East Silver
Jarmila Outratová/Taskovski Films Ltd. / International Sales Executive
Company profile:
Taskovski Films is a London based production and world sales & production company of independent documentary and fiction films. We welcome innovative, playful and risky forms of filmmaking capable of engaging and surprising audiences around the globe. Our passion is discovering new talent and authorial stories. The company has branch offices in Prague (Czech Republic) and in Banjaluka (Bosnia). Taskovski Films is co-producer and sales agent of the multi-award winner documentary CZECH DREAM. The line-up also includes GRAVEHOPPING by Venice winner Jan Cvitkovic, SHUTKA BOOK OF RECORDS by Aleksandar Manic and GO WEST by Ahmed Imamovic and many others award winning films.
The company's main activities are:
Promotion and sales
Festival consultancy and publicity services
Development, financing and co-producing documentary and feature films
Organization of one of the biggest film festivals in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Banjaluka International Film Festival (www.bliff.net)
Years in operation: Since 2003
Titles in portfolio:
Docs: Czech Dream, The Shutka Book of Records, Source, Lost Holiday etc.
Fiction films: Gravehopping, Rules of Lies, Huddersfield etc.
Three recent titles:
The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories
Rene
Bahrtalo!
Titles from international companies: 98%
Genre(s) of documentary preferred: Creative feature documentaries: social, human interest, culture, current affairs
Average number of titles annually acquired: 5 documentaries
What are the ways the company gets involved? Executive Producer, Sales Agent
Cash advance / guarantees: Letter of Intent
Please name producers you have co-operated with in the past/ please specify the countries or territories: Agitprop/Bulgaria, Negativ/Czech Republic, B&B/Italy, REC Produtores/Brasil, Artileria/Slovakia etc.
Your preference regarding to length and format (single/series)? Feature films with one hour version
What are you looking for at the EAST SILVER MARKET and EAST EUROPEAN FORUM?
Creative documentaries
Contact/Website
Taskovski Films Ltd.- World Sales
4B Wentworth Street
E1 7TF London, UK
www.taskovskifilms.com
Jenny Ross / Al Jazeera English
Area of responsibility: Documentary Acquisition: research/scouting, screening, license negotiations and in-house assistant producing.
Genre(s) of documentary programmed: WITNESS documentary strand: character-led human interest stories with a strong narrative thread; ordinary people’s lives illustrating bigger global themes (identity, migration, war) to complement Al Jazeera English news coverage; films looking at the world in an accessible way for an international audience and also celebrating human creativity and spirit. Always on the look out for other one-off documentaries or series for AJE.
Number of hours annually commissioned: 50 (About 100 films for short slot and occaisional films for longer slot)
Number of hours annually acquired: 100 (mixture of films for long and short slots)
Number of hours from international producers: 150 - All AJE programming is international
How are the co-productions, acquisitions and license commissions divided? (percentage): 50 percent acquisitions / 50 percent commissions and co-productions
Average amount paid for international license or acquisition fees: Average acquisition budget $3000-5000 USD. AJE pre-sales and co-pro involvement depends on budget, finance plan etc. AJE commissioning budgets vary.
Three examples of recent international co- productions commissioned or acquired: Angels of Rio; Chairman George; Fighting the Silence
Your preference regarding to length and format (single/series)? We have two slot lengths: 22 and 45 mins. Mainly single; occaisional series for other AJE slots. (We often trim acquisitions in-house to fit our time slot).
What are you looking for at the EAST EUROPEAN FORUM and EAST SILVER MARKET?
We are always looking for stories of a global nature and unheard voices or people / places not usually screened by international western broadcasters. We are now planning for 2009-2010
Please pitch on our commissioning site:
www.ajicommissioning.net
www.aljazeera.net
Jessica Raspe, AVRO television, The Netherlands
Company profile:
AVRO is one in the group of the 9 biggest broadcasting associations in the Netherlands, and is financed by license fees and advertising. It is a public service association, with some legal obligations controlled by the Media Act. AVRO Culture & Arts transmits on Nederland 2. All other AVRO programs are transmitted on Nederland 1, 2 and 3.
