News
Saturday 18 June 2022
#SSD22 | 3 questions to... Katarzyna Szarecka & Adam Papliński (Pitch the Doc)
Katarzyna Szarecka & Adam PaplińskiRespectively COO & CEO, Co-founders of Pitch the Doc
Friday 17 June 2022
#SSD22 | 3 questions to... JING Shuiqing (CICC)
JING Shuiqing, Editor-in-chief of China Intercontinental Communication Center (CICC)
Friday 17 June 2022
#SSD22 | 3 questions to... Zdeněk Blaha (IDF)
Zdeněk Blaha, Programme Director, Institute of Documentary Films
Friday 17 June 2022
#SSD22 | 3 questions to... Christophe Sommet (TF1 Group)
Christophe SOMMET, CEO Histoire TV & Ushuaïa TV (TF1 Group)
Friday 17 June 2022
#SSD22 | 3 questions to... Cathy Wong (Telefilm Canada)
Cathy Wong, Vice President of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion and Official Languages, Telefilm Canada
Friday 17 June 2022
#SSD22 | 3 questions to... Arianna Castoldi (Mediawan)
Arianna Castoldi, Head of Doc Sales, Mediawan
Friday 17 June 2022
#SSD22 | 3 questions to... Noriko Aratani (NHK)
Noriko Aratani, Executive Producer, Content Value Development Center, General Media Administration, NHK
Wednesday 15 June 2022
Focus: Talent Hub Ukraine at #SSD22
In support of Ukrainian professionals, Sunny Side of the Doc, in partnership with B2B Doc, IDF, Pitch the Doc, Docudays and UFFI - Ukrainian Female Film Industry is organizing the Talent Hub Ukraine, Wednesday June 22. Six projects selected according to their international potent...
Thursday 9 June 2022
Special Screening of OCEANS by Jacques Perrin
For this exceptionnal 33rd edition, Sunny Side of the Doc offers two free and open to all screenings, for both the registered professionnals and the public of La Rochelle. These special events will be the occasion to celebrate Documentary film, whether produced by well-known directors - such as...
Thursday 9 June 2022
Special Screening of THE HUNGARIAN PLAYBOOK
For this exceptionnal 33rd edition, Sunny Side of the Doc offers two free and open to all screenings, for both the registered professionnals and the public of La Rochelle. These special events will be the occasion to celebrate Documentary film, whether produced by well-known directors - such as...
Wednesday 8 June 2022
Green up the Event!
As part of our responsible approach, and as signatories of the City of La Rochelle's Eco-Event Charter, discover some of our initiatives aimed at limiting our environmental impact, our consumption of natural resources and our carbon footprint.
Wednesday 25 May 2022
Sunny Side of the Doc Prize at Doc Edge
The Sunny Side of the Doc team was on the deck this week to attend the 2022 edition of Doc Edge, the Asian Forum for Documentary. On this occasion, our representatives were glad to hand out a new SSD Prize to one of the projects in competition. The Indian documentary project Whispers of the Desert W...
Wednesday 18 May 2022
Before SSD22: The Sunny Side of the Doc Experience starts on June 1st!
Planning to join us in La Rochelle (from June 20th to 23rd) but not registered yet?Do so by May 31st, and secure a spot for the 2 days of online "Before" sessions to prepare your market!
Take a look at the "Before" programme !
Friday 13 May 2022
SSD Prize handed out at DOK.forum Marketplace 2022!
The Sunny Side of the Doc team attended the DOK.forum MARKETPLACE 2022 to search for new talents and hand out a prize to one of the 45 projects in competition. As we wish to strenghten plurality of voices in the doc industry, we are proud to hand out the SSD Prize to POWER AS PATHOLOGY, a documentar...
Tuesday 10 May 2022
Welcome to the 33rd edition of Sunny Side of the Doc!
And we’re back! It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for… to see the international documentary community gather together again under La Rochelle’s sunny skies, after two online editions which enabled us to stay connected and united despite everything.
Thursday 31 March 2022
Sunny Side of the Doc Prize at East Doc Platform 2022
The Sunny Side team was recently on hand at East Doc Platform 2022 organized by the Institute of Documentary Film to present the Sunny Side of the Doc prize to the project Dakar Sistaz, directed by Jakub Šmíd, Barbora Chalupová and produced by Zuzana Kučerová.The team wins two full passes for ...
Thursday 10 March 2022
SSD Prize handed out at AIDC 2022
All along the year, our team travels to festivals and documentary gatherings around the globe to scout enlightening stories and meet new talents. Our global journey is to encourage these creative teams around the world by awarding the most ambitious documentary projects. This week, our representativ...
Monday 24 January 2022
Meet the executives from Al Jazeera Media Network at Global Pitch 2022!
In the framework of the two-day networking event, Sunny Side of the Doc invites you to meet the decision makers and commissionning editors of both Al Jazeera Documentary and Al Jazeera Balkans to learn more about their mission, objectives, values and their new initiatives and how they can be approac...
Thursday 20 January 2022
Discover the official selections of the Sunny Side of the Doc & PiXii Festival pitching sessions at IMZ Avant Première 2022!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre, the global network for the performing arts film industry and host of Avant Première, joined forces with Sunny Side of the Doc / PiXii Festival for the third time to showcase the best of performing arts documentaries and digital creations through two highly-cov...
Thursday 2 December 2021