Industry Report: Documentary
17/04/2012 - Section dedicated to the European Documentary Industry.
Making documentaries for the big screen
A guide to our resources (Screen Australia) for documentary filmmakers including funding, marketing and publications.
Creating online strategies for documentaries
Documentaries can benefit from Internet to raise money or get support for social change
Pitching a documentary project
Pitching is one of the ways a filmmaker creates interest in a project
The Fate of Documentary Film - The precarious position of documentarians
The earliest films were all documentaries. Symply by pointing a camera at it, these moving pictures made everyday life seem incredible. Then, documentaries were relegated to wartime newsreels and exotic travelogues. It took the creation of reality television programing to revitalize the genre.
Documentary Campus Interviews
Six interviews with six experts in documentary film were conducted during the Documentary Campus Training in Krakow
New version of EDN Financing Guide
The European Documentary Network (EDN) has released the 2010 edition of their essential documentary financing tool, The EDN Financing Guide. It provides documentary professionals with the detailed information needed to navigate the evolving global landscape of documentary production. EDN has expanded the new edition with a global perspective, making it more relevant then ever for documentary professionals looking for funding. Divided into five main sections (International Broadcasters,...
Successful Docs for Sale at IDFA overcomes crisis
It was a positive year for Docs for Sale, the market of the IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam. Held parallel to IDFA, the numbers of the ten-day event remained more or less the same as in 2008 – with 460 films, 65 distributors, almost 100 buyers and 78 festival directors from around the globe – and dispelled initial fears of a drop in participants and deals due to the global economic crisis. "The impact of the crisis will be felt in a year or two,” warns market...
Finding the FUN in FUNding
Report of a Dutch Cineaste who talks about experience in searching funds from the Dutch Film Fund.
Short Film Odyssey
Interview with Melissa Suarez del Real, director of Furniture
Wilbur Leguebe • Commissioning Editor Documentaries, RTBF, Belgium
Tue Steen Müller, International consultant on Documentary
NOW is the Golden Age of Documentaries. This is my answer when I take part in workshops and festivals around Europe. The answer to the big question about the state of the art: the European documentary...
Jacques Bidou • Producer, JBA Production, Paris, France
The European documentary market: the main actors, historical analysis and future perspectives
Esther van Messel and Gitte Hansen • First Hand Films International Sales
International sales policy: the distribution of European documentaries
Annette Scheurich • Executive Producer and Author, Marco Polo Film, Heidelberg, Germany
The role of ARTE in the financing of documentaries in Europe. Panorama of the financing possibilities in Germany
Olaf Grunert • Head of Unité THEMA, ARTE G.E.I.E., Strasbourg, France
Editorial and co-production policy. Financing possibilities for documentaries in France
Barbara Truyen • Commissioning Editor Documentaries, VPRO TV, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Financing possibilities for documentaries in The Netherlands
Charlotte Uzu • Head of International Development, Les Films D’Ici, Paris, France
The editorial policy of a small French production company: number od films produced, co-production policy, source of finance for documentaries in France
Vardan Hovhannisyan • Producer/Director & President, Bars Media, Yerevan, Armenia
Production and co-production of international documentaries from the point of view of a small production company
Mark Wild • National Geographic Television
The production and co-production policy of National Geographic Television: films produced a year, annual budget
Bruno Nahon • Producer, Zadig Productions, Paris, France
The production of European documentaries: the most relevant funding sources for documentary in France
Tom Koch • Vice President, PBS Distribution, PBS International, Boston, USA
The financing possibilities for documentaries in America and the editorial policy of PBS
Laura Fleury • A&E TV network
The production and co-production policy of the A&E TV Network: films produced and annual budget
Peter Symes • Head of Studies at the Documentary Masterschool
Gregorio Paonessa • Produttore, Vivofilm, Roma
Documentary funding reaches Tipping Point
A unique funding scheme to enable the making of documentary films with a social conscience has been launched in the UK. The Tipping Point Film Fund (TPFF), supported by retail chain The Co-operative, will follow the model of “crowd funding”, where independent filmmakers can tap into their networks for funding and extend it by canvassing independent film-goers and online social networks and garner monies through a mixture of regular and on-off donations and some major donors. TPFF Co-Founder...
