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"Chopin reloaded" in BBC
(2010-06-26)
On August 14th, BBC broadcasts „Chopin reloaded” film directed by Krzysztof Dzięciołowski, produced byJustyna Rutkowska, VisionHouse. Film was developped at the Dragon Forum 2009.
The 5th Dragon Forum ended with success! »»
(2010-06-09)
The last part of this year's edition – the pitching, took place between 1-4 of June during the 50.Krakow Film Festival in the Manggha Centre of Japanese Art and Technology. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS at Dragon Forum and Documentary Campus during 50th Krakow Film Festival
(2010-05-24)
Hereby the DAILY SCHEDULE of 5th Dragon Forum pitiching and WEEK SCHEDEULE containing the activities of Dragon Forum and Documentary Campus during the 50th Krakow Film Festival.
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Symposium "Virtually Yours" in Krakow 5-6 of June
(2010-05-21)
The "Virtually Yours" symposium will take palce from 5th to 6th of June in the Manggha Centre of Japanese Art and Technology in Krakow. It will discuss how the digital world is changing the way of promotion and process of making films. To take part in the symposium You have to register online on Documentary Campus website the main organizer of the event. The registration deadline is 31st of May. Detailed information regarding the symposium and registration form You can find under this link: http://www.documentary-campus.com/v2/page/symposia/49/
» Agenda
Dragon Forum 2010 Pitching selection results. »»
(2010-05-14)
The list of projects selected to take part in Dragon Forum 2010 Pitching.
Commissioning editors and experts at the pitching. »»
(2010-05-13)
Commissioning Editors and Experts in the field of documentary film, who have so far announced their presence on the Dragon Forum 2010 Pitching in Krakow.
The date of announcement of selection results postponed
(2010-05-12)
In view of the unexpectedly large number of applications projects at the Dragon Forum Pitching 2010, the date of announcement of selection results are once again postponed until Friday, May 14, 2010.
We apologize for the change and all interested please be patient.
Extended deadline
(2010-05-04)
To meet the needs of the interested persons we have extended the deadline for submitting the projects for the pitiching till May 9, 23.59 H.The list of selected projects will be announced till Wednesday May 12th, 2010.
The Second, Production workshop of Dragon Forum 2010 has just finished in Warsaw The deadline for submitting projects for Dragon Forum Pitching in Krakow is coming! »»
(2010-04-27)
Second, Production Dragon Forum 2010 workshop in Warsaw took place, as in past years, in the historical building of Ujazdowski Castle, from April 21 to April 24. The workshop hosted by the Centre of Contemporary Art was dedicated to film production and to further development of projects.
We honour the memory...
(2010-04-11)
On 10 April 2010 Polish Presidential delegation's plane crashed near Smolensk in Russia. All the passengers and crew (96 people) died, including the Presidential couple and other top officials. They were all going to participate in the celebrations commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Katy?? crime.We honour the memory of their lives.
The Dragon Forum International Documentary Film Workshops in Kiev, part of the Docudays Ua Film Festival, has come to an end. »»
(2010-04-09)
The International Documentary Film Workshops in Kiev, the Ukraine, are a Polish-Ukrainian film initiative which took place between 28 March and 1 April 2010. The organisers of this event were the Dragon Forum (Poland) and the Ukrainian Docudays Ua International Documentary Film Festival, an event dedicated to human rights.This year's edition of the Dragon Forum International Workshops in Kiev featured 17 documentary film projects represented by nearly 40 documentary film-makers and television journalists from the Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. The workshops took place between 28 March and 1 April 2010, in the centre of the Ukrainian capital city, in the Cinema House. The number of observers of the works of the Dragon Forum reached a record high of 50!
