- Overview
- Decision Makers List 2013
- MeetMarket
- MeetMarket Projects
- Crossover Market
- International Delegations
- Round Table Sessions
- Pitch Opportunities
- The BFI Film Fund Pitch
- The New York Times Op-Docs Pitch
- Channel 4 First Cut Pitch
- The Wellcome Trust Development Awards Pitch
- Your WorldView Pitch
- Mini-MeetMarket
- Specialist Factual New Talent Pitch
- The Switchboard with EDN
- 10X10
- The Doc/Fest Mentoring Programme
- Training and Workshops
International Delegations
In 2013, Doc/Fest has invited a record 18 international delegations including a number of international training schemes and organisations (Greenhouse, Documentary Campus, VPRO and Netherlands Film Academy and ESoDoc) to attend the festival with a special focus put on factual filmmaking in their region. Attending the festival as part of an international delegation is a fantastic opportunity for producers, directors and commissioning editors from some of the most prolific documentary producing regions in the world to network, exchange ideas and create lasting international connections.
International Delegations at Sheffield Doc/Fest in 2013:
THE BRITISH COUNCIL DELEGATION
The British Council is proud to continue its strong association with Doc/Fest by supporting international delegates from Russia, Armenia, South Africa, South Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan and Palestine. These delegations include documentary filmmakers, producers, programmers and promoters drawn from three continents.
ARMENIA:
Areg Kozmoyan / Golden Apricot
Narek Tovmasyan / British Council
JORDAN:
Shadi Nimri / The Royal Film Commission - Jordan
CANADIAN DELEGATION
Coordinated by HotDocs Canadian International Film Festival
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is North America’s largest documentary festival, conference and market. Each year, the Festival presents a selection of more than 200 cutting-edge documentaries from Canada and around the globe. Through its industry programs, Hot Docs also provides a full range of professional development, market and networking opportunities for documentary professionals.
Howard Fraiberg / Proximity Films
Mark Johnston / Nomad Films
Anne Pick / Real to Reel Productions Inc.
Bill Spahic / Real to Reel Productions Inc.
CATALAN DELEGATION
Coordinated by Catalan Films and TV (CF & TV)/PROA
CATALAN FILMS & TV (CF&TV) was created as the driving force for the internationalisation of Catalan audiovisual companies, establishing local, national and international links and promoting the presence of Catalan producers and companies in the markets and festivals. PROA is the Federation of Catalan Producers.
Angela Bosch / NOVA TV
Carles Brugueras / Polar Star Films
Aritz Cirbian / Primitve Films
Oriol Cortacans/ Batabat
Oriol Gispert / La Lupa Produccions
Joan Ubeda / Media 3.14
Montse Portabella / Motion Pictures
Liz Roberts / Black Train Films
Marieke van den Bersselaar / Polar Star Films
Laia Zanon / Acteon
DOCUMENTARY CAMPUS MASTERSCHOOL DELEGATION
Documentary Campus is delighted to start this year’s Masterschool just before the Festival and give the participants the possibility to expand their network and promote their projects right from the start. We are very excited to introduce them to other festival delegates. Visit www.documentary-campus.com for more on the Masterschool.
José Manuel Alguacil / 2Sentidos Producciones
Peter Middleton / Fee Fie Foe Films
Maarten Schmidt / Storyhouse
Dirk Simon / Monarda Arts GmbH
Pilar Soriano / 2Sentidos Producciones
James Spinney / Fee Fie Foe Films
Marita Stocker / Monarda Arts GmbH
Dennis Wells / taglicht Media
DUTCH DELEGATION
Coordinated by The Documentary Producers Netherlands
The Documentary Producers Netherlands are committed to produce powerful documentaries on a professional level. Within the DPN a substantial number of acknowledged large and medium sized Dutch producers are united. Our aim is to increase coproduction with European partners. www.documentaryproducers.nl
Estelle Bovenlander / Zuidenwind
Simone Van Den Broek / Basalt Film
Bernet Crucq / Interakt
Marco de Stefanis / Volya Films
Iris Lammertsma / Jongens van de Wit
Mira Mendel / Interakt
Marc Schmidt / Basalt Film
Valerie Schuijt / Viewpoint Productions
Denis Vaslin / Volya Films
Femke Wolting / Submarine
EAST SILVER DELEGATION
The main purpose of East Silver organised by the Institute of Documentary Film is to promote and enhance international distribution of creative documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe. The Eastern European delegation presents a collection of promising projects to international broadcasters, sales agents and festivals.
Tariq Hager / Prague Film School
Katerina Hager / Bohemian Productions s.r.o.
ESAV DELEGATION
ESAV initiative DIA SUD MED, a project based on the partnership of 3 Mediterranean Schools specialised in the areas of the Audiovisual and Multimedia. With Isamm Tunis and ALBA Beyrouth they provide students from the region with workshops to develop trans media projects.
