CALL FOR EMERGING PRODUCERS 2023
The EMERGING PRODUCERS workshop, an acclaimed programme focusing on the training and promotion of talented European documentary film producers, is now open for applications. The eleventh edition of the programme will take place on October 24–28, 2022 (Jihlava) and in February 2023 (Berlin). Find out more here, and feel free to share the call with talented producers around you! The registration deadline is March 31, 2022.
MAP OF 182 LEADING EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY FILM PRODUCERS
Are you searching for a producer for your film or looking for a co-producer in Europe? Or you just want to check out the rising stars of documentary cinema in a specific country? Then make sure to check out the EMERGING PRODUCERS web portal, which features information about 182 up-and-coming producers, their current projects as well as their personal profiles including his or her favourite book, artist, and films. Browse through the website and contact the talented European documentary film producers, many of whom have already become successful internationally and collected awards at festivals across the world.
WATCH THE INSPIRATION FORUM DISCUSSIONS ONLINE
The digital archive of the Ji.hlava’s Inspiration Forum offers the best of our 2021 program. Watch conversations with David Abram on our relationship with our environment, with Judith Butler on troubles with gender, care and violence, or with Nick Srnicek on the future of work. The panel discussions zoom in on mental health in the film industry, equality in art, digital platforms, and much more.
NEW FILM RELEASES ON DAFILMS
Our friends over at DAFilms.com have a particularly busy February ahead. In the next two weeks alone you can discover the tender documentary portrait of a renowned musician, Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA, ’60s classics with a light comedy touch by Miloš Forman, and the unclassifiable films of DIY Belarusian filmmaker Nikita Lavretski, who spoke with DAFilms about his work this week in a comprehensive online discussion. This remains your one-stop platform for alternative documentary cinema.
EAST DOC PLATFORM DRAWING NEAR
East Doc Platform, organized by the Institute of Documentary Film, will take place in Prague on March 26 – April 1. You can get your Industry Pass for this co-production, funding and distribution platform tailor-made for Central and East European docs until March 13. The open program includes Czech Docs: Coming Soon presentation, the screening of Karel Vachek's Communism and the Net, panel discussion Festivals 2.0: How to Approach the Audience in the Post-covid Era and other events.