Dragon Forum 2010, April »»
(2010-04-08)
The First, Script Dragon Forum 2010 workshop in Warsaw has finished,The International Dragon Forum Workshop in Kiev, Ukraine has just finished,
The Second, Production Dragon Forum 2010 in Warsaw workshop is comin
Daily Schedule of the 1st Dragon Forum 2010 workshop. »»
(2010-02-26)
The 1st Dragon Forum 2010 workshop will take place 10-13.03.2010 in Warsaw.Chopin Reloaded - the screening! »»
(2010-02-22)
The first screening of Krzysztof Dzięciołowski's film "Chopin Reloaded" produced by Vision House.The screening will take place on 25th of February (Thursday) at 9 pm.
in cinema Luna on Marszałkowska 28 St. Warsaw.
This is an open screening. Please take Your friends with You.
Dragon Forum 2010 selection results »»
(2010-02-19)
List of projects selected to participate in fifth edition of Dragon Forum 2010 film workshops.ATTENTION: The deadline for submitting projects for Dragon Forum 2010 is postponed!
(2010-02-04)
We are pleased to announce that deadline for submitting projects for the fifth edition of Dragon Forum workshops is postponed. The ultimate deadline for sending applications and materials concerning participation in Dragon Forum 2010 is Friday, 12 February 2010.
"Rabbit a la Berlin" nominated for the Oscar Prize!
(2010-02-02)
Film by Bartek Konopka and Piotr Rosołowski was nominated in "Best Documentary (short subject)" category.
This project about rabbits living in between the Berlin Wall took part as an observer in Dragon Forum workshops, in 2007 and here won the first tree co-producers.
The head of the Dragon Forum, Dorota Roszkowska, was development producer of the film.
Congratulations for authors and producers!
Watch on-line: "Rabbit a la Berlin"
Dragon Forum workshops presentation in Ukraine. »»
(2010-01-28)
On January 20, the „Dom Kina”" („Cinema House”) in Kiev hosted a presentation of Dragon Forum workshop, whose next session will take place within the Festival Docudays.ua, Ukraine, in the last days of March.
Attention all the documentary filmmakers! Special presentation of Dragon Forum workshops in Kiev. »»
(2010-01-17)
All the fimmakers from the former USSR countries are invited to take part in Dragon Forum presentation, which will be held in Kiev on the 20th January 2010 in a Blue Room of the Cinema building at 6 pm.Call for documentary film projects for the 2010 edition of the Dragon Forum! »»
(2009-12-12)
Starting today you are welcome to submit your projects for the Dragon Forum 2010!
This year workshops will take place in Warsaw in March and April and will end up with pitching forum during the Krakow Film Festiwal, in the first week of June.
Dragon Forum presentation at the ArtDocFest festival in Moscow
(2009-12-11)
Dragon Forum, an international project providing workshops for documentary filmamkers, was introduced during the ArtDocFest festival in “Chudożestwiennyj” cinema, Moscow. Dorota Roszkowska, the director of the workshops, showed a promotional film about the Dragon Forum concept and explained its motivation and objectives. She also led a discussion on the possibilities of participation in the workshops and pitching for people from Russia and the former USSR. Detailas on www.proficinema.ru.
Dragon Forum workshops - Wednesday 9, December 2009 at 2 pm in the Ujazdów Castle, Warsaw
(2009-12-04)
Dragon Forum workshops will be held in the Ujazdów Castle on Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 2pm. The workshops will be conducted by Dorota Roszkowska, who will introduce the project, its aims and the participating works.
The meetings will be held during the 9th International Film Festival "Watch Docs - Human Rights in Film". Gennadiy Kofman from DocuDays.ua and Maciej Nowicki, the director of Watch Docs festival, will be also present during the event.
We sincerely invite everyone who is interested in participating in this year's Dragon Forum and look forward to seeing you there.
Leipzig Dragon Forum Projects Follow-up
(2009-10-28)
Projects:ZUZIA, CHOPIN RELOADED, NEIGHBOURS and NO COMMAND, all presented for the first time at the Pitching Dragon Forum in Kraków, were also introduced during the coproducers meeting at the 52nd International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film on 26-27 October 2009. Representatives from European ordering TV stations included Anna Onyszkiewicz- Kowalewska from TVP1 Documentary Forms editorial office.
