Sheffield Doc/Fest’s Director of Marketplace & Talent Patrick Hurley explains how, as soon as it was obvious there would be no physical market event in 2020, he and his team were able to retain the support of both projects and industry “within hours” of deciding to go virtual.
Sheffield’s Meetmarket is one of the global doc industry’s more established pitching forums, while the Alternate Realities Talent Market seeks to develop storytelling through collaborations between artists, creatives and organisations focusing on the use of digital technologies.
“Firstly we wanted to make sure that we had a buy-in from the industry,” he says. “So we asked if we can keep these dates that they had already blocked off in their diary, that we’ll do it virtually and all we need is an ‘I’m in’. And within a few hours we had that list [see below] of everyone, so we could then tell the project teams that all the people who they would want a meeting with physically were well up to meet virtually.”
For MeetMarket, 48 projects were chosen from over 500 submissions for online presentation to the international industry. “The feedback we get from the commissioning editors and the financiers, funds and foundations, is that within the large slate there is very often something for them. We know very well from years of data what will get interest and what will pick up lots of meetings, so we are able to build a slate that will work for everybody,” says Hurley.
He adds: “We invest a great deal of time to make sure every participant is getting to meet with the people it makes sense for them to meet at times that are mutually convenient. The devil is in the detail with the meticulousness of our scheduling, which both the industry and the decision makers and the project teams praise, and the attention to detail to make sure that this engagement that they are embarking upon with us is going to be as fruitful as possible.”
For the Alternate Realities Talent Market 20 project teams have been selected this year for matchmaking with curators, exhibitors, galleries, museums, international festivals, broadcasters, funding bodies, NGOs and distributors.
Hurley maintains that the raison d’etre of the Alternate Realities event is as much about ongoing collaboration as for closing on current projects.
“When I called the teams [afterwards] what I sometimes heard was, ‘well that project wasn’t maybe for them, but we found the time to talk about other stuff, so now we are doing this.’ I realised that the emphasis of course should be on current ideas, but we also really wanted to carve out a space where they can talk about their skill sets and other interesting things they are doing, and also make the conversation as 2-way as possible… What are the editorial lines, for example, for the next two years or so, and how their existing and future work can fit into that.”
Co-operation and evolution
Hurley notes the sense of camaraderie among doc festivals and markets during lockdown. “They are all being very generous and forthcoming with advice and tips,” he says. “Sharing has been fantastic. I would definitely concur that within the documentary community everyone is super co-operative and collaborative and non-competitive.”
And of course, the pandemic throws up some ‘existential’ questions in terms of how markets can or should operate in the future. At the very least, coronavirus has forced us all to consider a new modus operandi, one that may remain in part in years to come.
“If the question is to what extent this new arrangement could and ought to be an arrangement going forward given the environmental savings and also wider access to participation, then I think that it’s definitely exciting to have a moment when everybody practises a form of virtual meeting and networking,” he comments.
But of course, there is the human factor and the process of meaningful face to face exchange to consider, he points out, which is why future events may be presented in hybrid form. “There are reasons why [physical] connections between filmmakers and the industry are desirable given all the cues you can get… that can only be determined from a physical meeting. And another major part of what is currently lost by the need to be virtual are spontaneous peripheral meetings and encounters that happen at a festival or market event that fall outside of a centralised scheduling arrangement.”
All said, Hurley’s sense of relief that the professional event is going ahead is obvious. The process of selecting just shy of 50 projects for Meetmarket, and a further 20 for Alternate Realities, involves serious time, a lot of effort and, ironically, a fair amount of travel.
“This is [the result of] years of relationship-building and going to all these other countries to make connections with creatives,” he stresses. “We are delighted to welcome three projects from India this year, for example, which we had the privilege to meet in Calcutta (Doc Edge), and [we were] travelling inside and outside of Europe, to the US, Asia and South America.
“All that time and effort culminates in the creation of this slate from 500 submissions that we thoroughly considered… cross-referencing scores and sometimes debating for a long time about the merits of one project over another.
“The projects that we selected are ready to go now, and it’s really great that they can do this because what these people need is partners and support, so the fact that these conversations can continue while the world is in lockdown is really good. There is a strong sense of relief and celebration about the possibilities that virtual meetings offer, and we are excited that everybody is up for it.”
