NPM one-to-one
Attending Professionals 
You can request meetings with the international market professionals and Nordic film institute representatives below. The list will be updated continuously with more names to come.
To request a meeting, send an email to Amila Cirkinagic before Friday 14 September 2012.
Please make sure to specify which days and/or times you'd like to have the meetings and the order of wishes, if there is more than one Market Professional you'd like to book a meeting with.
Market Professionals 2012
Hussain Currimbhoy
Film Programmer
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Sheffield Doc/Fest is a film festival, industry session programme and market place, offering pitching opportunities, controversial discussion panels and in-depth filmmaker masterclasses, as well as a wealth of inspirational documentary films from across the globe.
Available: Sunday (11-13)
Elena Fortes
Executive Director
Ambulante
Ambulante is a non-profit organization focused on supporting and promoting documentary films as a tool for social and cultural transformation. Founded in Mexico in 2005 by Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna and Pablo Cruz, AMBULANTE brings documentary films and training programs to places where they are rarely available, in order to create a participative, informed and critical public, to procure new forms of expression, and to encourage debate in Mexico and abroad.
Available: Sunday (10-18), Monday (10-18) & Tuesday (10-18)
Hans Spielthenner
Managing Director
ohm:tv
Focusing on the development and distribution of TV formats and digital content for mobile, web, IPTV and narrowcasting platforms. Presently audiences in more than 60 countries around the globe can see ohm:tv's programmes from more than 40 independent producers.
Available: Monday (10-13) & Tuesday (10-12)
Joan Gonzàlez
Festival director
DocsBarcelona
DocsBarcelona is compound of the Festival and the Pitching Forum. The Pitching Forum has been since 1997 the area for the professionals. During two days 24 projects are presented to a panel of commissioning editors. The Festival was born in 2007 screening more than 30 documentaries each year always introduced by their directors.
Available: Saturday (10-11) & Sunday (10-11)
Katerina Bartosova
Programme Director
One World - International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
One World is held annually in Prague, the Czech Republic. One World presents over 100 documentary films from all around the globe and seeks to promote the best quality documentary filmmaking on social and political issues. An important part of One World is the numerous Q&As with filmmakers and experts, industry section for film professionals, screenings for elementary and high schools and outreach activities for the general public including distribution of documentary films. One World has many activites abroad, such as One World in Brussels.The 15th edition of One World will be held in March 4–13th, 2013. The submission deadline is November 15th, 2012. Both feature lenght and short documentary films can be submitted. More at www.oneworld.cz.
Available: Sunday (10-18) & Monday (10-18)
Veton Nurkollari
Programme Director
DOKUFEST
DOKUFEST, The International Documentary and Short Film Festival, is the largest film event in Kosova. The Festival is organized in August in the picturesque and historical town of Prizren which attracts numerous international and regional artists.
In this annually organized festival films are screened twice a day in three open air cinemas as well as in two regular cinemas. Except for its films, the festival is also well-known for lively nights after the screening. Various events happen within the scope of the festival: workshops, DokuPhoto exhibitions, festival camping, concerts, which altogether turn the city into a charming place to be.
Available: Saturday (12-14), Sunday (12-14) & Monday (12-14)
Anja Sosic
Acquisitions Executive
New Europe Film Sales
New Europe Film Sales is a boutique short film distributor based in Warsaw, Poland but working across the world. The company holds full worldwide rights to a number of short films and sells licenses to TV, VOD, internet and mobile platforms on an exclusive and non-exclusive basis. The revenue from sales is split between the company and the producer.
Available: Sunday (10-18) & Monday (10-18)
Sydney Neter
Managing Director
SND Films
SND Films is an international sales agent founded by Sydney Neter in 1994, selling award winning short films, tv-movies and wonderful documentaires. Even though you can't say we're specialized in one specific genre, we have been told that we have tasteful and well produced programs.
