IDF reminder of upcoming East Silver Market 2020 deadline
IDF reminder of upcoming East Silver Market 2020 deadline
Rough cut projects to be in by July 31. Additionally, East Doc Market award for Pure Unknown at Sunny Side. Plus upcoming East Caravan selections.
Going to work at Doclisboa
During its first module, running in October 2020, leading Portuguese docfest will host a programme dedicated to work, presented in partnership with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.
Doc Society underlines commitment to BLM, lays out “concrete steps” for change
“Black people have spoken, and now it’s time for allies at places like Doc Society to respond with actions,” says the NY/London non-profit organisation, as it announces five key measures, including the creation of two new senior roles.
And the Cannes Docs winners are…
On 26 June at the closing event of online Cannes Docs 2020 the following awards were handed out projects pitched during the Docs-In-Progress sessions. These included the €10,000 IEFTA cash prize.
Thessaloniki announces geo-blocking initiative for online festivals
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival has issued a plea to for the use of geo-blocking technology to protect films and festivals in the digital era. The petition has already been signed by 18 major international film festivals.
Cannes Marché is The Real Thing for Screenbound
UK-based Screenbound International Pictures announced Marché sales activity on Simon Sheridan’s doc Everything, about the 1970s UK soul combo The Real Thing. The company is also handing sales on Audrey Rumsby’s vaudeville-themed Barry and Joan, screening June 26.
One World docfest set to return to Czech theatres Sept/Oct 2020
Halted in March due to the global pandemic, new dates have been selected for continuation of the “world’s largest human rights film festival”, organisers say.
Cannes ACID review: Il Mio Corpo by Michele Pennetta
In the final part of his Sicilian trilogy, Michele Pennetta shows the economic/familial similarities between two marginalized characters sharing the sun-scorched island, a teenage boy and a young Nigerian immigrant.
Hitting the Sweet Spot
“We are the new kids on the block on the sales agent documentary landscape,” Anna Berthollet says of Sweet Spot Docs, the company she and her colleagues Bojana Maric and Nevena Milasinovic set up in Switzerland 18 months ago.
Cannes Marché: New projects surface for Submarine
Dynamic Dutch production outfit and its LA offshoot SubLA have revealed details of their latest ventures.
