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Seedbed Lab is a training program for emerging documentary film editors and directors from EaP countries and Poland.
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Introducing… SeedBed Lab! 🎉 💡 What is SeedBed Lab? SeedBed Lab: Documentary Editing for Resilience is a capacity-building project for young documentary film editors and directors from Poland and EaP countries (Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Belarusians in exile). 🌍 Who are we? SeedBed Lab: Documentary Editing for Resilience is a collaborative initiative by moredox gUG (Germany), Komos Foundation (Poland), Indie Media Polis (Ukraine), and ALT Film (Moldova) in partnership with Films & Chips (Czech Republic). Together, we combine local expertise, professional networks, and resources to strengthen documentary filmmaking across the region. 🎬 What do we do? SeedBed Lab brings together filmmakers and civil society organisations to promote ethical storytelling, strengthen resilience against propaganda and disinformation, and foster cross-border collaboration. Through documentary film, we encourage critical thinking, nuanced storytelling, and narratives that counter polarisation, helping build a more resilient, informed, and democratic public sphere. ❓ Want to know more? Keep an eye on this space, more is coming! We’re excited to start this journey with you! ✨ #seedbedlab #civilsocietycooperation by @seedbed_lab
💫 Another mentor who will be joining us for Module 2 of SeedBed Lab: Documentary Editing for Resilience is Patrick Minks. 🎓 Patrick Minks Patrick Minks is an all-round film professional. As a film editor, he’s worked with acclaimed film directors and artists like Heddy Honigmann, Hany Abu-Assad, Marco de Stefanis, Thom Vander Beken, Bora Lee-Kil, Gabor Hörcher, Janis Rafa, and Lei Lei. He wrote and directed several short fiction films and two feature documentaries, both released theatrically in the Netherlands and Belgium and shown at various festivals. He’s currently developing his third feature documentary. Patrick consults filmmakers and visual artists on their scripts and rough cuts. He’s an editing tutor at Dok Incubator and rough cut consultant at IFFR Darkroom. He is a member of the Netherlands Cinema Editors (NCE), the Dutch Directors Guild (DDG), and the Dutch Screenwriters Network. Thank you for joining us, Patrick! 🎥✨ #seedbedlab #civilsocietycooperation by @seedbed_lab
✨ As the second workshop in Leipzig is slowly approaching, we’d like to introduce you to the new mentors who will join SeedBed Lab: Documentary Editing for Resilience for Module 2! 🎓 Stephan Krumbiegel Stephan Krumbiegel is an experienced editor for independent feature and documentary films. He has worked for many well-acclaimed filmmakers in the area of Arthouse Cinema. A focus of his work is to question existing conventions and search for unique concepts in film montage, artistically and story-wise. He has been teaching at various film schools and international film programs for over 25 years and has been a professor at Babelsberg Film University since 2007. Together with six of his former students, he has founded STUDIO IIIX, an artistic space for collaborative film editing based in Berlin. We’re so excited to have Stephan on board with us, and you? 💫🎞️ #seedbedlab #civilsocietycooperation by @seedbed_lab
✨Highlights from our conference: “The Art of Truth in an Age of Fakes” A day full of discussions, exchange and important conversations on truth, disinformation and the power of documentary storytelling.💡 Thank you to all the speakers and guests for sharing your time, thoughts, and perspectives with us! ✨ #seedbedlab #civilsocietycooperation by @seedbed_lab
🎬Let’s take a moment to look back at our first workshop in Warsaw! Take a look at snapshots from those four intense and inspiring days full of exchange, learning and of course — editing! 🎞️ Thank you to everyone who joined us and made Module 1 so special. We can’t wait for what comes next! ✨ #seedbedlab #civilsocietycooperation by @seedbed_lab
🎬 What’s on the program of our 1-day conference “The Art of Truth in an Age of Fakes”? 🗣️Embodied Knowledge as a Strategy of Resilience Keynote by Dr. Elīna Reitere, researcher at the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art at the University of Latvia, editor-in-chief of kinoraksti.lv, member of the European Film Academy and a Golden Globe voter. 🗣️Film as a Tool of Truth and Resistance Panel with Alina Gorlova and Katarzyna Boniecka, moderated by Monika Franczak. 🗣️When Conflicts Seek to Conquer Minds Panel with Iwona Kaliszewska, Jana Szostak, Patricia Venti, and Magda Szpecht, moderated by Monika Franczak. ✨Sign up now via the link in bio and join us for a day of conversations about truth, film, and resilience. #seedbedlab #civilsocietycooperation by @seedbed_lab
