In 2025, ESoDoc will host the 4th edition of the Inspiration Lab "IMPACT ZONE" at When East Meets West in Trieste, which will take place from January 19 to 22, 2025.
The lab will be led by Impact Producer and Co-founder of The Good Media Network, Vivian Schröder, and will take participants on a unique impact journey to help their film realise meaningful and measurable change.
9 participants will join the lab:
- Daria Akimenko - Helios Sustainable Films | Italy
- Ilze Falkovska - Kultfilma | Latvia
- Brunella Filì - Officinema Doc | Italy
- Eszter Knopp - Good Kids | Hungary
- Leon Lee - Flying Cloud Productions | Canada
- Anna Rumanová - Filmsomnia | Slovakia
- Gabriela Ponce - Roue De Cine | Luxembourg
- Nikolina Santovac - The Sweden-Ukraine Foundation | Sweden
- Eleonora Zappia - L’eubage | Italy
Additionally, Alessandro Leonardi (ESoDoc 2024) will pitch his project "Now You See It" in the Co-production Forum at WEMW. The project tells the story of a young physicist on the brink of a sensational discovery, grappling with depression and academic setbacks while evading in the strange world of quantum physics. What happens when you venture to the edge of human thought and end up losing your mind