EX ORIENTE FILM HANDBOOK remains the only publication of its kind on the Czech market and one of a few in the European scope.
The second volume of the EX Oriente Film Handbook offers the candidates of coproduction down-to-earth advice. It deals in detail with strategies for independent production companies, it maps out the possibilities of international distribution and sales, and it summes up avaiable practical tools which may aid East European documentary filmmakers in completion and succesfull distribution of creative films.
The guide is published in English and is targeted to directors, independent producers, trainers, festival and market organisers, film schools and institutions.
The handbook features articles by leading European producers, filmmakers, AV experts, distributors and festival and market organisers. In alphabetical order: Salma Abdalla, Simone Baumann, Martichka Bozhilova, Uldis Cekulis, Claas Danielsen, Sean Farnel, Tine Fischer, Diana Holtzberg, Marek Hovorka, Florin Iepan, Yves Jeanneau, Marje Jurtschenko, Tibor Kocsis, Krzysztof Kopczynski, Petr Kubica, Sibylle Kurz, Robert Lakatos, Faruk Loncarevic, Sergey Loznitsa, Georg Misch, Rasa Miskinyte, Boris Mitić, Tue Steen Müller, Timo Novotny, Nina Numankadic, Karel Och, Friedrich Ofner, Barbora Ondrejčáková, Ján Oparty, Mikael Opstrup, Paul Pauwels, András Petérffy, Svetlana Popović, Zoran Popović, Nenad Puhovski, Marijke Rawie, Jan Rofekamp, Fernanda Rossi, Miriam Šimková, Irena Taskovski, Stefano Tealdi, Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen, Ana Vincente, Ralph Wieser
CONTENT
How to find your own way
when should one, as a producer, seek international financing of a documentary?
independent nationally funded documentary films versus co-production
documentary film treatment
treatment showcase
fundraising trailers (see excerpt)
the art of pitching
Production
the biggest problem of eastern european documentary
european ground for documentary film production
functioning of documentary production companies
about documentary filmmaking inforg studio
interview with mischief films
three out of many examples of how to make international documentary film
the story of pretty dyana
the story of new eldorado
the story of life in loops: a megacities rmx
Distribution
how to distribute creative and author´s documentary films
strategies for the film festival circuit
director´s view on festival strategy
focus on festivals — various background and tastes (see excerpt)
film markets
sunny side of the doc: a window on the international market
docs for sale & the art of selling creative documentaries
east silver doc.market – the biggest database of east european documentary films
sales agents
more docs for sale (see excerpt)
digital network distribution
doc-air
Docuimportant information
introduction to documentary department
about commissioning editor (see excerpt)
the edn tv-guide
the media programme and independent documentary film making
common mistakes & things to do to be successful with media development (see excerpt)
documap of central and eastern europe
docuimportant web contacts
