

Asian Side of the doc

Co-production Rendez-vous organized by Sunny side of the doc and Sinapses Asia Ltd
March 22 to 24
/ Hong Kong
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In the occasion of FILMART (Hong Kong International Film & TV Market)
Organized by Sunny Side of the Doc and Sinapses Asia Ltd
With the support of MEDIA International (European Union) and HKTDC (Hong Kong Trade Development Council), in partnership with ARTE, the CNC (Centre National de la Cinématographie) VODEO and the NBF
After New-York, Toronto, Washington, Montreal, London, Sofia and Buenos Aires, the next co-production meetings will be happening in Hong Kong in the occasion of Filmart.
The European and Asian producerswith projects that might be coproduced, will be able to meet during three days and for the first time, about fifty distributors and deciders from both continents.
The selected projects will be pitched and one to one meetings (Side by Side) will be organized...
Case studies, conferences (especially about 3D) and panels will allow you to understand the different possibilities and opportunities to co-finance with Asia.
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With its 20 years of networking experience, Sunny Side of the Doc, the major international documentary
market, will bring over to Asia the most important European decision makers / producers.
ASD is aimed to develop co-productions between Asia Pacific and Europe in the field of Documentary, Factual programming and Cross-Media platforms.
In the next 3 years ASD is going to take place in different major Asian cities: After Hong Kong, ASD will move to Seoul in 2011 and to Singapore in 2012.
ASD will be a regular Meeting Event for European and Asian Pacific commissioning editors and
producers to share their experiences, understand their mutual needs and built up a strong network.
This event is based on the success Sunny Side Co-production Rendez-Vous, which has been
organized for the past 6 years in the USA/New York, Washington Canada / Toronto, Montreal, United
Kingdom/London, Eastern Europe / Sofia & South America / Buenos Aires.
ASD will gather 150 professionals, 50 European decision makers / producers and 100 Asian TV
executives / producers. A selected number of participants will ensure the quality and the efficiency of the
meetings.
They will come to Asian Side of the Doc:
ABC (australia)/ AETN ALL Asia / ARD – NDR /ARD - MDR (Germ.) / ARTE (France / Germ.) / All3Media (UK) / Asian Broadcasting Union (ABU) / BBC (UK) / CCTV (China) / China Education TV – CET (China) / Cnex Foundation (Taiwan, China, HK) / Dangerous (UK) / Discovery Asia / DR (Denmark) / Films d’ici (France) / GAD (France) / Hunan TV (China) / LIC (Australia / China) / Lion TV (UK) / Mediacorp (Sing.) / Mentorn (UK) / National Geographic Channel (USA) / Nat Geo Asia / NFB – ONF (Canada) / NHK (Japan) / NHNZ (New Zealand) / Phoenix TV (HK, China) / RTBF (Belgium) / SBS (Australia) / Shanghai Media Group (China) / Sichuan TV (China) / Sun TV (HK, China) / SVT (Sweden) / Ten Alps (UK) / TVF international (UK) / VPRO (Nl) / YLE (Finland) ...
Experts Panel sessions for understanding European and Asian markets, case studies about co-production, financing, distribution, public subsidies…
Pitching sessions 20 projects, selected for their high quality and interest for international audiences
Side by Side one-to-one meetings organized to facilitate networking
Screenings of relevant documentaries
Presentations from TV Networks & Documentary organizations
Social Networking events lunch, cocktail, evening parties…
Multilingual Catalogue including E-catalogue of the projects & E-networking
In this ever-evolving media landscape, ASD will focus on Cross Media projects, 3D,
Theatrical distribution.
The quality, variety, technological advance of the TV / movie productions in Asia for broadband
Internet, mobile TV, IPTV will inspire our participants to form creative partnerships.
In 1989, Yves Jeanneau created the Sunny Side of the Doc, which became the major marketplace for worldwide
documentaries. For its 20th anniversary in 2009, the Sunny Side of the Doc welcomed 1812 participants, including
281 international decision makers and 443 exhibiting companies from 45 countries.
is organized by Images du Réel (Sunny Side of the Doc) and Sinapses Asia Ltd (Hong Kong),
with the support of MEDIA International, in partnership with ARTE and the National Film Board of Canada.
Contact: asia@sunnysideofthedoc.com
Sunny Side of the Doc - DOC SERVICES - Résidence le GABUT / Bâtiment E / 16, rue de l'Aimable Nanette / 17000 La Rochelle - France
Tel : +33(0)5.46.55.79.79 / Fax : +33(0)5.46.34.46.52