Six shots fired by the police, the dreams of a 98-years old retired sailor and close ups on two great artists are among the focuses for the six projects selected for the upcoming DocCeleratorStory. It is the first of four workshops taking place during the Fall 2021 season.

The projects selected for DocCeleratorStory spans a great diversity not only in themes, but also in terms of filmic approaches and geographic representation with teams from Ukraine, USA, Ireland, Norway, Greece and Sweden. The projects and teams selected are:

• Six Bullets Fired Director Sinead O'Brien & Producer Ollie Aslin, Gambit Pictures, Ireland
• 100 Director Terje Lind Bjørsvik & Producer/co-director Karl Emil Rikardsen, Relation04 Media, Norway
• Asomatos Director Efi Sialevri, Greece
• Dreams Uprooted Director Meghna Damani, Treasure Tower Films, USA
• Searching for Pokemon Director Mikhail Volkov & Producer Roman Blazhan, Ukraine    
• The Life and Death of Richard Bachman Director Max Eriksson & Producer Ashley Smith, Sisyfos Films, Sweden.

This edition of DocCeleratorStory is taking place on August 30-31, 2021. The workshop is part of the DocCelerator workshop series, that consists of three different stand-alone documentary workshops formats. Each one is providing detailed input to documentary makers, at different stages of project development and production.

Here you can read more about upcoming DocCelerator workshops.