Apordoc — Portuguese Documentary Association and EDN — European Documentary Network organize the eleven edition of Lisbon Docs, a co-prodution and financing forum for documentaries, which will take place in the framework of doclisboa 2009 (15th to 25th October).
If you are a producer (and/or director, author) with a project with international appeal, Lisbon docs will offer you a week of intensive creative work, consisting of:
Workshop where 17 projects of documentary films will be developed and presented
Master class and screening of films
2 pitching public sessions with around 10 commissioning editors and financiers
WORKSHOP – 20th to 22nd of October (from Tuesday to Thursday)
During a couple of days, in an intense working atmosphere, around 20 projects are discussed, developed and turned upside down by colleagues and a tutor team of 6 internationally experienced producers and directors with the necessary background and skills to give you inspiration for the development of your film.
This year’s tutor team is composed by:
– Catarina Alves Costa, filmmaker (Portugal)
– Carmen Cobos, producer Cobos Films (The Netherlands)
– Steven Seidenberg, producer (United Kingdom)
– Niek Koppen, Consultant of the Dutch Film Fund (The Netherlands)
– Cecilia Lidin, EDN (Denmark)
– Audrius Stonys, filmmaker (Lithuânia)
– Gitte Hansen, world sales First Hand Films (Switzerland)
PROJECTION AND MASTERCLASS – Thursday, 22nd of October
16:30 - Large Auditorium - Projection of the film:
Letters to the President
by Petr Lom, France/Canada, 72’, 2009
Petr Lom's follows President Ahmadinejad very closely, in his populist trips through Iran provinces. During his trips, he receives millions of letters of all kind asking for help. In Tehran a true ministry responds to the citizens. These letters to the President are the film’s narrative thread and the device that allows an unexpected glimpse on Iran today.
18:15 - Small Auditorium*
Masterclass with director Petr Lom cancelled at last minute
Petr Lom is an independent documentary director and producer. Entirely self-taught, he directs, shoots and edits his own films. He is a former academic with a Ph.D. in political philosophy from Harvard University. His previous films, exhibited in several main international film festivals, are: Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan (2004),
On a Tightrope (2007) and You Cannot Hide from Allah (2007).
*Free entrance within the availability of seats; tickets can be picked up at the box office (2 per person). In English
PITCHING PUBLIC SESSION – Friday, the 23rd and Saturday the 24th of October
+ Individual Meetings with Commissioning Editors
In an open public session, 20 projects, previously selected for their potential appeal to the international market and developed during a 3-day workshop, are presented to a panel of decision-makers from documentary funding institutions and leading European channels in international co-productions. It’s a show of what can be expected from documentarists in Portugal and other European countries. 15 minutes are given to each project – half of the time to the producers/directors, the other half to reactions from the panel.
To be in the audience is a unique chance to observe what works and what does not works in today’s international non-fiction market.
This year the selected projects are:
- The Boundary
(Rossella Schillaci, director; Catarina Mourão, producer), Laranja Azul (Portugal), Azul (Italy), Zenit (Italy)
- On Earth as it is on Heaven
(Inês Gonçalves, director; Inês Mestre, production), Noland Films, Portugal
- Complexo – Parallel Universe
(Henrique Salgado, producer), ComplexFilms, Portugal
- It’s the Earth not the Moon
(Gonçalo Tocha, director), Portugal
- All that Glitters isn’t God
(Shira Pinsnon, director/producer). Kapish Productions, United Kingdom
- Another Day of Life
(Raul de la Fuente, director/producer), Kanaki Films, Spain
- Breathing
(Emma Davie, director; Morag McKinnon, director),
Scottish Documentary Institute, United Kingdom
- Lab-Life
(Frank Theys, director; Bart Van Langendonck, producer),
Savage Film, Belgium
- MOZ Caminhos da Democracia
(Sol Carvalho, director; Linnea Merzagora, producer),
Promarte/FilmWork, Mozambique/Italy
- Nightingale of Kabul
(Jeannette Gaussi, director; Gregor Streiber, producer),
Inselfilm Produktion, Germany
- Osmel,The King of Beauty...
(Paolo Cammarano, director; Anton Lucarelli, producer), Studio 12, Italy
- RYB China/ The Primary Colors
(Andrew Lone, producer), Story Farm, China
- The Arctic Project
(Marcus Werner Hed, director/producer), Pundersons Gardens (United Kingdom)
- The Colony
(Alessandro Rossetto, director; Enrica Capra-producer),
GraffitiDoc/Les Films d'Ici, Italy/France
- Waiting for "La Blanca"
(Alfonso Garrido, director; Manu Benavente, producer/director),
Manual,Spain
- Welcome to Dhallywood
(Stephane M. Grueso, director; Javier Gomez Serrano, director/producer),
Elegant Mob Films, Spain
- Great Balls of Fire (Guillermo Barberà, director of photography; Santi Valldepérez,director), Filmsnomades (Spain)
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