The Circle Women Doc Accelerator today announced the projects that will take part in the latest edition of the training program for women and gender-expansive nonfiction filmmakers. 

Syria, Germany, Denmark, and Malaysia are just a few of the countries represented in this year’s selection. See the full list of titles below.

The programme begins on June 22nd in Edipsos, Greece, continuing in Portorož, Slovenia in October and then Trieste, Italy in January 2027. 

This year’s selection process was headed by Circle’s programme director Biljana Tutorov and Circle’s Co-Head of Studies Brigid O’Shea with the support of a selection committee consisting of writer and producer Suzy Gillet, film scholar Jelena Mišeljić, and two Circle alumni: director and producer Koval Bhatia and director and producer Zipporah Nyaruri.

This year’s mentors include director, producer, and scriptwriter Diana El Jeiroudi, director Salomé Jashi (Taming the Garden), director Gianluca Matarrese (GEN_), and producer and documentary consultant Lucila Moctezuma.

Among Circle’s alumni are Something Familiar by Rachel Taparjan (CPH: DOX 2026), White Lies by Alba Zari (IFFR 2026), Truck Mamma by Zipporah Nyaruri (IDFA 2025), River Dreams by Kristina Mikhailova (Berlinale Forum 2026 – Ecumenical Jury Award), Becoming Ema by Patricia Drati (CPH: DOX 2026), and In Between, A Place by Faezeh Nikozaad (Visions du Réel 2026). 

Selected Circle Women Doc Accelerator projects 2026-27: 

Rama Abdy / director (Syria)
Project: House No. 7
Producer: Hazar Yazji
Country of Production: Syria , Qatar

Sophie Ataya / director (Germany)
Project: Who We Are
Production company: SEERA FILMS
Producers: Thomas Kaske / Marion Schmidt
Country of Production: Germany

Sara Geurtsen / producer and writer (Germany)
Project: Sanctuary
Director: Areeb Zuaiter
Country of Production: United States

Ida Grøn / director (Denmark)
Project: The Inner Whale In My Ear
Production company: Purple Pictures aps
Producer: Cecilie Bolvinkel
Country of Production: Denmark

Beatrice Leong / director and producer (Malaysia)
Project: The Myth of Monsters
Production company: Gather Together
Country of Production: Malaysia

Diana-Elena Munteanu / director (Romania)
Project: The Digs
Production company: Remora Films
Producer: Ana Maria Vijdea
Co-Producer: Margaux Juvenal (Take Shelter)
Country of Production: Romania, France

Maja Prettner / director (Slovenia)
Project: Chasing Horses
Producer: Maja Prettner
Country of Production: Slovenia

Piano Primrin / director and writer (Thailand)
Project: A Journey to the Universe
Production company: Pop Pictures
Producer: Jeanne Sombatwattana
Country of Production: Thailand

Marta Smerechynska / director (Ukraine)
Project: Call Me from the Frontline
Producer Ukraine: Krystyna Petrenko (Cinema Bozen)
Producer France: Matthieu Belghiti (What’s Up Films)
Countries of Production: Ukraine, France

Dea Tcholokava / director (Georgia)
Project: Song to an Emerald Sky
Producer Georgia: Ketevan Kipiani (Sakdoc Films)
Producers Germany: Felipa Goltz, Maxime Pillip.
Co-Producer Germany: Gregor Streiber (Inselfilm)
Country of Production: Georgia, Germany