Mehdi Bouzoubaâ / Freelance
Elia El Haddad / ALBA
Mira Haddad / ALBA
Khairat Lamisse / Freelance
ESODOC DELEGATION
ESoDoc is the training initiative focused on developing documentary and cross-media projects with social impact. ESoDoc offers an outstanding range of visiting speakers, masterclasses in multi-skilling camera, cross-media development and participatory video, pitching training and seminars on new financing/distribution strategies.
Carol Cooke / Scrumptious Productions
Ruth Heritage / TEC
Barbara Orton / True TV & Film Ltd
Negar Zoka / thelos
GERMAN DELEGATION
Coordinated by AG Dok
The German Documentary Association / AG Dok is the largest professional association of independent producers in Germany, numbering more than 850 members. It is first and foremost a film and media lobbyist for the documentary genre, but is open to representatives from all film genres.
Edda Baumann von Broen / Avanti Media
Rieke Brendel / Florianfilm
Sung-Hyung Cho / Heimatfilme
Rudolph Herzog / Brummer & Herzog Filmproduktion
Björn Jensen / Ginger Foot Films
Jason Kirkpatrick / Black Helmet Productions
Tanja Schmoller / Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion
Dirk Simon / Monarda arts
Marco Wilms / Helden Film
GREENHOUSE DELEGATION
Greenhouse is a unique, innovative, international documentary film workshop, which develops and nurtures documentary filmmakers in the Southern Mediterranean region (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia). Initiated and led by the New Fund for Cinema and Television of Israel along with well-known film organisation partners in Turkey, the Netherlands, Spain, Morocco, and France, it is the most prominent venture in the documentary film world involving Arab and Israeli filmmakers. www.ghfilmcentre.org
Tal Barda / Director/ Producer
Lucinda Broadbent / Media Co-op
Amine Hattou / Firdaus Films
Moslah Kraiem / Cercina Films Productions
Khedija Lemkecher / Cercina Films Productions
Karnit Mandel / Independent filmmaker
Noam Pinchas / Independent filmmaker
Saad-Eddine Said / Terre Sans Frontière
Hajar Setta / Independent
ITALIAN DELEGATION
Coordinated by Doc/it
Doc/it - Italian Documentary Association is glad to represent the Italian delegation at Sheffield Doc/Fest. The delegation is comprised of professionals from the most active companies in international co-production. Find your partners and original projects for co-productions in Italy!
Marco Amenta / Eurofilm Srl
Simonetta Amenta / Eurofilm Srl
Massimo Arvat / Zenit Arti Audiovisive
Roberta Baboni / Maxman Coop
Gloria Bortolini / Dream Taste Travel
Raffaele Brunetti / B&B Film Srl
Enrica Capra / Graffiti Doc Srl
Alessandro Carroli / Ballandi Arts
Vincenzo De Cecco / Visitor Q Srl
Giovanni Donfrancesco / Altara Film Sri
Angelita Fiore / Maxman Coop
Bettina Hatami / GA&A Productions Srl
Aurelio Laino / Decima Rosa Video
Lucio Mollica / GA&A Productions Srl
Paolo Pallavidino / EIE Film Srl
Cristina Rajola / Graffitti Doc Srl
Davide Valentini / SGI Società Generale dell'Immagine Srl
ISRAELI DELEGATION
Coordinated by CoPro Documentary Marketing Foundation and supported by Israel embassy London.
Celebrating two years of signing the film treaty between Israel and UK, CoPro is inviting British producers and commissioning editors to the Documentary Screen Market in Tel Aviv and is coordinating an Israeli delegation to the marketplace at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Orna Yarmut / Copro-Documentary Marketing Foundation
Barak Heymann / Heymann Brothers Films
Itzik Lerner / Pakada Films
Daniel Sivan / One Man Show
Hedva Goldschmidt / Go2Films
Iris Ambor / Embassy of Israel
LITHUANIA DELEGATION
Coordinated by the Lithuanian Film Centre (LKC)
Producers, exhibitors and film professionals aim to represent the Lithuanian Documentary Film Industry in Sheffield. The delegation is coordinated by the newly established LKC that works on designing an effective audiovisual sector policy in Lithuania and long lasting cooperation within international networks.
Andrius Brokas / Culture Bridge
Inesa Ivanova / Independent
Vilma Levickaitė / Cinema Center SKALVIJA / International Vilnius Documentary Film Festival (VDFF)
Aušra Lukošiūnienė / Lithuanian Film Centre
Jonas Ohman / Ketvirta Versija
Teresa Rožanovska / KETVIRTA VERSIJA
Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson / Lithuanian Film Centre
Rita Valiukonytė / Lithuanian Embassy in London
Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė / Just A Moment
MALAYSIA DELEGATION
Coordinated by Media Prima Berhad
Media Prima Berhad is Malaysia’s leading fully-integrated media group. The Group includes four television stations, three national newspapers, three radio stations and has an online presence of 2.7 million users. Its content creation subsidiary is Malaysia's largest production company.
