How can a documentary find its audiences and travel across countries, cinemas and platforms? Focus on Travelling Docs brings together European production professionals to discuss strategies for documentary communication, distribution and international circulation.

Drawing on specific experiences and projects, speakers explore different distribution paths and the challenges of connecting films with audiences across markets. The conference offers a space for professional exchange on communication strategies, audience development and international collaboration.

Speakers

Angelos Rallis — AR Productions (Greece)
A filmmaker and producer exploring humanitarian and environmental crises through films including Shingal, Where Are You? and Mighty Afrin: In the Time of Floods. His international trajectory offers insights into documentary circulation across festivals, cinemas and television.

Daniela Dieterich — CORSO Film (Germany)
A producer at CORSO Film, she explores different distribution paths through On the Border, Taming the Garden, A Woman Captured and Acasă, My Home. Three projects received MEDIA support, offering perspectives on the international distribution of documentaries.

Tibor Keser (Croatia)
A producer of Igor Bezinović’s Fiume o Morte!, winner of the Tiger Award at Rotterdam in 2025. The film’s connection with Rijeka’s community and its international journey offer insights into communication strategies and audience development for documentaries.

Co-organisation

Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Portugal and Porto/Post/Doc: Film & Media Festival, in collaboration with the Creative Europe MEDIA Desks of Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Germany (Berlin, Hamburg and NRW), Greece, Norway, Poland, Slovenia and Sweden.