Number of slots or hours programmed per year: 26 new documentaries plus repeats and extra broadcasts
How are the co-productions, acquisitions and license commissions divided? (Numbers or percentages): 90 % commissions from national and international producers, 10 % acquisitions from national and international producers
Could you give us some examples of recent international co-productions or acquisitions you made?
Errol Flynn, Great Expectations (about visionary architecture), Hitler’s Museum, Rembrandt Inc., Designer Eileen Gray, Christian Dior - The Man Behind the Myth, Rudolph Valentino.
With producers from which countries or territories have you co-operate in the past?
We have worked with producers from almost all European countries, but also with producers from Northern America and Australia.
Genre of documentary programmed: Visual arts documentaries, meaning: fine art, architecture, design, photography, film, fashion, archaeology. Also occasionally: cultural iconology.What is your programming mandate for next year?: 26 new documentaries plus repeats and extra broadcasts.
Average amount for acquisition or license fee? The average amount is between €3000 - €6000
What is your preference regarding to length and format (single/series)? Our preference is singles, no series. The length of our slot is 52 minutes.
What are you looking for at the EAST EUROPEAN FORUM?
Visual arts documentaries: fine art, architecture, design, photography, film, fashion, archaeology. Also occasionally: cultural iconology.
For a description of our format, visit our website at www.closeup.avro.nl, and see under About Close Up.
Dr. Katja Wildermuth / MDR, Germany
Company profile:
MDR is a public service channel in the ARD Network, based in Eastern Germany (Leipzig). It is financed mainly by license fees. MDR is broadcast to Eastern Germany and contributes with a share of approximately 10% to the national ARD programme. It also delivers programmes to ARTE and 3sat. MDR is being broadcast by cable, satellite and terrestrial network.
Genre of documentary programmed: Historical documentaries, author-driven films, cultural documentaries, theme nights, high-end docudramas – programs for MDR and ARD and ARTENumber of slots or hours programmed per year: 150´
How are the co-productions, acquisitions and license commissions divided? (Numbers or percentages): Co-productions 60%, license commissions 30%, acquisitions 10%
Could you give us some examples of recent international co-productions or acquisitions you made?
A Letter to Anna - The story of journalist Politkovskaya’s death / Do communists have better sex?/ Durakovo – The village of Fools / Rabbits à la Berlin / Tearing down the Iron Curtain
With producers from which countries or territories have you co-operate in the past? Switzerland, Israel, Norway, Rumania, Poland, Latvia, France
What is your programming mandate for next year? same
Average amount for acquisition or license fee? depends
What is your preference regarding to length and format (single/series)? 45´/ 52´ up to 120´
Katarzyna Malinowska / TVP Kultura, Poland
Company profile:
TVP is a public service broadcaster financed by license fees and advertising. TVP includes: TVP1 (general), TVP2 (general), TVP INFO (news & current affairs), TVP SPORT (sport), TVP KULTURA (art & culture), TVP HISTORIA (history & traditions), TVP POLONIA (Polish programmes for Polish communities living abroad). TVP has a significant share in the national market (amounts to over 50 percent). TVP is a public service broadcaster financed by license fees and advertising.
Genre of documentary programmed: all genres.
Number of slots or hours programmed per year: In TVP Kultura we have a few main doc slots: Masterpieces of documentary (classical), More than fiction (contemporary, social, political, 52’ or more), contemporary polish doc, doc about literature, art, music (about 52’)
How are the co-productions, acquisitions and license commissions divided? (Numbers or percentages): We have mostly license, I think it’s even 95%, but we are also making pre – sales.
Could you give us some examples of recent international co-productions or acquisitions you made? We do not have any international co-production yet. We are making acquisitions all over the world.
With producers from which countries or territories have you co-operate in the past?
Co-producers only from Poland: Eureka Media, Besta Film, Studio Filmowe Tor, Wytwórnia Filmowa Czołówka, Andrzej Wajda’s Master School, Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop.
What is your programming mandate for next year? I’m looking for films for all slots. We haven’t decided yet on the budget for co-production, but I’ve got a carte blanche for buying.
Average amount for acquisition or license fee? Average amount for license is about 2000 euro for a feature length doc.
What is your preference regarding to length and format (single/series)? We have a mobile schedule and open slots, so the length of the film is not the most important parameter for TVP Kultura.
What are you looking for at the EAST EUROPEAN FORUM?
