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CPH:DOX Shows Support for Ukrainian Film Industry With Cash-Prize, Industry Activities

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Addie Morfoot Contributor Following the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, CPH:DOX documentary film festival in Copenhagen has shown its support for and solidarity with the Ukrainian film industry via a new cash-prize and two industry events.

A special Eurimages Development Award will go to one of the Ukrainian projects selected to participate in the CPH:FORUM, the financing and co-production event held during CPH:DOX.

The selected project will come with a cash-prize of €20,000 provided by the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund. The new prize is an addition to the long-standing Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of €20,000 for the best pitch, that will be awarded for the tenth year running.

Of the 34 projects selected for the CPH:FORUM, four Ukrainian productions or co-productions are eligible for the new prize: “Bit of a Stranger,” “Cuba & Alaska,” “Memo ’94” and “Red Zone.” Niklas Engstrøm, artistic director of CPH:DOX, said: “We see our festival as an agora that brings people together to have conversations around films, projects and the larger matters they represent and revolve around.

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