The workshop involves group sessions and one-on-one consultations leading to Verzió DocLab Pitch. Verzió DocLab provides a safe environment for all filmmakers to receive constructive feedback from fellow filmmakers and our mentors.

Through the first 4 days of Verzió DocLab, the teams of directors, editors and producers work together with the mentors on selected scenes of their film. The process helps them defining their own cinematic vision and a narrative structure, while bringing important themes and ideas to the surface. Verzió DocLab aims to provide creative and inspirational munition for the in-development projects. The end result of the 4 days of editing with our mentors is a 7-minute-long scene selection that will be presented on Verzió DocLab Pitch in front of an industry audience on the 5th day of the workshop.

Verzió DocLab Pitch is the closing event of the workshop, where you present your project to festival programmers, sales agents, producers and fellow directors. DocLab Pitch is a unique opportunity to connect with the industry, create momentum and further develop your project within the international documentary scene. Verzió DocLab Pitch also gives out various awards to our participants.

Verzió DocLab is powered by our DOC AROUND EUROPE and as part of our network we are looking for projects with first or second time directors or producers from/based in the following countries: Spain, Luxemburg, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Ukraine, France, Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovenia, Romania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Turkey, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia.

The participation fee for one person per project is 200 euros. The fee covers mentoring, travel and accommodation costs and lunches during the workshop. In solidarity with Ukraine, Verzió DocLab offers Ukrainian projects participation for free, this supports covers travel, accommodation costs and lunches during the workshop. As part of Verzió DocLab’s commitment to support Hungarian stories and filmmakers, Hungarian projects participation is 50 EUR for one person per project. This support covers mentoring and lunches during the workshop.

The select teams only need to bring their own editing computers and laptops, hardware and softwares for editing. Thanks to the support of Central European University in Budapest, each team is provided with an editing room and additional technical equipment and technical support.