New, interesting European Documentary.
Katerzyna Wilk, Krakow Film Foundation
The activity of the Krakow Film Foundation, which began in 2003, focuses mainly on the organization of two important film events: the Krakow Film Festival, the Krakow Film Market and co-organization of Dragon Forum – documentary pitching held during the Krakow Film Festival.
In 2006 KFF created Film Promotion Agency which promotes Polish documentary, animated and short films in Europe and in the world. The next year KFF joined their forces with Polish Film Institute and introduced a new project called POLISH DOCS which main aim is offering a set of newest Polish documentaries to film professionals and preparing promotional events at the most important documentary festivals and markets
In 2007 KFF started a distribution activity and the first feature-length documentary was theatrical released in Poland.
Krakow Film Foundation
Morawskiego 5 p.434
30-102 Krakow
Poland
Tel./Fax.:+48 12 29 69 45
E-mail: info@kff.com.pl
www.kff.com.pl
Knut Ogris, Producer (Austria)
Born in 1952 in Bad Aussee, Austria, Knut Ogris has worked in cinema since 1975 in a variety of roles, such as Location Manager, Unit Production Manager, Assistant Director, Producer, and Executive Producer. He has produced countless hours of both feature and documentary projects for Austrian and international television as well as domestic and international theatrical distribution. Knut Ogris started out his career as Location and Unit Production Manager in numerous TV movie productions for Austrian, German, British, French, Greek, Italian, and Mexican film production companies. Since 1978, Knut Ogris had been actively involved in the development of the Austrian “Film Funding Law“ (FFG – Filmförderungsgesetz), which entered into force in 1980. After working with the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (department “Film- und Audiovisionsindustrie”), he established his own film production company, Arion Film, in 1983. Only one year later, the feature film MorgenGrauen was released, earning nominations at the film festivals of Sitges, Bruxelles, Avoriaz, and Orleans as well as at the Berlinale and selling English-language world rights to the USA and video and TV rights to Japan, Korea, and Belgium. In addition to producing feature films, Arion Film and its successor company Grey Panther Films specialized on TV productions, documentaries, commercials, and in corporate films. Since 2000, Knut Ogris has worked as Executive Producer with various national and international production companies, including Extrafilm, Vienna, Bonusfilm, Vienna, Pale Blue Productions, Mödling, AMF, Vienna and a1plus Film, Vienna, focusing mainly on European and international coproductions. Knut Ogris has lectured at and participated in panels on film production & financing at numerous film festivals and workshops in Europe and around the world, establishing an international network of filmmakers and film experts which has come to fruition in international coproductions with Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Israel, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, USA, Canada, and Algeria. Following the successful completion of the French-Swiss-Austrian coproduction HenryDunant: Red on the Cross, he founded Knut.Ogris.Films in 2006, a production company aimed at further extending and intensifying the close cooperation between scriptwriter, producer, and director on a European and international level.
Knut.Ogris.Films
Hamburgerstrasse 20/3
A - 1050 Wien
www.knutogris.tv
Lejla Babovic / Buyer / PBS BiH Bosnia and Herzegovina
Company profile:
Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina – BHRT is state wide national public broadasting service of Bosnia and Herzegovina. BHRT is member of EBU, Circom Regional.
BHRT runs one TV – BHT1 and one radio channel – BH Radio 1 and is formal successor of former RTVBiH. The system of public braodcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina beside BHRT consists of the other two public channels who are regional one: Radio televion of Federation and Radio television of Republic of Srpska.