Available: Saturday (10-18), Sunday (10-18) & Monday (10-18)
Stefanie Reis
Sales Agent
Hamburg International Short Film Festival
Stefanie Reis lives in Hamburg and has been operating as a Sales Agent for Short Films at KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg since 2007. She studied Cultural Studies with focus on Film and Philosopy and worked as a contributor of the program department at the Stockholm International Film Festival for several years. After her studies, she worked at MEDIA Desk Hamburg. Stefanie Reis curates filmprograms and recently set up the culturefestival WO IST HIER in her rural home area. She is a freelance contributor for arte's short film magazine "Kurzschluss" and has produced the feature documentary "Coming of Eight - a smallworld story" (Dir. Robert Paschmann, doktales 2011).
Available: Saturday (10-18), Sunday (10-18) & Monday (10-12)
Sharon Badal
Short Films Programmer
Tribeca Film Festival
The Festival’s mission is to help filmmakers reach the broadest possible audience, enable the international film community and general public to experience the power of cinema and promote New York City as a major filmmaking center. Tribeca Film Festival is well known for being a diverse international film festival that supports emerging and established directors. The Festival has screened over 1300 films from over 80 countries since its first festival in 2002.
Available: Sunday (10-18), Monday (10-12) & Tuesday (10-18)
Christian Gesell
Head of Sales & Distribution
Interfilm Berlin
Initially founded in 1982 as a short film festival, interfilm has grown to become an internationally active, interdisciplinary point of call for the short film medium. Interfilm initiatied their sales department in 1999 for the purpose of furthering short film recognition. Now licensing an ever-expanding catalogue of internationally successful and outstanding short films for exploitation on TV, DVD, Internet, mobile phones, closed-circuit and other media.
Available: Sunday (10-18) & Monday (10-18)
Sean Farnel
Acquisitions Consultant
SnagFilms
Our mission is to bring the world of independent film to broader audiences everywhere we can: a global digital theater showcasing the movies themselves, as well as the information and extras that enriches and provides context – from film reviews and festival coverage to interviews and opinion pieces. We are a new kind of media company – one that selects the best films and related content so you don’t have to wade through all that clutter; that makes it easy for you to enjoy now, to return later and to share it all with your friends; and that takes it to the next level – not just talking about making the world a better place, but actually doing it … and giving you all sorts of choices for you to make an impact personally. We measure ourselves on a double-bottom-line: we want to continue the growth in the number of films we distribute and the views of those films as well the revenues we make for filmmakers (and our company) -- and we want to empower individuals and communities to make a difference.
Available: Sunday (10-18)
Joona Louhivuori
Film Commissioner, Short films
Finnish Film Foundation
The Finnish Film Foundation's task is to support and develop Finnish film production, distribution and exhibition. The Foundation grants film production support, exhibition and distribution support and support for international activities. On the grounds of a contract made with the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Foundation grants support for international film festivals held in Finland which also have national significance.
Available: Saturday (14-17), Sunday (10-18), Monday (10-18) & Tuesday (9-12)
Per Fikse
Festival Director
Minimalen Short Film Festival
Over the years Minimalen has refined its main objective into finding new ways to use the film as a medium. This often means independent productions with a free spirit attitude to filmmaking and an emphasis on images and film language more than words. The ideal filmmaker should be on a constant quest to find the right form for each story. Not that they necessarily need to tell a story, but basically, each film should have its own fingerprint, a uniqueness which goes far beyond the constant re-telling of the same storyline as in the contemporary film industry. The small gems of up to 15 minutes, fiction or animation films told by experimental means. Not necessarily artistically ground breaking or technically perfect, but with a conformity of form and contents. These are the films that Minimalen are looking for, and this is what sets us a apart from many festivals.
Available: Saturday (10-12) & Tuesday (10-14)
Jenny Leask
Festival Programmer
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Established in 1947, the Edinburgh International Film Festival is renowned around the world for discovering and promoting the very best in international cinema - and for heralding and debating changes in global filmmaking. Intimate in its scale, ambitious in its scope, and fuelled by pure passion for cinema in all its manifestations, EIFF seeks to spotlight the most exciting and innovative new film talent, in a setting steeped in history.
Available: Sunday (10-16) & Tuesday (12-18)
Maxyne Franklin
Foundation Director
Britdoc Foundation - PUMA.Creative Catalyst Award
The BRITDOC Foundation empowers documentary filmmaking.
