Barcelona Calling
This is not a neutral text. I have been part of the DOCSBarcelona team from the very beginning, and have seen how Joan Gonzalez and his team at Parallel 40 over a period of 15 years has built up a basis for the creation of a documentary culture in the Catalan capital. Wednesday next week is the deadline for film projects to be sent in for the eventual selection for the Forum part of DOCSBarcelona that also includes a festival, masterclasses, a latin forum, and rough cut screenings. Taken from the webiste:
DocsBarcelona Pitching Forum calls for submissions to the 15th edition of the documentary financing session held alongside the International Documentary Film Festival (January 31 – February 5). A board of experts will pick 24 applicants for a two-day prep pitching workshop, culminating in project presentations in front of film professionals and observers, followed by one-to-one negotiation meetings. The deadline for submissions is December 1, 2011.
DocsBarcelona Pitching Forum is an established stage for unfinished documentary projects from all over the world seeking financing, promotion or networking basis. With a large number of documentarians as well as film professionals, the venue became one of the major winter season meetings since its foundation in 1996 by EDN. Although the preliminary workshop is optional, it is an essential opportunity for any producer/filmmaker who aims to fine-tune their project before the public pitching itself. In addition to that, Eastern European and “New European” countries (including Malta and Greece) are offered special fees to attend either as a workshop participant, a project pitcher or as an observer. Observers may find special registration form HERE.
