January 31 - February 5, 2012. Barcelona, Spain.

DocsBarcelona is combining a pitching forum, pre-pitch workshop, master classes and documentary festival into one big documentary event. Submission deadline for the pitching forum is December 1, 2011 at 1:00 pm.

The DocsBarcelona pitching forum will serve as a meeting place for documentary project funding, where producers, directors and commissioning editors come together and join forces through pitches and one-to-one meetings. At DocsBarcelona 24 selected projects will be pitched to a panel of international financiers from leading European broadcasters. The pitching forum will take place on February 2 & 3.

For the pitching the participants will have 7 minutes to present their project followed by 7 minutes of feedback from the commissioning editors around the table. After the pitching session individual meetings between pitchers and financiers will be scheduled for further discussions of the projects and potential future collaboration.

The panel will consist of 16-18 international commissioning editors from leading broadcasters. Names will be added to the DocsBarcelona web site as they become available.  

 

Pitching Forum participation fee

1st member of a pitching team 385 €. Members of EDN/PROA pay 335 €. Additional members of a pitching team pay 270 €. Members of EDN/PROA pay 250 €. Special rates are available for pitchers coming from East European countries. See the DocsBarcelona web site for details.

Experienced international professionals in the fields of production and documentary funding work alongside the workshop participants in analysing the strengths and weaknesses on each of the participating projects. The aim is to shape presentations into the most alluring pitches possible. Participants will also be offered information on the commissioning editors sitting on the pitching panel and the channels they represent.

The pitching workshop will be held on January 31 and February 1. The working language of the workshop will be English

All though it is not required, we highly recommend participating in the pitching workshop to help improve your project presentation for the pitching forum. And for those coming to pitch for the first time, we would say it's a must.

In order to submit a project for pitching at DocsBarcelona please send in English a 2-page description of your documentary project containing:
- title, name of producer, production company and director, length, format
- synopsis & treatment with visual approach and reflections on the narrative
- the total budget amount & a brief financing plan
- production plan/time of delivery
- short CV & filmography of company and director
- contact details on producer/production company and/or director

Submission deadline is December 1, 2011 at 1:00 pm.

For details on how to submit your documentary project further information is available on the DocsBarcelona web site.

 

Observer seats at DocsBarcelona

DocsBarcelona is also a meeting point for industry professionals that wish to attend as observers and get up to date with international production and distribution trends, as well as learn about the art of pitching and make useful contacts. As an observer you participate in DocsBarcelona on equal terms as the pitching teams but without your project being developed and pitching at the workshop and forum.

Observers pay 175 € to participate. Members of EDN/PROA pay 155 €

The Festival
DocsBarcelona is committed to bringing quality documentaries to the screens of Barcelona. The festival will be offer both never-before released documentaries as well as documentaries with big success on the festival scene. The festival will run from January 31 to February 5, 2012.

Mikael Opstrup
mikael@edn.dk

+45 3313 1122

 

DocsBarcelona is organised by Parallel 40 in collaboration with EDN.

 

 

 

 

DocsBarcelona is supported by MEDIA.