East Doc Platform

East Doc Forum

About East Doc Forum
Founded in 2001 as the East European Forum, the East Doc Forum has become the region's largest and prestigious pitching forum. Over the past 20 years, the East Doc Forum has hosted more than 800 filmmakers and producers from Central and Eastern Europe and over 300 commissioning editors, independent producers, distributors, film fund representatives and festival programmers from Europe and North America.

Over 300 documentary films have been completed with the direct support of the East Doc Forum, including such internationally successful titles as Something Better to Come, A New ShiftOver the Limit, When the War Comes, Sofia’s Last Ambulance, Village Without Women, Ukrainian Sheriffs and Brothers

When: March 24 - 30, 2023
Pitching: March 29, 2023 (9:15 - 13:30)
Where: French institute in Prague (Cinema 35)


The East Doc Forum is preceded by a 5-day preparatory workshop that focuses on helping directors and producers finalize their visual material, create a strategy for its sale and distribution, work on their communication and presentation skills, as well as offer participants a series of inspiring lectures, case studies, masterclasses and panels devoted to different aspects of documentary filmmaking in an international setting.

The pinnacle of the East Doc Forum is the central pitch where feature-length projects in development/early production (including projects participating in the year-round Ex Oriente Film workshop) are presented to an audience of international decision makers and followed by feedback round tables and one-on-one meetings with decision makers.  

Projects selected for the East Doc Forum become part of a year-long follow-up support programme that offers filmmakers the opportunity to continue promoting their upcoming films and search for new partners through various delegations to key European documentary film festivals and markets.

East Doc Forum 2023 selected projects:
Brothers in the Hunt
Cuba & Alaska
Girls Sometimes
I Made a Mistake Coming Here
Insurance Against Meteorites
Sisters
The Soldier's Journey
Songs of Sisterhood
World of Walls

The East Doc Forum selection includes 10 Ex Oriente Film projects:
Basement 341
Beautiful Void
Chasing Stumps
December
European Union Wolf
Love and Capitalism
Maomi
May It Be a Girl
One Day I Wish To See You Happy
War on Women

Contact:
Anna Kaslová / Manager: kaslova@dokweb.net
Tereza Šťastná/ Coordinator: stastna@dokweb.net


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