Festival website: www.dok-leipzig
Call for entries to the to "The Art of Document" festival »»
(2009-06-16)
Multimedia Festival "The Art of Document" is a meeting with the most interesting docs from Eastern Europe. It is a new place of exchange of ideas in the old centre of the Poland’s capital city. This year's edition is called “Year 1989 in Europe. Freedom – Media – Democracy.” The festival will be entirely devoted to events associated with the downfall of communism.
Dragon Forum 2009 ended with success! »»
(2009-06-15)
The last part of this year's edition – the pitching, took place between 1-5 of June during the Krakow Film Festival in the Manggha Centre of Japanese Art and Technology.
Call for entries to the 9th International Film Festival WATCH DOCS »»
(2009-06-12)
Call for entries to the 9th International Film Festival WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film is open. WATCH DOCS, organized by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw and the Social Institute of Film, is one of the world’s biggest human rights film festivals.
Commissioning editors on Dragon Forum pitching »»
(2009-05-31)
Our invitation for Dragon Forum pitching is accepted by the following commissioning editors and representatives from the main worldwide TV stations and film institutions...
Dragon Forum PITCHING Observers »»
(2009-05-27)
There is still a chance to take part in the pitching as observers of the Dragon Forum. Observer participates in the 2-days pre-pitching, 2-days pitching and after-pitching workshop. There is a possibility to meet tutors and commissioners as well as very interesting authors and producers from all over the world. For those who would like to pitch their project next year participation as an observer is highly recommended.
3rd Dragon Forum Workshop 2009 - Daily Schedule »»
(2009-05-23)
3rd DRAGON FORUM WORKSHOP 2009
pre-pitching, the final PITCHING, after-pitching
during the Krakow Film Festival
DAILY SCHEDULE
1st - 5th June 2009
Place of the workshop:
Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology
ul. M. Konopnickiej 26, Krakow
49. Krakow Film Festival, KIJOW cinema, al. Krasińskiego 34
Projects selected for the pre-pitching workshop and pitching »»
(2009-05-18)
Polish-German Documentary Film Co-production Workshop »»
(2009-05-12)
On 9 and 10 May, the first Polish-German Documentary Film Co-production Workshop were held in Warsaw. The workshop were attended by numerous film-makers and film-experts across Germany and Poland, as well as from Warsaw.
Polish-German Co-production Workshop of the Documentary Film
(2009-04-27)
We shall thank everyone for such an interest in the Polish-German Co-production Workshop, which will take place in Warsaw between 9-10 of May. We have received a great amount of applications and the list of participants will be announced soon.
The second workshop of the Dragon Forum 2009 »»
(2009-04-27)
The second workshop of this year's edition of the Dragon Forum took place between 16 -18 of April in the Centre for Contemporary Art in Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw. It was devoted to the further development of the script and to the preparation of the project in terms of production. A total of 16 selected projects were presented, and there were 38 participants, observers included.
Dragon Forum Observers
(2009-04-14)
We invite all interested in observation of the next workshop focused on the documentary production, which takes place between 16-18 April inWarsaw, to submit the accreditation form available on our website and send it to dragon@arkanastudio.pl.
Dragon Forum at the Docudays Festival in Kiev
(2009-03-24)
On the 30th of March, Master Class of Dorota Roszkowska will take place during the International Co-Production of Documentary Films. Best Practice in co-production and distribution of documentary films. Experience of Central and Eastern European documentary film makers.
Place: Cinema House, The Blue Sitting-Room
Time: 16.00
More info on the website http://docudays.org.ua/2009/en/
The first workshop of the Dragon Forum 2009 »»
(2009-03-23)
The first workshop of the 2009 edition took place in Warsaw between 12-14 March at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. It was dedicated to script development. 21 selected projects were presented. There were 40 participants, including observers.
There still is a chance to take part in workshops as an observers!
(2009-02-23)
Participation as an observer is a great chance to gain wide knowledge how to prepare the project regarding the script and production for the professional international documentary market. The observers do not present their own project but had a possibility to consult it with our tutors: outstanding directors and international experts, they work in the in the creative team of documentary filmmakers and enter into the international net of the documentary film.
