Final Pitching 2010

The Art of Pitching

Documentary Campus invites you to The Art of Pitching which takes place on 23 & 24 October 2010 in Leipzig. The 14 participants of this year’s Masterschool will pitch their well developed documentary projects for an international audience to up to 45 international commissioning editors and distributors. Furthermore we offer you an attractive afternoon programme on Saturday and a Special Film Screening on Sunday.

REGISTRATION AS OBSERVER:
Interested producers, authors, directors and commissioning editors are invited to register for the Pitching Session as observers. By listening to the pitches and reactions of the decision makers, observers learn more about the slots, profiles and programming requirements of the broadcasters, and will get a good insight into the trends of the international non-fiction market. Registration for observers ends on 19 October 2010.

reelisor Premium Member get a 10 % discount on the Final Pitching. For more info go to: www.reelisor.com

Register for both events - the DOK Leipzig festival & The Final Pitching and save up to EUR 50.00 of the accreditation fees! (Please send us your registration together with a photo needed for the DOK Leipzig accreditation)!

SURPRISE PITCHES:
Take the fantastic chance and pitch YOUR well-prepared project to an ever increasing number of commissioning editors at the Final Pitching 2010! It has never been easier. Make sure that your business card enters our “Surprise Box” and with a bit of luck, we’ll draw you out of the box to make your project enter the stage!

Together with our partners Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Sächsische Stiftung für Medienausbildung and the broadcaster MDR, Documentary Campus invites you to exciting days with an extraordinary range of international experts and decisionmakers. Seize the chance to meet commissioning editors and distributors in a personal and friendly atmosphere and to find coproducers for your documentary film projects.

Please note: The number of observer seats is limited! They are given away following the receipt of the registrations. The Pitching Session will be held in English without simultaneous interpreting into German.

We’re looking forward to welcoming you in Leipzig!

Documentary Campus & DOK Leipzig Events

Masterschool Screenings

Documentary Campus will present 3 recently finished, distinguished Masterschool films during DOK Leipzig. The director or producer will be present and give an insight into how they were developed, how the coproduction was realized and how the documentaries are distributed internationally. Free admission!

For the programme, venue and dates, click here

Leipzig Forum on Innovative Non-Fiction TV - Cross Plattform Strategies of European Broadcasters
23 October 2010, 15:30 – 18:00

The Leipzig Forum on Innovative Non-fiction Television is where Documentary Campus and DOK Leipzig present new developments and trends in the international documentary film industry. This year we focus on the multimedia strategies of ARTE, YLE and Channel 4.

For the programme details and panelists, click here

DOK Leipzig
The 53rd International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film will take place from 18 to 24 October 2010. Here you can discover the best new documentary and animated films from all over the world. Cash prizes totalling 71,000 euros will be awarded in the various competition categories. Special highlights for 2010 include a special programme of films from the Caucasus, a selection of films on the subject of money (Money Matters), a retrospective from the German Federal Film Archive on the military in German society (Regime and Regiment), a series dedicated to the animated film-maker from New York Signe Baumane and an homage to Klaus Wildenhahn.
More info at: www.dok-leipzig.de

reelisor Premium Member get a 20 % discount on the DOK Leipzig festival pass. The online accreditation form is available on www.dok-leipzig.de and must be received by 1 October 2010

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register Sat, 23 Oct 2010 - Sun, 24 Oct 2010

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Venue and Accreditation Pick-Up fo the Final Pitching only:

MDR Building
13th floor
Kantstr. 71-73
04275 Leipzig
Germany

If you register for the Package: Final Pitching & DOK Leipzig Festival, please send us a picture for the accreditation. You can pick up your festival pass and the accreditation for the Final Pitching at:

DOK Leipzig Guest Office
Museum der Bildenden Künste
Katharinenstr. 10
04109 Leipzig
Germany

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Save Money! Get a 10 % discount when you register as reelisor Premium Member. To become a Premium Member on reelisor, upgrade here: www.reelisor.com

Participation Fee:
EUR 240.00 Regular Fee
EUR 120.00 Students and East Europeans
EUR 215.00 reelisor Premium Members