MEETMARKET
At MeetMarket 20 of the 48 selected projects (42%) have a first-time filmmaker attached to direct, while 21 (44%) are new works from emerging directors. Twenty of the projects will be pitched by established producers (3+ films completed), many of whom are teaming up with new and emerging directors.
This year’s MeetMarket external assessment committee comprised Salma Abdalla & Andrea Hock (Autlook Film Sales), Vesna Cudic (Met Film Sales,) Tiny Mungwe (STEPS / Durban FilmMart), Roxy Rezvany (Director/Producer), Eric Sloss (Cinetic Media) and Olivier Tournaud (Cinephil). The MeetMarket is produced by Manon Euler and Patrick Hurley.
For organisations so-far confirmed to take part, see below.*
ALTERNATE REALITIES TALENT MARKET
The creative teams this year range from exciting emerging artists working in digital for the first time, to veteran VR Award winners at Venice Film Festival. There is a wide range of media that the participants are working in, ranging from VR headset experiences, to multi-channel video installations, augmented reality, live motion capture, and immersive dance and theatre performances.
This year’s selection was selected with an external assessment committee comprised of Catherine Baxendale (Invisible Flock), Emma Cooper (VR gamemakers Cooperative Innovations), Alex Davidson (The Barbican) and Julia Scott-Stevenson (i-Docs/UWE). The Alternate Realities Talent Market is coordinated by Harry Løvstrøm.
MEETMARKET SELECTED PROJECTS
Against the Tide
India
Director: Sarvnik Kaur
Producer: Koval Bhatia
Climate change is scorching the world of two brothers. Alienated from the other, they’re pushed in different directions for survival.
Airborne
India
Director/Producer: Shaunak Sen
A story of Delhi’s apocalyptic air is told through the black-kite, the dragonfly and their human entanglements. Two brothers, ex body-builders, open a healing-centre for kites in their garage, treating thousands every year. An ecologist wages an absurd battle to resettle dragonflies outside Delhi.
Are You Wearing You!?
Uganda, South Africa
Director: Nikissi Serumaga
Producers: Lesedi Oluko Moche, Patience Katushabe
A luxury designer returns home to make a streetwear brand from Ugandan cotton in Kampala, a mecca of 2nd hand clothes. But this innocuous crop is electric, and exploring home with fresh eyes unravels complex histories and uncertain futures for his young generation in a country on its knees.
Atomic Hope
Ireland
Director: Frankie Fenton
Producer: Kathryn Kennedy
A small number of unpopular pro-nuclear advocates have positioned themselves in a David and Goliath battle, to save the climate with a proven yet completely misunderstood and mythicized solution; carbon free nuclear power.
Bam Bam: The Story Of Sister Nancy
Canada
Director: Alison Duke
Producers: Alison Duke, Ngardy Conteh George
‘Bam Bam-The Story of Sister Nancy’ is a feature documentary that explores the wild story behind the making and prolific exploitation of the world’s most popular reggae anthem today.
Bella
United States
Directors: Bella Graves, Adam Dietrich
Producers: Susan Bedusa, Douglas Tirola
Bella’s life was irreparably changed at age 13 when a fake profile of her was posted online, leading to a series of pedophiles arriving at her doorstep with instructions to rape her. Ten years later, Bella investigates this online sexual assault and confronts the childhood friend who betrayed her.
Bring It
United Kingdom, Canada, United Arab Emirates
Directors: Sarah McCarthy, Anjali Nayar
Producer: Tewe Pannier
When Leen, Reem and Noura lead Saudi Arabia’s female soccer team through their first international season, they risk their freedom, safety and family relationships to redefine what it means to be a woman in a nation torn between a repressive past and a rapidly shifting future.
Caring for Kathryn (WT)
United States
Director: Adam Isenberg
Producer: Senem Tüzen
Kathryn’s ALS has left her paralyzed and her family’s relations in tatters. Though despair finally overwhelms her, she holds on to see her daughter’s wedding.
Children Of The Mist
Vietnam
Director: HA LE Diem
Producers: Swann Dubus, TRAN Phuong Thao
In the misty mountains of North Vietnam, a teenage Hmong girl walks the thin line between childhood and becoming an adult. Over a period of two years, girls in her minority are forced to lose their innocence, discover the traps of seduction, or fight for their independence.
