Nebulae welcomes Finland as the 2023 invited country. With the support of the Finnish Film Foundation, the Festival presents a programme of meetings, networking activities and a pitching session for national projects in development. This year, a selection of eight projects from Finland and four representing the invited countries from the previous Nebulae editions—Germany, Georgia, Croatia and France—will be pitched.
Download the Projects Dossier HERE
Production: Ida Karoskoski (Illume, Finland)
Production: Eveliina Kantola, Marko Talli (Yellow Film & TV, Finland)
Production: Elise Pietarila (Gimmeyawallet Productions, Finland)
Production: Isabella Karhu (Danish Bear Productions, Finland)
Production: Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen (Zone2 Pictures, Finland)
Production: Oskar Forstén (Polygraf, Finland)
Production: Tuuli Penttinen-Lampisuo (Poike Productio, Finland)
Production: Danai Anagnostou, Farbod Fakharzadeh (Kenno Filmi, Finland)
Production: Benedikt Schulke (Germany)
Production: Teimuraz Chkhvimiani (Svaneti Film Studio, Georgia)
Production: Laurin Merz (HOOK Film & Kulturproduktion, Switzerland), Restart (Croatia)
Production: Marina Gumzi (Nosorogi, Slovenia), Jasmina Sijerčić (Bocalupo Films, France)
Only Finnish productions and co-productions are eligible
Tailored mentoring sessions with an industry professional and an optional free DAE membership for one year for the project team
The Documentary Association of Europe acts and advocates for everyone working in documentary storytelling professions from inside and outside of Europe. The network has almost six hundred individual and institutional members from across the world and the documentary sector. Members benefit from exclusive deals and partnerships with Europe’s leading markets, festivals and other events, from collated and curated content and resources, and from special networking events and exchange, as well as advocacy in the most important conversations and debates
Award to one of the selected projects of the Invited Country
Expert consultancy (worth 500€ and valid during 6 months after the announcement)
Pitch the Doc focuses on documentary projects, acting as an on-line hub that brings together all the parties involved: filmmakers, producers, decision makers, but also events, programmes and networks. Combining documentary expertise with digital solutions, it supports the market activity of emerging and established professionals, and contributes to various industry initiatives. Based on international pitching standards, it enhances recognition for projects at any stage of production, on any topic and from any country. It is a valuable spot for making new contacts and maintaining relationships established during pitching sessions, co-production meetings and markets.
3000€ in-kind, awarded to a debut or second film selected by a Dafilms representative. The award includes: release on Dafilms (including Americas, Europe and Asia) for two years; geoblocking as necessary, available whenever the filmmaker desires (typically at the end of its festival run); possibility of marketing for a future on-line distribution in a complex and ever-shifting art house environment; marketing as ‘A Dafilms release’ at the time of distribution on the platform; extensive promotion and marketing activities (film profiles, texts, press release, newsletter, social media); possibility of on-line conversation with the filmmaker on Dafilms Live at the time of the release.
The VoD platform Dafilms.com is the main project of the Doc Alliance festival network formed by 7 key European documentary film festivals (CPH:DOX, DOK Leipzig, FIDMarseille, Ji.hlava, Millenium Docs Against Gravity, Visions du Réel and Doclisboa). It offers over 3500 documentary films accessible across the globe and presents regular film programmes ranging from retrospectives of leading world filmmakers to new premiere formats. There are versions for Europe, the Americas and Asia, as well as local versions in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.
