12th Documentary Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
March 26 and 27 2010,
Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana (club Lili Novy)

CONTACTS

MEDIA Desk Slovenija, Miklošiceva 38, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Sabina Briški
T: 01.23.43.216, M: 041.65.87.65, E: mediadesk.slo@film-sklad.si
W: www.mediadeskslovenia.eu

See more on
http://en.fdf.si/accompanying-programme/media-seminar

MEDIA Desk Slovenija in cooperation with MEDIA supported training initiative
Documentary in Europe and Cankarjev dom – 12th International Documentary
Film Festival is inviting you to the MEDIA seminar DEVELOPING AND
PRODUCING DOCS IN EUROPE with acknowledged documentary professionals
Stefano Tealdi and Leena Pasanen. This two day seminar is intended for
filmmakers and young talents that want to know more about the documentary
business in Europe and intend bringing their projects to the major audiovisual
markets in the future.


Today independent documentary filmmakers have to be able to think internationally to
put together the money they need for making their films and there is a lot of
competition.
Who can cover the development costs of a project? How can the development funds be
accessed? Where can you present your project? How can a proposal be written to attract
investors? What is a pitching forum? Who are the major players in the European and
international documentary business? Where can support and help be found?
The seminar will answer these and many more questions. And it will make it clear that
the documentary business is a small world, but it has its rules!


Workshop pre-registration is required
until March 19 to mediadesk.slo@film-sklad.si
(contact person: Sabina Briški)

Please, note that this workshop is free of charge; however the number of participants is limited.
Working language: English.





SEMINAR SCHEDULE

Friday, March 26, Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre (club Lili Novy)

09:30 Opening of the seminar; (MEDIA desk Slovenija), Leena Pasanen (YLE Fact & Culture -
Finland), Stefano Tealdi (Director of Documentary in Europe and head of development, Stefilm -
Italy)

10:00 Participant\'s introduction.

11:00 ----- Coffee Break ----

11:00 Development and production of documentaries for the international market. Stefano Tealdi

12:00 Financial grants and support schemes: the MEDIA programme, the Independent TeleVision
Service (ITVS), The Sundance Documentary Institute and the others...

13:00 ----- Lunch Break -----

15.00 Developing projects in the context of a training initiative. EAVE, EURODOC ESODOC and
DISCOVERY CAMPUS. A professional who has attended one of these training schemes will be
invited to talk about his personal experience.

16:30 ---- Coffee Break -----

16:45 Markets, co-production forums and various networking initiatives. Leena Pasanen

17.30 Question time


Saturday, March 27, Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre (club Lili
Novy)

09:30 Case history. A filmmker who pitched at an international event, got financing and made a
film.

10:30 Writing a two page presentation that can attract the big money! Stefano Tealdi and Leena
Pasanen

11:00 ----- Coffee Break ----

11:15 Development budgets: investing is the best way of producing. Stefano Tealdi

13:00 ----- Lunch Break -----

14:30 A production case study.

14:45 No project can be pitched without a demo! The “does and dont\'s” of preparing the visuals
you need for your project. Leena Pasanen

16:00 Local stories can travel the world! The participants pitch their ideas.

16:30 ---- Coffee Break -----

16:45 Local stories can travel the world! The participants pitch their ideas.

18.00 Closing of the workshop.


The map of the Cankarjev dom congress and cultural centre (Docs in Europe seminar and International Documentary Film Festival Ljubljana venue) can be found here
http://zemljevid.najdi.si/maps/location/nmap.jsp?id=da273f068d2f80be28316de9ac62b78f5f3a24c71ee8f9eb9aedc050dde028a5bf7e5527cdfc40b4b445a29562c4ee4cc9c68c036c9045bfa7a9b6025a679184