Don’t Call Me Mad
United Kingdom, Germany
Director: Zora Kuettner
Producer: Loran Dunn
After uncovering a never-before-seen archive, a filmmaker revisits an idealistic, politically charged psychiatric trial her father led in the 90s. As father and daughter track down the last surviving patients, they face up to our progress in mental health care and are affronted by our shortcomings.
Dreamer
Azerbaijan, Czech Republic
Director: Imam Jabirowich Hasanow
Producer: Maria Ibrahimova
Mamed, a former football player from the remote village of Sheki, is dedicated to forming an all-girl football team. But in traditional Sheki, not everyone agrees that girls should play football.
Dreaming Walls
Belgium, France, Netherlands, Sweden
Director: Amélie van Elmbt
Producer: Hanne Phlypo
The New York Chelsea Hotel is being renovated into a luxury hotel. In the chaos of the construction, the remaining residents hold on and try to keep the bohemian spirit alive.
Drifting Images
Chile
Director: Nicolás Tabilo
Producer: Felipe Garrido
A documentary-essay that submerges us in a sensorial experience about love, forgiveness and the lack of communication between a son and his mother where secrets and painful childhood traumas from the past come to life through images from the present and the future.
Driver
United States
Director: Nesa Azimi
Producers: Elise McCave, Kellen Quinn
DRIVER follows a community of women truck drivers. Threatened by sexual violence and bound by a system in which multibillion-dollar megacarriers leave the individual driver anonymous and disposable, one woman brings together a group of drivers to find strength, solidarity, and self-determination.
Eat / Sleep/ Cheer / Repeat
Ireland
Director: Tanya Doyle
Producers: Daniel Hegarty, Sinead Ni Bhroin
This is the world of competitive Cheerleading in Ireland. No girls cheering male sports teams on from the sidelines. No American wannabes. Instead future Olympians…big stunts…strong girls battling stereotypes…Real girl power.
Eskape
France
Director: Neary Adeline Hay
Producers: Fabrizio Polpettini, Jasmin Basic
The survival story of a mother and her daughter, the filmmaker, through the desperate flight from a crumbling Cambodia after the collapse of the Khmer Rouge regime.
F@CK This Job
United Kingdom
Director: Vera Krichevskaya
Producers: Mike Lerner, Vera Krichevskaya
Natasha is a newly rich and successful woman who decides to open an independent TV station – Dozhd in Putin’s Russia. Natasha hires young reporters and minorities, as LGBTQ. Soon her “baby” became the lone island of political and sexual freedom. She lost all her money and started fighting.
Faceless
Hong Kong SAR China, United States
Director: Jennifer Ngo
Producer: Lorraine Ma
Four young people swept up in the 2019 Hong Kong protests undergo personal struggles and sacrifices as part of an uprising against the autocratic Chinese government. In the process, a city is awoken, and a new identity for an entire generation is forged.
Friends Not Food
United States
Director: Jason Goldman
Producer: Elizabeth MacKenzie
Friends Not Food is an observational documentary that follows Renee King-Sonnen in her daily work of rescuing farm animals and aiding ranchers in transitioning their businesses out of animal agriculture. As seen through her tireless efforts, the film will explore the complex process of farm transformation.
Hello Stranger
United Kingdom
Director: Beryl Richards
Producer: Alex Usborne
BAFTA winning drama director Beryl Richards chronicles the troubled love story of adopting son Joe. Told through 30 years of home video footage; family therapy reports; doc footage; and lyrical sequences, Hello Stranger uncovers an emotional and challenging story of identity, memory and motherhood.
How To Build A Library
Kenya
Directors/Producers: Maia Lekow & Christopher King
Two ambitious women are on a mission to revitalize Nairobi’s dilapidated libraries, and bring them up to speed with the rapidly expanding metropolis. But before realizing their dream, they must navigate the patriarchal halls of politics and address the colonial past.
I Am Sarah
United Kingdom, Germany
Director: Charly Wai Feldman
Producers: Anna Von Dziembowska, Daniel Druhora
I am Sarah follows young Sarah Mardini, a Syrian swimmer turned humanitarian in Europe, at a critical point in her life: she’s accused of running a people smuggling operation by the Greek government and could face a life sentence. In her fight for justice, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
In Whose Name?
