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 The
Sheffield International Documentary Festival (Docfest), has introduced
a new initiative designed to match documentary makers'
ideas with national and international executives at this year's
festival from 30 October - 5 November 2006. Get your applications in - the deadline for the scheme is September 11.
The MeetMarket
will be presented and coordinated by Documentary Filmmakers Group (DFG)
and will provide an opportunity for original ideas to be pitched to
buyers in a supportive, structured setting. Selected documentary ideas
will be presented in one-minute pitch trailers made available online to
local and international buyers prior to the Docfest. After viewing the
trailers, buyers will then meet with chosen filmmakers during the
festival.
Docfest director, Heather Croall
said: 'The Docfest is delighted to present this new marketplace
initiative, aimed at the innovative spectrum of the documentary
community. The Docfest offers the ideal forum for documentary makers to
meet buyers and to further their projects. This year we are focusing on
maximizing opportunities for people to network and do business deals.
We already have very good established pitching competitions, and The MeetMarket will
add to the many formal and informal settings we provide for people to
pitch their projects. We have a record number of international buyers
attending Sheffield this year - so The MeetMarket will be a great way to meet buyers from all over the world.'
The MeetMarket
is open to all documentary makers and projects - from feature
documentaries and television series to specialized genres like natural
history, science, arts and new media. The MeetMarket projects
need to be concise, succinct and have international appeal - engaging
the executives' interest within 60 seconds. Projects will be chosen by
an international committee and selected producers will be offered
scheduled meetings with domestic and international executives,
appropriate to their financing needs. Dozens of UK and international
commissioners and executives will attend Docfest 2006 - it is the only
UK documentary event to present a truly representative and significant
number of documentary buyers from around the world. Guidelines and
application forms for The MeetMarket are available from www.sheffdocfest.com
Applications close Wednesday 11 September 2006
Editor's
notes: The original MeetMarket concept was developed by Heather Croall
and presented with finance from the Australian Film Commission at the
AIDC. Media enquiries please contact Helen Dugdale, Scribble. Helen@scribbleaway.com / 07780 614898. Filmmaker enquiries call Kerry McLeod at The MeetMarket office. Telephone: 020 7428 0882.
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