The selection of projects from all over the world for CEDOC Market and Ukrainian projects that will join DOC LAB POLAND, run by the Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation, has been completed. This year’s eleventh edition of both events, organized in cooperation with KFF Industry during the Krakow Film Festival, is once again held under the slogan DOC LAB POLAND & UKRAINE.
This year’s CEDOC – Central European Documentary Co-Production Market, the only documentary co-production market in Poland for producers looking for partners from Europe and the world, will host 32 documentary projects. The documentaries submitted from Poland, among others, were joined by projects from Germany, Israel, Italy, France, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Azerbaijan, Great Britain, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Iran, Lithuania, Latvia, Portugal, Sweden and the USA. The market experts will include both experienced producers and sales agents, representatives of festivals, film funds and broadcasters. We will present the full list of dozens of experts soon.
This year, the largest documentary film programme in Poland is once again being held under the slogan DOC LAB POLAND & UKRAINE. Thanks to funding from the Polish Film Institute, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Mieroszewski Institute, we are able to support and ensure the participation of eight projects from Ukraine. Three of them will appear at CEDOC Market, two at Doc Lab Start and three at Doc Lab Go – which will take place on 26-30 May in Krakow.
Among the projects selected for CEDOC Market are film proposals created all over the world. Their creators follow the trail of historical events, face current problems or individual stories of ordinary – extraordinary people. As we know, life writes the best scripts, and documentary filmmakers are excellent chroniclers of everyday life.
CEDOC MARKET (Central European Documentary Co-Production Market) aims to enable documentary producers to establish contacts with partners in other countries, thanks to whom they will be able to make their films. This year, the event will be held for the eleventh time.
DOC LAB POLAND & UKRAINE PROJECTS:
DOCS TO START 2025
- Arkadius, dir. Sławomir Batyra, prod. Maria Nosal / Bord Noir Maria Nosal
- Her name is Fields, dir. Martyna Wróbel, Anna Biernacik, prod. Magdalena Sztorc, Anna Zajączkowska / Mozaika Films
- Hear Me Out, dir. Agnieszka Iwańska, prod. Izabela Igel / 7FILMS Sp. z o.o.
- Inner Wild, dir. Kama Czudowska, prod. Dorota Schleiss / ASF Studio
- My Auntie Destroyed a Kingdom, dir. Monika Lipanovich, prod. Monika Braid /
Braidmade Films - What a Coincidence?, dir. Karina Kleszczewska, prod. Dorota Schleiss, Jakub Klawikowski / ASF Studio
- My Diana, dir. Inga Pylypchuk, prod. Alexandra Bratyshchenko, Kateryna Ptashka /
Eleron Pictures (UKRAINA) - Mzungu: The Path, dir. Michał Gruszczyński, prod. Monika Raj / Rajana sp. z o.o.
- Nahual: Lives Between Worlds, dir. Clara Kleininger-Wanik, prod. Kamil Wanik / Tryton Productions
- Night Mayor, dir. Kate Tiuri, prod. Mira Oyetoro, Anna Burdina / JS Films (UKRAINE)
- Nothing to Fear, dir. Katarzyna Cieślar, prod. Marta Dużbabel / ATM GRUPA S.A
- The Flower of Polish Youth, dir. Piotr Bodak, prod. Jagoda Brzezińska / Pinot Films
- The Pillar, dir. Marcin Koszałka, prod. Piotr Kobus / Mañana
- To my Mother, dir. Mattias Bavré, prod. Stanisław Zaborowski, Barbara Dyck, Maarten Bernaerts / Silver Frame, Salto Productions
DOCS TO GO 2025
- Every Death Diminishes Me, dir. Sergiusz Bażenov, prod. Inna Lastochkina / Trilobit Films LLC (UKRAINE)
- Hide Me In The Light, dir. Markiian Miroshnychenko, Natalia Kovalyova, prod. Oleksandr Krasenkov, Kateryna Ptashka / Life Map Films (UKRAINE)
- Inner Landscapes, dir. Zofia Sawicka, prod. Maciej Kubicki, Zofia Kujawska/ Telemark sp. z o.o
- Maestra, dir. Magda Nabiałczyk, prod. Iwona Harris / Lollipop Films Sp. z o.o.
- The Curse, dir. Jakub Jakubik, prod. Michał Sadowski / SHADOWS OF THE MIND Sp. z o.o.
