Modern Times Review is currently in Kyiv for the 50th Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival where The Baltic 2 Black Sea Documentary Network (B2B Doc) will hold their B2B Doc Launch Pad pitching event on Thursday, 3 June, 2021. Across its day long activities, 12 documentary film projects from #Belarus, #Ukraine, #Moldova, #Georgia, #Armenia, #Azerbaijan and #Russia will be pitched for a panel of international decision makers and commissioning editors.
Before Thursdays event, however, B2B Doc hosted 4 industry panel events, discussing an array of relevant topics specifically geared towards young filmmakers in the region. The discussions, held physically central Kyiv as well as online via the Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival Facebook page tackled various pandemic related topics of relevance with a definitive angle of a changing industry slowly moving into a post COVID world.
You can watch each of the events below or via the Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival Facebook Page.
The days first discussion, European Documentary Network: Created by Documentary Filmmakers for Documentary Filmmakers featured DAE co-founders Bridget O’Shea and Marion Schmidt.
Next, Documentary Filmmakers in Hybrid Regime: How to Survive and Do Your Work saw filmmaker, critic, and #DOCUMENTARIST Istanbul Film Festival Director Necati Sönmez discuss the interesting, and ever relevant topic, of cultural survival in countries of hybrid (or repressive) regimes.
Then, Pitch the Doc‘s Adam Paplinski and Katarzyna Szarecka spoke on The Art of Online Pitching. Specifically highlighted the developments of their own online platform, the duo’s years of experience within the online pitching space provided much insight into its best practices, both practical and creative.
Finally, How to Bring Your Documentary Film Project to the International Market in the Post Covid Era saw Latvian producer Uldis Čekulis, French producer Louis Beaudemont, and #RIDM Forum head Selin Murat. A very interesting conversation all around where both producers and festivals alike were forced to adapt to the new paradigms of the Covid year+. From NFT’s to thematic package ticket deals, some new and exciting ways of looking at documentary finance, presentation, and packaging were al presented.
