Docs to Start
30.05, 10.00 – 13.00 PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS – ASP KINO
30.05, 14.30 – 18.30 ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS -ASP 2&3
access with passes: Industry, Industry Pro, Industry Light, Media, Student
RECORDED PITCHING WILL BE AVAILABLE TO WATCH IN THE KFF INDUSTRY GUEST ZONE FROM MAY 31st
TBC CEST ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS ONLINE
A presentation of recent Polish documentary projects in development stage preceded by intensive workshop Doc Lab Poland: Doc Lab Start. Its purpose is to find additional source of financing and potential coproduction partners.
This year, additionally – as part of the DOC LAB POLAND & UKRAINE project – Polish creators will be joined by artists and producers from Ukraine.
PROJECTS DOCS TO START 2024:
En Garde, dir. Mateusz Wajda, prod. Paweł Ziemilski, MX35 Wajda Ziemilski
Entr’actes, dir. Yuriy Shylov, prod. Olha Tuharinova – Alarm Productions, (Ukraine)
Ghetto Classic, dir. Katia Priwieziencew, prod. Katia Priwieziencew, Maciej Maciantowicz, Dynamo film
How I Became a Hijacker, dir. Andrew Carter, prod. Aleksandra Szczęsna, Hasko Film
In The Circle, dir. Michał Bielawski, prod. Maciej Kubicki, Telemark
Like Your father, dir. Olga Taraszka, Damian Daniłowicz, prod. Damian Daniłowicz, Olga Taraszka
My Dear Vira, dir. Maryna Brodovska, Olga Chernykh, prod. Nataliia Sukach, Olga Chernykh, Cosmos Agency, (Ukraina)
Naveen, dir. Tomasz Wysokiński, prod. Piotr Kobus, Mańana
Simon, dir. Stefan Łazarski, prod. Agnieszka Skalska, Blue Onion Agnieszka Skalska
Step into the Comfort Zone, dir. Yuriy Dvizon, prod. Olesya Lukyanenko, Bulava Production, (Ukraine)
Theory of Survival, dir. Paweł Chorzępa, prod. Joanna Chorzępa, Bees Film House
Waltz from the Well, dir. Tymon Nogalski, prod. Sławomir Richert, Katarzyna Tymusz, Warsaw Production Team
DOC LAB POLAND AWARDS 2024:
CANAL+ Award — 12 000 PLN in cash
WFF Award — image and sound post-production services worth of 25 000 PLN
FINA Award — in-kind: archival materials worth of 50 000 PLN
FIXAFILM Award — image post-production services worth of 15 000 PLN
MX35 Award — film equipment rental services worth of 10 000 PLN
Multilab-KPT Award — image post-production services worth of 10 000 PLN
DOK LEIPZIG Special Mention — invitation to Co Pro Meetings in Leipzig
IDF Special Mention — invitation to East Doc Platform
IDFA Special Mention — invitation as a guest project to IDFA Forum
FIPADOC Special Mention — invitation as a guest project to FIPADOC Industry
POLISH DOCS PRO Special Mention — support of international promotion
and invitation to one of the key world documentary industry event
DOC LAB START TUTORS:
Jacek Bławut Jacek Bławut is a film producer, director and cinematographer. Lecturer at film schools in Łódź, Berlin, Hannover and Warsaw. Member of the European Film Academy and the Polish Filmmakers Association. His films earned numerous awards at film festivals i.a. Tampere Film Festival, San Sebastián International Film Festival, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival, Krakow Film Festival, Camerimage and Toronto International Film Festival.
Anna Wydra – She runs Otter Films, Warsaw‐based production company, focused on art‐house fiction and documentary films for cinema and TV, with an emphasis on the international market. Together with director Bartek Konopka she got an Oscar nomination for the documentary Rabbit à la Berlin. She produced or co‐produced many documentary movies incl: 6 Degrees, Deep Love, Domino Effect, Art of Disappearing and Communion (European Film Award). Films produced by Anna won awards on many festivals including Locarno IFF, Leipzig DOK Festival, Hot Docs, Krakow FF, Jihlava IDFF and Warsaw IFF. Feature film Zud by Marta Minorowicz had its premiere on Berlinale IFF and Ayka by Sergey Dvortsevoy was nominated to Palme d’Or at Cannes FF. Anna is a member of The European Film Academy.
Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen – Has a master’s degree in Theatre and Film Science from the University in Utrecht. Already during her studies she started specializing in documentary and got involved in the first edition of IDFA, by then a small but sparkling initiative to bring back documentary on the big screen in Amsterdam. At IDFA she was from the beginning mainly involved in programming. She curated several programs at IDFA. From February 2007 on she is Head of the Industry office of IDFA. In this position she is in charge of the professionals program of IDFA including the markets FORUM and Docs for Sale.
Guevara Namer – She is a documentary filmmaker and visual artist based in Berlin, started her career in Damascus in 2005. Her work deals with themes of feminism, identity and exile and she acts as a panelist and consultant on topics connected to MENA cinema with a focus on socio-political artistic work. Namer is a German Film Academy winner, in her filmography, Namer has held various roles in a number of collaborations with international filmmakers, including co-directing, researching, filming, and producing.
Her photography work took part at prestigious events including European Month of Photography, Die Triennale der Photographie and Tapís De La Fundacio. Namer joined the DOK Leipzig industry team in 2023 to organize and curate for both the DOK Co Pro Market and DOK Short ‘n’ Sweet.
Ove Rishøj Jensen – documentary consultant, producer and outreach manager. Working in the international documentary sector since 2003, Ove has an advanced network within the industry. He gives lectures and run workshops about project development, international financing, co-production, impact, outreach and distribution. In 2019 Ove launched his own company Paradiddle Pictures for documentary training and consultancy. Among others, he runs the pitching forum at FIPADOC, collaborates with IDFA, Fresh Pitch China, M:Brane, Mediterranean Film Institute, Nordisk Pano- rama, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival and run the workshop series DocCelerator. He has also created tailor made master classes, seminars and workshops.
Docs to Start is co-organised by Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation within a frame of the DOC LAB POLAND
