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www.DOKweb.net is a portal dedicated to East European documentary film. The news section provides up-to-date information on upcoming and just completed films, interviews with filmmakers and other documentary professionals, in-depth articles exploring the state of documentary filmmaking in various parts of the region, as well as insightful texts on current trends, funding, etc. The portal also boasts the largest published databases of completed and upcoming documentary films from Eastern Europe, an industry directory, as well as trailers and original video content. www.DOKweb.net is IDF´s key online project that provides comprehensive details on all IDF´s activities and links them with general information service.
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Founded in 2001, the INSTITUTE OF DOCUMENTARY FILM (IDF) is a non-profit training and networking centre based in Prague, Czech Republic, focused on the support of East European documentary films and their wider promotion. Our activities support filmmakers through all stages of completion – development, funding, production, post-production, and distribution. We aim at individual filmmakers (tailored consultations), groups of carefully selected professionals with projects or films (Ex Oriente Film, East European Forum, East Silver, Doc Launch, etc.), broader professional community (East Doc Platform), as well as the general public (portal www.DOKweb.net). We closely work with key int. festivals, broadcasters, distributors, sales agents, markets, or training initiatives and serve as the GATEWAY TO EAST EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY FILM.

Baltic Sea Forum

Pitching Forum, Producer's Calendar - Homepage, Workshop
Countries: Latvia
Deadline:07.06.2013
Start:07.09.2013
End:08.09.2013

Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries is a market of ideas for documentary films for all distribution platforms with international potential.
Baltic Sea Forum consists of both a pitching workshop and session. The workshop will give the participants the chance to develop their documentary projects as well as the pitch of the project. The pitching session will give the participants the opportunity to present their project to a panel of international commissioning editors followed by scheduled individual meetings with them. Projects from documentary film and TV producers from the Baltic States, Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Georgia will be developed in a workshop run by international experienced producers and filmmakers. At the pitching session 24 projects are presented to a panel of around 16 commissioning editors from the Baltic, Nordic and European TV stations. Each project may be pitched for five minutes, with further time for discussion at the discretion of the host. Each project may be pitched by up to two representatives. The pitch has to be supported with video clips of your new project or clips from your previou


Market of ideas for documentary films for all distribution platforms with international potential: September 4 - 8, 2013.


Who can apply?
- Independent production companies from the wider Baltic Sea Region countries;
- Independent production companies from developing democracies of the former Soviet Union;
- Independent production companies from other European countries if the documentary subject relates to the wider Baltic Sea Region.

Producers may enter up to 3 projects each. Apart from traditional documentaries the BSF also provides a platform for cross media projects and documentary animations. One project may be sent in for selection up to 3 times. Projects pitched in the previous editions are ineligible. Priority is given to projects having some financial commitment from broadcasters or film institutions.

Important dates:
June 7, 2013 – project submission
July 10, 2013 – announcement of selected projects
August 16, 2013 – observer registration via email to balticforum@nfc.gov.lv


Contact:
Baltic Sea Forum BSF 2013, c/o National Film Centre
Peitavas 10/12
1050 Riga
Phone:
+371 735 8858 (Zanda Dudina)
WWW:
www.mediadesklatvia.eu/baltic-sea-forum-for-documentaries-2012
Email:
balticforum@nfc.gov.lv
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