East European Forum highlights

East European Forum Workshop & Ex Oriente Film 3rd Workshop Session: October 27 – 30, 2009
(Secondary Graphic Art School, Křížová 18, Jihlava, Czech Republic
East European Forum - Public Pitch Sessions: October 31 – November 1, 2009
(Graphic Art College Hall, Křížová 18, Jihlava, Czech Republic)
East Silver: October 27 – November 1, 2009
(DKO, Tolstého 2, Jihlava, Czech Republic)

- creative documentary films in development and after completion -


The ninth East European Forum is the region's largest meeting of East European documentary filmmakers with Europe's leading commissioning editors, distributors, buyers and film fund representatives. Directors and independent producers offer their projects for co-production, pre-sale or other forms of financial support. Since its foundation in 2001, the Forum has become a prestigious meeting place that has hosted 495 East European filmmakers and producers, 64 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 130 documentary professionals. Along with the East Silver documentary market, the Forum opens the industry section at the Jihlava IDFF.
This year's East Silver Market is ready to welcome so far the largest number of sales agents, distributors and festival programmers, presenting a selection of some of the best films in its digital video library, and introducing the new Silver Eye Award.
The East European Forum and East Silver provide support for East European documentary films in the initial development stage, an overview of funding options for documentary projects, an outline of different paths available for films both prior and after completion, creative workshops, meetings between 50 East European documentary filmmakers and representatives of European broadcasters, film funds, distributors and festival programmers, as well as follow-up support for the distribution of completed films in the television and festival markets.


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27

10:00–18:00 East European Forum + Ex Oriente Film workshops
— Registration
— Opening Session: Introduction of program, tutors and participants
— First pitch of projects
— Case Studies of three Ex Oriente Film workshop projects
Final inspiration with Uldis Cekulis, Diana Fabianova and Anna Wydra
— Vocabulary of co-production: lecture with Pieter Van Huystee
and Marijke Rawie
Open for: EEF and EOF participants + tutors + guests
Where: Secondary Graphic Art School (Křížová Street 18)
20:00 East European Forum Welcome Drink
Open for: EEF and EOF participants + tutors
Where: New Age music bar (next to the hotel Atrium, Husova Street 34)
20:00 Festival Opening Ceremony
Open for: Invited guests; also all types of accreditations
Where: Main Cinema DKO
Festival Opening Party
Following Opening Ceremony
Open for: Invitation only
Where: Pivovarská restaurace (Vrchlického 2)
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28

9:30–19:20 East European Forum + Ex Oriente Film workshops
— Pitching techniques by Marijke Rawie
— Group work on projects
— Archives and Documentaries with Archidoc by Adrian Wood
— East Silver Tour-How does the Doc Market function in practice?
Open for: EEF and EOF participants + tutors + guests
Where: Secondary Graphic Art School (Křížová Street 18), DKO — Festival Centre
17:30–19:00 Individual meetings for Czech producers and directors
Other festival activities for film professionals:
10:00–17:50 Media and Documentary
Lectures of creative writing on documentary fi lms in different kinds of newspapers and magazines
10:00–12:50 workshop CZ 3 lectures
14:00–17:50 workshop CZ 4 lectures
Open for: All types of accreditations
Where: College of Polytechnics (Tolstého Street 16), Auditorium 3

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29

10:00–20:00 East European Forum + Ex Oriente Film workshops
— Mini Groupwork 1 / Mini Groupwork 2
— Legal aspects for documentary fi lmmakers with Archidoc by Hubert Best
— “The net as a fi rst platform” by Iikka Vehkalahti, YLE 2, Finland
— East Silver Tour — How does the Doc Market function in practice?
— IDFA Forum and Docs for Sale presentation by Laurien ten Houten
Open for: EEF and EOF participants + tutors + guests
Where: Secondary Graphic Art School (Křížová Street 18), DKO — Festival Centre
17:00–19:00 Individual meetings for Czech producers and directors
Other festival activities for film professionals:
10:00–13:05 Media and Documentary
Lectures of creative writing on documentary fi lms in different kinds of newspapers and magazines
10:00–10:55 Bill Nichols / theoretician / USA / The basic strategies of writing
a theoretical text on documentary fi lm
11:05–12:00 Will Tizard / Variety correspondent / USA / Reporting on
documentary fi lm and fi lm festivals for the foreign press
12:10–13:05 Matthieu Darras / Positif / France
Open for: All types of accreditations
Where: Dukla Edison
18:00 Jihlava IDFF and Media Desk CZ dinner for directors whose films are selected for festival competitions
Filmmakers will meet selected distributors, festival selectors and press
Open for: Invited only
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30

