European regional film funds start DOCU REGIO to stimulate documentary co-production.

Twelve European film funds initiated in 2007 the documentary pitching forum, DOCU REGIO. The aim of DOCU REGIO is not only to organize training for European regional documentary producers, but also to create a network of twelve European regions already funding documentary production and now ready to promote cross-boarder co-productions among themselves.

Twelve documentary producers with a project in the development stage, suitable for a European co-production, will be selected for the DOCU REGIO programme. The participants are chosen from European regions which are partners of DOCU REGIO. In 2008 the DOCU REGIO partners include: Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, France, Finland, Germany and Sweden. The documentary projects selected – one per film fund - must be aimed at television and should have a European dimension that is of interest to a regional, national or international broadcaster.

The DOCU REGIO programme consists of two workshops. The aim of the first session is to work on the projects that have been selected, to improve them by setting targets and to start the rewriting (2 pages). At the second workshop the participating producers will present their documentary projects at a final pitch, before twelve commissioning editors coming from the major European broadcasters involved in documentary production. Between the workshops the producers will keep close contact with their tutors to continue the working process..

The participating producers will be trained by skilled professionals under the leadership of Cecilia Lidin, director of European Documentary Network, Copenhagen, Denmark.
 

Docu Regio 2008

The first session of DOCU REGIO 2008 will take place in Galway (Ireland) from 2 to 4 June, hosted by the Irish Film Board.

The second session of DOCU REGIO will take place in Tourcoing, France, as follows:
On the 14th October, a meeting is scheduled with all the Film Funds’ representatives, followed by a dinner with the commissioning editors.
On the 15th October, the final pitch at Le Fresnoy in Tourcoing, wil take place.


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