Leipzig Networking Days 2012
Leipzig Networking Days 2012
The Leipzig Networking Days’ are a new Industry Event which we create for Members and Supporters of Documentary Campus as well as Alumni of the Documentary Campus Masterschool and Special Delegations. Together with you we want to establish a platform to facilitate and inspire new collaborations, exchange knowledge and experiences, discover original documentary projects and commonly discuss new developments, challenges and the rapid changes within the international TV industry.
The Leipzig Networking Days will be a vibrant pitching and networking event spread over 3 days. More than 200 international documentary professionals will come together to connect in a friendly and familiar atmosphere at the MDR.
Would you like to be part of this unique industry Get-Together?
Yes? Then simply become a member of Documentary Campus and join our network of international broadcasters, production and distribution companies, foundations and film funds. Many more benefits are waiting for you. Have a look at our Member Package.
Are you Alumni of the Documentary Campus Masterschool? Then, this is for you: Join our newly launched Alumni Network and connect with 300 producers, authors and directors across Europe who all attended the Masterschool course in the past 12 years. This is the place to share brand new ideas and connect with your colleagues of the past and present. reelisor will help you to stay in touch with each other, but our Leipzig Networking Days will be the first address when it comes to meeting personally! And there are many more advantages waiting for you here.
To join the Alumni Network, you can download and fill out the registration form.
We also welcome delegations to join our Leipzig Networking Days. Festivals, film schools and institutions can attend with a delegation of up to 10 members. You will get the great opportunity to introduce your group to the international documentary market. By attending the pitching sessions, you will learn from decision-makers about their slots and what they are looking for. The afternoon programme offers you fantastic insights into current trends and topics of the documentary industry. There are plenty of opportunities to connect to decision-makers and producers from Germany and all over Europe. Delegations will also be listed in our catalogue. If you are interested in attending with a delegation, please mail to
Manuela Winkler: m.winkler@documentary-campus.com
Programme Highlights of the Leipzig Networking Days include:
• The attendance of more than 40 international renowned decision-makers
• The attendance of more than 150 international industry professionals
• International top keynotes and panels
• The Pitching of 16 exciting, new documentaries of various genres developed within the Documentary Campus Masterschool 2012
• 2 Guest Pitches by our MENA participants
• 3 Guest Pitches by our Member companies
• Scheduled one-to-one meetings between pitching teams and decision-makers
• Best Pitch Award sponsort by Sheffield Doc/Fest
• Friday Night Documentary Campus Dinner Party (on invitation only)
• Fantastic networking opportunities throughout the weekend
The Leipzig Networking Days are organized in cooperation with the 55th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film.
DOK Leipzig with its rich Industry Programme complements our Leipzig Networking Days. The 55th festival officially opens on Monday 29 October, however the digital film Market opens on Sunday afternoon already. Register through www.dok-leipzig.de to join the festival.
Dates & Programme
Fri, 26 Oct 2012 - Sun, 28 Oct 2012
Location
LEIPZIG NETWORKING DAYS
MDR Building
13th floor
Kantstr. 71-73
04275 Leipzig
Germany
LEIPZIG NETWORKING GET TOGETHER
(Saturday from 21:30)
Telegraph
Dittrichring 18-20
04109 Leipzig
Germany
Fee
Members of the Documentary Campus Member Network get a complimentary pass.
Alumni of the Documentary Campus Masterschool, who are part of the Alumni Network get a complimentary pass.
Delegations pay a rate of 120,00 € per person (incl. coffee breaks) to attend the Leipzig Networking Days.
