BDC Discoveries is looking for new projects in 2024. The call for applications is now officially open! We are proud to continue the wider focused BDC Discoveries and we are looking for documentary filmmakers, who either come from the Balkans or work on a Balkan-related topic and would like to collaborate with the region.

Click here (applicants with project) and here (applicants without project) to get the submission forms, as well as more detailed information on the program.

Deadline for submission: 15 April 2024.

BDC Discoveries 2024 is aimed at documentary projects in development with international potential and a cross-media angle. The format is 7 teams of producer+writer or director. As an exception, directors in search for producers could also be selected. As observers at the workshop, we will invite 3 representatives of civil society organizations, broadcasters and/or funds connected to the Balkan region.

BDC Discoveries 2024  takes place in 3 modules: Belgrade (May 2024 –in person, in partnership with Beldocs), Sofia (September 2024 during Sofia Documental, in partnership with Sofia Documental) and in October 202 at DOK Leipzig.

The workshop is fully conducted in English and proficiency in written and spoken English is obligatory.

The participation fee is 1000 EUR per team and it covers tuition, accommodation and subsistence.

For our purposes we define the Balkan region as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey. Since 2022 we included also Ukraine.

BDC Discoveries is possible with the kind support of Creative Europe MEDIA Programme, Bulgarian National Film Center and Sofia Municipality “Culture” Program.

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We are looking forward to receiving your applications!