MEDIA DESK DELEGATION
The MEDIA Programme is the EU's support scheme for the audiovisual industries. The MEDIA Co-Production Dinner (invite only) at this year's Doc/Fest is arranged by the MEDIA offices in Belgium (Flemish Community), Germany (NRW Region), Ireland, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, UK and Wales.
Allison Dowzell / Tifini
Sven Illgner / Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
Kåre Jensen / MEDIA Desk Norway
Heike Meyer-Döring / MEDIA Antenne NRW
Paul Pauwels / Congoo TV
Amanda Rees / Tifini
Emma Valentine / MEDIA Antenna Scotland
Gert van Berckelaer / Visual Antics
Francesca Walker / MEDIA Desk UK
Judy Wasdell / MEDIA Antenna Wales
Anders Wilhelmsson / MEDIA Desk Sweden
NORDIC DELEGATION
Coordinated by Filmkontakt Nord
The Nordic delegation is proudly coordinated by Filmkontakt Nord. There's a solid base for documentary production in the Nordic region, continuously nurturing the pool of documentary talent, and the Nordic delegation is looking forward to making new friends and fruitful partnerships at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2013. Don't miss having a drink with us during the Nordic Vodka Hour on Friday night!
Camilla Arlien Soborg / Fridthjof Film
Håvard Bustnes / Gammaglimt AS
Signe Byrge Sørensen / Final Cut for Real
Kjell Eriksen / AS Videomaker
Christian Falch / Gammaglimt AS
Jørgen / Friberg / AS Videomaker
Christy Garland / Napafilms oy
Teddy Gotiom / Momento Film
Ragnar Granstrand / Bautafilm AB
Adrienne Grierson / GoldHalo - Iceland
Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir / Klikk Productions
Line Halvorsen / Gammaglimt AS
David Herdies / Momento Film
Beathe Hofseth / Fri Film AS
Jesper Jack / Fridthjof Film
Per Janérus / Harmonica Films
Margrét Jónasdóttir / Sagafilm Productions
Liisa Juntunen / Napafilms oy
Kristian Karlsen / Ekkofilm AS
Katrine Kiilgaard / Filmkontakt Nord
Lisa Klint / CPH DOX
Ingunn H. Knudsen / Skofteland Film
Andreas Koefoed / Fridthjof Film
Anne Köhncke / Final Cut for Real
Maria Kristensen / Final Cut for Real
Christian Lien Jensen / Hallum Jensen AS
Miriam Nørgaard / Fridthjof Film
Kristin Olafsdottir / Klikk Productions
Joshua Oppenheimer / Final Cut for Real
Susann Østigaard / Fri Film AS
Kristiina Pervilä-Andersson / Millenium Film
Elisabeth Rasmussen / Sweet Films
Katharine Simpson / Doc Lounge
Hilde Skofteland / Skofteland Film
Sara Stockmann / Sonntag Pictures
Sandra Tabares-Duque / Klikk Productions
Stian Trovik / Ekkofilm AS
John Webster / JW Documentaries / Millennium Film Ltd
Arngrim Ytterhus / Østnorsk Filmsenter
SCOTLAND DELEGATION
Coordinated by Scottish Documentary Institute
The Scottish delegation is in town to meet with UK and international filmmakers, producers, commissioning editors and funders, and to promote our films and Scotland as a first class place for documentary filmmaking and co-production. We look forward to meeting you at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Su Bainbridge / Aconite Productions
Adam Barnett / Barn Owl Films
John Burgan / D-Word
Carol Cooke / Scrumptious Productions
Mike Day / Intrepid Cinema
Scott Donaldson / Creative Scotland
George Geddes / Beau Films
Lindsay Goodall / Beau Films
Amy Hardie / Amy Hardie Productions
Sonja Henrici / SDI Productions / Scottish Documentary Institute
Frances Higson / The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Lucas Kao / Freelance
Ana Katarina / Intrepid Cinema
Grant Keir / Faction North Ltd
Maurice O'Brien / Freelance
Gill Parry / Connect Film
Aimara Reques / Aconite Productions
David Street / Journey Pictures
Mark Thomas / Creative Scotland
Ellen Tolsma / Aconite Productions
Richard Warden / Middle Fish Films
VPRO NETHERLANDS FILM ACADEMY GOLDEN TICKET DELEGATION
The VPRO Documentary Prize 2012 was awarded to the most promising documentary team from the Netherlands Film Academy for the film 'A Twist in the Fabric of Space'. The prize, a Golden Ticket to Sheffield Doc/Fest, is for the whole crew.