Experts
- Claire Aguilar Vice President of Programming, ITVS Independent Television Service, San Francisco, USA
- Axel Arnö Commissioning Editor, SVT Documentaries, Stockholm, Sweden
- Andreas Briese Strategic Partnership Development Manager, YouTube/Google, Munich, Germany
- Manuela Buono Sales and Acquisitions Executive, Taskovski Films, London, UK
- 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
- Jason DaPonte Managing Director, The Swarm, London, UK
- Marjolein Duermeijer Executive Producer, National Geographic Channel Benelux / Head of Development, SixSix, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Katharina Dufner Commissioning Editor, ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel, Mainz, Germany
- Florian Falkenstein VP Documentaries & Factual Docutainment, ProSiebenSat1. TV Deutschland GmbH, Unterföhring, Germany
- Franz Fuchs Commissioning Editor , ORF Natural History Department, Vienna, Austria
- Adam Gee Multiplatform commissioning editor, Channel 4, London, UK
- Georg Graffe Head of Department History & Society, ZDF, Mainz, Germany
- Olaf Grunert Director Development and Events, ARTE G.E.I.E., Strasbourg, France
- Dr. Gudrun Hanke-El Ghomri Commissioning Editor for Documentaries, SWR, Baden-Baden, Germany
- Silke Heinz Commissioning Editor Current Affairs & History, MDR, Leipzig, Germany
- Christiane Hinz Head of Documentary and Society, WDR/ARTE, Cologne, Germany
- Diana Holtzberg Vice President, Films Transit International, Montreal, Canada
- Sabine Holzer Head of TV, TERRA MATER, Vienna, Austria
- Tabitha Jackson Commissioning Editor for Arts, Channel 4, London, United Kingdom
- Bert Janssens CEO, HUMAN, Hilversum, The Netherlands
- Ann Julienne Head of International Development for Documentaries for the FTV Group, France Télévisions, Paris, France
- Hanka Kastelicová Executive Producer of Documentaries, HBO Europe, Budapest, Hungary
- Kenny Kihyung Bae Senior Producer, Korean Broadcasting System, Seoul, South Korea
- Tom Koch Vice President, PBS Distribution, PBS International, Boston, USA
- Karolina Lidin Commissioner & Consultant, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Oslo, Norway
- Elvira Lind Head of Acquisition & Sales, Spiegel TV, Hamburg, Germany
- Ariana Meintana Head of International Coproductions, ERT, Athens, Greece
- Dagmar Mielke Commissioning Editor, RBB/ ARTE, Potsdam, Germany
- Anna Miralis Commissioning Editor, True Stories, Channel 4, London, UK
- Jackie Murphy Acquisitions Producer, Programmes, Al Jazeera English, London, UK
- Lutz Müller Managing Director, @radical media, Berlin, Germany
- Victoria Noble Executive Producer, Discovery Communications Europe Ltd, DNI Factual, London, UK
- Catherine Olsen Executive Producer of Documentaries , CBC News Network, Toronto, Canada
- Martin Pieper Head of Culture & Science, ZDF/ARTE, Mainz, Germany
- Christine Reisen Senior Commissioning Editor, Specialist Factual Department, ARTE France, Paris, France
- Louise Rosen Managing Director, Louise Rosen Ltd., Brunswick, Maine, USA
- Emanuel Rotstein Director of Production for History and The Biography Channel, The History Channel Germany, Munich, Germany
- Gregory Sanderson Commissioning Executive, Music and Arts, BBC, London , UK
- Dr. Claudia Schreiner Head of Programming Culture & Science, MDR, Leipzig, Germany
- Monika Schäfer Commissioning Editor, NDR/ARTE, Hamburg, Germany
- Jamie Searle Business Development Manager, Base 79, London , UK
- Bruce Seidel CEO , Hungry Channel, Los Angeles, USA
- Kate Townsend Executive Producer, BBC Storyville, London, UK
- Philippe van Meerbeeck Commissioning Editor for Documentaries, VRT-Canvas, Brussels, Belgium
- Esther van Messel CEO, First Hand Films, Zurich, Switzerland
- Jenny Westergard Commissioning Editor for Documentaries, YLE, Coproduction Department, Helsinki, Finland
- Barbara Wiessing Deputy Commissioning Editor , IKON, Hilversum, The Netherlands
- Dr. Katja Wildermuth Head of Documentaries History & Society, MDR, Leipzig, Germany
Delegates
