14th THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL - Images of the 21st Century
March 9 – 18, 2012
DOC MARKET
March 10 - 17, 10.00 – 20.00
ELECTRA PALACE HOTEL, Byzantium Hall, 1st Floor, Aristotelous Sq.
The International Doc Market, introduced in 1999, will be held in the Byzantium hall at the 1st floor of the Electra Palace Hotel at Aristotelous Sq. next to the Festival headquarters, providing a substantial space to its participants, outfitted with 30 digital booths for private viewing. The market, organized in cooperation with the Greek Public Television (ERT S.A.) and with the support of the Media Program of the EU, caters to television networks from European countries and a wide range of professionals from various parts of the world.
The Doc Market is fully digital: participants have the opportunity to watch documentaries without the use of DVD; all films are easily located in the digital library in each of the booths. Approximately 460 films will be available in this year’s Doc Market, including all the films that are screened as part of the 14th TDF official program.
Approximately 55 buyers will be attending from Europe, the USA and Canada, among them: Madeleine Avramoussis (Arte, France), Kathrin Brinkmann (ZDF-ARTE, Germany), Flora Gregory (Al Jazeera, UK), Anne Grolleron (Histoire, France), Marijke Huijbregts (Avro, Netherlands), Michael O' Meallaigh (TG4, Ireland), Francis Kandel (Canal+, France), Cynthia Kane (ITVS, USA), Luca Macciocca (RAISAT, Italy), Jenny Westergard (YLE TV, Finland), Jordi Ambros (Televisio de Catalunya, Spain) and Philippe Van Meerbeeck (VRT, Belgium).
DOCS IN PROGRESS 2012
March 15, 10.30-13.30, Pavlos Zannas screening room
The Doc Market will present for the first time this year a Docs in Progress section, much in the same manner as the Works in Progress of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival: 12 projects from the Balkans, the Mediterranean and Central Europe participate in closed sessions for Thessaloniki’s invited industry professionals, such as sales agents, distributors, producers and festival representatives; the participants will present and screen 5-8 minutes from their projects, aiming towards securing coproduction deals, funds for project completion, as well as deals for presales and distribution. The projects are:
1. Battery Man, Directors: Dusan Saponja, Dusan Cavic, Producer: Snezana Penev – Ciklotron, Serbia
2. Flying Food, Director: Marianna Economou, Producer: Lilette Botassi – Inkas Films, Co-producer: Dan Burlac – Elephant Films, Greece/Romania
3. Frame by Frame…Sketchophrenia, Director: Zafeiris Haitidis, Producer: Gina Petropoulou - Vox-documentaries, Greece
4. Hassan's Odyssey, Director: Francisco Araujo, Producer: Oihana Olea - Altube Filmeak & Malas Companias, Spain
5. He Who Travels Alone, Director: Ralitza Dimitrova, Producer: Plamen Gerasimov - B Plus Film, Bulgaria
6. Lod, the Last Hope, Director/ Producer: Uri Rosenwaks, Israel
7. Music Village, Director: Andreas Siadimas, Producer: Yannis Angelakis - Fractal Productions, Co-producer: Andreas Siadimas - Dangerous Productions, Greece
8. Silent Balkans, Director: Andreas Apostolides, Producers: Rea Apostolides and Yuri Averof - Anemon Productions, Greece
9. TasKafa - The King of the Square, Director: Andrea Luka Zimerman, Producer: Gulen Guler - Yalan Dunya Film Ltd, Turkey
10. The Grocer, Director/ Producer: Dimitris Koutsiabasakos– KinoLab, Greece
11. The Immortals at the Southern Point of Europe, Directors: Yorgos Moustakis & Nikos Labot, Producer: Yorgos Moustakis - Geometry Films Ltd, Co-producer: Nikos Charalambopoulos (Labot), Greece
12. The OSDAC, Director: Anca Hirte, Producer: Froidevaux Damien - E2P/entre2prises, France/Romania
MARKET TALKS
March 13-16, 17.30-18.00, Excelsior room at the Electra Palace ground floor
The Doc Market organizes for the first time this year 4 half-hour talks by professionals from different areas/professions in the documentary world: International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) Director Allie Derks (Netherlands), Jan Rofekamp, Head of Films Transit International (Canada), producer Peter Wintonick (Necessary Illusions, Canada) and Elpida Kallinteri, Head of Acquisitions at SKAI TV (Greece). The talks will take place in an informal environment and the speakers will share valuable advice and observations drawn from their extensive experience in the industry.