We are awaiting your application. Please find the observers accreditation on the website, fill in and send to dragon@arkanastudio.pl
Results of the recruitment for the workshops Dragon Forum 2009 »»
(2009-02-16)
Thank very much to all, who have applied for this year edition of Dragon Forum workshops. We are impressed by the high level of the projects and the very interested topics.
Dragon Forum is extending call for the projects for the workshops and pitching 2009!
(2009-02-02)
You’ve got a chance to apply with the documentary project for the Dragon Forum edition 2009. Please apply by the application form available on the www.dragonforum.pl. The final term to send the project by e-mail: 11 February 2009. In the case of sending the applications by the snail mail date on the post stamp will be decisive.
Dragon Forum 2009 – call for projects!
(2009-01-16)
We are acquiring the applications of the documentary films projects for the international workshops Dragon Forum 2009 in the middle of Europe concluded by the pitching at the 49th Krakow Film Festival.
Dragon Forum works from 4 years already, during this time very intensive inititative containing workshops, consultations, meetings has developed international contacts and helped to come many creative documentaries into the international film market. We created very energetic and creative international net of documentary filmmakers in the Central – Eastern Europe.
Dragon Forum
- is a chance for the professional development of the film project
- work with the outstanding documentary filmmakers and international experts
- unique meeting in the international documentary environment
- presentation of the project at the international forum of commissioning editors from all over the world
- entrance to the international documentary network
What films are we searching for?
Dragon Forum supports and develops documentary film projects touching the important issues of the contemporary world, problems that wouldn’t let us stay indiffrent. We do appreciate projects bravely developing the topic and the form.
We are awaiting for the film projects:
- showing the images of the unique human stories
- showing the stories of the witnesses of the epoque
- touching social and political problems of the contemporary world
- concerning the human rights
- revealing complicated dependences of the world
Dragon Forum 2009
- Dragon Forum 2009 workshops take place in Warsaw,
- In March – script workshop,
- In April – production workshop
- workshops are led in the small groups with the international experts
- the working language is English, help with the Polish, Russian and Ukrainian translation is available
The developed projects will be presented to the commissioning editors from the most important European and worldwide television station invited especially to the Dragon Forum pitching at the Krakow Film Festival in June 2009.
In 2009 edition we are particlarly interested in the theme concerning the year 1989 breaktrough in the Central and Eastern Europe – the fall of communism. How do we talk about it and how we see this time? How did we go trough with the freedom that we have won?
In the year 2009 the Dragon Forum participants will have a chance for the individual meetings with the main producers from Poland and Germany and the representatives of the German regional funds during the special co-production meeting – in May 2009 in Warsaw and with the commissioning editors and investors from all over the world during the final pitching in June 2009 in Krakow.
There will be two special awards for the best projects developed during the Dragon Forum workshops and presented at the pitching: financial award HBO Development Award and the Dragon Forum Award from the organizers – invitation for the co-production meetings during the festival in Leipzig.
Please fill in the application form available at the www.dragonforum.pl then send it by e-mail and deliver the original to our office before January 31st, 2009.
Do not hesitate to call us if you have any questions.
Call for projects for the Dragon Forum 2009! »»
(2009-01-04)
We are acquiring the applications of the documentary films projects for the international workshops Dragon Forum 2009 in the middle of Europe concluded by the pitching at the 49th Krakow Film Festival.
Art of Document "Republic of Cultures" »»
(2008-12-17)
Festival Art of Document at the Trakt Królewski in Warsaw is the encouter with the most interesting docuemantry films from the Central and East Europe. It is a new place of thougths exchange in the old centre of the capital city. Screenings are combined in the thematic cycles concerning current social and cultural events, which take place in Warsaw, Poland and Europe. There is a time and place for the conversation with the authors and protagonists of the films.
The first workshop of the 4th edition of Dragon Forum is coming soon! »»
(2008-11-24)
The Professional and beginning filmmakers are welcome to take part in the next Dragon Forum workshop which will take place on the 10th of DECEMBER during the 8. International Festival Watch Docs Human Rights in Film in the Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw.
