Having entered its 19th year, the Doc Μarket of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Images of the 21st Century can pride itself on the course it has pursued so far. An inseparable and invaluable part of the Festival it has become established as a locus where filmmakers from all over the world meet with representatives of TV channels (mostly European, but also American and Asian), with a view to promote and sell their films. With each passing year attendance has increased, proving that Thessaloniki has secured its place as a crossroad for worldwide cultural and commercial transactions.
The market’s primary goal is to sell the rights of documentaries to TV channels, distribution to film theatres and promotion to other Festivals. The market functions mainly as a bridge, connecting the cinematic product to the powerful medium of television. Thus, the market is rendered especially crucial in terms of the dissemination of the genre. In addition, the support and promotion of Greek documentaries to nearby or faraway destinations is number one on our list of priorities.
It is our hope that, this year, even more documentaries will find their way to a television or cinema screen and will succeed in reaching the audience that seeks them out.
Docs in Progress 8/3/2017
In the last six years, the Docs in Progress segment has managed to establish itself as the main event in the Balkans for directors and producers from South-Eastern Europe, the Balkan and Mediterranean regions to present their documentary films to buyers, co-producers, festival representatives and sales agents at the stage just before completion. An international jury is selecting one film to be presented with the 2|35 post-production award of up to 15.000 euro in services.
Docs in Thessaloniki 2017 with the collaboration of EDN (European Documentary Network) 3-7/3/2017
Docs in Thessaloniki consists of a five-day program, where 21 selected documentary projects will be developed, re-written and pitched to a panel of international financiers. For a selected group of top-projects the new outreach programme will offer you an opportunity to develop your outreach strategy, optimize distribution plans and enhance audience engagement.
http://edn.network/activities/edn-activities-2017/docs-in-thessaloniki-2017/
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