Jens Afflerbach Story House Productions GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Abdullah Al-Ghaly Hassala Productions, Giza, Egypt
Rea Apostolides Anemon Productions, Athens, Greece
Diana Arnold DOK Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Yuri Averof Anemon Productions, Athens, Greece
Theo Baltz MedienKontor Movie GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Simone Baumann Saxonia Entertainment, Leipzig, Germany
Reinhardt Beetz Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Hamburg, Germany
Marcie Begleiter Meditations: Eva Hesse, Santa Monica, USA
Luigi Berardi Soul Rebel Films, London, UK
Katharina Bergfeld DOK Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Katja Berls Berlin, Germany
Dagmar Biller TANGRAM International GmbH, Munich, Germany
Jette Blankenburg TANGRAM International GmbH, Munich, Germany
Michael Bogar Perfect Shot Films GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Nils Bökamp Boekamp & Kriegsheim GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Yvonne Borrmann Berlin, Germany
Martichka Bozhilova AGITPROP Production Company, Sofia, Bulgaria
Marc Brasse Spiegel TV GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
Iva Brdar Barbarogeniji, Belgrade, Serbia
Josee Brossard Sunny Side of the Docs, La Rochelle, France
Giuseppe Bucciarelli Bars Media, Fiesole, Italy
Ciro Capellari Berlin, Germany
Christoph Caron ZDF Digital, Mainz, Germany
Susana Casares Los Angeles, USA
Paola Castillo Chiledoc, Santiago, Chile
Bianca Charamsa ZDFkultur/3sat, Mainz, Germany
Wooyoung Choi C. Interaction Lab, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
Irem Couchouron Sunny Side of the Doc, La Rochelle, France
Edward Dallal Spring Films, Richmond, UK
Madeleine Dallmeyer Filmakademie Baden - Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Claas Danielsen DOK Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Steven Dhoedt VISUALANTICS, Brussels, Belgium
Uwe Dierks Boomtown Media GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany
Hans Robert Eisenhauer Ventana-Film GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Ghada El-Sherbiny Goethe Institut, Cairo, Egypt
Philipp Enders Doberenz & Enders GbR, Cologne, Germany
Loubna Fahmi Casablanca, Morocco
Carl - A. Fechner fechnerMedia GmbH, Immendingen, Germany
Maximilian Feldmann Filmakademie Baden - Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Friederike Freier Saxonia Entertainment GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
María Carolina Fuentes Chiledoc, Santiago, Chile
Patricia Fürst Berlin, Germany
Fabian Gasmia DETAiLFILM Gasmia & Kamm GbR, Berlin, Germany
Razvan Georgescu Pelegrin Film srl, Timisoara, Hofheim, Germany
Ana Georgieva Balkan Documentary Centre, Sofia, Bulgaria
Ulrike Gessner kreativKraft, Graz, Austria
Markus Glaser Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH, Vienna, Austria
Monika Grassl Filmakademie Baden - Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Anna Griffin Artdocs, Nottingham, UK
Heidi Gronauer ZeLIG School, Bolzano, Italy
Michael Grotenhoff Filmtank GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Meghna Gupta Soul Rebel Films, London, UK
Andreas Gutzeit Story House Productions, Washington DC, USA
Sinae Ha BODA Media Group, Seoul, South Korea
Dina Hamza misr International Film, Giza, Egypt
Jowe Harfouche Ginger Beirut Productions, Beirut, Lebanon
Florian Hartung Februar Film GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Günther Hasenkamp Goethe Institut, Cairo, Egypt
Jan Herchenröder Telepool, Leipzig, Germany
Rudolph Herzog Brümmer & Herzog Filmproduktion, Berlin, Germany
Alexander Hesse Gruppe 5, Cologne, Germany
Nadja Heuser MDR, Leipzig, Germany
Christine Hille DOK Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Jörg Daniel Hissen Riverside Film Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Kirsten Hoehne Spiegel TV GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
Haruna Honcoopova Prague, Czech Republic
Patrick Hörl AUTENTIC, Oberhaching, Germany
Vardan Hovhannisyan Bars Media, Yerevan, Armenia
