Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries
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The Helsinki Effect
DIPLOMACY: With a gently satirical outer wrapping and a deadly serious inner core, Arthur Franck's account of the seminal Helsinki Agreement of 1975—The Helsinki Effect—demonstrates just how historic a diplomatic process that was at the time seen as tedious and irrelevant really was.
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Applications open for the 29th Baltic Sea Docs
Baltic Sea Docs, the premier documentary co-production pitching forum in the #Baltic region, has officially opened its call for project submissions for its 29th edition. The event will take place from 21 August to 5 September 2025, in Riga, Latvia, with applications accepted until 9 May 2025. Renowned for fostering international collaboration, Baltic Sea Docs…
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Letters From Wolf Street
MIGRANTS: When immigrants are the scapegoats for all of Europe's ills, and the far right is resurgent, Arjun Talwar's poetic glimpse into the experience of life as a foreigner in Poland is a potent antidote to hatred.
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Report: Baltic Sea Docs 2024
BALTIC SEA DOCS: Modern Times Review looks back at the panels, screenings, and presentations that made up the 2024 Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries.
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Baltic Sea Docs awards six projects at 28th edition
The 28th edition of the Baltic Sea Docs documentary forum wrapped up after a week of screenings, workshops, and pitch sessions. Six documentary projects were awarded to support their development and production. Held from 1-8 September, the forum brought together filmmakers from the Baltic Sea region, Eastern Europe, and the Caucasus. Twenty-six projects were pitched…
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Baltic Sea Docs set to showcase 26 documentary projects
The 28th edition of the Baltic Sea Docs will take place in Riga from 1-8 September 2024. This year, the event will spotlight 26 documentary film projects. The forum, which has become a vital platform for feature-length documentaries from the Baltic Sea region, Eastern Europe, and the Caucasus, will also offer screenings for local audiences…
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Baltic Sea Docs announces 26 selected projects for 2024 edition
The leading documentary pitching event in the Baltic countries, Baltic Sea Docs, has finalised its project selection for the 28th edition, set for Riga from 1-6 September 2024. This year, 22 projects in development and production, along with four post-production projects in the «Coming Soon» session, were selected. The 26 projects hail from 17 countries,…
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Living in limbo
Living in exile is hard, as we can experience in Mohamed Jabaly's award-winning Life Is Beautiful. Despite the hardships, this film is a feel-good story celebrating solidarity and friendship.
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Baltic Sea Docs 2024 launches call for documentary film projects
The Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries (Baltic Sea Docs) has announced its call for projects for its 28th edition with a deadline of 10 May.. Scheduled for 1-8 September 2024 in Riga, Latvia, the forum is open to independent production companies from the Baltic Sea region, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and others with documentaries pertaining…