This year, in sync with One World Romania International Documentary & Human Rights Film Festival’s community-oriented mission, KineDok – Europe’s network for showcasing creative documentaries in unconventional venues – introduces an innovative event format: “How to Set Up a Screening Venue”.
Thus, on Wednesday, April 9th, starting at 5:00 PM, KineDok invites cultural managers, cultural institutions, cineclub organizers, and documentary film enthusiasts who wish to join the program to the Media Hall at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant (3 Monetăriei Street, Bucharest) for an informal gathering with long-term KineDok collaborators from all partner countries.
They will share firsthand experiences about the needs, common challenges and benefits of community-based documentary screenings on social issues and human rights topics, as well as the opportunities available through KineDok. The event—named after the best practices handbook published during the 10th anniversary celebration of KineDok—will be organized into four working groups focusing on the following themes:
1. About documentary films. How to choose the right ones.
2. Film screenings under pressure. How to organize discussions on difficult topics.
3. About diverse screening spaces.
4. Promoting film screenings. Developing young audiences.
The teams will work through the handbook’s chapters, addressing key questions such as: What are the essential steps for preparing a screening in an alternative space? How does film contribute to strengthening communities? How can we attract more diverse audiences? And how might we make cultural spaces more accessible?
Participation is free, subject to available seating, but registration is required via a short form. Discussions will be held in both Romanian and English.
The KineDok collaborators facilitating the sessions are:
Ivana Formanová – KineDok International Manager, Institute of Documentary Film
Eliška Hoskovcová – KineDok Czech Republic, Institute of Documentary Film
Jana Gombiková – KineDok Slovakia, Filmtopia
Marek Kuboš – Director of documentary "+-90"
Zsófia Zurbó – KineDok Hungary, Anthropolis
Szabolcs Szirony – KineDok Hungary, Anthropolis
Petra Babić – KineDok Croatia, Restart
Klara Berdais – KineDok Croatia, Restart
Andreea Bratosin – KineDok Romania, One World Romania Association
Diana Baciu – KineDok Cluj-Napoca, "Octavian Goga" County Library
Diana Bunghez – KineDok Onești, "Radu Rosetti" Municipal Library
Dumitru Dinel Teodorescu – KineDok Suceava, Un concept Luna Association
Simion Pop – KineDok Bistrița, Palatul Culturii
Attendees will have access to the KineDok best practices handbook during the event. The digital version remains available online year-round.
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NATIONAL ORGANISER
One World Romania Association
PARTNERS
Institute of Documentary Film (Czech Republic), Filmtopia (Slovakia), Anthropolis (Hungary), Restart (Croatia)
SUPPORTED BY
Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Romania's National Film Center (CNC)
MONITORING PARTNER
mediaTRUST Romania
KineDok is a unique European program, running simultaneously in five partner countries: the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, and Romania, where it is coordinated by the One World Romania Association, in close partnership with the film festival. Each of the participating countries contributes some of their latest documentaries, which are screened in hundreds of alternative venues in all five countries, bridging cultures and communities. Audiences have the chance to watch a selection of films that are not usually screened in regular cinemas and to take part in lively post-screening debates with filmmakers and local experts from different fields.
Established in 2009, the One World Romania Association organizes the only documentary film and human rights festival in the country, One World Romania, which takes place annually in Bucharest. The association works with documentary film as a vehicle for social and political dialogue, as a window to the world and an environment that prompts reflection. Through its activities, the association supports the development of the demand for documentaries in Romania, leading in recent years to an increased interest in this genre, both among the general public and within educational programs.
