This summer, I am happy to accept the renewed invitation from South Korea’s Media Contents Education Department (RAPA) and begins a new one with the EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF).

I will join along side Brigid O’Shea and Heejung Oh, as international mentors for the GPA programme, which supports emerging South Korean documentary producers.

After an initial online feedback session on July 25, I will take part in the Pitching Workshop in Seoul (August 15–17).

The workshop focuses on preparing projects for the international arena. While, last year I mentored GPA participants at the final on-site workshop held in Amsterdam in preparation for their IDFA participation, this year I start with them much earlier on the on-set.

From August 20–23, I will also serve on the jury of the EIDF Industry programme, evaluating projects at K-Pitch Fresh, H!-Docs Pitch, and Young Pitch—all initiatives designed to help Korean and Korean-led international co-productions develop and connect with broader audiences and collaborators.

Right after, I’ll be heading again to Bali to resume my duties as a lead mentor at the Storytelling lab at Docs by the Sea 2025.

Docs By the Sea (DBTS) is an annual international documentary lab and forum based in Indonesia, dedicated to cultivating creative documentary projects from Asia towards international collaboration and distribution opportunities.

I have already worked closely with the filmmakers through a series of online sessions in July to refine and shape their projects in both group sessions and intensive 1-on-1 sessions.

Onsite in September, I will regroup with them along side the other mentors to prepare them for the pitching forum.

The entire cohort from all labs will pitch their film projects during the pitching forum in September to representatives from the international Documentary film sector visiting Bali.

For more information about DBTS 2025, please visit their website.