CPH:DOX, EAVE, IMS, The Documentary Film Association of Ukraine and Docudays UA are proud to announce the sixth round of the CHANGE programme, empowering documentary film projects from the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Sakartvelo (Georgia), Moldova, and Ukraine. For the 2026/2027 edition, eight teams will join the co-production training workshop series.
CHANGE is a collaboration between CPH:DOX, the world’s leading documentary film festival supporting independent and innovative filmmaking, EAVE, one of Europe’s leading training, development, and networking organisations for producers, IMS (International Media Support), a non-profit organisation working to promote journalism and documentary film to reduce conflict, strengthen democracy and facilitate dialogue. For the first time, the programme is also carried out in partnership with Docudays UA and The Documentary Film Association of Ukraine.
The CHANGE programme seeks to increase equality and access in the international film market by fostering inter-regional co-productions. It connects filmmakers, producers, and projects from the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries with global film professionals at CPH:DOX, creating opportunities for collaboration and elevating diverse voices on the international stage.
The programme aims to improve the participants’ skills in refining their projects’ content, core themes and goals. It also focuses on strengthening their abilities in regional and international collaboration and co-production, and navigating the financing structures and the production environment. By the end of the programme, participants are ready to encounter the international market and present their projects on a global platform during CPH:DOX 2027.
The selected projects in the sixth round explore compelling new stories from the region, ranging from large-scale political narratives to intimate and personal stories. The projects offer nuanced perspectives and diverse artistic approaches, showcasing the talent of this new cohort of filmmakers who are confronting some of the most pressing challenges of our time with creativity and courage.
The CHANGE co-production training course will begin in Chisinau, Moldova in November 2026 and will combine masterclasses and group work sessions, as well as individual meetings for the eight selected producer-director teams. The same participants will continue to work together in the second workshop in January 2027, again in Chisinau, Moldova. The programme will culminate in Copenhagen, Denmark in March 2027 with a third workshop and the presentation of the projects to the international industry as part of CPH:FORUM during CPH:DOX.*
The selected projects are:
“437” Black Work White Gloves, prod. Naira Sargsyan, dir. Harutyun Melkonyan, Armenia
Carnation: From happiness to Sadness, prod. Alemdar Faig Dadashov, dir. Matlab Muktharov, Azerbaijan
Close Distant Voice, prod. Ivanna Khitsinska, dir. Anna Sorokolit, Ukraine
Sunrises of Adulthood, prod. Galina Vasilieva, dir. Marina Shupac, Moldova
The Johnny Cosmic Effect, dir. Maksim Shved and Co, Belarus
The Last Messenger, prod. & dir. Anton Shtuka, Ukraine
There's No Place, prod. Daniela Hulbytska, dir. Bohdana Smyrnova, Ukraine
Tutarchela, prod. Natali Chkhartishvili, dir. Lela Jobava, Sakartvelo