Sven Ibald MedienKontor Movie GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Khelfa Sahel Imad Skikda, Algeria
Remi Itani Crystal Film, Beyrouth, Lebanon
Rodrigo Jorquera Chiledoc, Santiago, Chile
Suzana Jovanovska Sheffield International Documentary Festival, Sheffield, UK
Sinisha Juricic Nukleus, Zagreb, Croatia
Amanda Kastrati Berlin, Germany
Jonas Katzenstein augenschein Filmproduktion GmbH, Cologne, Germany
Ina Kessebohm Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Hamburg, Germany
Bettina Kinski Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Hamburg, Germany
Nikolaus Klingohr INTERSPOT Film GmbH, Vienna, Austria
Maria Kluge Ostnorsk Filmsenter AS, Lillehammer, Norway
Martina Kovacevic Nukleus, Zagreb, Croatia
German Kral German Kral Filmproduktion, Munich, Germany
Marineta Mak Kritikou 2K Films, Athens, Greece
Timm Kröger Filmakademie Baden - Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Anja Kühne Februar Film GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Sibylle Kurz Pitching & Communications, Erbach, Germany
Chara Lampidou Story Doc, Athens, Greece
Tina Leeb DOK Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Maximilian Leo augenschein Filmproduktion GmbH, Cologne, Germany
Sascha Lienert Februar Film GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Nihad Sabri Marqasto Old City, Jerusalem, Palestine Authority
Irja Martens fechnerMEDIA, Immendingen, Germany
Luc Martin-Gousset Point du Jour, Paris, France
Christian Massmann ZDF Digital, Mainz, Germany
Heinrich Mayer-Moroni INTERSPOT Film GmbH, Vienna, Austria
Drifa Mezenner Algier, Algeria
Mark Michel Leipzig, Germany
Marisa Middleton Filmakademie Baden - Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Dror Moreh Filmakademie Baden - Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Ede Müller Zabrisky Film, Berlin, Germany
Ahmed Nabil Rufy`s, Alexandria, Egypt
Said Najmi Amman, Jordan
Stephane Nicolopoulos Paris, France
Rami Nihawi Sak A Do, Beirut, Lebanon
Michel Noll ICTV-SOLFERINO, Paris, France
Ahmed Nour Suez, Egypt
Brigid O'Shea DOK Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Christian Pähler Munich, Germany
Nikki Parrott Tigerlily Films, London, UK
Paul Pauwels Congoo NV, Testelt, Belgium
Annett Pee MD/ ProductioncArctic Heartbeat Film Ltd, Rovaniemi, Finland
Levin Peter Filmakademie Baden - Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Daniel Petry AUTENTIC, Oberhaching, Germany
Andrea Prenghyova DOK.Incubator, Prague, Czech Republic
Jakob Preuss Gagarins Gaze GbR, Berlin, Germany
Joachim Puls Filmsalz GmbH, Pullach, Germany
Bettina Renner Bautzen, Germany
Hana Rezkova idf, Prague, Czech Republic
Piedad Rivas Lopez Erasmus Mundus and External Cooperation, Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency, Brussels, Belgium
Alba Mora Roca Creative Differences, Mexico City, Spain
Flor Rubina Chiledoc, Santiago, Chile
David Ruf Filmakademie Baden - Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Maren Ruhstorfer Munich, Germany
Nadine Salib Michael Abdel Saed Zero Production, Cairo, Egypt
Lisa Schäffner Filmakademie Baden - Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Eva Schellenbeck Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Berlin, Germany
Annette Scheurich Marco Polo Film AG, Heidelberg, Germany
Klaus Scheurich Marco Polo Film AG, Heidelberg, Germany
Federico Schiavi Nacne sas, Roma, Italy
Anna Schmidt Schmidt Film, Leipzig, Germany
Manfred Schmidt Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
Viviane Schmidt-Gaster MedienKontor Movie GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Susanne Schmitt MEDIA Antenne Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany
Ulrike Schröder Global Screen, Munich, Germany
Steffen Schrottka AUTENTIC, Oberhaching, Germany
Thorsten Schütte Filmakademie Baden - Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Anna, Seifert-Speck Creative England, Nottingham, UK
Britta Senn DOK Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Arnold Seul MDR - Fernsehen, Leipzig, Germany
Viola Shafik Cairo, Egypt
