East Doc Platform announces its 2022 projects
- This year, the Prague-based event includes the new projects by Timo Novotny, Greta Stoklassa, Laila Pakalnina, Olga Lucovnicova, Jakub Piątek, Boris Mitić and Mariam Chachia

East Doc Platform (EDP), the largest co-production, funding and distribution platform for Central and Eastern European documentaries, which takes place for the 11th time in Prague from 26 March-1 April, has announced its selection.
EDP's biggest and oldest segment (launched in 2001 as Eastern European Forum), the East Doc Forum, features 19 projects, 12 of which are coming along from the Ex Oriente Film training programme. The forum itself is preceded by a preparatory workshop and culminates in EDP's most attractive event, the Central Pitch. This year, it includes Below by Timo Novotny (also selected for the East Doc Series section), Scarecrows by Laila Pakalnina, Hunting the Invisible by Johana Ožvold and Last Letters of My Grandma, the first feature by Olga Lucovnicova, who won the 2021 Berlinale Golden Bear for Best Short with My Uncle Tudor.
At the East Doc Market, on the other hand, the filmmakers pitch their projects at various stages of development during 15-minute individual meetings with international financiers, broadcasters, distributors, sales agents and festival representatives. This year's line-up includes And Now What and Then What? by Boris Mitić, Abastumani - 101 Rooms by Mariam Chachia and Nik Voigt, and Pianoforte [+see also:
film review
film profile] by Jakub Piątek.
Further EDP segments include East Doc Series and East Doc Interactive, while Czech Docs... Coming Soon will present finished upcoming local documentaries, including Blix Not Bombs [+see also:
film review
film profile] by Greta Stocklassa. The list of these titles can be found here.
Here is the list of East Doc Platform titles:
East Doc Forum
Below - Timo Novotny (Austria/Germany)
Producer: Sebastian Rieker
Dissenters and Madness - Sergey Gindilis (Russia/Germany)
Producer: Yevgeniy Gindilis
5 Pills Away - Karolina Domaglaska (Poland/Germany)
Producer: Katarzyna Ślesicka
Pianoforte [+see also:
film review
film profile] - Jakub Piątek (Poland)
Producer: Maciej Kubicki
Scarecrows - Laila Pakalnina (Latvia/Lithuania)
Producer: Uldis Cekulis
The Other One [+see also:
film review
film profile] - Marie-Magdalena Kochová (Czech Republic/Slovakia)
Producer: Aleš Hudský
Velvet Generation - Ivana Hucíková (Slovakia/Czech Republic)
Producers: Monika Lošťáková, Jakub Viktorín
Ex Oriente Film
As Long as I Live - Roman Ďuriš (Slovakia)
Producers: Simona Bago Móciková, Radka Babincová
Baltic UXO - Alexander Belinski, Agne Dovydaityte (Lithuania)
Producers: Agne Dovydaityte, Dagne Vildziunaite
From 0 to 8 - Danilo Ceković (Sweden/Serbia)
Producers: Mario Adamson, Sergio Ayala
Hunting the Invisible - Johana Ožvold (Czech Republic/Germany/France/UK)
Producers: Jakub Košťál, Vratislav Šlajer
Last Letters of My Grandma - Olga Lucovnicova (Belgium/Moldova)
Producers: Frederik Nicolai, Virgiliu Mărgineanu
Man of Marble - Szymon Kuriata (Poland)
Producer: Aneta Zagórska
Nest of Storks and People - Petko Gyulchev (Bulgaria)
Producer: Galina Shtarbeva
Runaway - Marika Pecháčková (Czech Republic)
Producers: Vít Klusák, Pavla Klimešová
Shut the Fuck Up! - Taisiia Kutuzova (Ukraine/France)
Producers: Stephane Siohan, Olga Beskhmelnitsyna
The World is Not (a) Mine - Natalia Koniarz (Poland)
Producer: Maciej Kubicki
Up in the Air - Oksana Syhareva (Ukraine)
Producers: Oksana Syhareva, Nataliia Pogudina
[Confidential project]
East Doc Market
And Now What And Then What? - Boris Mitić (Serbia/Croatia/France)
Producer: Boris Mitic
Abastumani - 101 Rooms - Mariam Chachia, Nik Voigt (Georgia)
Producer: Mariam Chachia
Cabin Pressure [+see also:
film review
film profile] - Eszter Nagy, Sara Czira (Hungary)
Producers: Patricia D'Intino, Hanka Kastelicová
Flotacija - Eluned Zoë Aiano, Alesandra Tatić (Serbia)
Producers: Greta Rauleac, Miloš Ljubomirović
Ironman - Kiril Karakash, Svetislav Podleshanov (North Macedonia)
Producers: Kiril Karakash, Svetislav Podleshanov
The One I Love - Paweł Hejbudzki (Poland)
Producers: Justyna Przybylska, Filip Luft
Lost and Found - Laurentiu Garofeanu (Romania/Canada/Germany)
Producer: Laurentiu Garofeanu
A Year of Endless Days - Renata Lučić (Croatia)
Producer: Tamara Babun
Leon - Wojciech Gostomczyk (Poland)
Producer: Anna Stylinska
No Mercy - The Female Gaze - Isa Willinger (Germany)
Producer: Alex Tondowski
Unbound - John English, Tom Garner (Spain)
Producer: John English
Olympic Halftime - Haruna Honcoop (Czech Republic/France/Slovenia) - APA Wild Card
Producer: Vít Janeček
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