3rd International Short Film Competition “Crossing Boundaries” »»
(2008-11-10)
The Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” and the Goethe-Institut are jointly organising the 3rd International Short Film Competition on the subject of “Crossing Boundaries”. Young filmmakers are asked to submit their visions of the geographic and socio-cultural legacies of the events of 1939 and the social consequences of those of 1989. The competition aims to examine the question in how far the end of the Cold War helped the world to overcome the rifts created in 1939, while also asking about the events’ possible social impacts.
Dragon Forum Projects Follow-up
(2008-10-09)
Several film projects pitched at Dragon Forum pitching in Krakow will be presented Turing upcoming film Festival: 12 The Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, October 24th - 29th and 51st International Leipzig Festival for Docuemnatry and Animated Film, 28th October – 2nd November.
Dragon Forum 2008 in Kraków »»
(2008-06-10)
Dragon Forum Pitching 2008 took place during the 48th KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL on June 1st – 5th, 2008 in the Centre of Japanese Art and Technology MANGGHA.
Dragon Forum 2008 - Pitching workshop - Daily schedule »»
(2008-05-29)
List of commissioning editors and experts present at the Dragon Forum Pitching 2008 »»
(2008-05-21)
List of projects admitted to the pitching of Dragon Forum 2008 »»
(2008-05-20)
The second workshop of Dragon Forum 2008
(2008-04-15)
The script-production workshop takes place on April 24th – 26th in Warsaw, Ujazdowski Castle.
We are awaiting the participants with the new versions of the projects and the trailer.
Persons interested in being observers are kindly asked to fill the accreditation at the www.dragonforum.pl
List of the projects admitted for the Dragon Forum 2008 workshops »»
(2008-03-17)
We have completed the selection of the projects for Dragon Forum 2008
(2008-02-29)
The candidates are being informed about the results by e-mail.
These who qualified are awaited on the first workshop in Warsaw on 27.03.2008.
Those who not qualified we invite however to apply as the observers.
On 5th February died Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk. She was distinguished editor and author of documentary films. »»
(2008-02-12)
We extend the deadline of receiving applications for Dragon Forum 2008!!
(2008-02-01)
Dear Documentary Filmmakers!
With regard to numerous request, we extend the deadline of receiving applications for Dragon Forum 2008.
If you want to take part in our workshops, please send your application till 15.02.2008!!
"IF IT HAPPENS" by Marcel Lozinski on the “short list” of short documentary films for Oscar »»
(2008-01-06)
The third edition of Dragon Forum starts! »»
(2007-09-11)
We are acquiring the applications of the documentary films projects for the international workshops in the middle of Europe concluded by the pitching at the 48th Krakow Film Festival. Please send your application before January 31th, 2008.Dragon Forum 2007- Summary »»
(2007-06-14)
The Dragon Forum Pitching 2007 was held on 2 – 4 June 2007 as part of the 47th Krakow Film Festival at the Manggha Centre for Japanese Art and Technology.
Dragon Forum invites you for presentation of EDN »»
(2007-05-29)
Dragon Forum invites you for presentation of Discovery Channel »»
(2007-05-29)
Dragon Forum 2007 - daily schedule »»
(2007-05-29)
List of projects selected for Dragon Forum pitching during 47. Krakow Film Festival »»
(2007-05-08)
KREDENS - Dragon Forum film at the 47th Krakow Film Festival »»
(2007-04-20)
Documentary film KREDENS by Jacob Damas, which participated in the workshops Dragon Forum 2006 was selected to the competition of the 47th Krakow Film Festival.
Dragon Forum workshop on production in Warsaw »»
(2007-04-16)
The Dragon Forum 2007 workshop on the production took place on April 11 – 14, 2007 in Warsaw’s Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle. Tutors were: Marcel Łoziński, Jacek Bławut, Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk, Dorota Paciarelli, Zbigniew Domagalski, Marjory van Mackelenbergh, Emma Whitlock, Bogumił Godfrejów.
