Final Pitching 2004

The Art of Pitching

Pitching Session of the Discovery Campus Masterschool 2004

Discovery Campus invited documentary filmmakers, producers, distributors and commissioning editors to take part in the final pitching of the DISCOVERY CAMPUS MASTERSCHOOL 2004 on 4th and 5th December, 2004. The 15 Masterschool participants presented their documentary projects, developed in this year’s masterclass, to up to 30 international decisionmakers.

The event offered a great opportunity for observers and participants alike to meet commissioning editors and distributors from Europe and North America in a intimate and friendly atmosphere. Listening to the pitches and reactions of the decisionmakers, observers got a good insight into the slots and profiles of the broadcasters, their programming needs and trends in the international non-fiction market.

The decisionmakers invited came from companies and broadcasters such as ARTE Strasbourg, ARTE France, AVRO, BBC, Russia, Channel 4, Discovery Channel Germany, Discovery Networks International, France 5, MDR, NDR, ORF, Parthenon Entertainment, TV Ontario, WDR, YLE, ZDF, etc.

Host:
- MDR

Supporters of the Discovery Campus Masterschool 2004:
- MEDIA Plus Programme of the European Union
- Bavarian State Chancellery
- Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
- MDM - Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
- Saxonian Foundation for Media Training

topDates & Programme

register Sat, 4 Dec 2004 - Sun, 5 Dec 2004

topLocation

MDR Building
13th floor
Kantstrasse 71-73
04275 Leipzig
Germany

topExperts

  • Dr. Ulrich Brochhagen Commissioning Editor for Documentaries, MDR, Leipzig, Germany
  • Rudy Buttignol President & CEO, Knowledge Network Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Hans Robert Eisenhauer Head of Thema, ZDF/ARTE, Mainz, Germany
  • Mag. Franz Grabner Head of Documentaries for Arts & Culture, ORF, Vienna, Austria
  • Olaf Grunert Director Development and Events, ARTE G.E.I.E., Strasbourg, France
  • Dr. Patrick Hörl Managing Director, Autentic, Munich, Germany
  • Bert Janssens Head of Programmes & General Manager, HUMAN, Hilversum, The Netherlands
  • Ann Julienne Head of International Development, France Télévisions, Paris, France
  • Christoph Jörg Producer, Pumpernickel Films, Paris, France
  • Richard Klein Controller, BBC Four, London, UK
  • Wolfgang Landgraeber Head of Department Society/Documentaries, WDR, Cologne, Germany
  • Joanna Lapping Strand Executive, BBC Storyville, London, United Kingdom
  • Elvira Lind Head of Acquisition & Sales, Spiegel TV, Hamburg, Germany
  • Maurice F. Paleau Head of International Relations, National Film Board of Canada, Paris, France
  • Peter Pas Commercial Director, Parthenon Entertainment, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
  • Leena Pasanen Coordinator of Programmes / Executive Producer, YLE Fact and Culture, Helsinki, Finland
  • Marijke Rawie Director, ExpertDocs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Louise Rosen Managing Director, Louise Rosen Ltd., Brunswick, Maine, USA
  • Thomas Schreiber Controller Factual & Children, NDR, Hamburg, Germany
  • Dr. Claudia Schreiner Head of Programme, Culture & Science, MDR, Leipzig, Germany
  • Jess Search , Shooting People, London, United Kingdom
  • Philippe van Meerbeeck Commissioning Editor for Documentaries, VRT-Canvas, Brussels, Belgium
  • Iikka Vehkalahti Executive Producer, Finnish Broadcasting Corporation, YLE TV2 Documentaries, Tampere, Finland
  • Oleg Volnov Deputy Director General of Social & Political Programming, Channel One Russia, Moscow, Russia
  • Marian Williams Vice President of Programming for EMEA, Discovery Networks Europe, London, United Kingdom
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