September 30, 2010 at 14:00 (Central European Time). Online in The EDN Video Conference Room.

EDN Online Pitching is a new pitching format based on an online video conference, where a limited number thematic documentary projects are pitched. For the first pitching session EDN is calling for documentary projects with a cross platform potential. Deadline is September 15, 2010.

EDN Online Pitching is a new initiative where four documentary projects are pitched to a group of leading international financiers and decision makers. Each session will have a specific focus like science, history or cross platform. The pitching takes place online in the EDN Video Conference Room and each session lasts one hour. The first session will be focusing on cross platform projects.

The aim of the EDN Online Pitching Sessions is to create a forum where documentary projects with a specific focus can be introduced and discussed. This low cost set-up makes it possible to create space for introductions and discussions of themes and focuses not always viable in the offline world.

For this edition of the EDN Online Pitching Session the following financiers and experts have confirmed their participation:

•   -  Flora Gregory, Comm. Editor for Witness, Aljazeera English, UK
•   -  Joël Ronez, Head of Web Media, ARTE France, France
•   -  Philippe van Meerbeeck, Web Project Manager, VRT, Belgium
•   -  Caspar Sonnen, Coordinator New Media, IDFA, The Netherlands
•   -  Iikka Vehkalahti, Commissioning Editor, YLE, Finland
•   -  Wendy Bernfeld & Sharon Feigal, Rights Stuff, The Netherlands
•   -  Annika Hamngren, SVT, Sweden

The written presentations and pilots of the selected projects will be circulated among the participating financiers before the session. The pilots of the selected projects will be available at the EDN web site.

To set off the discussion of the project being pitched, the presenting director/producer/team will add a 3-4 minutes verbal addition to the project description. Then the discussion and evaluation of the project will be open. The feedback will be given by 6-8 financiers, decision makers and experts relevant to the specific focus for each session.

The involved pitchers and financiers in the session will all have audio and visual contact via the video interface provided in the EDN Video Conference Room.

The session will be moderated by:

•   - EDN Head of Office Cecilia Lidin
•   - EDN Web Editor Ove Rishøj Jensen

 

Due to the nature in the set-up of the EDN Online Pitching Session we can not offer observer seats for it. Our intention is to record the session and make it available for EDN members later on.

For the first EDN Online Pitching Session the focus will be on cross platform documentaries. The session is scheduled for September 30, 2010 at 14:00. Deadline for submitting your project was on September 15, 2010.

The four projects selected for this EDN Online Pitching Session is:

You've Been Trumped by Anthony Baxter. Producer Anthony Baxter, Montrose Pictures, Scotland, UK

Citizens & Strangers by Luc Martin-Gousset. Produced by Luc Martin-Gousset, Point du Jour, France. Co-produced by Intuitive Pictures, Canada

Turf: The Road to Paris by Jan Bednarz. Producer Jan Bednarz, Buzz Films Ltd., UK

Brussels Business by Friedrich Moser & Matthieu Lietaert. Produced by Friedrich Moser, Blue and Green Communication, Austria and Matthieu Lietaert, Not So Crazy! Productions, Belgium. Mikael Opstrup, Senior Producer, Denmark

 

Participation fee

Participating in the EDN Online Pitching Session is free of charge, but it requires that you have created an EDN Membership profile via an EDN membership. If you are not a member of EDN yet, you can join EDN here.

Ove Rishøj Jensen

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