Walk through East Doc Platform

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303MEDP credit 1 8 seminar hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 19 to 24 hours of self-study English, Czech summer

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East Doc Platform (EDP) is the largest platform for acquiring international partners for the co-production, financing and distribution of documentary projects in Central and Eastern Europe. Every year, over 120 documentary filmmakers and producers present themselves to more than a hundred key producers, television and festival playwrights and distributors from all over the world. In addition to an open program for the public (lectures, case studies, panel discussions, masterclass), there are also presentations of upcoming projects (East Doc Forum, Czech Docs: Coming Soon, East Doc Shorts) and networking (East Doc Market). More at https://dokweb.net/activity/east-doc-platform/2023/program

Tuesday 28 March 2023, 2:30 pm - 4 pm

Introduction: Radim Procházka (meeting in the café of the French Institute)

At 2:30 pm meet Radim Procházka. Explanation of what to expect from the Market, what to learn and what to get, explanation of how the Market works and space for questions. It is important to attend the opening and closing sessions where there will be space for reflection. In the meantime, it is mandatory to attend only one of the three presentations. The introduction also includes a meeting with the director of East Doc Platform, Zdeněk Blaha, who will give an overview of the market from the perspective of a long-time organizer. It is a unique opportunity to meet in person and in a small group of people such a high-profile figure in the international film industry.

Tuesday 28 March 2023, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Czech Docs: Coming Soon (Kino 35, French Institute)

Students will independently attend a public presentation of 5 selected Czech documentary projects in development, production or post-production Czech Docs: Coming Soon. Czech producers and directors present their projects to international professionals - representatives of international festivals, distributors, and sales agents as well as the public. The event is supported by the Association of Producers in Audiovisual:

•Police Symphony Orchestra (dir. Dominik Kalivoda, prod. Michal Kráčmer / Analog Vision, CZ)

•The World According to Jiri (dir. Marta Kovářová, prod. Jan Bodnár / Gnomon Production, Silvia Panáková / ARINA Ltd., CZ, SK)

•Atyrkul in the Land of Real Men (dir. Janyl Jusupjan, prod. Alice Tabery / CINEPOINT, Christian Lelong / CINEDOC FILMS, FR, CZ)

•1+1+1 (dir. Ondřej Vavrečka, prod. Vít Janeček / D1FILM, CZ)

•Amoosed! (dir. Hana Nováková, prod. Kateřina Traburová / LaDamplinque, CZ, SK)

Wednesday 29.3.2023, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm

Presentation: East Doc Forum (Kino 35, Francouzský institut)

Students will independently attend the main pitching forum, which is one of the largest and most influential events of its kind in Europe. The highlight of the East Doc Forum is the main pitch for up to 21 documentary projects in development/early production (including 12 projects participating in the Ex Oriente Film workshop).

Teams present their own projects to an audience consisting mainly of decision-makers. The East Doc Forum is followed immediately by an East Doc Interactive pitch for interactive cross-media projects. The East Doc Forum concludes with feedback sessions and one-on-one meetings with EDP's industry guests. The projects selected for the East Doc Forum become part of a year-long follow-up support programme that offers filmmakers the opportunity to further promote their upcoming films and find new partners through delegations to key European documentary festivals and markets:

•Brothers in the Hunt (dir. Ieva Ozolina, prod. Madara Melberga, Fa Filma, LV)

•Cuba & Alaska (dir. Yegor Troyanovsky, prod. Olga Beskhmelnytsina, UA)

•Girls Sometimes (dir. Anna Artemyeva, prod. Ksenia Gapchenko, DE)

•I Made a Mistake Coming Here (dir. Kseniya Halubovich, prod. Louis Beaudemont, Les Steppes Productions, FR)

•Insurance Against Meteorites (dir. Natalia Śliwowska, Jorik Galama, prod. Kasia Kuczyńska, Haka Films, PL)

•Sisters (dir. Tereza Bernátková, prod. Natália Pavlove, prod. Dagmar Sedláčková, MasterFilm, CZ)

•Songs of Sisterhood (dir. Hanka Nobis, prod. Esther van Messel, First Hand Films, CH)

•The Soldier's Journey (dir. Helena Maksyom, prod. Adrian Pirvu, Pirvu A. Adrian PFA, RO)

•World of Walls (dir. Lucia Kašová, prod. Matej Sotník, Wanda Kapralová, Guča s.r.o., coprod. Claw AV, SK, CZ)

