The Institute of Documentary Film proudly continues its strong collaboration with DOK Leipzig, returning this year with a diverse delegation of filmmakers and industry professionals from Central and Eastern Europe. The delegation highlights the region’s creativity and the breadth of topics shaping contemporary documentary storytelling.
Our team will be represented by our Programme Director Veronika Janatková and East Silver Coordinator Iuliia Mamaeva.
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This year’s delegation includes:
Veronika Janatková (Czech Republic) – Programme Director of Institute of Documentary Film, producer and co-founder of DokuBaku IDFF;
Iuliia Mamaeva (Czech Republic) – emerging producer with a background in art management and audiovisual production and East Silver Coordinator at Institute of Documentary Film;
Maia Martiniak (Slovakia) – award-winning filmmaker known for UNSEEN, now developing RAW;
Marta Małgorzata Wierzbicka (Poland) – independent producer behind On Her Own Terms;
Karolina Błażejczak (Poland/Czech Republic) – curator and programmer, founder of Better Call Peggy;
Bruno Pavić (Croatia) – director of Landscape Zero;
Timo Novotny (Austria) – filmmaker and visual artist, known for Life in Loops;
Sebastian Rieker (Germany) – producer and writer, founder of Seehund Media GmbH;
Akvilė Žilionytė-Khan (Lithuania) – producer at Artišokai, alumna of EURODOC and ESODOC;
Arturas Jevdokimovas (Lithuania/Georgia) – filmmaker and curator, co-founder of Zero Copy Reel.
At the DOK Film Market, we proudly present a selection of new documentaries that reflect the diversity and vitality of Central and Eastern European storytelling:
Amoosed: Moose Odyssey (Czech Republic, Slovakia) – dir. Hana Nováková, prod. Kateřina Traburová (LaDamplinque s.r.o.)
Change My Mind (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine) – dir. Robin Kvapil, prod. Jakub Drocár, Jakub Pinkava (Punk Film s.r.o.)
Chronicle (Slovakia, Czech Republic) – dir. Martin Kollar, prod. Ivan Ostrochovský, Katarína Tomková (Punkchart Films)
Glowing (Czech Republic) – dir. Martin Páv, prod. Zuzana Kučerová (Frame Films)
In Passing (Lithuania) – dir. Gailė Garnelytė, prod. Akvilė Žilionytė (Artišokai)
In Hell with Ivo (Bulgaria, USA) – dir. Kristina Nikolova, prod. Kristina Nikolova, Georgi Nikolov (Lunaclipse Media)
Kapralova (Czech Republic, France) – dir. Petr Záruba, prod. Alice Tabery (Cinepoint)
Panic Button (Kyrgyzstan, Czech Republic) – dir. Samara Sagynbaeva, prod. Samara Sagynbaeva, Veronika Janatková
Up in the Air (Ukraine, Czech Republic, Lithuania) – dir. Oksana Koklonska, prod. Nataliia Pogudina
Wasteland Chronicles (Slovakia, Czech Republic) – dir. Viera Čákanyová, Barbora Sliepková, Lucia Kašová, prod. Anna Mach Rumanová (Filmsomnia)
The delegation at DOK Leipzig 2025 is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the Czech Audiovisual Fund.