The Documentary Co-Production Forum (DCF) is a joint initiative between Encounters Documentary Festival and Sithengi Film and Television Market to provide Southern African documentary filmmakers the opportunity find local and international broadcast and co-production partners.
Last year the 1st DCF proved to be a tremendous success. We had the participation of the all three SABC channels and 8 projects received commitment from the broadcaster and two of the projects were selected for The Forum at IDFA.
Preliminary Pitching Sessions 2004:
CT: Sat 24th July, SABC Beach Road. Jhb: Sat 31st July, SABC Auckland Park.
Those selected for the Preliminaries will be pitching to a panel of international funders and producers and local broadcasters, producers and distributors.
Those selected after the Preliminaries will participate in consultations to improve their projects. They will be automatically selected for the DCF at Sithengi.
The final selection of projects for the DCF at Sithengi will take place in October. Projects with either 20% of their budget secured or a broadcaster are eligible. Filmmakers will pitch to a panel of 10 international Commissioning Editors. Certain projects will be submitted into competition at the ‘FORUM for international co-financing of documentaries’ (IDFA).
24 September: Final call for submissions
15 October: Deadline for all submissions from SA and Africa
15-21 September: Consultations in Jhb and CT
14-15 November: Pitching Workshop in CT
16-19 November: Sithengi Southern African Film & TV Market in Cape Town
16-17 November: Encounters / Sithengi Documentary Co-production Forum
For further information contact: Taryn da Canha
Tel: +27.21. 430 81 60
Fax: +27.21. 430 81 86