We do this - on and offline - by enabling great films with global ambition, by brokering new partners and by helping to build new business models for filmmakers to deploy. The Foundation is generously supported by Channel 4 TV and other sponsors, both in the UK and internationally.
Available: Saturday (11-15) & Sunday (11-15)
Danny Lennon
Director of Programming
Regard - Saguenay International Short Film Festival
Available: Saturday, Sunday, Monday & Tuesday (every day 10-18)
Lisa ter Berg
Festival Director
Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
Go Short is the Dutch festival for short film. For five days, over 280 short films are screened in and around LUX in Nijmegen. Besides screenings there are exhibitions, workshops, performances, parties and more!
Available: Sunday (10-18) & Monday (10-18)
Birgitte Weinberger
Head of Festival
Odense International Film Festival
Odense International Film Festival is a Danish short film festival with a long and successful tradition. Since its first appearance in 1975 OFF has strived to be the cosiest, most courageous and adventurous short film festival – that's why we always offer a varied and experimenting film programme with thought-provoking experiences, debates, workshops, concerts and much more.
Available: Monday (10-12)
Elina Kivihalme
Film Commissioner, Documentaries
Finnish Film Foundation
The Finnish Film Foundation's task is to support and develop Finnish film production, distribution and exhibition. The Foundation grants film production support, exhibition and distribution support and support for international activities. On the grounds of a contract made with the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Foundation grants support for international film festivals held in Finland which also have national significance.
Available: Saturday (15-18)
Andrew Catauro
Coordinating Producer
American Documentary POV
POV (a cinema term for "point of view") is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. POV premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and most innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, POV has presented over 300 films to public television audiences across the country. POV films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues.
Available: Sunday (10-16:30)
Lorraine Hess
Vice President of Programming and Acquisitions
Link TV
Link TV broadcasts programs that engage, educate and activate viewers to become involved in the world. These programs provide a unique perspective on international news, current events, and diverse cultures, presenting issues not often covered in the US media.
Available: Saturday (10-13) & Sunday (10-13)
Cinzia Spironello
Sales Agent
Some Like It Short
Some Like It Short, S.L. is a company specialised in promoting, distributing and selling international short films including all genres and types such as fiction, animation, experimental and documentary worldwide.
Available: Saturday, Sunday, Monday & Tuesday (Every day: 10-18)
Jamie King
Founder & CEO
VODO
VODO helps promote and distribute new creative works all over the world & enables those enjoying shared media to make donations to creators.
We bring together creators looking for an effective way to distribute their work with file-sharing sites willing to help promote it and get it out. We call this coalition of P2P sites the Distribution Coalition, or DISCO.
We've made deals with some of the biggest P2P names. They've been really generous and offered to donate at least a day's worth of their front page marketing real-estate to our filmmakers for free. That means VODO is able to put creators in front of millions of potential downloaders –– and sponsors.
Available: Saturday & Sunday (Both days: 10-18)
João Garção Borges
Acquisitions & Programming, short films
RTP1 & RTP2 Radiotelevisão Portuguesa
Public service broadcaster that transmits on two channels - RTP1 and RTP2.
Available: Monday & Tuesday (Both days: 10-18)
Pavel Vladimirovich Ananich
Managing editor & producer
egoist.tv
Round the clock pay TV channel for a male audience in the Russian language.
We choose for egoist.tv the most interesting, unexpected, occasionally provocative, but invariably highly professional works.
There is no subject that we consider as a taboo. Programs shown on our channel therefore may contain explicit scenes and sometimes scenes of violence and cruelty. Therefore, we address our channel primarily at an adult male audience and do not recommend it for family viewing.
Available: Tuesday (10-18)
Åse Meyer
Film Commissioner, short films
Norwegian Film Institute
The NFI provides support for Norwegian Films, televisions series and electronic games, and organizes training and talent development in the sector. The Film Institute represents and informs about Norwegian film on the national as well as on the international level. Through our web site, the Film Museum, and exhibitions in the Film House the NFI protects and disseminates knowledge of and understanding of the Norwegian film heritage.