- The Escape, dir. Yevgenia Danylenko-Bekker, prod. Anahit Zakaryan / Picartix Production (UKRAINE)
- The Herd, dir. Mariusz Biernacki, prod. Iga Malińska / Play Colors Media
- Theater on Main Street – The Ida Kaminska Story, dir. Dawid Szurmiej, prod. Katarzyna Kaczmarek, Milena Drincić, Dawid Szurmiej / Studio Agart
- Tickling the Devil, dir. Piotr Małecki, Maciek Nabrdalik, prod. Piotr Małecki / Short Docs Media
CEDOC MARKET PROJECTS 2025:
- 533 Days – Separated by the Bridge, dir. Serhii Zeinalov, prod. DIM Filmhouse LLC / Ukraine
- Babcia, dir. Wiktor Filip Gacparski prod. Open Matter Studio / Germany
- Black Sea, White Noise, dir. The Black & Forth Collective (Sasha Belinskyi, Taras Osipov, Yulia Kovanova, Kieran Gosney), prod. Bofa Productions / Albatros Communicos / UK/ Ukraine
- Beautiful Death, dir. Andris Gauja, prod. Riverbed / Latvia
- Cecilia Project, dir. Edward Porembny, prod. AMP Polska z o.o. Edward Porembny / Poland
- Dust In The Showcase, dir. Daniel Pavlic, prod. Artizana, Croatia
- Farewell to the Arctic, dir. Edyta Wróblewska, prod. Cool Company Sp. z o.o. / Poland
- From Radvanka, dir. Tomi Hazhlinsky, prod. Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema LLC / Ukraine
- Gaming the System 1989, dir. Erik Richard H, prod. Enemy Films / Varda Pictures / UK
- Gatsby in Motion, dir. Bertrand Normand, prod. Les Films du Jour Prochain / France
- I’m not scared anymore, dir. Tanya (Tatsiana) Svirepa, prod. Oraz Myradov / Poland, Germany
- In the Thunder Light, dir. Katarzyna Trzaska, prod. Zygizaga Films / Poland
- It Is What It Is, dir. Gal Rosenbluth, prod. udivsagi production ltd. / Israel
- Intimate Revolutions, dir. Julia Maryanska, prod. Speakit Productions / USA, UK
- Mater, dir. Michael Petrolini, prod. Raw Sight / Italy
- My Shining Darkness, dir. Lia Lőrinczy, prod. Éclipse Film Kft. / Hungary
- Lost in Tehran, Lost in Japan, dir. Jafar NajafiIran, prod. Cinematales / Iran
- Prometea, dir. Michaela Kaliska, prod. Ninja film / Slovakia
- RepairMan, dir. Marija Stonyte, prod. UKU films / Lithuania
- Scars, dir. Małgorzata Imielska, prod. Lumisenta Film Foundation / Poland
- Ship of Dreams, dir. Johan von SydowSzwecja, prod. Picky Pictures AB / Sweden
- Searching for Thule, dir. Yannis Karpouzis, prod. Marina Danezi / Belgium
- The Hope Will Carry Us, dir. Alemdar Faig, prod. Chinar Film / Azerbaijan
- The Fugitive, dir. Michal Varga prod. Gnomon Production S.R.O. / Czechia
- The Last Daughter, dir. Melissa Richer, prod. Sundays.Film GmbH / Germany
- Through the Eyes of Others, dir. Meagan Adele Lopez, prod. Lady Who Productions / USA, France, Spain
- Tomorrow, dir. Diana Antunes, prod. Omaja, Unipessoal Lda. / Portugal
- Transparency Booth: Echoes of the Futured, dir. Anna Kapustina, Alexander Mihalkovich, prod. Albatros Communicos / Ukraine
- We Have The Keys, dir. Timo Novotny, prod. Seehund Media. GmbH / Austria, Germany
- Witold Giersz 100 years – Frame after Frame, dir. Dorota Welchman, prod. Breakthru Productions / Poland
- Yetti on Black Asphalt, dir. Martin Ryšavý, prod. D1film s.r.o. / Czechia
- Youth of the North, dir. Evgeniia Leushkina, prod. Voices Films / Germany, France
DOC LAB POLAND & UKRAINIE and CEDOC Market are organized by the Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation in cooperation with KFF Industry, and the strategic partner is the Krakow Film Festival.
The main institution financing the program is the Polish Film Institute. Doc Lab Poland was co-financed from the funds of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Fund for the Promotion of Culture – a state earmarked fund, from the funds of the Capital City of Warsaw, and by the Mieroszewski Center as part of the 2nd open competition and by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Foreign partners are: DOK Leipzig, IDFA, FIPADOC and the Institute of Documentary Film from Prague, Documentary Association of Europe and the Visegrad Fund.
Polish partners are: Mazovian Institute of Culture, Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, Warsaw Film Festival, Wrocław Feature Film Studio, Fixafilm, Cafe Ole Sound Studio, MX35, Kraków Technology Park and Polish Docs PRO.
Media patrons of Doc Lab Poland are: Polish Docs, Film Magazine of the Polish Filmmakers Association, National Chamber of Audiovisual Producers, Filmpolski.pl, Film&TV Kamera, Film Festival Center, Siła Nauki.
Cultural event of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU.
Cultural event of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU.
Événement culturel de la présidence polonaise du Conseil de l’UE.