We are delighted to support the Story Doc initiative which, this year, as part of the European , is organising a wide range of educational activities and meetings aimed at filmmakers and other professionals. Emphasis will be given to developing partnerships between producers from the Mediterranean and the Middle East interested in targeting European and American markets.
is running a series of seminars in Corfu and Athens, where the will be held, with the participation of approximately 40 European and American heads of TV channels. A total of 29 projects will take part in the seminars – 20 of which are from Europe, 5 from Israel and 4 from Palestine, all selected through an open call for proposals which was finalised in April 2010.
The Corfu session will be led by experienced documentary directors, commissioning editors and screenwriters, including UK directors Emma Davie and Peter Symes, commissioning editors Iikka Vehkalahti (YLE, Finland), Jordi Ambros (TV3, Catalunya), Guy Lavie (YES PBS, Israel), directors Stan Neumann (France), Eva Stefani (Greece), Georg Khleifi (Palestine), editor Niels Pagh Andersen (Denmark), producer Mikael Opstrup (Denmark) and sales agent Louise Rosen (USA).
