Final Pitching 2006

The Art of Pitching

Discovery Campus e.V. invited documentary directors and producers to the Final Pitching Session of the Discovery Campus Masterschool 2006 which, for the second time, took place parallel to the 49th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (30 October - 5 November). The 16 Masterschool participants pitched their documentary projects for an international audience developed in this year’s masterclass to international commissioning editors and distributors. Beside that 5 guest producers were invited to pitch and additionally the observers had the chance to win one of two surprise pitches.

Supporters of the Discovery Campus Masterschool 2006:
- MEDIA Plus Programme of the European Union
- Bavarian State Chancellery
- Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
- Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
- Saxonian Foundation for Media Training

Discovery Campus & DOK Leipzig Events

Forum on Innovative Non-Fiction TV
Documentary film initiatives abroad

Friday, 3rd November, 14.00 - 17.00

A particular kind of 'summit': four television decisionmakers from Canada, Finland, the UK and the USA discussed strategies, risk and innovation in documentary television and presented excerpts from current productions.

Channel 4, London – Provocation is a Must
Hamish Mykura, Head of Science and History, accounts for the boldest and most controversially discussed television programmes in Europe. He demonstrated why Channel 4's science and history programmes always have to be slightly different than those aired by their competitors.

Thirteen WNET, New York – Where Political Documentaries Find an Audience
Andy Halper, Senior Producer, Thirteen WNET, New York International political documentary films for the American public: how does the documentary series "Wide Angle" by PBS/ WNET work?

The Documentary Channel, Toronto
Michael Burns, Director of Programming
Documentary films for prime-time: the Canadian Documentary Channel airs films that are always of a particular style and not always intended for television.

Democracy / Steps for India – When TV Channels Take Responsibility Iikka Vehkalahti, who is responsible for documentaries at YLE 2/ Finland, and Mette Hoffmann Meyer, Commissioning Editor at TV2 Denmark, presented two innovative and extraordinary international programme initiatives. For the "Democracy" project, 22 television channels from all over the world worked together to create a global television event on the topic of democracy. "Steps for India", offers European viewers a unique insight into the everyday lives and culture in India and thereby supports the next generation of Indian documentary film-makers, allows their voices to be heard and helps them build up international relationships.

Conceptual design and presentation:
Christoph Jörg, Senior Commissioning Executive, ARTE France, Paris.

This event was organised by Discovery Campus e.V. and DOK Leipzig with support of the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, the Saxonian State Chancellery and the Minister for Culture and Media.

Location: Alte Handelsbörse
Free admission for registered Pitching Observers and persons accredited for DOK Leipzig!

Cooperation Partner

DOK Leipzig

Supporter

MDR

Corporate Sponsor

BMW Group

topDates & Programme

register Sat, 4 Nov 2006 - Sun, 5 Nov 2006

topLocation

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

topExperts

  • Peter Arens Managing Director Culture & Science, ZDF, Mainz, Germany
  • Axel Arnö Commissioning Editor, SVT Documentaries, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Madeleine Avramoussis Commissioning Editor, ARTE G.E.I.E., Strasbourg, France
  • Rolf Bergmann Editor, RBB Television, Potsdam, Germany
  • Sabine Bubeck-Paaz Commissioning Editor, ZDF/ARTE, Mainz, Germany
  • Rudy Buttignol President & CEO, Knowledge Network Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Hans Robert Eisenhauer Head of Thema, ZDF/ARTE, Mainz, Germany
  • Wolfgang Fandrich Deputy Chief Editor & Head of History & Current Affairs, MDR, Leipzig, Germany
  • John Farren Editor, BBC Timewatch, London, United Kingdom
  • Dr. Vitaly Fedko President & CEO, Corona Films, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Anna Glogowski Commissioning Editor for Documentaries, France 3, Paris, France
  • 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
  • Andy Halper Senior Producer of Wide Angle & the News and Public Affairs Programming Department, Thirteen/WNET, New York, USA
  • Dr. Gudrun Hanke-El Ghomri Commissioning Editor for Documentaries, SWR, Baden-Baden, Germany
  • Yukari Hayashi Chief Producer, NHK, Program Development Center, Tokyo, Japan
  • Silke Heinz Commissioning Editor News, Current Affairs & History, MDR, Leipzig, Germany
  • Alexander Hesse Head of Department History & Society, ZDF, Mainz, Germany
  • Mette Hoffmann Meyer Head of Documentaries, DR TV - Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Dr. Patrick Hörl Managing Director, Autentic, Munich, Germany
  • Sebahat Ismail , National Geographic Channel/Fox International Channels, , Switzerland
  • 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
  • Shannon Kelley , , Los Angeles, USA
  • Richard Klein Controller, BBC Four, London, UK
  • Tom Koch Vice President, PBS Distribution, PBS International, Boston, USA
  • Dan Korn Head of Factual, Discovery Networks UK, London, United Kingdom
  • Dr. Walter Köhler Head of ORF UNIVERSUM, ORF, Vienna, Austria
  • 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
  • Michéal Ó Meallaigh Senior Commissioning Editor, Programmes Department, TG4, Galway, Ireland
  • Agnes Ostrop Head of Department Infotainment, RTL, Cologne, Germany
  • Maurice F. Paleau Head of International Relations, National Film Board of Canada, Paris, France
  • Peter Pas Commercial Director, Parthenon Entertainment, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
  • Paul Pauwels Producer, Perception, Testelt, Belgium
  • Martin Pieper Head of Culture & Science, ZDF/ARTE, Mainz, Germany
  • Marc Rasmus Vice President Dokutainment & Reality German Free TV, ProSiebenSat1. Media AG, Unterföhring, Germany
  • 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
  • Iikka Vehkalahti Executive Producer, Finnish Broadcasting Corporation, YLE TV2 Documentaries, Tampere, Finland
  • Thomas von Hennet Head of Documentaries, ProSieben Television, Munich, Germany
  • Lars Wagner Channel Director Pay-TV, Discovery Communications Deutschland, Munich, Germany
  • Jenny Westergard Commissioning Editor for Documentaries, YLE TV FST, Helsinki, Finland
  • Dr. Katja Wildermuth Head of Documentaries, History & Society, MDR, Leipzig, Germany
  • Marian Williams Vice President of Programming for EMEA, Discovery Networks Europe, London, United Kingdom
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