Available: Monday (14-17)
Christopher Tidman
Co-Head of Global Acquisitions
Shorts International
SHORTS INTERNATIONAL is a full-service short film entertainment company representing over 3000 films to over 120 international broadcasters across every platform and every medium. The Company's catalog includes award winning, celebrity driven premium titles from film festival around the world as well as the American Film Institute (AFI), USC, the Hypnotic catalog. This diverse catalog features both domestic and international films in their original language.
Available: Monday (10-16) & Tuesday (10-18)
Angie Driscoll
International Programmer
Hot Docs / Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF)
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is North America’s largest documentary festival, conference and market. Each year, the Festival presents a selection of more than 180 cutting-edge documentaries from Canada and around the globe. Through its industry programs, Hot Docs also provides a full range of professional development, market and networking opportunities for documentary professionals.
Each year, at the same time as TIFF, TUFF screens the best films from hundreds of submissions. In 2012 we will be showcasing truly unique and wholly creative silent one-minute film, video and animation from across Canada and around the world. TUFF films screen every 10 minutes on 300+ screens in 63 subways stations across Toronto.
Available: TBA
Helena Ingelsten
Film Commissioner, Short films
SVT
Sveriges Television (SVT) is the Swedish public service television company with the widest range of programming of all TV companies in Sweden. Today SVT operates eight channels - seven national, SVT1, SVT2, SVT24, SVT B (a childrens´ channel) and together with UR, Kunskapskanalen, and one international, SVT World. SVT B and SVT24 share the same channel ID. SVT also operates two HD-channels: SVT1 HD and SVT2 HD. All SVT channels are digital only. The SVT-programmes can be viewed on svt.se via SVT Play for 30 days after the first broadcast.
Available: Monday (10-12)
Paolo Moretti
Festival Programmer
Visions du Réel
The festival aims to promote cinematographic and videographic works of independent creation, coming under the different documentary genres. Visions du Réel is committed to giving priority to films which, through their form and aesthetic qualities, provide personal and unusual descriptions and interpretations of past and present realities of the world. The films presented in International Competition form the subject of daily discussions conducted by specialists. DOC OUTLOOK - INTERNATIONAL MARKET is an international professionals' meeting point for the film-industry. It aims to foster networks for co-productions, sales and promotion, to stimulate ideas, curiosity and courage and to open new doors.
Availaible: Sunday & Monday (Both days 10-18)
Manuela Buono
Sales and Acquisitions Executive
Taskovski Films
Taskovski Films Ltd. is a London based world sales and production company of independent documentary and fiction films. We welcome innovative, playful and risky forms of filmmaking capable of engaging and surprising audiences around the globe. Our passion is discovering new talent and authorial stories.
Available: Sunday (10-16)
Barbara Orlicz-Szczypula
Head of Programme Office
Krakow Film Festival
Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest film event dedicated to documentary, animated and short fiction films in Europe. During 7 festival days viewers have an opportunity to watch about 250 films from Poland and abroad. Films are presented in competitions and in special sections like retrospectives, thematic cycles, archive screenings. Festival is accompanied by exhibitions, concerts, open air screenings and meetings with the filmmakers. Every year Krakow Film Festival hosts about 600 Polish and international guests: directors, producers, film festival programmers and numerous audience from Krakow. In 2013 KFF will be held from 26th May till 1st June.
Available: Sunday (17:40-18) & Monday (10-12)
Shanida Scotland
Commissioning Editor, BBC Storyville
BBC
A British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world with a responsibility to provide public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
Storyville is the BBC's flagship international feature documentary strand.
Available: Sunday (10-18)
Nordic Film Institute Representatives
Anne Marie Kürstein
Festival Manager, short & documentary films
Available:Sunday (10-12)
Marja Pallassalo
Head of Short and Documentary Film Promotion
Available: TBA
Christof Wehmeier
Festival Manager
Available: Available Sunday (14-16)
Arna Maria Bersaas
International Relations/Short and documentary films
Available: Saturday, Monday & Tuesday
Mirja Hildebrand
Festival Manager/Short films
Available: Saturday (10-18) & Sunday (10-18)
Sara Yamashita Rüster
Festival Manager/Documentaries
Available: Saturday (10-18), Sunday (10-18), Monday (15-18) & Tuesday (15-18)
