The public pitch of the 6 selected projects of the 9th Verzió DocLab workshop and pitch platform! Verzió DocLab is the only workshop and pitch platform dedicated to nurturing new voices in Hungarian documentary filmmaking and supporting filmmakers of the region and Europe. Directors, producers and editors will pitch their film projects. The creative teams will also present the scenes they have worked on with the guidance of the DocLab mentors to an industry panel and audience. The evening will be moderated by factual storytelling expert and strategist Jesper Jack (DK) and Péter Becz (HU), director and producer, creative director of Verzió DocLab.  Verzió DocLab mentors are Flóra Erdélyi, editor (HU), Anna Kis, director and editor (HU) and Jesper Jack.

PITCHING FILMS AND CREATORS:

• The freeSZFE Film (working title) / Hungary / FreeSZFE Film Collective, Dér Asia (director) and Dávid Kántor (editor)
• Bee In My Mouth / Hungary, Germany / Balázs Imre Lóránd (director and producer)
• Hide Me In The Light / Ukraine / Markiian Miroshnychenko (director), Nata Onysh (editor) and Oleksandr Krasen (producer)
• Illuminated Geology / Spain / Pere Puigbert (director, cinematographer and editor), David Gimbernat (producer) and Pol Roig (Second Camera Unit)
• Moving Sisters / Greece / Christos Stefanou (director), Eugenia Papageorgiou (editor) and Michalis Kastanidis (producer)
• My Dear Vira / Ukraine / Maryna Brodovska (director) and Olga Chernyk (co-director and producer)

For detailed descriptions of the films and their creators, please visit the Verzió DocLab website.