Lisbon Docs is a financing and co-production forum for documentary film which takes palce in the framework of doclisboa – International Film Festival (15-25 October 2009).
During 3 days, around 20 independent producers work on their projects together with a team of tutors composed by internationally experienced producers, directors and financiers.
At the end of the workshop, the projects are presented to in two public pitching sessions to a panel of commissioning editors and decision –makers from documentary funding institutions.
After the pitching, Lisbon Docs team organizes one-to-one meetings between the project producers and the commissioning editors and financiers.

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WORKSHOP and PITCHING
If you are a producer (and/or director, author) with a project with international appeal, Lisbon docs will offer you a week of intensive creative work, consisting of:
Workshop where around 20 projects of documentary films will be developed and presented
master class and screening of films
2 pitching public sessions with in between 10 and 14 commissioning editors and financiers

WORKSHOP – 20th to 22nd of October (from Tuesday to Thursday)
During a couple of days, in an intense working atmosphere, around 20 projects are discussed, developed and turned upside down by colleagues and a tutor team of 6 internationally experienced producers and directors with the necessary background and skills to give you inspiration for the development of your film.

PITCHING PUBLIC SESSION – Friday, the 23rd and Saturday the 24th of October
+ individual meetings with commissioning editors
Public session where producers/directors pitch their projects in front of a panel of around 10 to14 commissioning editors from leading European TV channels.
Each project has 15 minutes: half for the presentation of the project and the other half for questions and comments of the financiers and commissioning editors.
After this session, individual meetings are organized between participants and financiers.

This year’s edition will start on the 19th of October, Monday night, with a welcome dinner.
The workshop will take place from Tuesday, the 20th of October to Thursday, the 24th, from 10 am to 7pm.

The 23rd and 24th of October, Friday and Saturday, the pitching session will be held in the morning and in the afternoon, individual meeting will take place.
The final program, team of tutors and commissioning editors attending Lisbon Docs will be available by mid September.

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REGISTRATIONS
Deadline for submitting your project: September the 4th 2009

In order to qualify for selection please send a 2-page presentation including the following elements:

- title, name of producer, production company and director, length, format & production plan/time of delivery
- short synopsis
- treatment with visual approach and reflections on the narrative
- the total budget amount
- a brief financing plan
- short CV & filmography of company and director
- contact details on producer/production company and/or director

We prefer to receive applications accompanied by visual material on the project in form of a trailer, demo, rough shooting or still images.
If no visual material is available yet, please send an example of previous work.

Please send the projects to: hanne@edn.dk
the DVD-copy of your visual material should be submitted to:
EDN
Att: Hanne Skjødt
Vognmagergade 10, 1
1120 Copenhagen K
Denmark

Please note that submitted DVD's will not be returned.


Participation Fee
Participation fees for Lisbon Docs are:
- First person connected to a project: 300 euro
- Second person connected to a project: 200 euro
- Observers: 200 euro

EDN and Apordoc members get a 20% discount on the participation fee.


SELECTED PROJECTS
Selected projects, as well as tutors and commissioning editors present at this year's edition and program, will be announced by the end of September.

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TUTORS and EXPERTS
PROGRAMERS / FINANCIERS
that have attended Lisbon Docs’ previsions editions:
Anna Glogowski, Canal + (France)
Annemiek van der Zanden, NPS (The Netherlands)
Bruni Burres, Sundance Institute (USA)
Burgl Czeitschner, ORF (Austria)
Claudia Schreiner, MDR (Germany)
Chantal Bernheim, TSR (Swizterland)
Cynthia Kane, ITVS (USA)
Diane Weyermann, Sundance Institute (USA)
Doris Hepp, ZDF/ARTE (Germany)
Elizabeth Hulten, ARTE (France)
Franz Grabner, ORF (Austria)
Gregory Sanderson, BBC (United Kingdom)
Helena Torres, RTP1 + RTP2 (Portugal)
Hugues le Paige, RTBF (Belgium)
Ingemar Persson, SVT (Sweden)
Jenny Westergård, YLE (Finland)
Jennifer Batty, Viasat (United Kingdom)
João Garção Borges, RTP2, (Portugal)
Jordi Ambros, TV3 Catalunya (Spain)
Karen Michael, ARTE (France)
Kathrin Brinkmann, ZDF/Arte (Germany)
Kees Ryninks, The Netherlands Film Fund (The Netherlands)
Kim Christiansen, TV2 (Denmark)
Leena Pasanen, YLE Teema (Finland)
Manuel Falcão, 2: (Portugal)
Maria de São José Ribeiro, RTP 1 (Portugal)
Margje de Koning, IKON (The Netherlands)
Marijke Huijbregts, AVRO (The Netherlands)
Martin Pieper, ZDF/ARTE (Germany)
Nathalie Windhorst, VPRO (The Netherlands)
Nicoleta Mocanu, TVRomania (Romenia)
Nick Ware, Community Channel (United Kingdom
Olaf Grunert, Arte Thema (France)
Petri Kemppinen, Finnish Film Foundation (Finland)
Philippe van Meerbeeck, VRT (Belgium
Ritva Leino, YLE Teema (Finland)
Roberto Blatt, MultiCANAL, (Spain)
Sabine Bubeck-Paaz, ZDF/ARTE (Germany)
Steven Seidenberg, Café Productions (United Kingdom)
Wessel van der Hammen, IKON (The Netherlands)
Wim van Rompaey, Lichpunkt (Belgium)
Paul Pauwels, VRT (Belgium)
Vera Bonnier, SVT (Sweden)
Shannon Kelly, Sundance (USA)