Brazil, United States
Directors: Veronica Medina-Matzner, Natalia Castro Leite
Producers: Erica de Freitas, Veronica Medina-Matzner
Synopsis withheld. For more information, please contact the organisers.
Just A Band
United States, Canada, Kenya
Director: Anjali Nayar
Producers: Wanuri Kahiu, Caryn Capotosto, Katie Doering
Four nerdy Nairobians drop out of university to form an Afroelectric pop band, a counter-narrative to the lives expected of them. Borrowing from a post-modern cultural mishmash of Sun Ra and blaxploitation films, the film is a fresh coming-of-age story in the post-dictatorship art renaissance.
La Vida Es Un Musical
Denmark, Sweden
Director: Patty Pajak
Producers: Emil Johnsen, Thor Hampus Bank
‘La Vida es un musical’ follows the transformation into adolescence of Alvaro, a vivid, philosophical child who’s biggest passion is to perform musicals – on the stage and on the town square – and dress as a lady. How do you stay true to your passion and dreams when you’re told that you are wrong.
Made In Ethiopia
United Kingdom, United States, China
Directors: Max Duncan, Xinyan Yu
Producer: Xinyan Yu
The biggest Chinese industrial zone in Ethiopia provides tens of thousands of much-needed jobs. But can its freewheeling female director, Motto, negotiate labour unrest, political chaos and the painful relocation of farmers to make it a success story of China’s historic push into Africa?
Midwives
Myanmar [Burma], Germany, Canada
Director: Hnin Ei Hlaing
Producer: Ulla Lehmann
Two midwives work side by side in a makeshift medical clinic. Filmed over three tumultuous years, their remarkable relationship reveals both tensions and the hope inherent in their common cause.
Murderabilia
United States, France
Director: Nora Mandray
Producer: Joe Bender
$1,650 for a bullet? The day mass shooting survivor Carli turns to the murderabilia market to make ends meet, she sets out on a unique path to recovery…
Nightcrawlers
Norway, Sweden
Directors: Petter Aaberg, Sverre Kvamme
Producers: Carsten Aanonsen, Even Benestad
In search of a calmer mind, Petter, a young man without the will to live, gets help from likeminded characters and the co-director of the film to find the tools needed to deal with his demons.
Of Boys And Men
Denmark
Director: Anders S. Jepsen
Producer: Anne Köhncke
Synopsis withheld. For more information, please contact the organisers.
On The Edge
India
Directors: Anupama Srinivasan, Anirban Dutta
Producer: Anirban Dutta
In the dense forests of northeast India, a young woman scientist studies moths. The film follows her fascinating journey in one of the most bio-diverse hotspots in the world, as she tries to predict the impact of climate change on these mysterious insects that form a crucial part of the ecosystem.
Our Daughters
United States
Director: Chithra Jeyaram
Producers: Chithra Jeyaram, Nico Opper (Consulting Producer)
A single white mother makes a bold move and chooses an Indian American couple as her twin daughters’ adoptive parents. The feature documentary “Our Daughters” flips the narrative on transracial adoption and captures what unfolds. It looks at open adoption through an immigrant’s lens.
Polymers
Estonia
Director: Denis Shabaev
Producers: Max Tuula, Maria Gavrilova
An uncommon story of the common villagers that started a manufacture of sex toys in the notoriously conservative south of Russia.
Roma (WT)
Ukraine, Netherlands, Denmark
Director: Olga Zhurba
Producer: Darya Bassel
The turbulent youth of young Roma from a 13-year-old hero of the Maidan revolution to the 18-year-old adult trying to survive in the criminal jungle of a small provincial town.
Siunissaq – The Last Human
Denmark, Greenland, Norway
Director: Ivalo Frank
Producers: Rie Hougaard Landgreen, Ulannaq Ingemann
The Last Human is a poetic documentary told through the eyes of Greenlandic children, scientist Minik Rosing and Artists. All relating to the origin of life and paying a tribute to humanity in between its two poles, the beginning and the possible end.
Softly In All Directions
United States
Director: Anna Barsan
Producer: Shannon Fitzpatrick
Thirty years after the fall of a brutal dictatorship, Softly in All Directions weaves together the stories of queer Romanians and former political dissidents, departing on an intimate journey into the country’s past that traverses memory, political repression, and desire.
