East Doc Platform | Prague | March 5 – 11, 2012
East European Forum, Doc Launch Presentation, East Silver Videolibrary, Project Market
A strong Friday’s programme take-off at 9am should be guaranteed by the Co-production Breakfast led by a delegation of German documentarians, producers, local institutions’ representatives and other professionals from German film industry. The contents of the morning session is going be driven by co-production opportunities and international cooperation with Eastern European region. We would like to remind you that all accredited professionals may, as any other day, access East Silver Videolibrary that holds more than 300 finished documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe between 10am and 10pm. At the same time, the Small Hall in Archa Theare is getting ready for a lecture held by a British theoretician, Liz Rosenthal, who pioneered the Cross-media phenomenon since the digital era origins. Her lecture will turn the spotlight on the new ways of documentary film reception and distribution and their effect on documentary narration and form. Another round of individual meetings within Project Market will take place on Archa Palace’s second floor from 11.30am to 1.30pm. Institute of Documentary Film invited to Prague also the greatly experienced German director Reiner Komers, whose Master Class is on schedule at 3pm in Archa Theatre’s Small Hall. After the several-day-long focusing on the fine-tuning of their projects, Forum workshop participants are given an option to rehearse for the Saturday and Sunday project pitching. A similar scenario is arranged for Doc Launch participants, however, they already pitch in the Archa Theatre Main auditorium today at 6pm. Please, keep in mind, that prior to the selection of the 9 Eastern European rough cuts giving their Doc Launch public presentation there is the official East Doc Platform opening. The ceremony begins at 5.30pm and features the awarding of the best two projects with East Doc Platform Award (rough cuts) and Golden Funnel award (development).
FRIDAY, March 9, 2011
9:00 – 10:00 |Co-production Breakfast: Germany| Informal meeting with industry guests from Germany offering a survey of co-production possibilities in the country – where to apply for funding, who the key industry players are and the best route to co-production.
Open for: All types of EDP & One World accreditations
Where: Archa Theatre, Small Hall
10:00 – 22:00 |East Silver Video Library| Open from March 6 – 11 (10am – 10pm)
Open for: EDP accreditation & One World Guest accreditation
Where: Archa Palace, Remote Space
10:00 – 11:30 |LECTURE: Adventures in Cross-Media Storytelling by Liz Rosenthal|
Liz Rosenthal, the founder and CEO of Power to the Pixel, will discuss how the internet and digitization affect the way stories are told, delivered, and shared.
Open for: All types of EDP & One World accreditations
Where: Archa Theatre, Small Hall
11:30 – 13:30 |PROJECT MARKET| Prearranged one-on-one meetings
Open for: EDP accreditation
Where: Archa Palace, Chip Room
15:00 – 16:30 |MASTER CLASS: Rainer Komers| Interpretation of images by a renowned German director.
Open for: All types of EDP & One World accreditations
Where: Archa Theatre, Small Hall
17:30 – 18:00 |East Doc Platform Opening with East Doc Platform Awards|
Open for: All types of EDP & One World accreditations
Where: Archa Theatre
18:00 – 20:30 |DOC LAUNCH PRESENTATION| Presentation of 9 feature-length projects in post-production from Central and Eastern Europe scheduled for release between March and December 2012.
Open for: All types of EDP & One World accreditations
Where: Archa Theatre
20:30 |East European Networking Dinner| East European producers have a chance to meet with international industry professionals.
By invitation only
