The selection of projects from all over the world for CEDOC Market and Ukrainian projects that will join DOC LAB POLAND, run by the Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation, has been completed. This year’s eleventh edition of both events, organized in cooperation with KFF Industry during the Krakow Film Festival, is once again held under the slogan DOC LAB POLAND & UKRAINE.

This year’s CEDOC – Central European Documentary Co-Production Market, the only documentary co-production market in Poland for producers looking for partners from Europe and the world, will host 32 documentary projects. The documentaries submitted from Poland, among others, were joined by projects from Germany, Israel, Italy, France, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Azerbaijan, Great Britain, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Iran, Lithuania, Latvia, Portugal, Sweden and the USA. The market experts will include both experienced producers and sales agents, representatives of festivals, film funds and broadcasters. We will present the full list of dozens of experts soon.

This year, the largest documentary film programme in Poland is once again being held under the slogan DOC LAB POLAND & UKRAINE. Thanks to funding from the Polish Film Institute, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Mieroszewski Institute, we are able to support and ensure the participation of eight projects from Ukraine. Three of them will appear at CEDOC Market, two at Doc Lab Start and three at Doc Lab Go – which will take place on 26-30 May in Krakow.

Among the projects selected for CEDOC Market are film proposals created all over the world. Their creators follow the trail of historical events, face current problems or individual stories of ordinary – extraordinary people. As we know, life writes the best scripts, and documentary filmmakers are excellent chroniclers of everyday life.

CEDOC MARKET (Central European Documentary Co-Production Market) aims to enable documentary producers to establish contacts with partners in other countries, thanks to whom they will be able to make their films. This year, the event will be held for the eleventh time.

DOC LAB POLAND & UKRAINE PROJECTS:

DOCS TO START

Arkadius, dir. Sławomir Batyra, prod. Maria Nosal / Bord Noir Maria Nosal
Her name is Fields, dir. Martyna Wróbel, Anna Biernacik, prod. Magdalena Sztorc, Anna Zajączkowska / Mozaika Films
Hear Me Out, dir. Agnieszka Iwańska, prod. Izabela Igel / 7FILMS Sp. z o.o.
Inner Wild, dir. Kama Czudowska, prod. Dorota Schleiss / ASF Studio
My Auntie Destroyed a Kingdom, dir. Monika Lipanovich, prod. Monika Braid /
Braidmade Films
What a Coincidence?, dir. Karina Kleszczewska, prod. Dorota Schleiss, Jakub Klawikowski / ASF Studio
My Diana, dir. Inga Pylypchuk, prod. Alexandra Bratyshchenko, Kateryna Ptashka /
Eleron Pictures (UKRAINA)
Mzungu: The Path, dir. Michał Gruszczyński, prod. Monika Raj / Rajana sp. z o.o.
Nahual: Lives Between Worlds, dir. Clara Kleininger-Wanik, prod. Kamil Wanik / Tryton Productions
Night Mayor, dir. Kate Tiuri, prod. Mira Oyetoro, Anna Burdina / JS Films (UKRAINE)
Nothing to Fear, dir. Katarzyna Cieślar, prod. Marta Dużbabel / ATM GRUPA S.A
The Flower of Polish Youth, dir. Piotr Bodak, prod. Jagoda Brzezińska / Pinot Films
The Pillar, dir. Marcin Koszałka, prod. Piotr Kobus / Mañana
To my Mother, dir. Mattias Bavré, prod. Stanisław Zaborowski, Barbara Dyck, Maarten Bernaerts / Silver Frame, Salto Productions

DOCS TO GO

Every Death Diminishes Me, dir. Sergiusz Bażenov, prod. Inna Lastochkina / Trilobit Films LLC (UKRAINE)
Hide Me In The Light, dir. Markiian Miroshnychenko, Natalia Kovalyova, prod. Oleksandr Krasenkov, Kateryna Ptashka / Life Map Films (UKRAINE)
Inner Landscapes, dir. Zofia Sawicka, prod. Zofia Kujawska, Maciej Kubicki / Telemark sp. z o.o
Maestra, dir. Magda Nabiałczyk, prod. Iwona Harris / Lollipop Films Sp. z o.o.
The Curse, dir. Jakub Jakubik, prod. Michał Sadowski / SHADOWS OF THE MIND Sp. z o.o.
The Escape, dir. Yevgenia Danylenko-Bekker, prod. Anahit Zakaryan / Picartix Production (UKRAINE)
The Herd, dir. Mariusz Biernacki, prod. Iga Malińska / Play Colors Media
Theater on Main Street – The Ida Kaminska Story, dir. Dawid Szurmiej, prod. Katarzyna Kaczmarek, Milena Drincić, Dawid Szurmiej / Studio Agart
Tickling the Devil, dir. Piotr Małecki, Maciek Nabrdalik, prod. Piotr Małecki / Short Docs Media

