Every year, Doc at Work hosts a delegation of producers and directors from a guest country or region, fostering encounters and exchanges between Italian and international professionals. Following the Netherlands (2023), Switzerland (2024) and France (2025), in 2026 we will welcome Slovenia and Croatia in collaboration with the Slovenian Film Centre and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre. The aim is to deepen our understanding of the respective production and distribution ecosystems, strengthen collaborative relationships with the guest countries, and boost the international visibility of local projects and professionals. The delegations from Slovenia and Croatia will also be joined by Petra Seliskar, a Slovenian director and producer as well as a programmer for the Makedox Festival (North Macedonia); Vanja Jambrović, a Croatian producer at Restart, one of the country’s leading production companies; Dina Pokrajac, a Croatian film critic and programmer, director of the Subversive Film Festival and selector for ZagrebDox.

The projects selected as part of Country in Focus 2026 are:

• I Will Fly by Jessica Woodworth, Miha Mohorič | Produced by Esma Hajdarpašić, Miha Černec |  Tramal Films, Staragara| Slovenia, Italy, Belgium

• Olimbi by Karlo Mlinar | Produced by Hrvoje Osvadić | 15th Art Productions | Croatia

• Remember When We Saved the City? by Morana Ikić Komljenović  | Produced by Marin Lukanović | Filmaktiv | Croatia

• Shining Nothingness by Federico Savonitto | Produced by Anna Di Toma | Agherose | Italy

• Sonic Silence by Alessandro Ambroggi, Ludovico Chincarini | Produced by Giuseppe Gori Savellini | La Scontrosa | Italy

• The Centre of the World by Marko Šantic | Produced by Danijel Hočevar | Vertigo Ljubljana | Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro

The presentation of the selected projects will take place at the Cinema Astra on Saturday 7 November at 10.00. This will be followed by a panel discussion on co-production between Slovenia, Croatia and Italy, featuring Nerina T. Kocjančič (Slovenian Film Centre), Irena Jelić (Croatian Audiovisual Centre), Jacopo Chessa (Italian Film Commissions, Veneto Film Commission), Gianluca Novel (Film Commission Friuli Venezia Giulia), Petra Seliskar (director and producer, Slovenia), Vanja Jambrović (producer, Croatia), and moderated by Alessandro Gropplero (FVG Film Fund).