POLISH DOCS PRO DELEGATION AT DOK INDUSTRY 2025 IN LEIPZIG
This year's edition of DOK Industry, a series of industry events accompanying one of Europe's most important documentary film festivals, DOK Leipzig in Germany, will take place from 27 to 30 October. Leipzig will be visited by a Polish delegation of producers and directors, who will present themselves to the international industry during events organised as part of the Polish Docs Pro project.
Polish producers will have the opportunity to promote themselves, network and seek international partners as part of the wide-ranging open programme of DOK Industry.
The delegation to DOK Industry will include producers and directors representing selected documentary projects:
Paweł Ziemilski / MX35
Alicja Gancarz / Autograf + MX35 + Match & Spark
Projects:
- Love Letters, dir. Paweł Ziemilski / prod. MX35
- Sugarland, dir. Julia Groszek / prod. Autograf Film Production
- The Enchantress, dir. Martyna Peszko / prod. Match & Spark
Iwona Harris, Magda Nabiałczyk / Lollipop Films
Projects:
Maestra, dir. Magda Nabiałczyk
Tickling the Devil, dir. Piotr Małecki, Maciek Nabrdalik / prod. Short Docs Media, co-prod. Lollipop Films
Dorota Schleiss / ASF Studio
projects:
What a Coincidence?, dir. Karina Kleszczewska / prod. ASF Studio
Inner Wild, dir. Kama Czudowska / prod. ASF Studio
Magda Sztorc, Martyna Wróbel, Anna Biernacik / Mozaika Films
project:
Her Name is Fields, dir. Martyna Wróbel, Anna Biernacik / prod. Mozaika Films
The producers will take part in Delegation Mix&Mingle meetings. In addition, the projects ‘Her Name is Fields’ and 'The Chef Suffragette' by Magdalena Szymków, prod. Raban (Poland) & Kerekesfilm (Slovakia) has been invited to co-production meetings as part of the DOK Co-Pro Market. Meanwhile, 10 Polish documentaries will be screened at the DOK Market in the Polish Docs + Krakow Film Foundation section.
Polish accents will be present not only at industry events, but also in the festival programme. At DOK Leipzig, the Panorama section will feature Polish documentaries such as ‘Trains; by Maciej Drygas, ‘Signs of Mr Plum’ by Urszula Morga and Bartosz Mikołajczyk, Małgorzata Goździk's ‘Dance with Me, Dad’ and Daria Kopiec's ‘The Pool or the Death of a Goldfish’ (more here), while Pola Komorowa's ‘The Fragility of Unbroken Bones’ (produced by Marcin Marczyk and Udyssey Creative Technologies) is included in the DOK Exchange XR programme (more here).
The Polish Docs Pro delegation is coordinated by the Krakow Film Foundation, and its organisation this year is made possible thanks to the support of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Polish Film Institute and partners – the Krakow Film Commission and the Krakow Festival Office.
The project Polish Docs PRO focuses primarily on a wide promotion of the 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.