Following the successful outcomes of the previous editions of
BDC Discoveries training program,
Balkan Documentary Center (BDC) is happy to announce its next call for projects! We are proud to continue the wider focused
BDC Discoveries and we are looking for documentary filmmakers, who either come from the Balkans or work on a Balkan-related topic and would like to collaborate with the region.
Deadline for submission: 6 March 2015.
BDC Discoveries 2015 is aimed at documentary projects in development with international potential and a cross-media angle. The format is 7 teams of producer+writer or director. As an exception, directors in search for producers could also be selected. As observers at the workshop, we will invite 7 representatives of civil society organizations, broadcasters and funds strongly connected to the Balkan region.
BDC Discoveries 2015 takes place in 3 modules:
Module Sofia – first half of May 2015 – with focus on project development, budgeting and international co-production strategies session.
Module Prizren – second half of August 2015 – in the framework of a successful long-term partnership, this year the follow-up and package presentation session will be held at
DokuFest in Kosovo*. It will be with focus on marketing, pitching preparation and inspiration. The module ends with a pitching forum with a number of awards: a cash-prize for production of trailer and 2 nominations for participation at
DOK Leipzig Co-production meetings!
Module Jihlava – second half of October 2015 – By attending the biggest Central European documentary film festival
Jihlava IFF, we will bring our participants on the high international level, advancing in this way intensive networking that would lead to more visibility of the Balkan filmmakers and would enable possible collaborations.
The workshop is fully conducted in English and proficiency in written and spoken English is required.
Applicants with project and those without, can refer to
BDC Discoveries΄ page to get the submission forms, as well as more detailed information on the program.
BDC Discoveries is possible with the kind support of Creative Europe΄s
MEDIA Programme.