Filmkontakt Nord welcomes you to a new initiative at Nordisk Panorama Market directed at filmmakers who want to keep in touch with the latest trends at the international market, FkN launches a series of market talks and professional meetings that bring some of the key players and key issues of today's short and documentary film market into focus. Don't miss this opportunity to get to know who is who, who does what, and how to do it right yourself!
15:00 – 16:00: The Int’l Doc Market
Get
an introduction to the international documentary market from the people
who know it like the back of their hands – the sales agents! Presenting
three European sales agents specialised in high quality creative
documentaries.
Speakers: Esther van Messel, First Hand Films
(Switzerland), Susanne Guggenberger, Autlook Filmsales (Austria) &
Sirkka Möller, Deckert Distribution (Germany)
16:00 – 17:00: Who’s Who? – Who Buys What?
An
introduction to the structure and documentary profile of two European
public service broadcasters – ARTE France and VPRO, The Netherlands.
Meet the buyers and find out what they are looking for.
Speakers:
Anne Charbonnel, Documentary Acquisitions, ARTE (France) & Nathalie
Windhorst, Head of Documentary Acquisitions, VPRO (The Netherlands).
17:00 – 18:00: American Co-production
A
discussion on U.S. co-productions and how to break into the U.S.
market. ITVS's Cynthia Kane and Kudos Family distribution
representative Klara Grunning-Harris will talk about co-production in
the US from a funding, editorial, contracting and distribution
perspective: who to work with, and why.
Speakers: Cynthia Kane, Program Manager, ITVS International (USA) & Klara Grunning-Harris, Vice President, Kudos Family (Norway)
15:00 – 16:00: The Int’l Short Film Market
Get
a clearer picture of the global commercial market for short films.
Where is the market? What are the trends? Who are the buyers and what
kind of shorts do they like? Get wiser when this panel of experienced
sales agents share their knowledge.
Speakers: Ivo de Sanctis,
Village srl (Italy), Sydney Neter, SND Films (The Netherlands) &
Philippe Bober, Coproduction Office (France)
16:00 – 17:00: Who’s Who? – Who Buys What?
An
introduction to the short film profile of two different pay tv channels
– Canal+ France and Movieola in Canada, the latter showing short films
24/7. Meet the buyers and find out what they are looking for.
Speakers: Claire Rayers, Buyer Short Films, Canal+ (France), Romen Podzyhun, President/CEO, Channel Zero Inc (Canada)
17:00 – 18:00: Spotlight Shorts International
Meet
one of the key players in the short film market. As co-head of global
acquisitions at Shorts International, Linda Olszewski acquires and
leads SHORTS on iTunes USA, UK & Canada, and acquires films for
ShortsTV, BT-VISION, JOOST & global television, new media and
airline clients. Learn what kind of films she’s looking for and how
iTunes and ShortsTV compare with other media in revenue and visibility.
Speakers: Linda Olszewski, Co-Head of Global Acquisitions, Shorts International (UK)
15:00 – 16:00: Spotlight Against Gravity
The
combined efforts of the distribution company Against Gravity and
feature documentary festival Planet Doc Review have opened the Polish
market to international documentaries. Meet CEO and Festival Director
Artur Liebhart and learn more about how he made it happen through an
array of distribution initiatives.
Speaker: Artur Liebhart, CEO/Festival Director, Against Gravity/Planet Doc Review (Poland)