7th Young Audiences Documentary Film Forum – pitching
Saturday, 9 May | 10.00am – 6.00pm | State Ethnographic Museum
(The forum will begin with a masterclass: Remote Intimacy: Building Connection in a Distant Documentary Masterclass by Soraya Akhlaghi and Mehrdad Oskouei 10:00 am - 11:30 am)
We invite filmmakers, producers, distributors, and all those involved in the film industry to participate in the 7th Young Audiences Documentary Film Forum. During the Forum, we will discuss the idea behind the LET’S DOC program – Documentary Ideas Lab – and why it's worth creating and funding Polish documentary cinema for young viewers. We will present a masterclass on an extraordinary long-distance collaboration, which resulted in the outstanding film Fox and the Pink Moon directed by Mehrdad Oskouei and Soraya Akhalaghi.
The most important part of the Forum will be the presentation of five projects from the sixth edition of the LET’S DOC program, as well as three international projects specially invited to Poland for this occasion. The best projects, selected by us and our partners, will receive cash prizes. The Forum is an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas and build a support network for the brand of Polish documentaries for young audiences.
Selected Projects
A Head Full of Sky / Głowa pełna nieba, dir. Jerzy Poniatowski
Almost at Home / Tam, gdzie prawie jest dom, dir. Aleksandra Kubisa
Girls On Fire (working title), dir. Dinah Münchow/Stephan Liskowsky
Homeleaving / To, co najważniejsze, dir. Kamil Dobrosielski
The ball never dies! / Niech żyje bal! dir. Ewa Szulgacz i Karolina Chrzanowska
The Orchid Quest (WT), dir. Florian Rudolph
Via Gladiola (Working title) dir. Geertje Hadderingh
Where the forest ends / Tam, gdzie kończy się las, dir. Mateusz Buława
Organiser: The Wajda Film Centre
Partners: Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Polish Producers Alliance, Polish Filmmakers Association, Dziki Bez Association
The project is co-financed by the Polish Film Institute and receives additional funding from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, drawn from the Culture Promotion Fund.
Free admission
Event in English
