Distributor

IDEP Escuela de la Imagen offers courses focusing on photography, new media, digital animation, digital editing, cinematography, documentary directing and production, etc.

IDFA is one of the leading documentary events in the world, offering filmmakers and producers an international platform for their new documentaries. Because so many of the most prominent TV buyers, festival programmers, distributors and sales agents are on hand in Amsterdam each year, the festival is a key launch pad for creative documentary films. Alongside the festival, two documentary markets take place during IDFA: Docs for Sale and the FORUM. Docs for Sale is the leading marketplace for creative documentaries, offering streaming video and network opportunities for buyers and sellers of quality documentaries. The FORUM is IDFA's international co-financing market for documentaries and Europe's largest gathering of commissioning editors, and independent documentary producers. The combination of the festival and the two markets brings together all the key players in the documentary industry, making IDFA the perfect networking opportunity and an event not to be missed.

The IDFA Fund, formerly known as the Jan Vrijman Fund, supports documentary filmmakers and festivals in developing countries. The Fund provides financial means for documentary projects which are aimed at research, script and trailer development, production and post-production. In addition, other activities for the promotion of the production and distribution of documentaries, such as the organisation of workshops and documentary film festivals are eligible for support. The goal of the IDFA Fund is to stimulate local film cultures and to turn the creative documentary into a truly global film art. The IDFA Fund gives financial support twice a year. Application deadlines will change in 2013. Please check the website to find more information on the next deadline.

The FORUM is the largest and most influential meeting place for documentary filmmakers, producers, commissioning editors, funds, private financiers and other documentary stakeholders in Europe. We exist to help facilitate the financing of important, unique and ground-breaking creative documentaries, whether these be single docs, series or emerging new media formats. Like IDFA itself, the FORUM puts the creative documentary first, and our focus is continually trained upon a shifting documentary landscape in which cross-media projects are becoming as prevalent as traditional linear documentaries.During the three days of the FORUM approximately 50 independent producer/director teams pitch their projects (selected in advance by FORUM doc experts) within different pitch set-ups determined by subject matter, stage of financing and stage of development. The FORUM is the place where broadcasters, co-producers, distributors, film funds and sales agents can identify, isolate and invest in the creative documentary product that will form the basis of their ongoing business. The public pitch formats consist of the traditional Central Pitches and the more intimate Round Table Pitches. Approximately 20 Central Pitch projects and 25 Round Table Pitch projects are selected each year. The FORUM organises a further 600 one-on-one meetings between filmmaking teams and parties who express a strong interest in their project. Central Pitches take place in the main hall of Amsterdam’s Compagnietheater, where some 25 commissioning editors from leading international broadcasters are in attendance, alongside 300 observers. This pitch set-up offers maximum exposure for you and your project. Leading independent producers and newcomers alike take turns pitching their fledgling projects before a question-and-answer session during which the commissioning editors get to grips with what they are being asked to consider investing in. Two moderators stimulate post-pitch discussion to encourage financiers to commit to the project. In the Round Table set-up, projects at any stage of development (from script to rough cut) and with or without funding are pitched within an intimate setting to a small group of commissioning editors, and other financiers who have indicated a specific interest in the project. This setting allows for a more informal discussion of the film’s style and content. Round Table Pitches also enable all parties to engage in more in-depth discussion after the pitch. The Individual Meetings Projects are designed for projects submitted to the FORUM but not developed sufficiently for public pitching. The producers will get the chance to meet experts in the field during the one-on-one meetings. They will be on hand to advise on the subsequent development of the projects. (Note: You cannot apply for this category. The FORUM committee will decide on the project selection out of all project submissions.) If you are a producer without a selected project in the FORUM, you can attend as an observer. This offers an invaluable opportunity to network with leading professionals in the documentary field, and to observe at first hand how the event works in terms of what broadcasters are looking for and how best to prepare for future applications and attendance. Furthermore, the FORUM offers a series of services and training opportunities to help you make the most of your pitch and your time at IDFA. From the EDN pitch training, expert meetings, and industry publications, to social events and plenty of networking opportunities.

IDFA WorldView Summer School offers a tailor-made training program for emerging filmmakers, taking place in Amsterdam and aimed at strengthening the narrative structure of documentary projects.

Every year during the first days of IDFA, IDFAcademy offers a challenging training programme to film students and emerging documentary filmmakers from the Netherlands and abroad. In 2008, IDFAcademy introduced Summer School, a tailor-made training programme aimed at helping filmmakers develop their documentary film projects.

IDIP Films is a film production company founded in 2005 based in Geneva, Switzerland, that focuses on fiction and documentary films for cinema and television. The company is leaded by producer Xavier Derigo Isabelle Pasini.

The second largest independent production company in the Netherlands.

A branch institution of the European Academy of Design (Instituto Europeo di Design), IED Madrid offers - in the audiovisual field - study programmes focused on interactive video, 3D animation and digital effects.

The International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA), the first global network of national arts funding bodies. Inaugurated in December 2000, our mission is to create an international resource and meeting ground for all those whose public responsibility it is to support excellence and diversity in artistic endeavour.

The festival was founded in 2002 by the Irish Film Institute (IFI) and each year it presents a selection of international as well as Irish documentary films.

The school offers three BA study programs in the following fields: Film (Screenwriting, Film Directing, Creative Producing), Digital Film Arts (Editing Picture & Sound, Visual Arts) and Director of Photography. Furthermore, the ifs offers 11 further education programs: The Screenwriter’s Program, International Producing, Production Design, Costume Design, Make-Up, Editing/Sound, Acting, Interactive Media, Digital Arts, Masterclass Non-Fiction and Media Entrepreneurship Lab.

Production company / Distributor

The Martín-Baró Fund has a strong preference for projects which are developing innovative and progressive ways to deal with the mental health consequences of violence and political repression. Applicants should understand that we do not view mental health and human rights as issues which can be addressed separately, but are seeking to fund activities which explore the links between them.

Production company

Ikandi Productions Limited is an Irish production company that produces original documentaries created by independent filmmakers.

The operator of the channel Film+ in Czech and SLovak Republic.

Production company

IKON (Netherlands Interdenominational Broadcasting Company) is a public broadcasting corporation that plays a central role in society by producing programmes for radio, television and new media on behalf of seven Christian churches. From a (Protestant) Christian tradition and a religious perspective, IKON produces content for radio, television and new media that both broadens and opens up new horizons in order to inspire, motivate and galvanise. IKON contributes to the public debate in its own particular way which is based on genuine curiosity, admiration and an ability for criticism, while building bridges between Christians, other faiths and non believers in an imaginative way.

Production company