WORSHOPS & MEET THE EXPERTS

PITCH TRAINING
2-hour session, upon preliminary booking and subject to availability 

Session led by an expert in the Art of the Pitch! This workshop is the ideal starting point for approaching all your meetings. Valerie Steinberg will give you tips and targeted advice to arouse interest on your film and your projects to come.

Sunday 18 May – 11:30
📍 WORKSHOP 1
 

With
Valérie Steinberg – Producer 

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TRUTH OR DARE – FEEDBACK SESSIONS
20-min sessions, upon preliminary booking and subject to availability 

Get feedback from the Pros! Without mincing their words, our renowned guests specialized in shorts & features give their personal opinion about your film during a 20-minute interview. Face the critics, gain opinions on your work and identify the strengths of your film. 

Tuesday 20 May – 14:00
📍 WORKSHOP 1
 

With
Sonja Baksa – TIFF | Vancouver Int’l Film Festival 

Opal Hope Bennett – American Documentary | POV 

Nina Benoit – Paprika Films | Les Arcs Film Festival – Talent Village 

John Canciani – Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 

Mohammed Fakhro – Doha Film Institute  

Vincent Förster – Berlinale Generation | Filmfest Dresden

Jaime Manrique – BOGOSHORTS 

Shams Mohajerani – 75East 

Jules Reinartz – Temps Forts Production  

Anas Sareen – Berlinale Generation | Filmmaker 

Mohamed Tarek – Cairo International Film Festival 

Severine Tibi – Sevana Films 

Tam Dan Vu – Travelling Distribution 

Heidi Zwicker – Sundance Film Festival 

MEET THE EXPERTS
20-min sessions, upon preliminary booking and subject to availability 

Within a 20-minute individual meeting, key decision-makers meet participants and discuss about avarious industry topics and help them on a specific problematic they encounter with a current project or their journey as a filmmaker. 

Monday 19 May – 14:00
📍 WORKSHOP 1 

DISTRIBUTION & FESTIVAL STRATEGY  

With  

Luce Grosjean – Miyu Distribution 

Tam Dan Vu – Travelling Distribution 

HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OUT OF DOCUMENTARY FORUMS & MARKETS 

With
Yvonne Ashley Kouadjo – New York Times – Op-Docs 

HOW TO FIND CREATIVE COLLABORATORS  

With
Shams Mohajerani – 75East 

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PITCH DECK 

With
Isabelle Fauvel – Silence&Conversation 

Wednesday 21 May – 13:00
📍 RENDEZ-VOUS AREA 

DISTRIBUTION & FESTIVAL STRATEGY 

With
Flavio Armone – Lights On 

Nathalie Lebel – L’Agence du Court Métrage 

Ben Vandendaele – Radiator IP Sales 

FIRST FEATURE PROJECTS 

With
Dominique Welinski – DW Production 

LATIN-AMERICAN INDUSTRY & MARKET OVERVIEW  

With
Jaime Manrique – BOGOSHORTS