Greatest Hits, Misses & Controversies

Discover the secrets behind the production and financing of documentaries: how and why the main international decision-makers back them.

English
Event
Dates
23 May 2023 19:00 — 21:00
Location
CCCB - Auditori
https://www.cccb.org/
Description

After three editions, one of the much-anticipated industry sessions, where documentary professionals learn about the preferences, phobias, failures and successes of the decision-makers, returns to DocsBarcelona.
Catherine Olsen, mentor and moderator of the projects selected for the Public Pitch, will present an international panel of decision-makers including Jamel Dallali from Aljazeera Documentary Channel, Robert Chang from POV, Hanka Kastelicová from VP Documentaries, Gunny Hyoung from EBS and Sabine Lange from ARTE.

The invited decision-makers will reveal how and why documentaries are financed and produced, and share examples of some of their greatest successes, surprising misses and major controversies.
Don't miss this imperative session to fine-tune your search for funding for your next documentary.

Moderator
Catherine Olsen

Catherine Olsen

Executive Producer

International Documentary Expert, and Executive Producer of Documentaries for CBC News Network (Cana...

Participants
Hanka Kastelicová

Hanka Kastelicová

Executive Producer

Hanka Kastelicová is the Executive Producer of Documentaries for HBO Europe. Based in the Prague off...

Robert Chang

Robert Chang

POV

Robert Y. Chang is the Coordinating Producer of POV, the longest-running independent documentary sho...

Jamel Dallali

Jamel Dallali

Al Jazeera

Master of Documentary Practice from Brunel University, UK. Sample of documentary films directed by J...

Gunny (Gune) Hyoung

Gunny (Gune) Hyoung

EIDF/EBS

Gunny majored Architecture & Film at WSU in America. He started his career in Architecture Firm...

Sabine Lange

Sabine Lange

ARTE

Sabine Lange is a commissioning editor, for the Culture department of ARTEs headquarter in Strasbour...

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