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EAST SILVER CARAVAN CONTINUES ITS 2008 TOUR

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04.04.2008
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East Silver, the largest digital market for documentary films from Central and East Europe, hits the road again in April to present a selection of some thirty documentary films made in 2007-2008 at the world's most prestigious festivals and markets. The first stop will be Toronto's Hot Docs (Apr 17-27), other destinations include Visions du Réel - Doc Outlook (Switzerland, Apr 18-24), Crossing Europe (Austria, Apr 22-27) and the Krakow Film Market (May 30-Jun 5).


EAST SILVER
East Silver has become the largest internationally recognized database of creative and television documentary films from Central and East Europe. Each year, approx. 350 films from more than 29 countries are submitted to the project. East Silver is the only market which supports producers and distributors from Central and East Europe. The project is organized in cooperation with the Jihlava IDFF and the Institute of Documentary Film.

EAST SILVER CARAVAN
In the course of the year, you can get acquainted with the most recent documentary films from Central and East Europe at the most prestigious documentary film festivals and markets across Europe, USA and Canada. The documentary showcase travels with a selection of the best creative documentaries from East and Central Europe, geared not only towards film fans, but particularly towards film professionals. East Silver partner festivals and markets strongly believe that the special quality and energy of East European documentaries will enchant festival-goers and television audiences all over the world.




East Silver Caravan - Spring 2008:

Hot Docs - Doc.Shop (Toronto, Canada)
April 17 - 27, 2008

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Visions du Réel - Doc Outlook (Nyon, Switzerland)
April 18 - 24, 2008

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Crossing Europe Film Festival (Linz, Austria)
April 22 - 27, 2008

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Krakow FF - Krakow Film Market (Poland)
May 30 - June 5, 2008

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In 2008, the Caravan will deliver its load of approximately 30 films to Berlin (Berlinale 7/2 – 17/2), Prague (World Content Market 25/2 – 27/2), Kiev (IFF Human Rights Documentary Days in Ukraine 28/3 – 4/4), Toronto (Hot Docs 17/4 – 27/4, Nyon (Visions du Reel 18/4 – 24/4), Linz (Crossing Europe 22/4 – 27/4), Krakow (Krakow IFF 30/5 – 5/6), Budapest (Discop 18/6 – 20/6), La Rochelle (Sunny Side of the Doc 24/6 – 27/6), Karlovy Vary (Karlovy Vary IFF 4/7 – 12/7), Marseille (FID Marseille 4/7 – 9/7), Kosovo (DokuFest 6/8 – 12/8), Sarajevo (Sarajevo IFF 15/8 – 23/8), Leipzig (DOK Leipzig 27/10 – 2/11), Sheffield (DocFest Sheffield 7/11 – 11/11), Copenhagen (CPH:DOX 9/11-18/11) and Amsterdam (IDFA 20/11 – 30/11).   

 

Contact:

Miriam Šimková
East Silver Manager

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04.04.2008
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