Ex Oriente Film has just unveiled its program open to 2023 Sunny Side of the Doc delegates! Conferences, case studies, and masterclasses are available for participation. Check out the selection of activities open to Sunny Side of the Doc delegates!

Sunday, June 18

• 10:00 – 11:30: Masterclass by Diana El Jeiroudi: Producers Directors Relations – Amphi 1
• 11:45 – 13:15: Case study by producer Charlotte Uzu (FR) – Amphi 2
• 16:45 – 18:00: Masterclass of director, producer, and poet The Maw Naing (MMR) – Amphi 1
• 16:45 – 18:00: Lecture by producer and commissioning editor Ken-ichi Imamura (JPN) – Amphi 2
• 17:15 – 18:15: Masterclass by director Angus Macqeen (UK) – Amphi 3
• 18:30 – 19:30: Case study by Samuel Joyce (UK) – Amphi 3

Monday, June 19

• 10:00 – 11:30: Masterclass by director Victoria Bruce (USA): Story Safari – The Hunt for Your Documentary’s Narrative – Amphi 1
• 17:30 – 19:00 (11:30 NY time): Masterclass by Nanfu Wang (USA/China) on Mind Over Murder (2022) – Streamed live – Amphi 2

Tuesday, June 20

• 9:00 – 10:30: Lecture by Lucio Mollica (DE/IT) – Amphi 1
• 10:00 – 11:30: Masterclass by director #Hubert Sauper# (FR) – Amphi 2
• 15:00 – 16:30: Lecture by Matt Syrett (USA) on his recently released Netflix documentary series MerPeople – Amphi 1
• 18:10 – 19:30: Masterclass by Marc Isaacs (UK) – Amphi 2

Wednesday, June 21

• 14:30 – 15:30: Case study by Jasmina Sijercic (FR): Landscapes of Resistance (dir. Marta Popivoda, 2021, Serbia, Germany, France) – Amphi 1

Ex Oriente Film 2023 Feature Docs Projects

• Acting Classes, Produced by FilmFilmFilm (Kazakhstan), Directed by Sasha Shegai (90 min)
• Armenia Phantom, Produced by TS Productions (France, Armenia), Directed by Tamara Stepanyan (70 min)
• Becoming Roosi, Produced by Tiny Desk Productions (Estonia), Directed by Margit Lillak (85 min)
• Do Magic, Produced by Golden Girls Film (Austria, Slovakia), Directed by Vera Lacková (90 min)
• How I Became a Hijacker, Produced by Aleksandra Szczesna (Poland, Germany), Directed by Andrew Carter (75 min)
• Letters, Produced by Sofiia Zadorozhna (Poland, Belarus), Directed by Andrei Kutsila (90 min)
• Lights, Produced by Marcus Lenz (Germany, Ukraine), Directed by Mila Teshaieva (90 min)
• Man Under the Ice, Produced by Analog Vision (Czech Republic), Directed by Eva Tomanová (80 min)
• The Poor Cry Too, Produced by Just a Moment (Lithuania, Mexico), Directed by Viktorija Mickute, Ieva Balsiunaite (80 min)
• What About Little Peter?, Produced by Gnomon Production S.R.O. (Czech Republic), Directed by Martin Trabalík (82 min)
• Birdie, Produced by Staron Film (Poland), Directed by Aneta Ptak (70 min)
• Keepers of the Ruins, Produced by New Kyiv (Ukraine, Poland), Directed by Mariia Shevchenko (80 min)

Ex Oriente Film 2023 Series Projects

• Exit Only, Produced by Hypermarket Film (Czech Republic, Austria), Directed by Timo Novotny (6×26 min)
• She Is Not in the Business of Making Friends, Produced by Manifest Film (Romania), Directed by Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan (4×45 min)
• Tito. The West’s Favorite Dictator, Produced by Looks Filmproduktionen GmbH (Germany, Austria, Croatia, Italy), Directed by Bence Máté (4×45 min, 2×90 min)
• UNHERO or a Falling Star, Produced by Agitprop Ltd. (Bulgaria), Directed by Georgi Tenev (6×45 min)
• The Murderers of Anna Labancz, Produced by Balázs Dudás (Hungary), Directed by Balázs Dudás (5×45 min)