Area of responsibility: Head Of International Function Department PBS
Genre(s) of documentary programmed: News and Current Affairs, Sport, Children and Youth, Education, Light Entertainment, Culture
Number of hours annually commissioned: Approximately 50
Number of hours annually acquired: Approximately 150 hours
Average amount paid for international license or acquisition fees: 300-500 Euro per hour
Three examples of recent international co- productions commissioned or acquired:
Marathon – Carisma in Politics
Mercury Media – Zero: An investigation 9/11
Les Films d’ Ci – Mr. President
Your preference regarding to length and format (single/series)? 30 – 50 minutes
What are you looking for at the EAST EUROPEAN FORUM and EAST SILVER MARKET? History, Science, Education, Light Entertainment, Culture
Contact/Website
BHRT
Bulevar Mese Selimovica 12
710 00 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
www.bhrt.ba
Lois Vossen, Independent Lens on PBS
Company profile:
Airing weekly on PBS, the Emmy Award®-winning series Independent Lens is a film festival in your living room. Each episode introduces new documentaries and dramas made by independent thinkers: filmmakers who take creative risks, call their own shots and find untold stories in unexpected places. Independent Lens programs include documentaries, shorts, half-hour experimental pieces and everything in between. Presented by ITVS and hosted by Terrence Howard, the acclaimed anthology series features programs united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement and unflinching visions of independent producers — filmmakers who spend years pursuing diverse stories about people not normally seen on television. Independent Lens is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people, with additional funding provided by PBS and the National Endowment for the Arts. Further information is available at pbs.org/independentlens.
Area of responsibility: Series Producer, Independent Lens and Vice President, ITVS
Genre(s) of documentary programmed: Social issue, point of view, historical, arts & performance occasionally, character driven
Number of hours annually commissioned: None
Number of hours annually acquired: 29 episodes
Number of hours from international producers: 7-9 per season
How are the co-productions, acquisitions and license commissions divided? (percentage): 100% acquisitions
Average amount paid for international license or acquisition fees: $30,000 for one-hour documentary
Three examples of recent international co- productions commissioned or acquired:
STRANDED, RECYCLE, SISTERS IN LAW, LAKSHMI AND ME
Please name producers you have co-operated with in the past/ please specify the countries or territories:
1. Gonzalo Arijon (STRANDED) of Argentina
2. Nishtha Jain (LAKSHMI AND ME) of India
3. Sabiha Sumar (DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT) of Pakistan
4. Ilil Alexander and Arik Bernstein (UNMISTAKEN CHILD) of Israel
5. Jerry Rothwell (DEEP WATER) of United Kingdom
Your preference regarding to length and format (single/series)? Single only (no series), 53:30 TRT (we can accept 52 minutes TRT)
What are you looking for at the EAST EUROPEAN FORUM and EAST SILVER MARKET?
Well produced character-driven documentaries that bring new perspective to U.S. television viewers.
Contact/Website:
Independent Lens Series Producer & Vice President, ITVS
ITVS
651 Brannan Street, Suite 410
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
www.pbs.org
www.itvs.org
Martina Šantavá / HBO Czech Republic
Company profile:
Home Box Office (HBO) is one of the world's leading premium movie channels. HBO was established 40 years ago in the United States as a division of Time Warner Entertainment Company LP (currently AOL Time Warner Inc.). HBO commenced its broadcasting in the Czech Republic in 1994. HBO Czech expanded to Slovakia in 1997. Providing basic and premium pay television entertainment channels for cable TV , Direct-To-Home and MMDS platforms. - HBO offers a high quality movie channel with a unique programming line-up that holds something for everyone in the family. HBO brings the biggest blockbusters, award winnning original series, exclusive events and the biggest stars into the viewers´home. In Czech and Slovak Republic HBO provides HBO, HBO2, HBO Comedy,HBO Digital, HBO HD, Cinemax, Cinemax 2.
Area of responsibility: Original production Coordinator
Genre(s) of documentary programmed: Various
Number of hours annually acquired: One feature documentary per month, aprox. 18 hours and repeats
Number of hours from international producers: Now all, but now we start to produce our own documentaries
How are the co-productions, acquisitions and license commissions divided? (percentage): 100 % acquisitions
Three examples of recent international co-productions commissioned or acquired:
Existence
Annie Leibowitz – Life through lenses
Ghosts of Abu Graib
When the leeves brokes
Your preference regarding to length and format (single/series)? Single docs , feature film length
What are you looking for at the EAST EUROPEAN FORUM and EAST SILVER MARKET?
