROLINA ARIAS ORTIZ, Mito Films, Costa Rica (LIKE A FLAME LIT ON A DARK NIGHT by Carolina Arias Ortiz)
- PIERA BOCCACCIARO, Lunia Film, Italy (SHIELDS by Jan Stöckel)
- COSME BONGRAIN, Goodseed Productions, France (A ROAD LESS TRAVELLED by Alexander Murphy)
- BRUNO CABRAL, Wonder Maria Filmes, Portugal (I LIT UP AND DANCED by Claudia Rita Oliveira)
- PAMELA CARLINO, Kreta Digital Media, Argentina (THE VISITORS by Diego Castro)
- EMILY COHEN IBAÑEZ, Reversa Films, USA (ORQUÍDEA by Emily Cohen Ibañez)
- MARÍLIA CUNHA, MAA Films, Brazil (O PASSE DE GIL by Isaac Donato)
- CLAUDIA CHAVEZ LEVANO, Amazona Producciones, Peru (THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF A FILM WE NEVER SAW by Claudia Chavez Levano & Christine Mladic)
- MARIA ALEXANDRA COSTEA, Al Jazeera English Channel, Qatar (OBSERVER)
- ANNA-LUISE DIETZEL, Filmtank, Germany (MY BODY MY CHOICE by Lena Leonhardt)
- DOMINIQUE DUSSAULT, Nemesis Films, Canada (HIGH SEASON by Sarah Baril Gaudet)
- SANDRA ENKVIST, Polygraf, Finland (FRUITCAKES – THE DAWN OF DRAG by Vesa Kuosamen)
- NATALIA GAGUNASHVILI, 1991 Productions, Georgia
- FRANKIE FENTON Kennedy Films, Ireland (HOW TO STOP A WAR by Frankie Fenton)
- NATACHA HOSTYN, Iota Production, Belgium (THE KINGDOM by Samira Hmouda)
- JOVANA JOVIČIĆ, Lucha, Serbia (FROM 0 TO 8 by Danilo Ceković)
- NICOLAS LEBECQUE, Les Films d’ici, France
- ALEXANDER MIHALKOVICH, Albatros Communicos, Ukraine (TRANSPARENCY BOOTH: ECHOES OF THE FUTURE by Anna Kapustina & Alexander Mihalkovich)
- DHIA JERBI, Muja Films, Tunisia/France (CIRTA by SaÏf Chida)
- GIRESSE KASSONGA, Gikas Films, Democratic Republic of the Congo (STEREOMAN by Twana Sheriya)
- DARNIÈLYS ARMEL MBOUMBA MADINGOU NKATA, La Forge Production, Republic of the Congo (RAP DE LA FORÊT by Therance Ralff Lhyliann)
- ANGELA MITTAG-KAPP, ARTE GEIE, France (OBSERVER)
- KATIA MONLA, Intermezzo Films, Switzerland (MY WIFE IS AN ARCHITECT by Claude Baechtold)
- EMILIE MOOR, Adok Films, Switzerland (TIGHALINE by Juliette Riccaboni)
- ALFREDO MORA MANZANO, La RepÚblica Invisible, Ecuador (COMPADRE FANNIE by Iván Mora Manzano)
- ESTHER NISSEN, Final Cut for Real, Denmark (ALL I EVER WANTED by Christina Martiny Moltke)
- ROMINA ORTEGA, Swiss Film, Switzerland (OBSERVER)
- ETNA ÖZBEK, Zug Film, Turkey (WALKING GENTLY by Etna Özbek)
- MARION PÉRIN, CNC, France (OBSERVER)
- DALIA REYES, Chulada Films, Mexico (HIGHLAND BURST GAME by Dalia Reyes)
- ANDRÉ ROBERT, Malcriada Films, Spain
- NASSER SARI, Bellota Films, France (THE CHILD OF ROJ by Malik Tigrine)
- MICHAL SIKORA, Lonely Production, Czech Republic (ALWAYS FAR AWAY by Roman Ďuriš)
- OLHA TUHARINOVA, Kshtalt Productions, Ukraine (ENTR’ACTES by Yuriy Shylov)
- SÖNJE STORM, DW, Germany (OBSERVER)
- SAHAR YOUSEFI, Nava Projects, Canada (AMANECER, ATARDECER by Bryan Angarita)
- VALENTINE WURTZ, Libelo Productions, France (THE BIRDS OF THOUSAND VOICES by Hakob Melkonyan)
- AYA TALLAH YUSUF, Shoghl Cairo Pictures, Egypt (DRY SKY by Ibrahim Omar)
