Proxima is Doc at Work's space dedicated to documentary films in the editing and post-production phase. It is open to works longer than 60 minutes selected from among those that have applied to participate through a specific call for entries. Each year, a maximum of six feature-length documentaries directed by Italian filmmakers (or filmmakers residing in Italy) and/or (co-)produced in Italy are selected. The participating projects, still seeking their world premiere, will be presented to an audience of decision makers selected from among international festival programmers, sales agents, distributors, commissioning editors and other important players in the European audiovisual sector.
The SudTitles Award and the RIDM Award are confirmed for the 2025 edition of Proxima; the final list of awards will be announced shortly.

Discover the call for entries for the 2025 edition..

Proxima 2023
Il mondo di Beau di Claudia Tosi (Italia, Germania) / Cinemambiente Festival
Cesare nel tempo di Angelo Loy (Italia) / Festival dei Cinema di Roma
Fiume o morte! di Igor Bezinović (Croazia, Italia, Slovenia) / International Film Festival of Rotterdam *Tiger Award
L'età d'oro di Camilla Iannetti (Italia) / IDFA International Competition
Gioventú bruciata di Agostino Ferrente (Italia)

Proxima 2024
After the storm di Francesco Rufini (Lituania)
Il castello indistruttibile di Danny Biancardi, Stefano La Rosa, Virginia Nardelli (Italia, Francia) / CPH:DOX International Competition
Mater di Fatima Bianchi (Italia, Francia)
Mia di Enrico Maisto (Italia)
Waking Hours (prima: On the Serbian border) di Federico Cammarata e Filippo Foscarini (Italia) *Best Pitch Award - RIDM Forum / Settimana Internazionale della Critica 2025
Il Labirinto (prima: Il tempio della memoria) di Alberto Gemmi (Italia)

The selected projects - 2025:

• Avenir - Basilio Maritano Sailer (Germania, Burkina Faso)
• I'm in Heaven - Daniele Gaglianone (Italia)
• The Book of Hours / Il libro d'ore - Margherita Malerba (Italia)
• The Winning Generation - Marco De Stefanis (Olanda, Italia)
• What Remains When the Sea Moves / Cosa rimane quando il mare si muove - Gaetano Crivaro (Italia)