CEDOC MARKET PROJECTS 2025:

533 Days – Separated by the Bridge, dir. Serhii Zeinalov, prod. DIM Filmhouse LLC / Ukraine
Babcia, dir. Wiktor Filip Gacparski prod. Open Matter Studio / Germany
Black Sea, White Noise, dir. The Black & Forth Collective (Sasha Belinskyi, Taras Osipov, Yulia Kovanova, Kieran Gosney), prod. Bofa Productions / Albatros Communicos / UK/ Ukraine
Beautiful Death, dir. Andris Gauja, prod. Riverbed / Latvia
Cecilia Project, dir. Edward Porembny, prod. AMP Polska z o.o. Edward Porembny / Poland
Dust In The Showcase, dir. Daniel Pavlic, prod. Artizana, Croatia
Farewell to the Arctic, dir. Edyta Wróblewska, prod. Cool Company Sp. z o.o. / Poland
From Radvanka, dir. Tomi Hazhlinsky, prod. Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema LLC / Ukraine
Gaming the System 1989, dir. Erik Richard H, prod. Enemy Films / Varda Pictures / UK
Gatsby in Motion, dir. Bertrand Normand, prod. Les Films du Jour Prochain / France
I’m not scared anymore, dir. Tanya (Tatsiana) Svirepa, prod. Oraz Myradov / Poland, Germany
In the Thunder Light, dir. Katarzyna Trzaska, prod. Zygizaga Films / Poland
It Is What It Is, dir. Gal Rosenbluth, prod. udivsagi production ltd. / Israel
Intimate Revolutions, dir. Julia Maryanska, prod. Speakit Productions / USA, UK
Mater, dir. Michael Petrolini, prod. Raw Sight / Italy
My Shining Darkness, dir. Lia Lőrinczy, prod. Éclipse Film Kft. / Hungary
Lost in Tehran, Lost in Japan, dir. Jafar NajafiIran, prod. Cinematales / Iran
Prometea, dir. Michaela Kaliska, prod. Ninja film / Slovakia
RepairMan, dir. Marija Stonyte, prod. UKU films / Lithuania
Scars, dir. Małgorzata Imielska, prod. Lumisenta Film Foundation / Poland
Ship of Dreams, dir. Johan von SydowSzwecja, prod. Picky Pictures AB / Sweden
Searching for Thule, dir. Yannis Karpouzis, prod. Marina Danezi / Belgium
The Hope Will Carry Us, dir. Alemdar Faig, prod. Chinar Film / Azerbaijan
The Fugitive, dir. Michal Varga prod. Gnomon Production S.R.O. / Czechia
The Last Daughter, dir. Melissa Richer, prod. Sundays.Film GmbH / Germany
Through the Eyes of Others, dir. Meagan Adele Lopez, prod. Lady Who Productions / USA, France, Spain
Tomorrow, dir. Diana Antunes, prod. Omaja, Unipessoal Lda. / Portugal
Transparency Booth: Echoes of the Futured, dir. Anna Kapustina, Alexander Mihalkovich, prod. Albatros Communicos / Ukraine
We Have The Keys, dir. Timo Novotny, prod. Seehund Media. GmbH / Austria, Germany
Witold Giersz 100 years – Frame after Frame, dir. Dorota Welchman, prod. Breakthru Productions / Poland
Yetti on Black Asphalt, dir. Martin Ryšavý, prod. D1film s.r.o. / Czechia
Youth of the North, dir. Evgeniia Leushkina, prod. Voices Films / Germany, France

DOC LAB POLAND & UKRAINIE and CEDOC Market are organized by the Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation in cooperation with KFF Industry, and the strategic partner is the Krakow Film Festival.

MAY 2025