dok.incubator is open to teams of three – editor, director and producer – to participate in a seven-month long program which is organized partly as a residential event and partly online. Every year, international tutors select four Czech and four Slovak projects which get an opportunity to gain a new perspective on their film and to maximize its international potential. Documentaries with Czech or Slovak coproductions are also welcome to join the program.
Where do the films go?
The results and festival lives of the Czech and Slovak films that participated in the workshops show that the program works. The debut of director Marie-Magdalena Kochová, The Other One, has started its journey at Karlovy Vary IFF and then was screened at FIPADOC, Ji.hlava IDFF or Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. The film also won the MDR Award at last year's DOK Leipzig. Ondřej Vavrečka's Lichens Are The Way premiered at CPH:DOX, where it received a special mention from the jury, and went on to screen at Beldocs, FID Marseille or Ji.hlava IDFF. Roman Ďuriš's Fakir met the audience first at the Millennium Docs Against Gravity and DOK.fest in Munich, and then also at last year's Ji.hlava IDFF, where the film was awarded the Best Cinematography prize.
Timeline of 2024 Czech and Slovak edition:
- Deadline for applications: February 14, 2025 – apply here
1st session: 4 days at the end of April, Banská Štiavnica, SK – after screening discussions, DNA sessions (deep analysis of your film), editing and production consultations, final wrap ups
Individual consultations with editing tutors between 1st and 2nd session
2nd session: 4 days at the end of June, Olomouc, CZ – after screening discussions, editing and production consultations, final wrap ups, one-on-one meetings with decision makers, open program (panel discussions, sessions with sales and festival selectors)
Individual consultations with editing tutors between 2nd and 3rd session
3rd session: October – online sessions with the selected projects including after screening discussions and one-on-one meetings with decision makers – festivals, distributors, and sales, editing, dramaturgical and production consultations, final wrap ups
All workshops are held in English.
For more information about the CZ & SK edition of dok.incubator, please contact its coordinator Tereza Koldová (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or find more on dok.incubator website.
