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Introducing the experts of RAW DOC 2025

21 April 2025

We invite filmmakers who have projects of documentary films at the final stage of production to show their work to an expert group and receive professional feedback within the RAW DOC showcase. The application deadline is 5 May. Meanwhile, we are introducing the international film professionals whom we have invited to participate in our programme.


Please welcome experts — representatives of film funds, European public broadcasters, sales agents, directors, producers, and consultants — in our Industry Platform (the list of the film professionals who will join the event will continue to be updated):


Isabel Arrate Fernandez, Artistic Director of IDFA (Netherlands);

Brigid O’Shea, tutor and founder of the DAE association (Germany);

Wouter Jansen, founder of the sales company Square Eyes, Square Eyes Film (Netherlands);

Fabrice Pauchalt, Head of Society and Culture at ARTE France (France);

Christine Camdessus, Artistic Director of the Fipadoc International Documentary Film Festival, producer, and founder of the production company ALEGRIA (France);

Vika Leshchenko, cultural manager and documentary film curator, programmer of the International Documentary Programme at the DOK Leipzig festival (Germany);

Marc Bauder, film director and producer (Germany);

Aida Aziz, Documentary Sales & Acquisitions Assistant at Mediawan (France);

Danilo Petrovich, Programmer at the FIDOCS International Documentary Festival (Chile);

Mikael Opstrup, specialist in international project development, consultant on trailers, co-production, workshop planning, and teaching (Denmark);

Tomáš Poštulka, Head of Programme at the One World International Human Rights Film Festival (Czech Republic);

Luke Brawley, Founder of non-fiction festival agency INDOX (United Kingdom);

Stephanie Fuchs, Managing Director in sales company Autlook (Austria);
Niels Pagh Andersen, film editor, Rough Cut Service (Denmark);

Nevena Milasinovic, Sales and Acquisitions Executive, Lightdox (Switzerland/France);

Barbara Wurm, Head of the Berlinale Forum section (Germany);

Hanka Kastelicova, VP & Executive Producer of Documentaries at Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) in Europe (Czech Republic);
Natalie Movshovych, Executive Producer for Festival Promotion of Socially Impactful Content (Ukraine).

 

RAW DOC is a programme created for filmmakers who are working on the final stage of editing (rough cuts) of their films and want to have a test screening for experts in the international industry and to receive professional feedback. The event will be held in the format of a screening and an hour-long discussion.


Details and terms of application are available at the link: https://docudays.ua/eng/raw-doc/. Access to the screening day will be closed and available exclusively to the participants of the selected projects and international experts.

Photo: Stas Kartashov

The 22nd Docudays UA is held with the financial support of the European Union, the Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine, International Renaissance Foundation. The opinions, conclusions, or recommendations do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union, the governments, or organisations of these countries. Responsibility for the content of the publication lies exclusively with the authors and editors of the publication.

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