Song Of GiantsUnited Kingdom
Director/Producer: James Rogan
A theatrical documentary tells the story of how the discovery of whale song changed the relationship between whales and man forever.
Stories From The Debris
Sweden, France
Director: Jennifer Rainsford
Producers: MIrjam Gelhorn, Michael Krotkiewski, David Herdies
With the Japanese Tsunami of 2011 as a backdrop, Stories From The Debris assemble a collection of peculiar, uncanny, hopeful and poetic stories about how humans and nature rebuild after trauma.
The Break Of The Brick
Chile
Directors: Carola Fuentes, Rafael Valdeavellano
Producer: Carola Fuentes
After half a century living under the neoliberal economic model established by the Chicago Boys in Chile, a jaded crowd rises throughout the country demanding economic and social transformation. The awakening of the Chilean citizens and the death of a model.
The House Is Still Dark
Denmark, Chile
Director: Felipe Roa Pilar
Producer: Thor Hampus Bank
Inside the dense Nicaraguan jungle, the small village of Alal is terrorized by a mysterious mental sickness that affects teenagers with violent symptoms. While the families try to deal with the strange phenomenon, an increasing sense of fear takes over the community after recent murders were perpetrated by outsiders.
The Last Year Of Darkness
China, United States
Director: Ben Mullinkosson
Producer: Sol Ye
Ten partygoers relentlessly search for themselves in the night, trying to savor the last moments of anonymity before the Chinese government shuts down their underground sanctuaries and pulls them out of the darkness forever.
The Pathan Sisters
France
Director: Eléonore Boissinot
Producer: Claire Babany
Gujarat, West of India. Sofia and Suzain are two teenage sisters brought up in a humble household, taken care of by their father since their mother left. Refusing the grim day-to-day routine and the shadow of the past, the girls want to embrace life to the fullest. While they grow up, reality comes knocking.
The Sixth Wall
United States
Directors: Noah Collier, Emily Mackenzie
Producers: Riel Roch-Decter, Sebastian Pardo
In the carpet Capital of the world, Dalton Georgia, a self fashioned Scottish cowboy wields the influence of Americana as he crafts an “organic country lifestyle brand” and then outsources himself to the Philippines. Where does the myth of American identity begin and end and who gets to cash in?
The Vinyl Records: Destroy Phallus Oppression
Australia
Directors: Juhi Sharma, Em Baker
Producers: Samantha Dinning, Philippa Campey
Against the backdrop of epidemic sexual violence, India’s only all-girl punk band THE VINYL RECORDS take to the road, singing the war-cry of a nation’s women.
To Set A Prisoner Free
Sweden
Director: Reece Smith
Producer: Joachim Vogel
After a drunk driver kills her husband and infant daughter, Natalie slowly finds her way back by forgiving the offender.
Untitled Amazon Documentary
United States
Director: Alex Pritz
Producer: William Miller
When a group of Brazilian farmers expand into a new area of the Amazon rainforest, a conflict erupts at the forest’s edge.
Untitled Courtney Barnett Documentary
Australia
Director: Danny Cohen
Producers: Philippa Campey, Samantha Dinning
With unprecedented access to the private life of notoriously shy, but acclaimed musician Courtney Barnett, this documentary intimately explores the inner life of an artist in conflict with herself.
XR Beyond the Emergency
United Kingdom
Directors: Maia Kenworthy, Elena Sánchez Bellot
Producer: Katrina Mansoor
The story of a group of ordinary people who devote their lives to a radical climate movement with mass civil disobedience at its core; they are rebellious, they are law-breaking, they are flawed. And they won’t stop until governments tell the truth.
