Best East Silver titles will be nominated for the Silver Eye Award in 2 categories - Best Short Documentary and Best Feature Documentary. The selection committee of film industry professionals will be announced soon.
We invite all Eastern European producers to apply now and save up to EUR 2000! Market badges and screening suites or meeting tables are offered free of charge for East Silver participants. East Silver will also present three titles during DISCOP EAST screenings.
In order to widen the chances for TV broadcast of documentary films from our region, we are introducing a new service for international documentary networks and TV buyers as well as producers.
The Pier of Apolonovka was screened in competition at Krakow Film Festival this year, Hick-Town Spy did it to Special Screening in the section Middle of Europe, 5 titles were shown during the industry screenings and 32 titles from Eastern Europe were available at Krakow Film Market in Poland May 31 - June 4, 2009.
New East Silver Caravan title was be screened at Visions du Réel 2009and Hot Docs 2009, where it was awarded with the Special Jury Prize for an international feature.
Vitali Manski is one of the most successful documentary filmmakers in Eastern Europe. His films have been showed at over 300 international film festivals.