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Thursday 26 January 2023
Sunny Side of the Doc x IMZ pitching sessions: official selections unveiled!
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 for the fourth time to showcase the best of performing arts documentaries and digital creations through two pitching sessions. Discove...
Monday 21 November 2022
Unspoken Souls wins the Sunny Side of the Doc Prize at TokyoDocs 2022!
The International Documentary Forum TokyoDocs just closed its doors and offered us two days of insightful pitching sessions taking place on November 1-2. On this occasion, our team was delighted to hand out a Sunny Side of the Doc Prize to the Thai project “UNSPOKEN SOULS The Elephants' Alarm for Ou...
Wednesday 2 November 2022
“Don’t Worry Sári!” wins the Sunny Side of the Doc Prize at Leipzig Networking Days of Documentary Campus!
As part of our trip to Germany, our team was delighted to participate in Leipzig Networking Days by Documentary Campus and proud to award the Sunny Side of the Doc Prize to the Hungarian project “Don’t Worry Sári!”, an autobiographical documentary picturing the life of Sári Haragonics (Director) and...
Tuesday 25 October 2022
Submissions open for the 2023 Pitching Sessions in Berlin!
For the fourth time, Sunny Side of the Doc joins forces with IMZ International Music + Media Centre, the global network for the performing arts film industry to offer two pitching opportunities at Avant Première 2023! Submit your performing arts documentary now and be in with the chance to pitch it ...
Tuesday 18 October 2022
FLASH DAYS: Get the Guide to Decision Makers at a reduced price!
Don't miss the special offer applicable until Thursday 20th (11.59 pm GMT+2): -30% on our Digital Guide to Decision Makers (#SSD22 Buyers Guide)! Get to know more than 260 top executives from the documentary industry, their contact details, what they're looking for!
Wednesday 28 September 2022
Sunny Side of the Doc Prize handed out at CCDF-13
Our team was delighted to award a Sunny Side of the Doc Prize to one of the 18 pitched projects at the CNEX Chinese Doc Forum. The documentary “The Winged Fighters” - portraying three dedicated bird protectors fighting to China’s migratory birds safe from poachers – wins two free accreditation...
Tuesday 13 September 2022
Our Guide to Decision Makers is now available!
Couldn’t attend the 33rd edition of Sunny Side of the Doc? Still want to catch some valuable info from the most in-demand documentary buyers? We’re pleased to offer our updated digital Guide to Decision Makers (#SSD22 Buyers Guide) to our community members.
Monday 12 September 2022
Prize awarded at Industry Days @ AJB DOC!
Our team was on deck for the very first edition of AJD Industry Days taking place from 9th to 13rd September in Sarajevo. On this occasion, our team was delighted to award a Sunny Side of the Doc Prize to one of the 32 projects in competition.
Monday 5 September 2022
Matchmaking China by Sunny Side of the Doc
Our commitment to careful matchmaking between international producers, sales agents or industry experts remains intact. Throughout the year, our team aims to keep fostering international cooperation, new business and creative partnerships around projects with global appeal. This fall, Sunny Side of ...
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