NEXT STOP ITALY: BIOGRAFILM FESTIVAL JOINS DOC AROUND EUROPE

Doc Around Europe continues to support new talents in European documentary film making welcoming a new member into the network: Biografilm Festival, based in Bologna, Italy. With a 20-year-old history, Biografilm focuses on new European character-driven films and has a dedicated market, Bio to B - Industry Days as well as year-round educational programmes for young audiences. During 11 days of programming, approximately 80 films, of which 80% docs and 20% fiction films, are screened in theatres and open-air cinemas every June in Bologna. Biografilm’s Head of Educational Activities & Senior Programmer Chiara Boschiero started the collaboration by taking part in the DOCS&CAT Jury at DocsBarcelona, as pictured. And the collaboration continues during the 20th edition of Biografilm Festival (7-17 June). Marion Czarny, Head of Fipadoc Campus, Anna Petrus, Artistic Director of DocsBarcelona, Sara Ferro, Head of Industry & Education of Makedox and Eniko Gyuresko, Managing Director of Verzio Film Festival, will discover and support new European talents at Bio to B - Industry Days (10-12 June). Furthermore, Sara Ferro will be a member of the Biografilm Italia Jury and Anna Petrus will be part of a training panel on diversity and inclusion on the 10th of June. The growth of the network strengthens and diversifies our support of new European talent. Thus, the contents of our VoD platform grow, as do our audiences, and above all the opportunities during the year for networking and training for new talents.