From 28 May to 3rd June the Krakow Film Festival is taking place in Poland.

Their Industry Section presents a panel discussion with Europe's most important festival programmers specialized in documentary, animation and short films, amongst them Dr. Grit Lemke, head of the documentary programme at DOK Leipzig. Expect real expert tips and advices about festival programming, as well as valuable information on rules and regulations behind the scene.

Host: Laurence Boyce (UK/Estonia)

Date: 30.05.2012, 12.00 – 14.00

Check their website:  Krakow Film Festival

Ilian Metev, Gewinner der Talent-Taube bei DOK Leipzig 2008, hat es mit seinem neuen Film in den Wettbewerb "Semaine de la Critique" bei den Filmfestspielen in Cannes geschafft. Entwickelt hat der 30jährige Metev seinen Dokumentarfilm "Sofias Last Ambulance" mit dem Preisgeld der Medienstiftung der Sparkasse Leipzig. Diese dortiert seit 2004 die Talent-Taube mit 10.000 Euro - zweckgebunden als Anschubfinanzierung für das nächste Dokumentarfilmprojekt des Preisträgers.

2008 hatte Metev die Talent-Taube mit seinem Film "Goleshovo" gewonnen, in dem er vom Leben in einem abgelegenen bulgarischen Bergdorf erzählt. Sein neuer Film handelt vom harten und teilweise irrwitzigen Arbeitsalltag der Ärzte in einer Notambulanz in Bulgariens Hauptstadt Sofia.

Der aktuelle Erfolg von Ilian Metev in Cannes beweist, dass die Medienstiftung mit ihrem Engagement bei DOK Leipzig aufstrebende Filmemacher/innen nachhaltig fördert. Wir sagen danke für die langjährige Partnerschaft!

Übrigens: Ilian Metev hat bereits angekündigt "Sofias Last Ambulance" auch zum diesjährigen Festival nach Leipzig zu bringen.

The new film by Ilian Metev, winner of the DOK Leipzig 2008 Talent Dove, has made it into the “Semaine de la Critique” competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The 30-year-old Metev developed his documentary “Sofia’s Last Ambulance” using the prize money sponsored by the Media Foundation of the Sparkasse Leipzig. Since 2004, the Media Foundation has annually donated 10,000 Euros to be awarded with the Talent Dove for the specific purpose of serving as start-up financing for the award winner’s next documentary film project.

In 2008, Metev won the Talent Dove for his film “Goleshovo”, a portrait of life in a remote Bulgarian mountain village. His new work tells of the hard and sometimes absurd working life of doctors in an emergency ambulance in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

Ilian Metev’s current success at Cannes proves that the Media Foundation provides sustainable support to talented upcoming filmmakers. The renowned Cannes International Film Festival will take place from 16 to 27 May 2012.

By the way, Ilian Metev has already announced his intention to bring “Sofia’s Last Ambulance” to this year’s Leipzig festival.

Documentary Competition program of Sarajevo Film Festival with its, each year more successful, DOCU CORNER started a unique workshop for the documentary makers from the region – a specialized ROUGH CUT BOUTIQUE. After the very successful start in 2011, the second RCB will take place between 9 and 12 July 2012.

Deadline for submission of projects is 26. May 2012.

In collaboration with the Balkan Documentary Center the workshop will put together filmmakers of 5 promising projects at rough cut stage with the top documentary experts from Europe to work together during 6 intensive sessions.

The idea behind the SFF/BDC Rough Cut Boutique is to offer coaching, expert advice and access to decision-makers that can have crucial influence on moving the projects forward in their final stage.  Each project competes for the opportunity to be presented at the CineLink Work in Progress and have a chance to win Work-in-Progress Post Republic Award (80.000 EUR) and Work-in-Progress RestArt Award (20.000 EUR). The best project dealing with human rights issue will receive the FIFHD, Geneva cash award of 1.500 EUR.

All sessions will be moderated by Rada Sesic, SFF documentary competition selector and Martichka Bozhilova, director of Balkan Documentary Center.

For more information regarding the terms of participation and to download the application form, please visit their website.