CROSSING BORDERS 2011 - Third workshop & final pitch
December 8-12, 2011. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
CROSSING BORDERS is a three-part Asian-European training programme where knowledge and networks are being exchanged. The Final Pitching Session will take place in Kuala Lumpur on December 11 & 12.
The first part of the programme took place in July 2011 with a project development workshop in Malaysia.
The second part consisted of a workshop further developing the participating projects and observing the pitching session of the Documentary Campus Masterschool in Leipzig, Germany in October 2011.
At this third session, all participants will pitch their documentary projects in front of a panel of international commissioning editors.
CROSSING BORDERS is a development programme for documentary professionals coming from Europe and Asia-Pacific countries. Participants should have experience in their domestic market but strive to work in the international field and make documentaries for an international audience.
The language of the workshop is English.
Head of Studies is Steven Seidenberg, EDN Board Member & Independent Editor/Producer, UK.
FINAL PITCHING SESSION
The Final Pitching Session of the 2011 Crossing Borders programme will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on December 11 & 12.
The venue for the pitch is:
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Jalan Ampang
50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
www.klccconventioncentre.com
The following list of broadcasters / distributors will be present at the pitch:
Rudy Buttignol
President & CEO, Knowledge Network Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Chaowei Chang
Chief Producer, SUNTV(HK), Beijing, China
Vikram Channa
Vice President, Content, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore
Shirley Shihui Cheng
SVP & Editor-in-Chief, LIC China, Beijing, China
Albert Cheung
Head of Digital Terrestrial Television Development, RTHK, China
Byung Hwa Choi
Chief Producer of Documentary Department, CJ E&M Broadcasting Company, Korea
Margje de Koning
Head of Television Department & Commissioning Editor Documentary, IKON, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Flora Gregory
Editor, Witness, Al Jazeera English, AJE, London, UK
Peter Jäger
CEO, Autlook Filmsales, Vienna, Austria
Abd. Wahid Zainal Abidin Asri
Head of TV Programme Quality Control Unit, RTM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Omar Ahmad Izham
Chief Operating Officer, Television Networks, Media Prima and
Chief Executive Officer, Primeworks Studios, Media Prima Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nazri Abdul Hakim Amir
Assistant Vice President for Content Development Unit, Measat Broadcast Networks Systems, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Salleh Kahirul Anwar
Vice President for Malay Language Business at ASTRO
Measat Broadcast Networks Systems, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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SELECTED PROJECTS CROSSING BORDERS 2011
EUROPE
Around the World in 80 Orgasms Emma George & Andrew Brown, De Facto Films Ltd., UK
Mumbai Slum Diary Andre Hörmann & Max Milhahn, Telekult Film- und Medienproduktion, Germany
Eco Valley Anna-Karin Grönroos & Venla Hellstedt, Illume, Finland
Humanitarian Wars - Confessions of a Humanitarian Pioneer Thomas Johnson & Isi Harder, Mway Films, France
Wild Shawn Convey, Bosnia
MALAYSIA
The (Un)Making of The Betrayal Dain Iskandar Said & Nandita Solomon, Apparat
Red Light District PrayersJustin Ong & Aminda Faradilla Omar, Dos Fellas
Beauty Queen Confessions Lina Teoh, Running Water Sdn Bhd
Why Europe Can't Conquer Asia – The Secret Culture of Asian Scissorhands Siang Ching & Shun Ming, Image Farm
Swimming with Dragons Chew Han Tah & Wong Ai Nie, Jet TV
AUSTRALIA
Wife and Baggage to Follow - Lost Stories of Diplomatic Etiquette Angela Buckingham & Yvonne Collins, Marina Films
CHINA
Snow on the Brink Haipei Li & Arthero Lim
INDIA
Threads of Tradition Soniya Kirpalani, Sprocket Science Films
JAPAN / GERMANY
Beyond the Wave Kyoko Miyake & Gregor Streiber, Inselfilm Produktion
SOUTH KOREA
Mr. Taylor's House Lee Mi-Jin & Kim Se Mee, Bassim Media
Download the CROSSING BORDERS projects
EDN Contact Person
Cecilie Bolvinkel
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Phone: +45 3313 1122
CROSSING BORDERS is done in collaboration between Documentary Campus and EDN. The co-organiser in Malaysia is Blue in Green Productions.
Crossing Borders is supported by:
Main supporters in Malaysia:
