ESoDoc - European Social Documentary

2026-07-22

ESoDoc is an 8-months long training initiative for European documentary film professionals who want to improve their storytelling skills to access a broader market. ESoDoc is composed of 4 far-reaching phases, taking place online and residential (or hybrid), in partnership with the Nordnorsk Filmsenter (Norway), the Human Rights Film Festival Inconvenient Film (Lithuania) and the media platform Chai Khana (Georgia). During these sessions, ESoDoc participants will learn to use new diversified storytelling and project development techniques for different platforms and formats; will increase their expertise to analyse, identify and interact with the target audience across platforms and in relation to the most suitable forms; will improve their ability to view, understand and address a broader, constantly changing international market and approach a wider pool of partners and funders by gaining the knowledge and tools to research the right collaborations for development, production and distribution, also beyond the audiovisual industry. ESoDoc promotes inclusion, diversity, equality, democracy and - more in general - an attitude of collaboration and open-mindedness that drives professionals to develop their projects in a co-creative, cross-sector and cross-border environment, together with the audience and the other players involved in the complex production chain of the digital era. ESoDoc participants will learn to contribute proactively to the audiovisual industry with valuable inputs in designing and developing competitive and multimodal projects. While the training focuses on the skills development of its core 18 participants, many lectures, masterclasses and case studies will be open to a broader professional audience, thus expanding the dissemination of the project's results. ESoDoc participants will learn to be curious about innovations and use these innovations to their advantage, experiment with them, with a solid understanding of the industry's changes.

Italy

2025-12-15