Our Programmes

Asian Forum for Documentary

DOCEDGE Kolkata

DocedgeKolkata, Asian Forum for Documentary, is an incubation and co-production platform for Indian and Asian filmmakers to cultivate best practices in storytelling skills. The forum is one of the most vibrant documentary platforms in Asia, creating co-production opportunities and creative collaborations for independent filmmakers.

One-on-one training

Group discussions

Individual mentoring

Incubation sessions

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Fellowship Programme

Let’sdoc

An incubation lab to support early-career filmmakers working on their recent projects through training and mentoring to enable them to develop their ideas for higher creative applications. In two progressive sessions, filmmakers are mentored intensively to develop their stories more efficiently with relevant visual approaches. The fellowship offers a seed grant to two promising projects.

Intensive training

Mentoring

Two progressive sessions

Story development

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Workshop Initiative

DOCUMENTOR

Documentor is a travelling workshop initiative of DRI to evoke quality discourses among the young filmmakers and students of media institutions. The 4-day interactive workshop aims to raise awareness of and provide exposure to high-quality artistic actuality storytelling. The workshop series is taking place in small towns and underprivileged regions where storytelling ecology is completely intimidated by mainstream commercialism.

4-day interactive workshop

Documentary storytelling discussions

Exposure to artistic actuality storytelling

Creative interaction among young filmmakers

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Storytelling Series

Mind for Stories

MFS is initiated to bring path-breaking filmmakers – directors, cinematographers, sound designers, editors, and creative producers to have an informal interaction face-to-face with emerging storytellers and media students. This is an initiative to create opportunities for a higher level of dialogical exchange among storytellers. The series is designed to invite masters for informal sessions to reflect upon their vision and intriguing artistry assigned to their creative worldview.

Informal face-to-face interactions with filmmakers

Conversations with directors

Interactions with cinematographers

Sessions with sound designers

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