Doc Counseling March 12-18.2022 A new service offered to attending filmmakers providing hands-on one-on-one consultancy sessions on topics such as: festival strategy, documentary funding, distribution, Media desk help, TV buys, social media and marketing. This year’s Doc Counseling includes the following experts: Selin Murat | Independent consultant - Turkey, France Subject: Creative documentary development, Production, Distribution strategies, International development, Co-production, Professional development & Sustainable practices Maria Arabatzoglou | Investment incentives & Financing directorate, EKOME - Greece Subject: Cash rebate & Tax relief incentives Iliana Zakopoulou | Promotion and International relations, Greek Film Center - Greece Subject: Film production promotions & Festival strategy Marion Schmidt | Co-director, Documentary Association of Europe - Germany Subject: General advice on partners’ strategy, European market, Co-producers & Financing Rada Sesic | WEMW / Sarajevo Film Festival - Bosnia and Herzegovina Subject: How to be visible on the international scene Sergina Stavroulaki | Acquisitions, Heretic - Greece Subject: Pitching a project to potential collaborators Nadja Tennstendt | Director of DOK Industry / DOK Leipzig - Germany Subject: Festival strategy, Copro markets, Distribution Evita Tsokanta | Kickstarter, Outreach Europe: Film, Publishing, Arts - Greece Subject: Tailor-made crowdfunding advice for your doc project Therese Antony | Program Coordinator, Competitions, DOK Leipzig - Germany Subject: Festival strategies Anna Kassimati | Head of Creative Europe MEDIA Desk GR - Greece Subject: CE MEDIA funding, Alternative EU and international funding Guy Knafo | Founder of NOKZEDOC.TV - France Subject: Internet, New media, International distribution & TV buyers, Media desk help, Doc pitches Neda Milanova | Project Manager, Balkan Documentary Center / AGITPROP - Bulgaria Subject: Documentary development, Production & Co-production Bonnie Williams | Speak with Impact Pitch & Public Speaking Consultant / Speaking with Impact - Netherlands Subject: Preparing for 1:1 meetings - Representing your project/team/company with confidence Anneta Papathanasiou | Director/Producer, President of Hellas Docs, Greek Documentary Association - Greece Subject: Documentary development & Production Yiorgos Angelopoulos | Director of Development & Production, Greek Film Center - GreeceSubject: Production and Minority co-productions for documentaries for the Greek Film Center Yiannis Donos | Original Content Manager & Head of Acquisitions, ANT1 - Greece Subject: Everything you need to know about producing content that’s appealing to an SVOD platform Marco Gastine | Documentary director, scriptwriter and producer, Minimal Films / MFI Doc Lab - Greece Subject: Documentary scriptwriting, Artistic development Athina Kalkopoulou | Director of Promotion, Hellas Film - Greece Subject: Film production promotions & Festival strategy Nusrat Durrani | Media Strategist & Filmmaker, Nusrat Durrani Inc - USSubject: Documentary as Fiction