Events & Creative Tutoring

We arrange workshops, trainings, webinars and masterclasses to support the filmmakers in our network.


Documentary Industry Days
Aug
28
to Aug 31

Documentary Industry Days

B2B Doc arranged the Documentary Industry Days in Gdynia in collaboration with Odesa International Film Festival and Gdyńskie Centrum Filmowe. In total 17 film projects were pitched at 3 different pitching sessions, presented by 33 filmmakers from all the B2B Doc countries. 17 international decision-makers came to Gdynia and 6 followed the pitching sessions online. 5 other industry events - masterclasses, presentations and panel discussions were arranged with specially invited experts. 13 awards were given at the closing ceremony to the pitching filmmakers.

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Gender, Ethics, Impact & Outreach Workshop at goEast
Apr
25
to Apr 27

Gender, Ethics, Impact & Outreach Workshop at goEast

B2B Doc arranged a workshop on the topics of Gender, Ethics, Impact and Outreach during goEast Film Festival in the end of April.

Invited to Wiesbaden to guide and challenge the filmmakers in their thinking processes were Natalia Imaz, Kenan Aliyev and Yulia Serdyukova. Chloe Genga and Sven Blume joined us on zoom with case studies from their films Softie and For Somebody Else. The workshop was moderated by Viktor Nordenskiöld, Ilja Stenberg and Alex Shiriaieff from B2B Doc.

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The Visegrad Pitch at East Doc Platform
Mar
28

The Visegrad Pitch at East Doc Platform

B2B Doc invited all producers attending East Doc Platform, both from the Visegrad countries and beyond, to come and watch the Visegrad Pitch. 10 Ukrainian documentary works-in-progress at any stage of production were presented to interested representatives from the industry. After the pitch the project teams had one-on-one meetings.

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The Visegrad Workshop for Ukrainian projects
Mar
24
to Mar 27

The Visegrad Workshop for Ukrainian projects

B2B Doc gathered 10 projects for a pitch preparation workshop during East Doc Platform in Prague. The selected projects were all Ukrainian documentary works-in-progress at any stage of production. During the workshop the participants got valuable support and input from our tutors Hana Blaha Šilarová, Monika Franczak and Julianna Ugrin.

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The B2B Doc Conference 2023
Feb
6
to Feb 7

The B2B Doc Conference 2023

The B2B Doc Conference took place in Tallinn, Estonia in February 2023. During two intense days we gathered decision makers from the film supporting institutions in the B2B Doc region and neighbouring countries. Together we discussed ways to change the future for the film industry in the war-torn and turbulent countries.

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War and Peace between two Seas
Nov
27
to Nov 29

War and Peace between two Seas

The B2B Doc project "War and Peace between two Seas" started off in late November with a workshop in Frankfurt an der Oder and Slubice for filmmakers from conflict regions who work on film projects covering wars and conflicts.

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B2B Doc Launch Pad Pitching 2022
Jun
4

B2B Doc Launch Pad Pitching 2022

The B2B Doc Launch Pad took place in Krakow the 4th of June. Arranged as a part of Krakow Film Festival’s industry programme it attracted film producers, commissionaires, broadcasters, film festival representatives and other decision makers. 13 brave and inspiring projects pitched during the first part of the day and one-to-one meetings were arranged in the second part.

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Pitch Preparation Days
Jun
1
to Jun 3

Pitch Preparation Days

We arranged a three day training before the Launch Pad Pitching. The 13 projects were split into two groups where they worked together in finding the uniqueness in each story and a good way to express it.

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Trailer Workshop
Apr
20
to Apr 24

Trailer Workshop

B2B Doc arranged a four day workshop focusing on how to create a trailer for a pitch.

The tutors Anna Eborn, Kasia Boniecka, Phil Jandaly and Anastasia Kirillova shared their knowledge both through lectures and practical editing help. Filmmakers from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine attended the workshop.

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Story Development Workshop
Jan
29
to Feb 2

Story Development Workshop

B2B Doc has invited nine projects from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to participate in a Story Development Workshop in Tbilisi, Georgia. The workshop is arranged in cooperation with Sakdoc Film and Georgian National Film Center.

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Moldox Festival B2B DOC
Oct
15

Moldox Festival B2B DOC

During the industry days of Moldox Festival B2B DOC has arranged today a master-class for Moldovan filmmakers on how to bring their documentary film stories to the international film market. All of them were young and inexperienced but very creative and eager to make films for the international audience.

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29th International Film Festival “Message to Man”
Sep
18
to Sep 19

29th International Film Festival “Message to Man”

In September 2019 B2B Doc took part in the 29th International Film Festival “Message to Man” in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. We arranged a two-day workshop "One Man - One Camera" for the students of the Film and TV University in St. Petersburg. Our tutor Jørgen Chemnitz from Greenland was teaching how to make high quality documentaries with limited technical resources.

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B2B Doc Webinar #1: Pre-production
Apr
25

B2B Doc Webinar #1: Pre-production

On the 25th of April 2019 B2B Doc arranged a webinar on pre-production of documentaries. 20 filmmakers participated. The webinar was moderated by Anna Belyaeva. The tutors Malcolm Dixelius and Anastasia Kirillova adressed a lot of practical issues with following discussions.

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 B2B Doc: Producers meet Producers at Docudays UA
Mar
13

B2B Doc: Producers meet Producers at Docudays UA

The flagship event of B2B Doc - Producers meet Producers was held during the industry days of Docudays UA International Documentary and Human Rights Festival in Kyiv, Ukraine. 14 projects from Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Russia were presented to 23 established producers from Europe, TV broadcasters, film festival commissioners, distribution companies and sales agents.

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B2B Doc Rough-Cut workshop
Feb
12

B2B Doc Rough-Cut workshop

The first round of the first ever B2B Doc rough cut workshop was held in Tallinn at the end of January-beginning of February 2019. Eight projects from Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Lithuania, Armenia and Russia were presented. The participants got the homework from the tutors to do before the second round.

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B2B Doc expands to Russia
Dec
25

B2B Doc expands to Russia

The B2B Doc network has been presented for the Russian documentary filmmakers in Moscow in December 2018. Around 25 filmmakers have attended the meeting, arranged in the residency of the Swedish cultural attaché Stefan Ingvarsson. B2B Doc is expanding to Russia and we look for more independent Russian film projects with strong content to support in finding co-production partners in Europe.

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