Selection:
BAGLAR
Director: Berke Bas, Melis Birder
Producer: Berke Bas, Melis Birder
Production company: Inhouse projects
Turkey
ROMA RALLY,
Director: Gábor Hörcher,
Producers Marcell Iványi, Marieke Bittner,
Production company: KraatsFilm, Weydemann Bros.
Hungary, Germany
IN THE DARK,
Director Goran Stankovic
Producer Snezana Penev
Production company: This & That Productions
Serbia
MIA, MYSELF AND AN EXTRA CHROMOSOME
Director: Eva Kraljević,
Producers: Dana Budisavljević, Miljenka Čogelja,
Production company: Hulahop
Croatia
THE MAN FROM MIDJA
Directors: Eka Papiashvili, Carsten Böhnke,
Producer: Carsten Böhnke
Production company: Greenstonefilms
Georgia, Germany
Mentors
Rebecca Cammisa directed the Oscar-nominated documentary short, “God is the Bigger Elvis,” and the Oscar-nominated feature documentary, “Which Way Home”. She has been the recipient of Sundance Documentary Fund. “Sister Helen” won the Sundance Documentary Directing Award.
Catherine le Clef from the French company Cat&Docs, which focuses solely on the worldwide theatrical and video distribution of high-profile international feature-length documentaries, defined by rigor, respect, curiosity, diversity and innovation.
Pirjo Honkasalo directed several feature films, e.g. Flame Top in Cannes competition. She directed the stunningly beautiful The 3 Rooms of Melancholia. The film is still one of the most award winning feature documentaries ever. She has had well over twenty retrospectives of her work worldwide.
Hanka Kastelicová, the Executive Producer of Documentaries for HBO Europe, has been a passionate advocate for high-quality and uncompromising documentaries for more than 25 years – both as director/producer and as commissioning editor.
Tue Steen Müller, worked with documentary films for more than 20 years at the Danish Film Board. Founder of the Balticum Film and TV Festival and Documentary of the EU. Awarded with the Danish Roos Prize. Director of European Documentary Network. Received the EDN Life Achievement Award.
Awards
• Work in Progress Digital Cube Award: ROMA RALLY, Gábor Hörcher (postproduction services valued at 20000 Euro)
• FIFDH Geneva award: THE MAN FROM MIDJA, Eka Papiashvili, Carsten Böhnke (2000 Euro)
• HBO Adria award: MIA, MYSELF AND AN EXTRA CHROMOSOME, Eva Kraljević (2000 Euro)
• DOK. Inkubator award: THE MAN FROM MIDJA, Eka Papiashvili, Carsten Böhnke (participation at the session of a training initiative launched by International Documentary Film Festival DOK Leipzig)