Pitch Selection
Discover the 42 original projects from about 11 different countries that will pitch live for funding and industry leaders’ insight at Sunny Side of the Doc 2018
Six pitching sessions across the week (Monday, June 25 – Thursday, 28 2018) will see creative teams from all over the world pitch their projects in development, in front of 350+ international decision makers and distributors, guided by expert moderators.
PITCH NATURAL HISTORY & WILDLIFE
Monday 25 June – 3.30pm to 5.30pm – AGORA
OSO, WILD VISIONS FROM ASTURIAS – France Télévisions, France
Authors: Vincent Munier & Laurent Joffrion
23.5 DEGREES, THE RHYTHM OF THE EARTH – Korean Broadcasting System, South Korea
Author: Choi Phil-gon
SILENT HUNTER – THE NEW WAR AGAINST WILDLIFE POACHING – Story House Productions GmbH, Germany
Authors: Carsten Oblaender & Hans Rosenwinkel
THE REAL JAWS – Wildbear Entertainment, Australia
NOT YOUR AVERAGE NATURE SHOW – Sunbird Images, Germany
Authors: Georg Pohland, Peter Mullen & Jeremy Tausch
FOR THE LOVE OF ELEPHANTS – THE LEGACY OF DAPHNE SHELDRICK – Make Believe Media Inc., Canada
Authors: Lynn Booth & Jeff Morales
CÉLINE COUSTEAU, THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES – THE WHALES KINGDOM: LAND OF FIRE, SEA OF ICE – Capa Presse, France
Authors: Céline Cousteau & Philippe Levasseur
PITCH ARTS & CULTURE
Tuesday 26 June – 9.30am – 11am – AGORA
Public session (pitch + one-to-one meetings):
JOHN FORD, THE MAN WHO INVENTED AMERICA – Hauteville Productions, France
Author: Jean-Christophe Klotz
SMALL ISLAND BIG SONG – Undergrowth Productions, Australia
Author: Tim Cole
ROMANTICISM – Silex Films, France
Authors: Dan Franck & Amélie Harrault
BLACK IS BACK – RETURN OF THE VINYL – Marco Polo Film AG, Germany
Author: Dietmar Klumpp
THE MYSTERY OF THE PINK FLAMINGOS – Los Hermanos Polo, Spain
Author: Polo Javier
Tuesday 26 June – 3.30pm – 6.00pm – RESTAURANT
Private session (one-to-one meetings):
DR. JACK AND MR. NICHOLSON – Morgane Production, France
Authors: Emmanuelle Nobécourt & Jeanne Burel
LIBERACE – THE KING OF BLING – NEW DOCS, Germany
Author: Jeremy Fekete
FIRE STARTER – THE STORY OF BANGARRA – In Films Pty Ltd, Australia
Authors: Wayne Blair, Nel Minchin & Ivan O’Mahoney
THE PAINTING. STORIES OF LAS MENINAS. – Mare Films, Spain
Author: Andrés Sanz
THE FORGOTTEN TREASURE – Reynard Films, Germany
Author: Tom Ehrhardt
PITCH SOCIAL & HUMAN INTEREST
Tuesday 26 June – 10.45am to 1pm – AUDITORIUM
PIPELINE IN PARADISE – Make Believe Media Inc., Canada
Author: Julia Ivanova
THEATERS OF WAR – A World With A View s.r.l, Italy
Authors: Christine Reinhold, Giorgio Bianchi & Federico Schiavi
RIDERS OF DESTINY – 7T1 Media GmbH, Germany
Author: Michael Niermann
INSIDE LEHMAN BROTHERS – KM (France) / Intuitive Pictures (Canada)
Author: Jennifer Deschamps
VANISHING TOKYO : THE TOWN OF “MISFITS” – NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Japan
Authors: Terue Yunoki & Yoshihiro Watanabe
ANGELS OF SINJAR. YAZIDIS – 21ST CENTURY GENOCIDE – Saxonia Entertainment Gmbh, Germany
Author: Hanna Polak
CHOLITAS – Arena Comunicación Audiovisual, S.L., Spain
Authors: Jaime Murciego & Pablo Iraburu
PITCH SCIENCE
Wednesday 27 June – 11am to 1pm – AUDITORIUM
THE BLOB – A GENIUS WITHOUT BRAIN – Hauteville Productions, France
Author: Mitsch Jacques
OUT OF EUROPE – A NEW STORY OF HUMAN EVOLUTION? – Bilderfest, Germany
Authors: Florian Breier & Rüdiger Braun
THE SUPERPOWERS OF THE BEAR – Le Cinquième Rêve – France
Authors: Thierry Robert & Rémy Marion
LIFE WITH A ROBOT – NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Japan
Authors: Hajime Yoda & Kengo Doi
PLEASURE AND PAIN: THE SCIENCE OF LOVE – a-o-buero, Germany
Author: Judith Koenig
SOLARSTRATOS – Gedeon Programmes, France
Author: Stéphane Chopard
ANGELS & DEMONS – THE FALL OF VIOLENCE – PBS International, United States
Authors: Michael Bicks & Anna Lee Strachan
PITCH CULTURE & DIGITAL CREATION
Wednesday 27 June – 3.30pm to 5.30pm – AGORA
WAR CHILDREN / WORLD WAR 2 AR – ARD / WDR – Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Germany
Authors: Dorothee Pitz, Sophie Schulenburg & Klaus Geiges
EYEWITNESSES – VERTOV, Netherlands
Authors: Ditteke Mensink & Dirk Boelhouwer
THE BOURDELLE PROJECT – Art of Corner, France
Authors: Frédéric Purgal & Janaïne Golonka
NEXUS VI VR 360 – Fensch Toast, France
Authors: Renaud Jesionek & Alexandre Philippe
TOTO’S HOUSE – Xinxin Liu, China
Author: Xinxin Liu
PITCH HISTORY
Thursday 28 June – 10am to 12pm – AUDITORIUM
CAMP CENTURY – THE SECRET CITY BENEATH THE ICE – Vidicom Media GmbH, Germany
Author: Peter Bardehle
THE SECRET STORY OF LYME DISEASE – Gedeon Programmes, France
Authors: Marie-Pierre Samitier & Thomas Marlier
THEY CALL ME BABU – Pieter van Huystee Film & TV, Netherlands
Author: Sandra Beerends
GULAG, THE STORY – ZED, France
Authors: Patrick Rotman, Nicolas Werth & François Aymé
LEBANON WAR: GAME OF CHAOS – Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion Hamburg Gmbh & Co. Kg, Germany
Authors: Duki Dror & Itay Landsberg-Nevo
PROPAGANDA: THE ART OF SELLING LIES – PBS International, United States
Authors: Larry Weinstein, Aeschylus Poulos & Bernd Wilting
