Call for Beldocs Pitching Forum 2025 is Now Open

Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival is inviting filmmakers to apply for Beldocs Pitching Forum, which will be held in Belgrade, Serbia during 18th Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival, May 21-28, 2025.

Projects should be either main production or co-production of the eligible countries.

The applications are accepted for 2 sections – Beldocs in Development and Beldocs in Progress (projects in production or post-production stage) and we are looking forward to compelling and visually strong feature documentary film projects to be presented to international industry representatives.

The projects participating in Beldocs Pitching Forum will compete for the money award of Film Centre of Montenegro, Al Jazeera Balkans and numerous prizes provided by Beldocs partners – Institute of Documentary Film, Documentary Association of Europe, Forgrade Post-Production Award and others.

Eligible countries: Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia), Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) and, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and country in focus (Poland)

*All references to Kosovo, whether the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

To apply, please fill out the application form HERE.

Deadline extended to February 24th, 2025!

Beldocs Industry Days 2025 is co-funded by the European Union through Creative Europe MEDIA.