Emerging Producers


Emerging Producers is an educational and promotional workshop, organised since 2012 by Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival as part of its Industry Programme. The project is focused on the support of talented European documentary film producers by helping them with orientation in the film market, creating the space for coproduction, and arranging the contact with leading film professionals. It is the only programme of its kind designed for documentary film producers in Europe.
Every year, 18 documentary film producers are selected from Europe and one non-European guest country. The workshop has two parts - the first one takes place at the end of October in Jihlava, Czech Republic during the Ji.hlava IDFF, the second one takes place in February of the following year in Berlin. Application deadline is traditionally in March.
In the past, there has been a number of experienced film professionals among the workshop tutors, such as Amra Bakšić Ćamo, Heino Deckert, Paolo Benzi, Irena Taskovski, Luciano Barisone, Peter Jäger, Sibyl Kurz, Rebecca O'Brien. In total, the project has already presented 89 producers from 32 countries, many of whom have established themselves as successful film professionals. Every year, Emerging Producers is accompanied by a unique with its graphic style made by renowned Czech graphic designer Juraj Horváth.