💫 With our Warsaw workshop starting tomorrow, we couldn’t be more excited – and we’re taking this opportunity to introduce some of our wonderful participants joining us for SeedBed Lab: Documentary Editing for Resilience. We can’t wait to meet everyone and share an inspiring workshop experience in Warsaw! 🎥✨ #seedbedlab #civilsocietycooperation by @seedbed_lab
💡 How do we tell what’s real in an age of disinformation, propaganda, AI-generated images, and information warfare? Join us for a 1-day conference bringing together documentary filmmakers, journalists, academics, students, civil society, and media professionals to explore truth, resistance, accountability, and the power of documentary storytelling. 🎬 The Art of Truth in an Age of Fakes Through interdisciplinary discussions, we will examine strategies for building societal resilience against manipulation, the power of documentary film as a tool of truth, resistance, and accountability, and the importance of archives and testimony in preserving historical memory. We will discuss contemporary challenges of verifying visual evidence and reflect on how we defend democratic values and strengthen the public discourse. 🗓 When? Monday, 21 September 2026. 📍 Where? Pracownia Duży Pokój, Warsaw. ✨Sign up now → link in bio #seedbedlab #civilsocietycooperation by @seedbed_lab
👋 Meet the people who make it all happen. Today we want to introduce you to the fourth member of the SeedBed Lab Team: Ion Gnatiuc. 🌟 Ion is a documentary producer from the Republic of Moldova and founder of HaiDOC Productions. His expertise focuses on developing international co-productions and building alternative distribution strategies, particularly in regions with limited film infrastructure. He works closely with filmmakers and organisations to connect films with underserved audiences. In parallel with his passion for building a production platform at HaiDOC Productions, Ion is involved in the Moldovan emerging film industry through ALT Film, an NGO that works as a constructive and critical voice in the process of advocating for changes in the film industry landscape in Moldova. His films have been selected and awarded at festivals including POFF Tallinn Black Nights and Trieste Film Festival. He also worked as a local producer for Netflix, HBO, ARTE, Deutsche Welle, RTÉ and The Guardian. Ion is an EAVE, IDFA Academy, ESoDoc and BDC Discoveries alumnus, and a member of the European Film Academy. Stay tuned; next week we will be introducing the participants of the first SeedBed Lab program! 🎥✨ #seedbedlab #civilsocietycooperation by @seedbed_lab
🎬 Documentary professionals — we want to hear from you! What do you need from industry events? What works, what doesn’t, and what would make them more useful, inclusive, and meaningful? We’re conducting an anonymous survey to better understand the needs and demands of documentary professionals internationally — and your experience can help shape what comes next. Your voice matters. Help us imagine better spaces for the documentary community. 🗓 Apply by 12th of September 23:59 CEST → link in bio #SeedBedLab #CivilSocietyCooperation by @seedbed_lab
👋 Meet the people who make it all happen. SeedBed Lab is only possible because of the hard work of many different people. Today, we would like to introduce you to Natalia Imaz. 🌟 Natalia is a documentary producer with over 25 years of experience in film and television. Through her company parabellum film, she produces internationally acclaimed documentaries with a strong focus on women filmmakers, first-time directors and stories shaped by themes of migration, identity, memory, and social change. Her films have screened at IDFA, CPH:DOX, SXSW, DOK Leipzig, Hot Docs, Guadalajara, FIFDH, and more. Alongside her producing work, she is deeply engaged in mentoring and advisory roles across the documentary ecosystem, with a particular commitment to supporting emerging, displaced and at-risk filmmakers. She serves on the executive board of the Documentary Association of Europe (DAE) and is the founder of moredox, a nonprofit organization supporting documentary film as a democratic tool. Stay tuned to meet the rest of the team! 🎥✨ #seedbedlab #civilsocietycooperation by @seedbed_lab
💫 Another mentor reveal! Meet Mariana Kozáková, who will be sharing her knowledge and experience during SeedBed Lab: Documentary Editing for Resilience. 🎓 Mariana Kozáková Mariana Kozáková is a Czech film editor and alumna of FAMU, Prague’s world-renowned film school. Specializing in narrative structure for documentary and auteur cinema, she approaches editing as a form of post-production screenwriting—acting as a pivotal creative collaborator on complex storytelling projects. Mariana currently serves as Chairwoman of the Czech Association of Film Editors (AFS). Her portfolio includes the Czech Lion Award-winning documentary Intensive Life Unit (2021), the high-profile true-crime docuseries The Kramný Case (2024), and eco-thriller Resilience (2025). We can’t wait, and you? 🎥✨ #seedbedlab #civilsocietycooperation by @seedbed_lab

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