POLISH STAND AT SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC MARKET FOR THE 10TH TIME
On 20th June the 27th International Documentary Film Market Sunny Side of the Doc starts in French town of La Rochelle. It is one of the largest industry events dedicated to documentary film, which is annually visited by the representatives of the most important television channels, distributors and film producers from the entire world. Poles present their works there already for the tenth time.
As every year, Poland is among the exhibitors in La Rochelle. The national exhibition POLISH DOCS, organised by Krakow Film Foundation, for the eighth time presents the latest Polish documentaries to the foreign film industry. Polish stand gives chance to film producers and distributors present in La Rochelle to offer their films and projects. These include the representatives of the following companies: ZK Films, Drygas Production, Mediolia, Touch Films, Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation, Film Frame, Chilli Productions, Arton Foundation, Entertain Pictures. At the stand, the representatives of TVP, TVN and Krakow Film Festival are also present.
Additionaly two Polish projects will be pitched at EBU SCIENCE & KNOWLEDGE Piching session: "The Good change" by Konrad Szołajski (ZK Studio) and "War Watchers" by Vita Dygas (Drygas Production).
Sunny Side of the Doc is one of the most important events dedicated to support the documentary film industry in Europe. The market offers the opportunity of comprehensive promotion of film productions (beginning with presenting the projects in the production phase and ending with the promotion of finished films). It is the meeting place of producers, festival organisers, distributors and representatives of television channels who are responsible for the sale and purchase of the rights to documentary films. Accredited producers and film professionals also have a unique opportunity to participate in numerous seminars, meetings, training sessions and discussion panels dealing with the latest issues related to documentary film production in the world.
For several years the organizers of Sunny Side (by organising two twin editions Latin Side of the Doc and Asian Side of the Doc) enable the documentary filmmakers from Europe to have access to Asian and South-American film markets. This edition will witness the cutting edge of “Global Issues“, the return of North American broadcasters, the emergence of specialist “factual” platforms and almost certainly the opening of Asian cinema screens to documentary films.
The foreign guests, coming to the exhibition, will have a chance to receive all necessary information concerning film production in Poland, receive the catalogue of the latest documentary films, produced in 2015 and 2016 in as new edited film magazine FOCUS ON POLAND, including interviews with the filmmakers, reviews of the latest films and PRODUCTION GUIDE POLAND including all necessary info about production, cooperation and distribution possibilities in Poland. as well as receive the recently released edition of the DVD "POLISH DOCS 2016" which includes a selection of Polish documentary films. On the DVD, there are the following titles:
21 x NEW YORK / 21 x NOWY JORK, dir. Piotr Stasik / prod. Lava Films, TVP / Poland, 2016, documentary, 70`
CLOSE TIES / WIĘZI, dir. Zofia Kowalewska / prod. Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association / Poland 2016, documentary, 18’
ICON/ IKONA, dir. Wojciech Kasperski, prod. Delta Film, TVP, VOSTOK8, EXPRESSO POST PRODUCTION / Poland 2016, documentary, 52’
DANIEL, dir. Anastazja Dąbrowska, prod. Faculty of Radio and Television of the University of Silesia in Katowice/ Poland 2016, documentary, 24’
WALKING SPARK / NAUKA CHODZENIA, dir. Marcin Kopeć, prod. SHIPsBoy, TVP S.A., MAZOVIA FILM FUND, FIXAFILM, EAST STUDIO / Poland 2016, documentary, 52’
LAST SEASON / OSTATNI SEZON, dir. Sławomir Witek , Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association, Staron-Film Poland 2016, documentary, 13’
THE GIFT / DAR, dir. Przemysław Kamiński, prod. Telemark, / Poland 2016, documentary, 48’
The DVD is used for promotional aims among foreign experts and film industry representatives.
The market in La Rochelle lasts until 23rd June. More information can be found at www.sunnysideofthedoc.com
The organisation of the exhibition is co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and Krakow Festival Office.