21/06/2016 - The event will introduce creative documentary projects from Central and Eastern Europe in the stage of production or post-production

For the 12th time, Docu Talents @KVIFF will introduce the most remarkable creative documentary projects from Central and Eastern Europe in the stage of production or post-production. The Docu Talents 2016 selection, unveiled at a press conference today and curated by the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, will be presented during the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Tuesday, 5 July.

"Following the eleven successful editions of Docu Talents, and in order to meet the growing interest in the programme on the side of the film professionals and media, we agreed with the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to change the venue. This year the Docu Talents presentations will take place for the first time in the Congress Hall of the Thermal Hotel, in the very heart of the festival," says Jarmila Outratová, Head of Industry at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.

The Docu Talents projects in 2016 are the following: 

Silent Days [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Pavol Pekarčík
film profile] (Hluché dni) - Pavol Pekarčík (Slovakia)
Producer: Pavol Pekarčík (partizanfilm) 

A Tall Tale (Khronika / Bajka) - Lucia Nimcová (Slovakia)
Producer: Roman Babjak (sittcomm.sk) 

Batalives (Batalives) - Karolina Zalabáková, Petr Babinec (Czech Republic)
Producer: Karolina Zalabáková, Lukáš Gargulák (Cinebonbon) 

Diagnosis (Diagnoza) -Ewa Podgórska (Poland)
Producer: Małgorzata Wabińska (Entertain Pictures) 

Gogita's New Life [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (Gogitas akhali tckovreba) - Levan Koguashvili (Georgia)
Producer: Levan Koguashvili (Kino Iberica)

Helena's Law (Zákon Helena) - Petra Nesvačilová (Czech Republic)
Producer: Klára Žaloudková (Background Films)

Nine Months War (Kilenc hónap háború) - Laszlo Csuja (Hungary)
Producer: Agnes Horvath-Szabo, Andras Pires Muhi (ELF Pictures) 

Opera About Poland (Opera o Polsce) - Piotr Stasik (Poland)
Producer: Anna Gawlita (Kijora)

Pepik the Czech Goes to Poland in a Quest for Love of God (Český Pepík jede do Polska poznat lásku k Bohu) - Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland)
Producers: Jana Brožková, Zdeněk Holý (Vernes), Alena Müllerová, Jiří Vlach (Czech Television), Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda (Hypermarket Film), Joanna Plesnar, Maria Krauss (Plesnar & Krauss Films), Peter Kerekes (PISF) 

The Road Movie (Doroga) -Dmitrii Kalashnikov (Russia)
Producers: Dmitrii Kalashnikov, Angelina Kalashnikova (Eight and a Half Studio)

The Self and The Other (Despre sine si celalalt) - Ionut Piturescu (Romania)
Producer: Alexandru Teodorescu (Saga Film)

There Will Be Fog On the Roads (Na dorogah budet tuman) - Ivan I. Tverdovskiy, (Russia)
Producers: Ivan I. Tverdovskiy, Natalia Mokritskaya, Mila Rozanova (New People Film Company) 

The directors and producers of these feature-length documentaries will introduce their projects in eight-minute presentations. All the documentaries are planned for theatrical release between August 2016 and July 2017. Find more information about the Docu Talents 2016 projects here.