Allie Derks will discuss documentary film promotion in the international festival circuit, Jan Rofekamp will focus on sales and distribution and the importance of the first 10 minutes in a film in terms of its selection and success, Peter Wintonick on the system and network of co-productions worldwide and Elpida Kallinteri will discuss TV funding, as well as acquisition and negotiation processes for documentaries. Please note that only accredited Festival guests can participate in the talks. In addition to the talks, the Doc Market organizes a Happy Hour every day from 18.00 to 19.00 (March 10-17) in the same space, to further provide festival guests with further opportunity to meet each other.
EDN DOCS IN THESSALONIKI – PITCHING FORUM 2012
March 14 - 18
ELECTRA PALACE HOTEL, 1st Floor, Aristotelous Sq.
The Pitching Forum – Docs in Thessaloniki, running since 2001 in collaboration with the European Documentary Network -a member-based organisation for professionals working with documentary feature projects- gives documentary professionals the opportunity to have their projects pitched to a panel of international financiers, commissioning editors and representatives of the international audiovisual media. The first 3 days focus on project development and polishing, under the guidance of the following industry professionals: Carmen Cobos - producer, Gitte Hansen - distributor, Kees Ryninks - producer, Jesper Osmund - editor, Christian Popp - producer, Audrius Stonys – director and Peter Wintonick - director/producer. The last 2 days are reserved for pitching.
20 projects will be presented in the Pitching Forum 2012. They are:
1. 37, Directed by: Djordje Markovic, Produced by: Ivana Antic and Djordje Markovic, Tuna Fish Studio, Serbia
2. Animal of the Future, Directed by: Jorg Giese, Produced by: Gregor Streiber, Inselfilm Produktion, Germany
3. Circle, Directed by: Valentina Monti, Produced by Alessandro Carroli, Kine, Italy
4. Ghost Rockets, Directed by: Michael Cavanagh and Kerstin Ubelacker, Produced by: Kerstin Ubelacker, We Have a Plan, Sweden
5. Greece: Work in Progress, Directed and produced by: Elena Zervopoulou, One Vibe Films, Italy/Greece
6. The Last Election?, Directed by: Wooyoung Choi, Produced by: Sinae Ha, BODA Media Group, Korea
7. The Little Land, Directed by: Nikos Dayandas, Produced by: Rea Apostolides and Yuri Averof, Anemon Productions, Greece
8. Lost in Egypt, Directed by: Ahmed Hassouna , Produced by: Ahmed Hassouna, Imagine Production House, Egypt
9. Mana, Directed by: Valerie Kontakos and Giannis Misouridis, Produced by: Valerie Kontakos, Exile Room, Greece
10. My Journey to Meet You, Directed by: Marco Simon Puccioni, Produced by: Simone Catania, Indyca, Italy
11. The New Plastic Road, Directed by: Myrto Papadopoulos and Angelos Tsaousis, Produced by: Angelos Tsaousis, Filmografik Productions, Greece
12. Orderly People, Directed by: Ulrik Gutkin, Produced by: Jacob Oliver Krarup, Copenhagen Film Company, Denmark
13. Price of a Daughter, Directed by: Yeliz Shukri, Produced by: Stavros Papageorghiou, Tetraktys Film Productions, Cyprus
14. Revelation Point, Directed by: Boris Missirkov and Georgi Bogdanov, Produced by: Martichka Bozhilova, Agitprop, Bulgaria
15. The Sea Gypsies, Directed by: Eliza Kubarska, Produced by: Monika Braid, Braidmade Films, UK
16. Sex, Maracas & Chihuahuas, Directed by: Diego Mas Trelles, Produced by: Enrique Lopez Lavigne, Apaches Entertainment, Spain
17. Sharia in Greece, Directed by: Irini Michailidou, Produced by: Alexis Pilos, Zero Zero Productions, Greece
18. The Twin Moms, Directed and produced by: Corinne van der Borch, Wondertime Films, USA
19. When the Ice Melts, Directed by: Anne-Marieke Graafmans, Produced by: Katja Draaijer, BALDR Film, Netherlands
20. Wounded Trust, Directed and produced by: Katja Berls, Germany