•10 Ex Oriente Film 2022 projects are also part of East Doc Forum 2023:

•Basement 341 (dir. & prod. Roman Blazhan, Minimal Movie, UA)

•Beautiful Void (dir. Andris Gauja, prod. Elza Gauja, Riverbed, coproduced by Film Tower, LV)

•Chasing Stumps (dir. Mihai Gavril Dragolea, prod. Elena Martin, Manifest Film, RO)

•December (dir. Grzegorz Paprzycki, prod. Piotr Śmiechowski, Telemark, PL)

•European Union Wolf (dir. Jadran Boban, prod. Dana Budisavljević, Hulahop, HR)

•Love and Capitalism (dir. Bára Jíchová Tyson, prod. Kristýna Škodová, Cinepoint, CZ)

•May It Be a Girl (dir. Katerina Suvorova, prod. Aruan Anartaev, coproduced by Mischief Films, KA, AT)

•Maomi - Larger Than Life (dir. Judit Oláh, prod. Inez Mátis, Pi Production, coproduced by Majmun Film, HU, DE)

•One Day I Wish To See You Happy (dir. Maryna Nikolcheva, prod. Oleksandra Kravchenko, UA)

•War on Women (dir. Maris Salumets, prod. Volia Chajkouskaya, Allfilm, EE)

Thursday, 30 March 2023, 10:00 am -11:00 am

Presentation: East Doc Series (Kino 35, French Institute in Prague)

Presentation of new documentary series projects looking for international partnerships and collaborators. Filmmakers will present their current factual series to an international audience of film professionals and decision makers. What topics are coming from Central and Eastern Europe? What stories are the filmmakers pursuing or what approaches are they taking to tell these stories? Find out during the presentation.

•Out & Open (dir. Ieva Ozolina, prod. Madara Melberga, Fa Filma, LV)

•Dance Plus City (dir. Lina Lužytė, Marius Paplauskas, Triin Ruumet, Martti Helde, Rūta Ronja Pakalne, Valerijs Olehno, Vadim Ilkov, prod. Dagne Vildziunaite, Just a Moment, LT, LV, EE, UA)

•The Silent Hostage (dir. Katrina Tomasicka, Ilze Falkovska, Kultfilma / Amber Sound Ltd./, LV)

•Pacenotes (dr. Timo Novotny, prod. Sebastian Rieker, Seehund Media, AT, DE)

•Tales of Czech Graphic Design (dir. Jakub Skalický, prod. Michal Gregorini, Mowshe, CZ)

Thursday, 30 March 2023, 11.30 am - 12.30 pm

A walk through the East Doc Market (meeting at the Critics' Gallery, Adria Palace)

At 11:30 am meet Radim Procházka, visit the backstage of the East Doc Platform. We will see what the market looks like, where filmmakers meet one-to-one with decision makers (sales agents, TV commissioning editors and festival dramaturgs)

Learning outcomes

modular teaching KDT FAMU

Lecturer: Radim Procházka (garant Alice Růžičková)

Date and time: Monday to Thursday 27-30. 3. 2023 on East Doc Platform – French institute in Prague (Štěpánská 644/35, P1) + Galerie kritiků, Palác Adria (Jungmannova 31, P1)

Assignement: zá/1 – 90 % participation + written processing (1 A4) about pitching no later than April 30, 2023 (send to radim@radimprochazka.com)

Capacity: 20

Optional for: the module is suitable for all FAMU study programs

Language of teaching: english and czech

Prerequisites and other requirements

Registration no later than March 17, 2023 with Tereza Šťastná, tstastna@dokweb.net +420 739 421 286 and at the same time at https://forms.dokweb.net/accreditation/index.php to obtain free industry accreditation enter the code: Filmstudent2023

You will receive a complete Industry Guide, as well as contacts for all guests, as well as access to the East Silver video library after accreditation. An overview of accredited guests can be found during on dokweb.net.

Literature

https://dokweb.net/clanky/detail/1490/east-doc-platform-2023-kompletni-seznam-projektu

https://dokweb.net/aktivity/east-doc-platform/2023/o-projektu

https://dokweb.net/aktivity/east-doc-platform/2023/program

Evaluation methods and criteria

90% attendance and submission of a seminar paper by April 31, 2023, consisting of an approximately one-page analysis of two different performances at one of the two pitchings visited. The student is expected to name in one case the positives that the given performance interested him in terms of presentation and its connection to the topic of film, and vice versa in the case of the negatives of the second selected „pitch“.

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