New production, program for our TV station
Contact/Website
HBO Czech Republic
Pod Višňovkou 1662/23
Praha 4 - Krč,
www.hbo.cz
Jean-Michael Treves / JMT Films Distribution / General Manager
Company profile:
JMT Films is a Tel Aviv based Distribution, Co-Productions and International Sales Company for Israeli and International Documentaries and Fiction Films. Films markets, sells and distributes quality content audiovisual programs and films worldwide. We are Buying and Selling to TV Channels and other commercial platforms, including New Media. We participate in international film festivals and major film & television markets in Europe and North America: IDFA Amsterdam, Hot Docs Toronto, Visions du Réel Nyon, MIPTV, SunnySide La Rochelle, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Thessaloniki Doc Market, Medimed Spain, Miradasdoc (Docusur) Spain, Jihlava/East Silver, DokFestival Leipzig, Discop Budapest and Krakow Film Market.
Years in operation: 5
Genre(s) of documentary preferred: Human Interest, Current Affairs, History, Society & Ethnology
Titles in portfolio: More than 90 titles
Three recent titles:
''From the Heart of Odessa'' (East Silver 2007)
''Zitra'' (East Silver 2008)
''Play Me Allegro'' (East Silver 2008)
Titles from international companies:
35% of the Programs
50% of the Projects
Average number of titles annually acquired: At least 14 titles
What are the ways the company gets involved? As a Distribution Company, we are acquiring for our catalogue of programs completed documentaries, from International Independent Producers, and as a Co-Producer/Sales Agent we are involved in documentary projects with potential for International Co-Productions/Pre Buys.
Other platforms / VOD, mobile, podcasting…: VOD
Please name producers you have co-operated with in the past/ please specify the countries or territories: Arto Halonen (Finland), Alex Gabbay (UK), Ludovic Arnal (France), Thomas Schmitt (France), David Gavro (Israel), Dan Geva (Israel).
Your preference regarding to length and format (single/series)? Singles (52/90 minutes), series (26/52 minutes)
What are you looking for at the EAST SILVER MARKET and EAST EUROPEAN FORUM?
We are looking to acquire New Releases (completed documentaries) and to get involved in projects. We hope to find fascinating Creative Docs and Educational & Popular Science subjects.
Contact/Website
JMT Films Distribution & Worldwide Sales
20, Bialik St.,
Tel Aviv 63324
Izrael
www.JMTFilms.com
Milka Pavlićević / ZDF/ARTE
Genre of documentary programmed: Cultur, current affairs, science, social aspects, history, biography, lifestyle and more.
Number of slots or hours programmed per year: About 40 slots a year.
How are the co-productions, acquisitions and license commissions divided? (Numbers or percentages): ZDF is a national public service channel, financed by license fees and advertising. ZDF is involved with the channels 3sat and ARTE. ZDF operates two digital channels which are committed to factual programming: Dokukanal and Theaterkanal.
Could you give us some examples of recent international c-productions or acquisitions you made?
„Milosevic - on trial“ by Michael Christoffersen is an example for one of the large coproductions of the past year.
Participated with following partners: TV 2, Denmark / BBC, England / SVT, Sweden /
With producers from which countries or territories have you co-operate in the past? Examples above.
What is your preference regarding to length and format (single/series)? Any lenghts.
Rahdi Tailor, Associate Director (Sundance Documentary Fund and Sundance Documentary Film Program)
Company profile:
The Sundance Documentary Film Program supports cinematic feature films about contemporary social issues from the US and internationally, primarily films that combine storytelling artistry with social relevance. The Sundance Documentary Fund is a central component of the Sundance Documentary Film Program. Other program activities include the Sundance Documentary Edit Lab and Documentary Composer Lab, artist support at the Sundance Producer’s Conference and the Sundance Film Festival, work-in-progress screenings at selected festivals globally, and intensive editorial and creative support. The Sundance Documentary Fund is the access point and application process for our creative support activities. (The Sundance Documentary Film Program is not a pipeline for the Sundance Film Festival or the Sundance Channel.) The Sundance Documentary Fund considers proposals in two categories—Research & Development OR Production & Post-Production. Development grants are for research through pre-production and range up to $20,000. Production & Postproduction grants range from $25,000 to $100,000. Production & Postproduction proposals require a minimum of a 20 minute work-in-progress reel, ideally conveying the vision for the film. Shorter cuts, trailers and teasers may be included (optional) in Development proposals, but for Production & Post-production proposals they are generally not competitive against the longer rough cuts submitted. The fund is very competitive, generally receiving between 700 and 1500 applications per year and making some 50 awards annually. A panel of film professionals and human rights experts conduct a review of each docket, and make recommendations based on their insight and expertise. Proposals to the Documentary Fund are evaluated on effective storytelling, global relevance, originality, artist vision and potential for social engagement. Films supported have included My Country, My Country; Why We Fight; Born Into Brothels; Iraq in Fragments; The Inner Tour; The Devil Came on Horseback; and Everything's Cool. The Sundance Documentary Fund now has deadlines twice a year in early February and early July. Visit our websites at www.sundance.org/documentary and www.sundance.org/docsource for further information.