ALTERNATE REALITIES TALENT MARKET – SELECTED TEAMS
Alejandra Canales, Nathan Anderson
Australia
Current Project(s): OUT OF THE BOX
Medium: Immersive, Virtual Reality, Live Performance, Installation, Mixed Reality, Multisensorial VR
Alexander Whitley, Sandra Rodriguez, Sébastien Grenier-Cartier
United Kingdom, Canada
Current Project(s): FUTURE RITES
Medium: Immersive, Virtual Reality, Live Performance, Room-Scale Experience, Installation, Multi-user experience, Optitrack Motion Capture Rig
Andrew Lancaster, Jessie Mangum, Adam Butcher
United Kingdom
Current Project(s): ECHOES OF CRYSTAL PALACE
Medium: Linear film/documentary, Interactive, Immersive, Virtual Reality, Games, Immersive Sound Technology, Mobile AR, Headset AR
Baff Akoto
United Kingdom
Current Project(s): LEAVE THE EDGES; ELEVATED SWAGGER
Medium: Linear film/documentary, Artists Moving Image, Immersive, Virtual Reality, Live Performance, Room-Scale Experience, Installation, Immersive Sound Technology, Multi-Channel Video Installation
Ben Joseph Andrews, Emma Roberts, Hannah Silva
United Kingdom, Australia
Current Project(s): JUMP BLUE; GONDWANA; WURDI YOUANG
Medium: Linear film/documentary, Interactive, Immersive, Virtual Reality, Live Performance, Room-Scale Experience, Installation, Mixed Reality, Immersive Sound Technology, Pressure Vests, Breath Sensors
Bruno Martelli, Alexa Pollmann, Dan Tucker
United Kingdom
Current Project(s): DAZZLE
Medium: Linear film/documentary, Artists Moving Image, Interactive, Immersive, Virtual Reality, Live Performance, Room-Scale Experience, Installation, Artificial Intelligence, Mixed Reality, AR Masks, Projection Mapping, Spatialised Sonic Environments
Cassie De Colling, Michala Holland, Dr Harry Van Issum, Lester Francois
Australia
Current Project(s): MUGGA MUGGA VR
Medium: Immersive, Virtual Reality, 360-Video, Immersive Sound Technology
Catalina Alarcon, Maria Court, Daniela Camino
Chile
Current Project(s): GOING BACK HOME VR
Medium: Immersive, Virtual Reality, 360-Video
Damien Smith, ISO, Verena Henn, Tim Neil, Andrew L. Jones
United Kingdom
Current Project(s): THE EXPERT SWORD-MAN’S COMPANION, PUPPETS OF FATE; OWN STATE OF MIND
Medium: Linear film/documentary, Interactive, Immersive, Virtual Reality, Games, 360-Video, Room-Scale Experience, Installation, Immersive Sound Technology
David Callanan, Anna West, Steph Clarke, Jamie Finlay
United Kingdom
Current Project(s): TO MISS THE ENDING.; INTO PAGES
Medium: Immersive, Virtual Reality, Live Performance, Installation, Artificial Intelligence, Mixed Reality
Deniz Tortum, Kathryn Hamilton, Firat Sezgin
United States, Netherlands
Current Project(s): ARK
Medium: Linear film/documentary, Artists Moving Image, Interactive, Immersive, Virtual Reality, 360-Video, Room-Scale Experience, Installation, Immersive Sound Technology
Jamie Starboisky, Shannon Yee, Rosie Summers, Andy Campbell, Justine Barker, Manoli Moriaty, Marty Two Bulls Senior
United Kingdom, United States
Current Project(s): THERESE & PETA: A TALE OF TWO-SPIRITS
Medium: Interactive, Immersive, Virtual Reality, Live Performance, Room-Scale Experience, Installation, Quill Animation
Kris Hofmann, Abigail Addison
United Kingdom, Austria
Current Project(s): INSECTS & US (working title)
Medium: Artists Moving Image, Interactive, Mixed Reality
Michelle Leddon, Julia Scott-Stevenson, Liz Steininger, Jason J. Snell
United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Current Project(s): PRIVY TO
Medium: Linear film/documentary, Interactive, Immersive, Live Performance, Installation, Mixed Reality, Immersive Sound Technology, EEG Biofeedback Visualizations
Ngardy Conteh George, Alison Duke, Amanda Shelby
Antigua and Barbuda, Canada
Current Project(s): WA’OMONI RISING
Medium: Linear film/documentary, Interactive, Immersive, Virtual Reality, 360-Video
Nina Barbier, Hsin-Chien Huang, Chloé Jarry, Alexandre Roux
France
