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East European Forum - Application Deadline 11.09.2009
EAST EUROPEAN FORUM
Marking already its ninth edition, the East European Forum is the region's largest meeting of East European documentary filmmakers with leading European commissioning editors, distributors, buyers and film fund representatives. Directors and independent producers offer their projects for co-production, presale or any other form of financial support. The East European Forum is organized by the the Institute of Documentary Film in cooperation with the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
During its existence, the Forum has become a prestigious meeting place that has, since 2001, hosted 480 East European filmmakers and producers, 59 TV commissioning editors and dozens of international distributors, buyers and festival programmers. This year's preparatory workshop, sidebar programme and public pitching will be attended by more than 120 documentary professionals. In 2009, nearly 45 documentary films were made with the support of the Forum.
EAST EUROPEAN FORUM STEP BY STEP:
Deadline: September 11, 2009
Forum workshop: October 27 - 30, 2009
Pitching session: October 31 - November 1, 2009
For more information on the East European Forum and the application form, please go to the Institute of Documentary Film Website.