Genre of documentary programmed: Contemporary only (no historical), Human Rights, Contemporary Social Issues with global relevance
Number of slots or hours programmed per year: Appoximately 60 films funded annually. Not a commission as no rights encumbered.
How are the co-productions, acquisitions and license commissions divided? (percentage): Appoximately 50% from international producers
Please give some examples of recent international co-production or acquisition you have made:
RECYCLE, Mahmoud Al Massad, Jordan
DINNER WITH PRESIDENT, Sabiha Sumar, Pakistan
BE LIKE OTHERS, Tanaz Eshaghian, Iran/US
FINAL IMAGE, Andres Habegger, Argentina
FOUR WIVES, Nahid Persson, Iran
ISLAND CALLING, Annie Goldson, New Zealand
Please name producers you have co-operated with in the past/ please specify from which countries or territories: Anyone may apply for support. Any country. Emerging or established. No financial commitments required.
What is your programming mandate for next year? No details for the moment.
Average amount for acquisition or license fee? Development funding up to $25,000, production or Post-Prod. funding $25,000-$100,000
Your preference regarding to length and format (single/series)? Stand alone (single) programs, feature length (60+), versioning acceptable, cinematic directorial vision
What are you looking for at the EAST EUROPEAN FORUM and EAST SILVER MARKET?
Independent Documentary features about contemporary social issues in Eastern Europe OR on any social issue topic from Eastern European and other documentary filmmakers.
Contact/website
Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program
8530 Wilshire Boulevard, 3rd Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90211 USA
www.sundance.org
Sandra Whipham
Sandra Whipham has just left Channel 4 where she was Editor, More 4, and oversaw the True Stories international documentary strand. During her 15 months there, she co-produced films including Red Oil, Pig Business and Jesus Politics and acquired the best of international feature documentary, including No End In Sight, Lake of Fire,and Billy The Kid. She is a regular participant at international pitching forums and markets and was a guest industry tutor at the IDFA Summer School this year. She is now a producer, executive producer and documentary consultant on a range of projects.
Sari Volanen / YLE, Finland
Company profile:
YLE is Finland's national public service broadcasting company. YLE TV1: The leading news, current affairs and factual journalism channel, focusing on drama, cultural and documentary programmes as well as satire in entertainment. YLE TV2: Service and lifestyle programmes, as well as drama and comedy. The main channel for children's programmes and sport. Current affairs and factual programmes stress the population's perspective; domestic and regional issues.
YLE FST: Swedish-language full service TV-channel.
YLE Teema: The digital channel for culture, science and education.
Genre of documentary programmed: Creative, short or long
Number of slots or hours programmed per year: Around 40 slots
How are the co-productions, acquisitions and license commissions divided? (Numbers or percentages): 2007 trasmitted films - numbers vary yearly
Co-productions: 22 (all Finnish)
Acquisitions: 46 (19 international)
Prebuys: 12 (4 international)
Could you give us some examples of recent international co-productions or acquisitions you made? 2007 transmitted films:
Pied piper of Hutzovina by Pavla Fleischer
Diary of a Kurdistan fighter by Stefano Savona
2008-2009 in programming for example:
Caviar Connection by Dragan Nicolic
Maggie in Wonderland by Ester Martin Bergsmark & Mark Hammarberg
Robinsons of Mantsinsaari by Victor Asliuk
With producers from which countries or territories have you co-operate in the past? Europe
What is your programming mandate for next year? Remains the same.
Average amount for acquisition or license fee? Acquisition: documentary 2.000 euros.
What is your preference regarding to length and format (single/series)? Singles, no length requirements.
What are you looking for at the EAST EUROPEAN FORUM?
Human interest films with visual duality.
