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Applications are now open for Berlinale Talents 2021! Among others, you can check Doc Station. Ten selected documentary filmmakers participating in Berlinale Talents are offered project development with regards to concept, story structure and creative issues. Apply by September 1, 2020, 12:00 noon (CEST).

This week the tutors of B2B DOC are finalizing the work on the pitching trailers. The last individual meetings online with directors and producers to go through the edited trailers. Soon the 12 projects will be ready to be pitched!

Are you an emerging documentary filmmaker or producer who has proven your talent on a national scale and would like to expand your career internationally? Then apply to IDFAcademy during IDFA 2020. The accreditation deadline is September 1.

Happy birthday, Giedrė Žickytė ;)

The 23rd edition of Jeden svět / One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival will take place in Prague during March 4-13, 2021. Submit your film until September 1. The deadline for films that are finished between September and November 2020 is November 1.

This is not for the filmmakers directly, but for the cultural institutions outside the EU, suffering from the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Applicants must do cultural work with relevance to civil… More society, whose commitment is of great importance for artistic freedom and for a pluralistic society. The maximum funding for a project in the period from September to December 2020 is 25,000 euros.

Hi, friends! The film of Yulia Vishnevets "Hey! Teachers" is going to have its world premiere at Krakow film festival, that starts on May, 31! It will be the online premiere - because the festival has moved… More online this year. This feels a bit strange but what is not strange these days. And of course this would not happen without the support of B2B Doc - Baltic to Black Sea Documentary Network and its tutors! We will never have enough words to thank you all, guys! Also thanks to Current Time TV - it would be impossible to complete "Hey! Teachers!" if not for their financial support. Anyone whos in Poland can watch "Hey! Teaches!" at screenings:

More than 3.000 views (and counting!) for our short-documentary "Hollywood in Quarantine" 😷 🎬🎥 Directed by Sakis Lalas Written by Valentina De Giorgi Produced by The Dark Candy

We had some questions today at our webinar regarding the coming deadline for Sundance Institute 2020 Documentary Fund. Here comes the answer directly from the primary source. 🎥 #Nonfiction filmmakers. The deadline for our 2020 Documentary Fund winter grant cycle has been extended from June 15th to June 29th.

Orwa Nyrabia has confirmed to Variety that IDFA will host a physical 33rd edition in November with potentially reduced capacity. However, the industry markets IDFA Forum and Docs for Sale will take place online.

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