DOC LAB POLAND - NEW PROGRAMME FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS
Are you producer who is looking for projects or co-prodction partner? Are you a sales agent, a distributor, a TV buyer or festival programmer who is looking for great films? Take part in DOC LAB POLAND - the biggest Polish consultation and presentation program for documentary filmmakers
The Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation, in association with the Krakow Film Festival and with help of Partners, introduces DOC LAB POLAND – Poland's largest pitching and consultation programme for professional documentary filmmakers. The programme is divided into two parts: DOC LAB START – for projects in development or at initial shooting stage, and DOC LAB GO – for projects at the editing stage and with first cuts ready.
DOC LAB POLAND is organized in cooperation with DOK Leipzig and European Documentary Network – representatives of these institutions will take in both: evaluating submitted projects and consulting selected ones.
Applications for both parts are open to Polish or Poland-based filmmakers who have already produced their first projects. This is not a training programme, but a consultation one, where consultants and participants are equal partners; they have discussions and jointly search for the best solutions for the submitted projects. We focus on auteur documentaries with a creative approach – not only dealing with social, but also historical and educational issues, as well as sports and music. We welcome projects where the author's point of view and his interpretation is significant, and which are not just observation of reality. The programme is aimed at Polish filmmakers who:
- wish to consult their projects or edit versions with other artists and consultants involved in the programme in the search for new solutions
- want to present their films to an international group of producers, distributors, representatives of institutions supporting film production, film co-financing institutions, most important festival selectors, TV commissioning editors and others, while pitching projects or work-in-progress presentations (these presentations are preceded by a three-day workshop and training) and to take part in the co-production and distribution market
The key events of DOC LAB POLAND will be DOCS TO START and DOCS TO GO! pitching sessions held 4-5 June 2015 during 55th Krakow Film Festival. DOCS TO START will be a presentation of Polish projects in development stage followed by one-to-one meetings and CO-PRODUCTION FORUM for international decission makers, producers and directors who are open for cooperating with Poland. DOCS TO GO! will be a presentation of Polish documentary rough-cuts followed by meetings with buyers and programmers.
A special invitation is addressed to Lithuanian documentary filmmakers who would like to take part in the Krakow international session (1-4 June 2015) of DOC LAB START. This session consist of 3 days of presentation training, pitching of projects and coproduction market. We especially encourage filmmakers with projects connected to Poland or Polish subjects – as the goal is to find a Polish co-producer or support from Polish institutions. Due to cooperation with Lithuanian Film Center participation for Lithuanian teams is free of charge.
To take part in DOC LAB POLAND: June 4-5, 2015 during 55. Krakow Film Festival apply until April 15th at info@doclab.pl
- if you are producer, send a short profile of your company and explain briefly your motivation;
- if you are buyer/sales agent/programmer, send us a short profile of your company/activity and what kind of documentary films you look for