Among the confirmed VIP guests of EDP there are Andrew Beecroft (Sheffield Doc/Fest), Arnaud Colinart (Agatfilms), Niklas K. Engstrøm (CPH:DOX), Dorota Lech (Toronto IFF), Erkko Lyytinen (YLE), Luke Moody (Britdoc), Nikki Heyman (POV), Rebecca De Pass (FID Marseille), Manuela Guddait (Berlinale EFM), Yorinde Segal (IDFA), Grit Lemke (DOK Leipzig) or Iikka Vehkalahti (RoughCut Service).The complete list of EDP guests is ondokweb.net.

Apart from providing assistance toprojects participating in the core activities (workshop, market, pitching,awards ceremony), the EDP tutors invite all interested public and media to a diverseOpen programme consisting of lectures, masterclasses, conferences, presentations and panels.

Some of the programmes highlights will be the lecture byMike Lerner(Oscar-nominated producer ofThe Russian Woodpecker),Erik Gandini (director ofSwedish Theory of Love), or the case study onUkrainian Sheriffs presented by Roman Bondarchuk, Dar’ya Averchenko and Uldis Cekulis.

TheDoc Tank programme, focused on transmedia and innovative approaches to documentaries with a campaign potential will also welcome renowned experts on new media, crowdfunding and alternative distribution. To name just a few,Wolfgang Gumpelmaier,Wendy Bernfeld,Fréderic Dubois,Alexandre Brachet andVincent Lucassen, will share their experiences via lectures and acampaigning duel that will feature Sarah Mosses and Fredrik Gertten.

For those who cannot join us in Prague personally, the event will be covered under the#EDP16 hashtag onTwitter andInstagram.