Ross Shakin Art Factor GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
Karen Shapiro Meditations: Eva Hesse, Santa Monica, USA
André Singer Spring Films Limited, Richmond, UK
Hanne Skjodt EDN, Copenhagen, Denmark
Yiota Skouvara 2K Films Ltd., Athens, Greece
Sebastian Sorg DOK.FEST München, Munich, Germany
Klaus Steindl kreativKraft, Graz, Austria
Lin Sternal Filmakademie Baden - Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Paula Talloni Chiledoc, Santiago, Chile
Walid Tayaa Nomadis Images, La Marsa, Tunesia
Valentin, Thurn Thurnfilm, Cologne, Germany
Georg Tschurtschenthaler Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion Berlin GmbH & Co. K, Berlin, Germany
Adele Tulli London, UK
Uli Veith Taglicht Media Film- & Fernsehproduktion GmbH, Cologne, Germany
Werner Vennewald Jumpmedien, Hamburg, Germany
Bostjan Virc Studio Virc D.O.O., Novo Mesto, Slovenia
Ziga Virc Studio Virc d.o.o., Novo Mesto, Slovenia
Philine von Dueszeln Berlin, Germany
Ilo von Seckendorff DOK Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Peer Vorderwülbecke DOK Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Julia Wagner Filmakademie Baden - Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Bettina Walter Polar Star Films, Barcelona, Spain
Gunnar Walther Essenheim, Germany
Thomas Wartmann Filmquadrat.dok GmbH, Munich, Germany
Radek Wegrzyn Hamburg, Germany
Doris Weitzel Point Du Jour, Paris, France
C. Cay Wesnigk OnlineFilm AG, Bad Schwartau, Germany
Jakob Weydemann Weydemann Bros. GbR, Berlin, Germany
Benjamin Wigley Artdocs, Nottingham, UK
Bernd Wilting taglicht media Film-& Fernsehproduktion GmbH, Cologne, Germany
Erik Winker HUPE Film- und Fernsheproduktion, Cologne, Germany
Mohanad Yaqubi Idioms Film, London, UK
Mostafa Youssef Seen Films, Cairo, Egypt
Arngrim Ytterhus Ostnorsk Filmsenter AS, Lillehammer, Norway
El Kheyer Zidani Batna, Algeria
Ines Ziglasch Dokfilm Fernsehproduktion, Leipzig, Germany
Peter Zorn WORKLIGHTS MEDIA, Werkleitz, Germany
Thomas Zwiessler Story House Productions GmbH, Unterföhring, Germany
Hotels
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
Fax: +49-341-3033-555
Website Hotel Leonardo
Single/Double room : 60,00 € (single) / 80,00 € (double) incl. breakfast
Booking deadline: 17 October 2012
Hotel Michaelis
Paul-Gruner-Straße 44
04107 Leipzig
Tel.: +49-341-26780
Fax: +49-341-2678100
Hotel Michaelis Website
Rate: single room 69,00 € (single) / 89,00 € (double) incl. breakfast
Booking deadline 17 October 2012
Alternatively, please contact the Leipzig Tourist Information / Hotel Reservations to make bookings.
Leipzig Tourism & Marketing
Augustusplatz 9
04109 Leipzig
Fon: +49 341 7104-255
Fax: +49 341 7104-253
Email: zimmer@ltm-leipzig.de
www.leipzig.de
How to get there
By plane: Lot’s of international airlines such as Air France, Austrian Airlines, Germanwings, Lufthansa, KLM, Ryanair offer direct flights to Leipzig/Halle sometimes called Schkeuditz Airport, which is 22 kilometres northwest of central Leipzig. The airport is the second biggest airport in Eastern Germany after Berlin. Trains run between the airport and the city every 30 minutes; the trip takes 14 minutes.
A convenient alternative is flying into Berlin and catching the train to Leipzig. Trains depart every hour from Berlin Main Train Station and take you to Leipzig within 60 minutes. For info see below.
By car: Leipzig can easily be reached by car, as it is very well connected with the Autobahn highway system. The nearest Autobahn highways are A14 (North, Northeast), A9 (West) and A38 (South).
By train: Leipzig's Hauptbahnhof is the largest terminal railway station in Europe with 26 platforms. There are two main companies travelling to Leipzig:
Deutsche Bahn: operates regular train service between Leipzig and nearby cities.
Inter Connex: offers a daily service from Leipzig to Rostock via Berlin and back. You can buy your ticket in advance or on the train directly.
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: www.lvb.de
If you prefer to go by taxi, simply dial: +49-341-4884