Current Project(s): THE STARRY SAND BEACH, ARCHIVR, PRÉSENCES
Medium: Interactive, Immersive, Virtual Reality, Games, 360-Video, Room-Scale Experience, Installation, Immersive Sound Technology
Patricia Bergeron, Ghassan Fayad, Colas Wohlfahrt
Canada
Current Project(s): HOTSPOT
Medium: Linear film/documentary, Interactive, Immersive, Virtual Reality, Live Performance, Installation, Mixed Reality
Sergii Polezhaka
Ukraine
Current Project(s): FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
Medium: Interactive, Immersive, Virtual Reality, 360-Video, Augmented Reality
Sucharita Ghosh Stephenson, Madhumita Ghosh Sharma, Andrew Stephenson
United Kingdom, India
Current Project(s): DEVI DIARIES
Medium: Linear film/documentary, Artists Moving Image, Interactive, Immersive, Virtual Reality, Games, 360-Video, Room-Scale Experience, Mixed Reality, Immersive Sound Technology
Suki Chan, Anna Jancso
United Kingdom
Current Project(s): FOG; CONSCIOUS
Medium: Linear film/documentary, Artists Moving Image, Interactive, Immersive, 360-Video, Room-Scale Experience, Installation
* Organisations so-far confirmed to take part within MeetMarket include:
A&E IndieFilms, Altitude, Animal Kingdom Films, ARD/NDR, ARTE France, ARTE G.E.I.E., Autlook Film Sales, AVROTROS, BBC Storyville, Boudica Films / Initialize, CAA Creative Artists Agency, Canal+ / Movistar+, Cargo Film and Releasing, CAT&Docs, Catapult Film Fund, CBC Television, Chicken and Egg Pictures, Cinephil Distribution & Co-Productions, Cinereach, Cineteve, Cinetic Media, CNN Films, Compulsory, Curzon, Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), Deckert Distribution, DocSociety, Documentary Educational Resources, Dogwoof, Dok.incubator, DR Sales, ESPN, Field of Vision, First Hand Films, Fork Films, Fremantle, Globo News, Goldfinch Studios, The Guardian, Hot Docs, TCO London, IDA, IDFA, IFP, Impact Partners, Java Films, Journeyman Pictures, Kickstarter, Kino Rebelde, Kino Smith, Kloos & Co. Medien / Rise and Shine World Sales, Little Dot Studios, Lorton Entertainment, Mediawan Rights, Met Film, Modern Films, Monoduo Films, Motto Pictures, MUBI, National Geographic, NEON, Netflix, New York Times, NHK, NRK, NTR, Open City Documentary Festival, ORF, Passion Pictures, Passion River Films, Picturehouse Cinemas & Picturehouse Entertainment, POV, Protagonist Pictures, Pulse Films, Punctum Sales, RBB/ARTE, RIDM, Rise and Shine, RTS, SBS, SENT, Sideways Films, Sky, Submarine, Sundance, SVT, Sweet Spot Docs, Syndicado, Taskovski Films, TG4, The Film Sales Company, The Party Film Sales, Together Film, Topic, TRT World, TSR, TVF International, TVO, Upside Distribution, VPRO, VRT, The Whickers, Wide House, Windrose, World Cinema Fund, WRD, XRMM Media, YesDocu / DBS, ZDF/ARTE.
** Confirmed industry representatives for the Alternate Realities Talent Market so far include:
Abandon Normal Devices, Artangel, ARTE France, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Barbican, BBC New Creatives (North); York Mediale, BFI London Film Festival, Birmingham Open Media, Bradford Media & Science Museum, British Council, British Underground, CENTRE PHI, Cortona on the Move, Coventry City of Culture Trust, Creative England, Creative Industries Federation Crossover Labs, Digital Catapult, Diversion Cinema, Dok Leipzig, EYE Film Museum, FACT, France Télévisions, Future Everything, Historic Royal Palaces, HOME Manchester, HTC Vive, i-Docs, ICA, Iconic Engine, IDA, IDFA, Immerse UK, Kaleidoscope VR, Live Cinema, MIT Open Doc Lab, MoMA, MUTEK, National Geographic, National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Northern Ireland Screen, Oculus, Open City Documentary Festival, Overview Collective, Red Bull Media House, Royal Opera House, Serpentine Gallery, Site Gallery, Sky VR, Submarine, SXSW, Tate, Transmediale, Tribeca Film Institute, Venice Film Festival, Virtual Worlds Festival, VPRO, VR Days, VRHAM!.
