One of the foremost documentary filmmakers working today, Kim Longinotto is renowned internationally for creating extraordinary human portraits and tackling controversial topics with sensitivity and compassion.

The central ZagrebDox Pro event open to the public is the Pitching Forum which will present 13 selected documentary projects at different stages of development from 10 countries.

RE-ACT (Regional Audiovisual Cooperation and Training) is a brand new transregional initiative for co-developing audiovisual projects and fostering international co-productions.

Mikael Opstrup, Head of Studies at European Documentary Network and the editor of EDN co-production guide, will present the possibilities for co-producing in 30 European countries, with a special focus on regional experiences presented by producers from the region.

During his extensive and varied career David Charap has worked across docu- mentary and fiction genres and became equally well known for his work on feature films ('Last Resort', 'My Summer of Love', 'The Deep Blue Sea', 'Buttoners'), TV dramas and documentaries.

Želimir Žilnik is a renowned director, noted especially for his socially engaged films and documentaries in former Yugoslavia and his unique visual style that earned him critical accolades ('The Unemployed', 'Early Works'), but also censorship in the 1970s for his unflinching criticism of the government apparatus.

A documentary project in development, 'In Search of a Lost Country', written and directed by Marija Ratković Vidaković and produced by the Croatian Film Association, was presented last year at ZagrebDox’s Pitching Forum, where it won two awards, including the ZagrebDox Pro Award for Best Project which comprised a one-year mentorship programme with Rada Šešić.