Lisbon Docs 2010
October 11 – 16, 2010. Lisbon, Portugal
The annual pitching session Lisbon Docs is a great opportunity for you to pitch your documentary project to leading financiers as well as form new networks and alliances for future collaborations. So if you are a documentary maker with an international project in development Lisbon Docs is the place to be. Deadline for applying is extended to September 8.
Lisbon Docs is a documentary pitching session consisting of:
- - a pitching session and workshop
- - screenings of new films
- - master classes on international aspects of documentary making
During Lisbon Docs 21 documentary projects will be developed during the intense workshop, pitched to a panel of leading broadcasters and individually matched for meeting with potential collaborators.
Lisbon Docs is open for all European documentary professionals and has a limited number of seats for participants coming from outside Europe. Submissions are accepted from professionals, who want to take part in an intense creative dialogue and development process as well as present their project to potential financiers and co-producers. In the past Lisbon Docs has proven to be successful in pushing filmmakers into the international scene.
A limited number of observer seats will also be available. When participating as an observer you will take part in all sessions on equal terms with the pitching participants. The only difference is not having a concrete project developed and pitched.
The program
The workshop is taking place on October 12-14, but is kicked off with an intro dinner on the evening of the 11th. In the intense working atmosphere of the pitching workshop, the 21 selected documentary projects are discussed, developed and turned upside down by colleagues and a tutor team of six internationally experienced professionals. The tutors of the workshop will be:
- - Carmen Cobos, Producer, The Netherlands
- - Mikael Opstrup, Producer, Denmark
- - Audrius Stonys, Director, Lithuania
- - Catarina Alves Costa, Filmmaker, Portugal
- - Ann Julienne, Head of International Development, France Télévisions, France
- - Christian Popp, Producer, Germany
In addition to the tutor team the experienced Danish editor Jesper Osmund will be at the workshop to provide individual consultation on the improvement and shaping of the pitching trailers/pilots.
On October 15 and 16 all projects are pitched to a panel of 10-12 Commissioning Editors from leading international TV-channels. We will add the names of the commissioning editors as soon as they have confirmed their participation.
Following the pitching session match made individual meetings will be scheduled between the 21 pitch teams and the financiers to discuss the potential for further collaboration.
The following financiers and experts have confirmed their participation:
- - Roberto Blatt , Multicanal, Spain
- Anna Glogowski, France Télévisions
- Flora Gregory, Al Jazeera English, UK
- Olaf Grunert, ARTE G.E.I.E., France
- Hjalmar Palmgren, SVT, Sweden
- Stefan Kloos, Rise and Shine World Sales, Germany
- Charlotte Gry Madsen, DR International Sales, Denmark - - Claire Colart, RTBF, Belgium
How to apply
Deadline for submitting a project for selection to pitching is on September 8. Please note that there is a specific submission procedure for Portuguese projects.
Your project presentation should include:
- - A 2-page presentation of your project
- - Visual material
The 2-page presentation
You submit your project by sending a 2-page presentation including the following elements:
- - title, name of producer, production company and director, length, format & production plan/time of delivery
- - short synopsis
- - treatment with visual approach & reflections on the narrative
- - the total budget amount
- - a brief financing plan
- - short CV & filmography of company and director
- - contact details on producer/production company and/or director
The visual material
We prefer receiving applications accompanied by visual material; either as material already shot for the submitted project or as a previous work. You submit your visual material either as a DVD or by including a link to an online streaming facility. Please note that submitted DVDs will not be returned.
Portuguese Submissions
If you based in Portugal please send your 2-page project presentation by email to Sandra Paulo - lisbondocs_@If you can read this, please upgrade to a modern browser.apordoc.org
If you are submitting your visual material on DVD please send it to:
Apordoc - Associação pelo Documentário
Att: Sandra Paulo
Largo da Madalena, nr 1, 1st floor,
1100-317 Lisbon
International Submissions
If you are based outside Portugal please send your 2-page presentation by email to EDN Network Manager Hanne Skjødt via hanne_@If you can read this, please upgrade to a modern browser.edn.dk.
If you are submitting your visual material on DVD please send it to:
EDN
Att: Hanne Skjødt
Vognmagergade 10, 1
1120 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Observer Submissions
If you want to apply for an observer seat please send your CV and a short motivation for your participation by email to Sandra Paulo via lisbondocs_@If you can read this, please upgrade to a modern browser.apordoc.org.
Feedback on the selection will be given at the latest by the end of September.
Participation Fee
Participation fees for Lisbon Docs are:
- First person connected to a project: 300 Euro
- Second person connected to a project: 200 Euro
- Observers: 200 Euro
EDN and Apordoc members get a 20% discount on the participation fee.
EDN Contact
Hanne Skjødt
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Phone +45 3313 1122
Lisbon Docs takes place in the framework of Doclisboa International Documentary Film Festival, showing a selection of the best of the best in international documentary film. The synergy between Lisbon Docs and the festival is evident: during the day it is workshop time, in the evening it is show time for new documentaries.
Lisbon Docs is organised by Apordoc in collaboration with EDN.
