Baltic Sea Docs 2024

We are thrilled to announce the 26 selected projects for this year’s Baltic Sea Docs!

As usual, we will meet in Riga where the forum will take place on 1-6 September (industry dates).

22 new projects, currently in development and production, will be presented at the main pitch, and four additional projects in the “Coming Soon” session, featuring films in post-production that have previously been pitched at Baltic Sea Docs.

𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬:

𝟖𝟎 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 | Hungary / Germany

dir. András Földes, Anna Kis | prod. Lorand Balazs Imre | FilmDough Productions UG

𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 (𝐰𝐭) | Kazakhstan

dir. Sasha Shegai | prod. Sasha Shegai, Yevgeniya Moreva | CatNip

𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐜 | Poland

dir. Iga Lis | prod. Stanislaw Zaborowski, Justyna Gawelko | Silver Frame

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 | Lithuania

dir. Andrius Lekavičius | prod. Gabriele Vaiciunaite | Cinema Cartel

𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | Estonia

dir. Erik Tikan | prod. Elina Litvinova, Maris Salumets | Three Brothers OÜ

𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 | Lithuania

dir. Aiste Stonyte | prod. Giedrė Žickytė, Migla Butkutė | Moonmakers

𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 | Estonia

dir. Vladimir Loginov | prod. Janika Möls | Anthill Films OÜ

𝐄𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨 | Georgia

dir. Rati Oneli | prod. Rati Oneli, David Vashadze, Evgeniia Marchenko | Office of Architecture

𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 | Latvia / Romania

dir. Viesturs Kairišs | prod. Elīna Gediņa – Ducena, Gints Grūbe | Mistrus Media, Dash Film

𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫’𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐬 | Ukraine

dir. Yuriy Shylov | prod. Olha Tuharinova | LLC “Alarm Productions”

𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 | Latvia

dir. Ivars Zviedris | prod. Ivars Zviedris | BIEDRĪBA “DOKUMENTĀLISTS”

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞 | Germany

dir. Sasha Kulak, Masha Maroz | prod. Julia Shaginurova | Einmahnstraße Productions

𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 Making Friends with the Idea of a Father / Сприятеляване с идеята за баща | Bulgaria

dir. Nikolay Stefanov | prod. Ralitsa Golemanova | Smarty Pants Shooter Ltd.

𝐍𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 | Ukraine / Latvia

dir. Yevhen Titarenko | prod. Guntis Trekteris, Natalia Khazan | Braha Production Company, EGO MEDIA

𝐎𝐝𝐲𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐲 𝐌𝐃 | Moldova / Lithuania

dir. Pavel Braila | prod. Pavel Braila, Lilia Braila, Ausra Lukosiuniene | ARTWATT, VEGELE FILMS

𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 | Georgia

dir. Nona Giunashvili | prod. Mariam Bitsadze | 17/07 Productions

𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐳𝐡𝐢𝐤 | Armenia

dir. Lusine Papoyan | prod. Aram Petrosyan | Formlab

𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 | Sweden

dir. Johan von Sydow | prod. Katja Uneborg | Picky Pictures

𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥 | Estonia

dir. Kullar Viimne | prod. Erik Norkroos | Rühm Pluss Null – Missing Pictures

𝐒𝐤𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐬 | Azerbaijan

dir. Aytaj Khalig Suleymanova | prod. Elmaddin Suleymanov | image x

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐧 | Latvia

dir. Pēteris Krilovs | prod. Uldis Cekulis | VFS Films

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞 | Estonia

dir. Kristen Aigro, Miguel Llansó | prod. Liis Nimik | Klara Films

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢 | Estonia

dir. Margit Lillak | prod. Margit Lillak, Dirk Manthey | Tiny Desk Productions OÜ, Dirkmantheyfilms

𝐃𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 | Tajikistan / Uzbekistan

dir., prod. Elyor Nematov | 1844 Productions

𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 | Latvia / Estonia / Poland / Germany

dir. Kārlis Lesiņš | prod. Elīna Gediņa – Ducena, Gints Grūbe | Mistrus Media, Allfilm, Staron Film, Gebrueder Beetz

𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 | Latvia / Lithuania

dir. Laila Pakalniņa | prod. Uldis Cekulis, Giedrė Žickytė | VFS Films, Moonmakers

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue introducing the projects closer!

👉 For more information, visit our website: www.balticseadocs.lv/industry

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Tue Steen Müller
Tue Steen Müller

Müller, Tue Steen
Documentary Consultant and Critic, DENMARK

Worked with documentary films for more than 20 years at the Danish Film Board, as press officer, festival representative and film consultant/commissioner. Co-founder of Balticum Film and TV Festival, Filmkontakt Nord, Documentary of the EU and EDN (European Documentary Network).
Awards: 2004 the Danish Roos Prize for his contribution to the Danish and European documentary culture. 2006 an award for promoting Portuguese documentaries. 2014 he received the EDN Award “for an outstanding contribution to the development of the European documentary culture”. 2016 The Cross of the Knight of the Order for Merits to Lithuania. 2019 a Big Stamp at the 15th edition of ZagrebDox. 2021 receipt of the highest state decoration, Order of the Three Stars, Fourth Class, for the significant contribution to the development and promotion of Latvian documentary cinema outside Latvia. In 2022 he received an honorary award at DocsBarcelona’s 25th edition having served as organizer and programmer since the start of the festival.
From 1996 until 2005 he was the first director of EDN (European Documentary Network). From 2006 a freelance consultant and teacher in workshops like Ex Oriente, DocsBarcelona, Archidoc, Documentary Campus, Storydoc, Baltic Sea Forum, Black Sea DocStories, Caucadoc, CinéDOC Tbilisi, Docudays Kiev, Dealing With the Past Sarajevo FF as well as programme consultant for the festivals Magnificent7 in Belgrade, DOCSBarcelona, Verzio Budapest, Message2Man in St. Petersburg and DOKLeipzig. Teaches at the Zelig Documentary School in Bolzano Italy.

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