9:00–10:00 Breakfast with French producers: Catherine Le Clef, Fortissimo Films; CAT&Docs; Gabriel Chabanier, Galactica Group; Marie Clemence Paes, Laterit Productions; Benoit Gryspreerdt, French Cuisine Production; Cécile Lestrade, Alter Ego Production
Open For: Professional Accreditations
Where: Secondary Graphic Art School (Křížová 18)
10:15–18:45 East European Forum + Ex Oriente Film workshops
— last rehearsals before the pitching sessions
— introduction of CE and EEF / ES guests
Open for: EEF and EOF participants + tutors + guests
Where: Secondary Graphic Art School — Hall (Březinovy sady 31)
19:00 Breathless Films Premiere
5 Czech — German documentary fi lms from Breathless, Dominance of the
Moment Collection
Open for: All types of accreditations
Where: Cinema Dukla, Main Hall
20:00 East Silver Dinner for East European producers
Producers will meet selected TV commissioning editors, sales agents, distributors and festival selectors
Open for: Invited only
22:00 Industry Party
Open for: Industry accreditations
Where: Hotel Gustav Mahler
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31

9:00–10:00 Breakfast with German funds, producers and distributors: Heino Deckert, Deckert Distribution; Stefan Kloos, Kloos & Co.; Christian Beetz, Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion Berlin GmbH & Co.; Daniel Saltzwedel,
Medienboard Berlin — Brandenburg GmbH; Anne-Kathrin Brinkmann, ZDF/ARTE
Open for: Industry accreditations
Where: Secondary Graphic Art School (Křížová 18)
10:15–16:15 East European Forum — Pitching sessions
16 East European Forum documentary projects pitched to the panel of
commissioning editors
13:15–14:15 lunch
17:00–18:30 Individual meetings of Forum participants with TV commissioning editors
Open for: Industry accreditations + participants + tutors
Where: Secondary Graphic Art School — Hall (Březinovy sady 31)
15:30–17:30 East Silver Meetings
Settled meetings for East European and Czech producers and filmmakers (in order to settle your meeting please contact Melanie Sevcenko at melanie@docuinter.net)
Open for: Industry accreditations
Where: Secondary Graphic Art School (Křížová 18)
18:00 Dinner with Czech producers
Producers will meet selected TV commissioning editors, sales agents, distributors and festival selectors
Open for: Invited only
20:00 Festival Closing Ceremony
Open for: Invited guests; also all types of accreditations
Where: Main Cinema DKO
Festival Closing Party
Following Closing Ceremony
Open for: Invited only
Where: Hotel Gustav Mahler
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1

9:00–10:00 Breakfast with Finish directors and producers / Timo Humaloja, Kinovid Productions; Jari Kokko, Karlik Films; Kirsi Mattila, Leino & Suvinen Production Inc.; Markku Niska, Navy Blue Bird Inc.
Open for: Industry accreditations
Where: Secondary Graphic Art School (Křížová 18)
10:15–12:15 East European Forum — Pitching Session
6 East European Forum documentary projects pitched to the panel of TV commissioning editors
13:00–14:30 Individual meetings of Forum participants with TV commissioning editors
Open for: Industry accreditations + participants + tutors
Where: Secondary Graphic Art School — Hall (Březinovy sady 31)
14:30–16:00 Lunch
16:00–19:00 East European Forum — Follow-Up sessions
Open for: EEF and EOF participants
Where: Secondary Graphic Art School (Křížová 18)
Other festival activities for fi lm professionals:
10:00–13:00 Media and Documentary
Lectures of creative writing on documentary fi lms in different kinds of newspapers and magazines
9:30–10:25 Truls Lie / editor-in-chief of the DOX magazine / Denmark
Open for: All types of accreditations
Where: Dukla Edison
10:00–13:00 parallel group discussion and analysis of texts of all the students
Open for: Registered participants
Where: classrooms in the studio building (Secondary Graphic Art School,
Dvořákova Street 12)

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