POLISH DOCS PRO AT EAST DOC PLATFORM 2025
As many as eight Polish productions and co-productions will be presented at this year's East Doc Platform, an event for the documentary film industry organised by the Institute of Documentary Film in Prague.
The East Doc Platform is a dedicated documentary film industry event organised by the Institute of Documentary Film. The event is attended by more than 400 guests each year, including about 100 decision-makers from the documentary industry: sales agents, distributors, representatives of film funds and festivals. This year's edition of the event will take place from 13-19 March in Prague.
Polish productions and co-productions are also among the selected titles, and the Polish presence at East Doc Platform will be supported by Polish Docs PRO. The following will be presented:
At the EAST DOC FORUM:
‘Inner Landscapes, dir. Zofia Sawicka, prod. Zofia Kujawska, Maciej Kubicki (Telemark / PL)
‘My Father, the ICEMAN’, dir. by Łukasz Kowalski, prod. by Anna Mazerant (4.30 STUDIO / PL)
‘St. Barbara’s Children’, dir. by Oliwia Tonteri, prod. by Aino Halonen, Oliwia Tonteri (Kompot/FI), Kamil Skałkowski (Kalejdoskop / PL)
In the EAST DOC MARKET section:
‘Dekonstrukt’, dir. Mateusz Gora, Kamil Wilk, prod. Piotr Śmiechowski (Telemark/ PL)
In the EAST SILVER MARKET section:
‘Isabella’, dir. Joanna Janikowska, prod. Anna Gawlita, Marta Szymanowska (Kijora Film / PL)co-prod. Rosanna D'ALoisio (Domus Films/ IT)
‘The Town That Drove Away’, dir. by Grzegorz Piekarski, Natalia Pietsch, prod. by Katarzyna Kostecka - (LARMO/ PL)
‘What the… Hen!’, dir. by Joanna Deja, prod. by Justyna Kluczewska, Maciek Ostatek - Raban, PL)
‘Hidden’, dir. by Monika Kotecka, prod. by Marta Szymanowska
Polish producers will have the opportunity for promotion, networking meetings and the search for international partners as part of a wide open industry programme.
The Polish presence will be honoured by a networking meeting for all guests present at the East Doc Platform, organised by Polish Docs PRO and APA – The Czech Audiovisual Producers´ Association , which will aim to promote Polish and Czech filmmakers and their projects present at this year's EDP.
The Polish Docs Pro project is coordinated by the Krakow Film Foundation and is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund and the Polish Film Institute. Partners are the Krakow Festival Office and the Krakow Film Commission.
The project Polish Docs PRO focuses primarily on a wide promotion of Polish documentary film industry at international events addressed to film professionals. It supports film-makers and producers in developing their projects by facilitating access to the markets abroad, co-coordinating the trips of delegations to the pitching forums and co-production markets, organising the presentations of projects, production models and co-production opportunities with Poland, organising networking meetings, participation in lectures, panel discussions, workshops and training sessions. The aim of the Polish Docs PRO is to establish the brand of Polish documentary film in the international film environment and to develop international co-operation.