Stefan Kloos / Rise and Shine World Sales / Managing Director
Company profile:
Rise and Shine World Sales operates within Kloos & Co. Medien. RISE AND SHINE is marketing and selling high quality creative documentaries films to broadcasters around the world and is working on international theatrical releases and DVD sales as well as alternative forms of distribution. Often, these documentaries are debut films by extremely talented directors and usually feature topics that can target clearly identifiable audiences. Strong stories for niche audiences are our specialty, but not our only playing field. Each film we select is special to us. We care for each title and do everything to see it “rise and shine”. We love to be moved, and we are interested in films that dare to be different. Strong storylines with a clear handwriting and purpose. Discoveries from all over the world. Universal topics seen from a personal or local perspective. Youth and pop culture. Films that cross the traditional boundaries between documentary and fiction or animation. Serial productions in the field of popular science. We sell documentaries all around the world – directly or through partnerships with international colleagues. Among our clients are ARTE, ZDF, YLE, DR, RTP, AL JAZEERA, SF, ABC, TV3 and others.
Genre(s) of documentary preferred: Social, Arts, Human Interest
Years in operation: 1
Titles in portfolio: 12
Three recent titles: DRIFTER, ENRIYUE Y JUDITA, THE SECRET OF DEVA, WORLDSTAR, BEIJING BUBBLES.
Titles from international companies: Case by case basis
Average number of titles annually acquired: 6-8
What are the ways the company gets involved? We usually get involved as World Sales Agents, sometimes teaming up with local distributors. For Co-Productions our „mother company“ Kloos & Co. Medien GmbH is the right and experienced partner to address.
Other platforms / VOD, mobile, podcasting…: VOD, non-theatrical screenings / case by case-basis
Please name producers you have co-operated with in the past/ please specify the countries or territories: Boekamp & Freunde (D), Lieblingslied (D), Mischief (AUT) and others.
Your preference regarding to length and format (single/series)? 52“ single. Short series (2x26“ to 4x26“)
What are you looking for at the EAST SILVER MARKET and EAST EUROPEAN FORUM?
Always for great, storydriven documentaries with a special twist and preferrably a clearly identifiable target audience.
Contact/Website
Kloos & Co. Medien GmbH
Schlesische Straße 29/30
10997 Berlin
www.kloosundco.com
Susanne Guggenberger / Autlook Filmsales GmbH / Sales Manager for TV sales
Company profile:
AUTLOOK Filmsales is an Austrian, Vienna based worldsales-agent for feature and TV documentaries. We distribute internationally to all media, support production devolopment and make marketing strategies for films we are working with. AUTLOOK Filmsales regards attending most international film markets and festivals as a very important part of the sales-strategy. Personal relationships with all clients, buyers and decision makers are as important as representing the films in person at the various markets. Some documentaries films of our lineup are: Blind Loves, Our Daily Bread, A Echoes of Home, NömadakTX, Nobody’s Perfect, A Road to Mecca…
Genre(s) of documentary preferred: Feature Documentaries, TV – docs: human interest, politics, culture, music
Years in operation: Since 2004
Titles in portfolio:
Blind Loves (SK 2008), 7915 km (A 2008), A Road to Mecca (A 2008), Rublyovka (DE 2007), Echoes of Home (CH 2007), Nömadak TX (2007), Our Daily Bread (2005)
Three recent titles:
Nobody’s Perfect (DE 2008)
Football Father (PL 2008)
Aching Heart (SE 2007)
Average number of titles annually acquired: 3-5 feature doc for theatrical release up to 25 TV docs
What are the ways the company gets involved? Sales Agent
Cash advance / guarantees: No MG
Other platforms / VOD, mobile, podcasting…: All media
Please name producers you have co-operated with in the past/ please specify the countries or territories: Nikolaus Geyrhalter GmbH – Michael Kitzberger, Markus Glaser (Austria), Artileria – Marko Skop (Slowakia)
Your preference regarding to length and format (single/series)? TV hours between 52-58 min, singles
What are you looking for at the EAST SILVER MARKET and EAST EUROPEAN FORUM?
Forum – film projects that are not finished and that we want to work with. Market – TV docs
Contact/Website
AUTLOOK Filmsales
Zieglergasse 75/1
1070 Vienna, AUSTRIA
www.autlookfilms.com