Dragon Forum in Kiev »»
(2007-04-10)
The 4th International Documentary Film Workshop in Kiev in cooperation with the Dragon Forum took place on April 4 – 6, 2007, during the 4th human rights film festival UKRAINIAN CONTEXT. The workshop was focused on the development of the script and production premises of the documentary projects. Tutors were: Marcel Łoziński, Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk, Dorota Roszkowska and Svitlana Zinov’yeva.
We extended the deadline for applications till 15.04.2007
(2007-04-02)
If you have a good documentary project that you need to develop and finance, you are welcome to apply.An invitation for observers to the pitching Dragon Forum 2007 »»
(2007-03-16)
Invitation for observers on the production workshop Dragon Forum »»
(2007-03-13)
Open enrolment for the Dragon Forum pitching in Cracow.
(2007-02-14)
We announce an enrolment for the Dragon Forum pitching during Cracow Film Festival that will take place from 31st May to 3rd June 2007. Anyone interested is asked to fill in an application form, which may be submitted to 30th March 2007.
The workshop on production Dragon Forum 2007 »»
(2007-01-22)
The international documentary film workshops in the middle of Europe have started »»
(2006-12-20)
The first Dragon Forum 2007 workshop on the development of screenplay took place on December 8-11 of 2006 in Warsaw’s Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle during the 6th edition of WATCH DOCS - The Festival of Human Rights in Film
List of the projects admitted for the Dragon Forum 2007 workshops »»
(2006-12-01)
Dear Documentary Filmmaker!!! The second edition of Dragon Forum starts! »»
(2006-10-01)
We are acquiring the applications of the documentary films projects for the international workshops in the middle of Europe concluded by the pitching at the 47th Krakow Film Festival in May 2007Summary of the Dragon Forum 2006 »»
(2006-06-09)
Dragon Forum - the first in Poland pitching of the documentary films was held on May 29th – June 1st, 2006 in Cracow’s Centre of Japanese Art and Technology Manggha, during 46th Cracow Film Festival.
PRESS RELEASE »»
(2006-05-20)
List of projects selected for pitching during 46. Cracow Film Festival »»
(2006-05-20)
Award for the Best Documentary goes to Marcin Sauter for his film produced by the Andrzej Wajda School »»
(2006-04-21)
Marcin Sauter, a DRAGON FORUM participant and a graduate of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing, has won the Best Short Documentary Award at the Paris-held festival ‘Cinema Du Reel’ for his film "Behind the Fence".
International Trailblazer Award for Martichka Bozhilova »»
(2006-04-16)
We are happy to share that Martichka Bozhilova, producer of "Georgi and the Butterflies" (and participant of Dragon Forum with the project "Us 4 Revisited") was nominated by the European Documentary Network (EDN) to represent Europe at MIPDOC "International Trailblazers" in Cannes.
Applications for the pitching in Cracow »»
(2006-03-28)
Vitae Valor lifetime achievement award goes to Marcel Łoziński »»
(2005-12-14)
The 5th Vitae Valor film festival (http://www.vv.tratwa.net/2005) took place between 8 – 15 December 2005 in Tarnow under the patronage of Tarnow Bishop Wiktor Skworc and Minister of Culture and National Heritage Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski. Marcel Łoziński was awarded for lifetime achievement in the field of short film.
Open applications for the Dragon Forum pitching in Krakow »»
(2005-12-09)
Dragon Forum at the 5th International 'Human Rights in Film' Festival in Warsaw on 9 – 17 December »»
(2005-12-08)
The international documentary film workshops in the Middle of Europe have started »»
(2005-08-09)
List of the candidates selected for the Dragon Forum 2006 »»
(2005-07-01)
Presentation of Dragon Forum in Cracow »»
(2005-06-22)
Recruitment of participants »»
(2005-06-22)
Dragon in Cracow »»
(2005-05-22)
During the 45th Cracow Film Festival the presentation of the project Dragon Forum will take place. You are welcome on Sunday June 5th at 11.00 o'clock.
Tue Steen Müller (EDN) in Warsaw »»
(2005-05-01)