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CONTACTS
Rita Forjaz
Apordoc> Lisbon Docs 2009
T. +351 218 860 800
TM. +351 918 736 661
lisbondocs@sapo.pt
http://www.doclisboa.org/pt_lisbondocs.html 8não sei se é este o link…)
www.apordoc.org

Hanne Skjødt
EDN
Vognmagergade 10
1120 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Tel: +45 33 13 11 22
Fax: +45 33 13 11 44
hanne@edn.dk
www.edn.dk

with the presence of
TIAGO AFONSO | MÓNICA BAPTISTA | EDUARDO ESCOREL | ROBERT FENZ | SYLVAIN GEORGE | MÁRIO GOMES
MANUEL MOZOS | ALIONA POLUNINA | LEE ANNE SCHMITT
ABDERRAHMANE SISSAKO | GONÇALO TOCHA

In the occasion of the seminar, session in the Galery Vemos, Ouvimos e Lemos in Serpa, with the presence of the filmmaker.
15 MONDAY 18h30
Eduardo Escorel, 35 - O Assalto ao Poder, 2002, 100'

PROGRAM
16 TUESDAY
21h00 Opening session
Pier Paolo Pasolini
La Rabbia, 1963, 83'
Cocktail

17 WEDNESDAY
10h00
Glauber Rocha
Terra em Transe, 1967, 115'
Eduardo Escorel
J., 2008, 12'
O Tempo e o Lugar, 2008, 98'

15h15
Mónica Baptista
Territórios, 2009, 11'
Aliona Polunina
Revolutsioon Mida Polnud, 2008, 96'
17h30Collective Debate (Serpa’s High School)

18 THURSDAY
10h00
Manuel Mozos
Ruínas 2009, 60'
Lee Anne Schmitt
California Company Town, 2008, 77'

15h15
Session presented by Robert Fenz:
Bruce Baillie
All my Life, 1966, 3’
Peter Hutton
NY Near Sleep For Saskia, 1972,10’
Raymond Depardon
New York, N.Y., 1986, 9’
Robert Fenz
Meditations on Revolution, Part IV: Greenville, 2001, 29'
Meditations on Revolution, Part V: Foreign City, 2003, 32'
Johan van der Keuken
The Filmmaker's Holiday, 1974, 39'

18h30Colective Debate (Serpa’s High School)

19 FRIDAY
10h00
Session presented by Robert Fenz:
Robert Fenz
Crossings, 2006, 10'
Meditations on Revolution, Part I: Lonely Planet, 1997, 12'
Meditations on Revolution, Part II: The Space in Between, 1997, 8'
Meditations on Revolution, Part III: Soledad, 2001, 14'
Ken Jacobs
Perfect Film, 1986, 27'
Robert Fenz
Vertical Air, 1996, 26'

12h00
Cobra T e Cobra G
Cobra G8, 2009, 10'
Tiago Afonso
Lefteria, 2009, 30’

15h15
Sylvain George
No Border, (Aspettavo Che Scendesse La Sera), 2005-2008, 23'
N'entre pas sans violence dans la nuit, 2005-2008, 20'
(Contre-feux nº 3): Europe année 06 (Fragments Ceuta), 2006-2008, 12’
Session with film extracts presented by por Sylvain George

17h30Colective Debate (Serpa’s High School)

22h00
Abderrahmane Sissako
Curtas-metragens
Rostov-Luanda, 1997, 59'

20 SATURDAY
10h00
Sylvain George
Qu'il reposent en revolte (des figures de guerre), 2009, 60'
L'impossible - pages arrachés, 2009, 60'

Pier Paolo Pasolini
Appunti per una Orestíade Africana, 1970, 70'

15h15
Abderrahmane Sissako
Bamako, 2006, 115'

18h00Colective Debate (Serpa’s High School)

21 SUNDAY
10h30
Cinema, One Hundred Years of Youth
Program of initiation to film presented by Os Filhos de Lumiere association. It includes the exhibition of films made by the students of Serpa High School.
session preceded by the projection of
A Caça
Manoel de Oliveira, 1964, 30’


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LIMITED PLACES AND ACCOMODATION
The packages with meals and accommodation included are no longer available.
Full and partial registrations without accommodation are still available.
To guarantee your participation on the organized social events, register before the beginning of the seminar.

REGISTER HERE

Information: docskingdom@sapo.pt | docskingdom@gmail.com
T/ +351 218 885 266

Previous editions
Photos of past editions

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Organization
Apordoc- Portuguese Documentary Association

Partners
Câmara Municipal de Serpa
Escola Secundária de Serpa
European Foundation Joris Ivens
Associação O Lírio Roxo
Associação Os Filhos de Lumière

Financing
Câmara Municipal de Serpa
Ministério da Cultura / Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Supports
Herdade do Esporão
Vinha da Defesa
Crédito Agrícola - Guadiana Interior
Delta
Let’s Copy
Optec
Queijaria Guilherme
Monte da Morena
Molhó Bico
Naucom
Espaço VOL