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Twaalf documentairemakers geselecteerd voor tweede editie DOCvillage.
Geplaatst op 28 juli 2025We zijn trots om de twaalf geselecteerde deelnemers voor DOCvillage 2025 aan te kondigen, de vijfdaagse internationale residentie van CineSud voor makers van korte documentaires.
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Van 6 tot en met 10 oktober komen deze twaalf talentvolle documentairemakers uit heel Europa samen in Sittard. Onder begeleiding van gerenommeerde coaches John Appel, Martijn Blekendaal en Astrid Bussink, werken zij intensief aan hun documentaire-project. Door middel van workshops, (groeps)sessies, opdrachten en individuele coaching krijgen de deelnemers de ruimte om hun filmplan te verdiepen, hun vertelstijl aan te scherpen en hun netwerk uit te breiden.
De residentie wordt afgesloten met een live pitchsessie voor een professionele jury tijdens de DOCDAYS Industry Day op 10 oktober. De winnaar ontvangt de DOCvillage Best Pitch Award, bestaande uit een ontwikkelbijdrage van €2.000.
We kijken uit naar een week vol film, uitwisseling en ontwikkeling!
Geselecteerde makers
De volgende makers zijn geselecteerd voor DOCvillage 2025:
- Viktoriia Saravas - The Diver (UA, House of Europe)
- Oleksandra Pleteneska - I Remember (UA, House of Europe)
- Viktoriia Ivanova - When Silence Grows (UA, House of Europe)
- Iia Seleznova - Train 104 (UA, House of Europe)
- Maren Køgel Mandt - My Fathers Daughter (NO, Mediefabrikken)
- Karen Andersen - Letters from Hell (DK, Aarhus Film Workshop)
- Ivo Kraan - Meer ku'j d'r niet van maek'n (NL, CineNord)
- Annika van den Born - De wereld is niet roazn'd, moar de minse! (NL, Oostpact)
- Maria Cristhin Kuiper - All under one Name (NL, Playgrounds/NEXT)
- Matthias Hoekman - Maker in Beweging (NL, CineZee)
- Kelly van den Goor - Aliens who hurt themselves (NL, CineSud)
- Nicole Jachmann - The Forgotten Years (NL, CineSud)
Kelly van den Goor
Aliens Who Hurt Themselves
Kelly is a graduate from the Fontys Academy for the Creative Economy. She makes poetic documentaries about human and non-human intimacy. Her work often explores themes such as sexuality and queerness, such as the project she will develop within the framework of DOCvillage.

Annika van den Born
De wereld is niet roazn'd, moar de minse!
Annika holds a master in Visual Anthropology from the University of Amsterdam. She focuses on human and social issues particularly interested in the complexity of social and cultural structure. She has been a Junior assistant producer for Witfilm since 2021.

Matthias Hoekman
Maker in beweging
Matthias Hoekman is a versatile Dutch filmmaker with over a decade of experience in editing, directing, and producing documentaries, TV programs, and short films. He co-founded Hoekman Brothers and has collaborated with Omroep Zeeland and DPG Media. His work includes award-winning films like The Peeker and the acclaimed documentary Eindelienge.

Maria Cristhin Kuiper
All Under One Name
Maria graduated from the University of Maastricht with a bachelor in Media Culture. She went on to continue her studies in Honk Hong where she received a master in Journalism. There she also worked as a reporter for the AFP News Agency for 2 years. With All Under One Name she focuses on family dynamics and short comings of upbringing and asks the question: What is a Mother that hasn't raised you?

Ivo Kraan
Meer ku'j d'r niet van maek'n
Ivo graduted from Hanzehogeschool Groningen. His documentary Ik ben ook iemand (2021) on the Noorderkroon Award for Best Short Documentary. Ivo likes to focus on social themas and stories from his environment, through observation and truly listening. His approach is careful and engaged with an emphasis on mutual trust and doing justice to the story.

Maren Køgel Mandt
My fathers daugther
Maren holds a bachelor degree in TV and Documentary directing from the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. She worked for many televised projects and notably tv series Logger (2022-2024) Farmen (2023-204). Her current project My Father's Daughter sets focus on an intimate portrayal, including meta-elements as the filmmaking process will be part of the final narrative.

Karen Andersen
Letters from Hell
With a degree in Natural and Cultural Heritage Management, Karen likes to experiment with archives and memories. During DOCvillage she will work on her current project, a film that aim to link hers and her former classmates former selves and their nowadays selves.

Iia Seleznova
Train 104
Iya is documentary director from the Ukrainian Catholic University. She has been active for few years in film, commercial and music video production. She aims to capture meaningful stories that go beyond personal experience, but talk about bigger issues. Her current project looks at the current situation in our home country, between war zones and safe space.

Oleksandra Pleteneska
I Remember
Oleksandra Pletenetska is a Ukrainian director and cinematographer whose award-winning work explores themes of trauma, memory, and the subconscious. A graduate of Kyiv’s Karpenko-Kary University, she has participated in residencies across Europe, including with Béla Tarr. Her films, such as When Will The Warmth Come?, blur the line between reality and perception.

Viktoriia "Nika" Saravas
The Diver
Graduate of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with a degree in Business and Economics, Viktoriia “Nika” is a journalist as well as a documentary maker. On top of her researches, investigations and film career, she works for NGO the Federation of Greek Societies of Ukraine. She is also a member of the Youth Council at the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine as the head the cultural heritage department.

Viktoriia Ivanova
When the Silence Grows
Viktoriia is an aspiring animation director and documentary filmmaker based in Kiev. She currently studies art histories at the Kharkiv Karazin University. She likes to work with stop-motion animation, dedicating her films to legends and local narratives of Kharviv with an humorous undertone; their non conformist nature often pushes the audience to unpack and discover the layers of her stories,

Nicole Jachmann
The Forgotten Years
Nicole Jachmann is a Dutch writer and director based in Berlin, known for her poetic and intimate films exploring absence, time, and connection. Her short film Funkele premiered at Berlinale 2022 and won multiple awards, while her debut feature The Part of the Day When You Are Not Here is in development. She studied Journalism and Liberal Arts & Sciences, and her work has received support from the Dutch Film Fund, Limburg Film Fund, and international talent labs.


Benieuwd naar de projecten en makers?
Kom dan naar de DOC Industry Day op 10 oktober en maak kennis.