topExperts

  • Claire Aguilar Vice President of Programming, ITVS Independent Television Service, San Francisco, USA
  • Mark Atkin Director, Crossover Labs, London, UK
  • Sabine Bubeck-Paaz Commissioning Editor, ZDF/ARTE, Mainz, Germany
  • Bruni Burres Senior Consultant, Sundance Institute, Sundance Documentary Film Program, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
  • Rudy Buttignol President & CEO, Knowledge Network Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Margje de Koning Head of Television Dept. & Commissioning Editor Documentary, IKON, Hilversum, The Netherlands
  • Hans Robert Eisenhauer , , Mainz, Germany
  • W. Paterson Ferns President / Executive Producer, Ferns Productions Inc., Victoria. B.C., Canada
  • Adam Gee Cross-platform Commissioning Editor, Channel 4, London, UK
  • Anna Glogowski Commissioning Editor for Documentaries - Social Issues and Politic's Pole, France 3, Paris, France
  • Olaf Grunert Director Development and Events, ARTE G.E.I.E., Strasbourg, France
  • Gitte Hansen Deputy Director, First Hand Films, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Silke Heinz Commissioning Editor Current Affairs & History, MDR, Leipzig, Germany
  • Lorenzo Hendel Commisioning Editor, DOC3 / RAI3, Rome, Italy
  • Alexander Hesse Head of Department History & Society, ZDF, Mainz, Germany
  • Jakob Hoegel Artistic Director, Danish Film Institute, New Danish Screen, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Bert Janssens Head of Programmes & General Manager, HUMAN, Hilversum, The Netherlands
  • Andrew Johnson Senior Producer, CBC News Newsnetwork, Toronto, Canada
  • Ann Julienne Head of International Development, France Télévisions, Paris, France
  • Marje Jurtshenko Commissioning Editor, ETV - Estonian Television, Talinn, Estonia
  • Simon Kilmurry Executive Director, American Documentary / P.O.V., New York, USA
  • Tom Koch Vice President, PBS Distribution, PBS International, Boston, USA
  • Mirka Lammi Assistant Producer, YLE TV2, Tampere, Finland
  • Wolfgang Landgraeber Head of Department Society & Documentaries, WDR, Cologne, Germany
  • Raimo Lang Creative Director, Progamming Development Department, YLE, Helsinki, Finland
  • Dr. Gottfried Langenstein President of ARTE & Director of the European Satellite Programmes of ZDF, ARTE, Mainz, Germany
  • Elvira Lind Head of Acquisition & Sales, Spiegel TV, Hamburg, Germany
  • Alan Maher Production Executive, Irish Film Board, Galway, Ireland
  • Catherine McCarthy Commisioning Executive, BBC - Open University Division, London, UK
  • Jan Miller , Lowenbe Holdings, Glen Haven, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Anna Miralis Editor, More4, London, UK
  • Jackie Murphy Acquisitions Producer, Witness , Al Jazeera English, London, UK
  • Dirk Neuhoff Head of Documentaries, NDR, Hamburg, Germany
  • Martin Pieper Head of Culture & Science, ZDF/ARTE, Mainz, Germany
  • Christine Reisen Senior Commissioning Editor, ARTE France, Unité Découverte & Connaissance, Paris, France
  • Louise Rosen Managing Director, Louise Rosen Ltd., Brunswick, Maine, USA
  • Fernanda Rossi Author/Speaker/Story Consultant, The Documentary Doctor, New York, USA
  • Dr. Claudia Schreiner Head of Programming Culture & Science, MDR, Leipzig, Germany
  • Katalin Schultheisz Original Production Executive, HBO Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
  • Steven Seidenberg Filmmaker / Head of Studies of Crossing Borders, Silk Mountain Documentary Film Production, Oxford, UK
  • Barbara Truyen Commissioning Editor Documentaries, VPRO TV, Hilversum, The Netherlands
  • Esther van Messel CEO, First Hand Films, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Jenny Westergard Commissioning Editor for Documentaries, YLE, Coproduction Department, Helsinki, Finland
  • Dr. Katja Wildermuth Head of Documentaries History & Society, MDR, Leipzig, Germany
  • Marian Williams Independent Broadcast Consultant, , London, UK

topHotels

Accommodation & Travel

By referring to Documentary Campus, rooms can be booked at a special rate in the following hotels:

Hotel Leonardo
Windscheidstr. 21-23
04277 Leipzig
Germany
Fon: +49-341-3033-0 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              +49-341-3033-0      end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Fax: +49-341-3033-555
www.hotel-leonardo.de

Single/Double room : 60,00 € / 80,00 €
Booking deadline: 10 October 2010

Hotel Ibis Leipzig Center
Brühl 69
04109 Leipzig
Germany
Fon: +49-341-2186130
Fax: +49-341-2186222
www.accorhotels.com/de/hotel-1811-ibis-leipzig-zentrum/index.shtml

Single/Double room : 72,00 € / 82,00 €
Booking deadline: 30 September 2010

Alternatively, please contact the Leipzig Tourist Information / Hotel Reservations to make bookings.

Leipzig Tourist Service e.V.
Richard-Wagner-Str. 1
04109 Leipzig
Germany
Fon +49 341 7104-255
Fax +49 341 7104-253
e-Mail: Zimmer@LTS-Leipzig.de
www.leipzig.de

How to get there
Lot’s of international airlines offer direct flights to Leipzig/Halle, which is 20 kilometres away from the city. Even more flights are going to Berlin. And by train you can reach Leipzig within only one hour. Going by train is a comfortable and a regular opportunity as trains depart every hour from Berlin Main Train Station. Have a look at the best connection by train at: www.bahn.de

The domestic airline offering good service and reasonable rates, is Lufthansa. They operate almost everywhere, so check out their offers at: www.lufthansa.com

Find a perfect hub for your travel to Leipzig:

From Austria (Vienna): Austrian Airlines for direct connections to Leipzig or Air Berlin and Germanwings to one of Berlin's airports.

From Denmark, France and UK (Copenhagen, Paris, Lyon, London, Manchester, Birmingham): Fly with EasyJet to Berlin and take the train to Leipzig.

From Germany (several cities): we suggest to go the green way and take the train. If you book your ticket 3 days in advance you will get a discounted fare.

From the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Rotterdam): Head to Berlin with www.transavia.com or KLM and take the train to Leipzig. Or check the offers going by train (8-13 hours).

From Norway and Sweden (Oslo, Stockholm): For direct flights to Berlin check on Ryanair and Air Berlin

From Ukraine (Kiev): Go directly to Leipzig with Austrian Airlines or via Berlin with Air Baltic

Get around in Leipzig: Find the best connections from the station to your hotel or from the venue to the party by using public transport. Have a look at: http://www.lvb.de/

If you prefer to go by taxi, simply dial: +49-341-4884

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