docedge�08, Asian Documentary Forum

[tangella Madhavi]

  docedge’08
  Asian Documentary Forum 
 Deadline: November 30th, 2007
    Organized by Satyajit Ray Film Television Institute
  In association with 
  European Documentary Network
    
 Friends,
  The 5th edition of docedge International Documentary Workshop will take place from January 8th to 13th, 2008 at Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata, India. This edition of docedge aims to create a platform for intense dialogue on Asian socio-political reality as seen and interpreted by filmmakers through its first ever Asian Documentary Forum.  The authors will present their new documentary ideas for feedback, sharing, and guidance and for possible fund/co-pro support. The workshop includes three days of tutoring and two days of pitching session with a panel of international commissioning editors.
   
  Maximum of 24 projects will be critically discussed, tutored and finally pitched to the distinguished panel. A team of internationally acknowledged professionals will train filmmakers through project development clinics and pitch labs in warm and caring environment where you further improve your ideas and visual pitch. 
   
  The workshop also includes master classes, budget session, open forums on documentary issues and channel presentations with regular screening of international documentaries.
   
  docedge’08 is expected to appear as a great place of networking, finding co-production partners and improving authors’ ideas with quality professional input
and a provocative place of sharing documentary thoughts. 
   
  What to submit:
  Short synopsis – within 60 words only
  Synopsis – I page
  Treatment -2 pages
  Budget - One page formatted budget
  Co-production details – 1 page
  Production Company profile – 1 page
  CVs (director/producer) – 1 page
  Visual clip (DVD) – maximum of 4 minutes (the applicant can submit previous work in case visual material of the film in progress is not available at the time of submission.
   
  Fees: 
  Applicants with Project – INR 6000 (Euro 120)
  Applicants as Observer – INR – 1000 (Euro 30) [limited slots – preferably students]
   
  The deadline for project submissions is November 30th, 2007
  We would like to invite you to submit your application at your earliest.
  The online application/entry form is available at www.docedge.org from 25th of October 2007.
  Warm Wishes
  Nilotpal Majumdar 
  email: nilotpalmajumdar at yahoo.com
  for docedge Team
   
  
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