Documentary Experts meeting and pitching session(s)

The 2022 Winter sequel of the EBU Documentary Experts meeting/pitching session will take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 16 and 17 November 2022, in the framework of IDFA.

• Wednesday 16 November (pm): “Big 5” and “Special Focus: Ukraine and Russia” pitches
• Thursday 17 November: Pitching session focusing on specific genres (Current Affairs, Contemporary History, Arts and Culture, etc...), group discussions, keynote and elections.

PROGRAMME

Wednesday 16 November (14:00 to 18:00): Pitches and discussions

THE BIG 5

• The Whale Mystery (DR)
• Gigolo for Jesus (ARD/BR)
• Why Freedom? (SVT)

SPECIAL FOCUS: UKRAINE AND RUSSIA

• Ukraine at War (ZDF)
• Ukraine from the Outside (UA:PBC)
• CTRL + Z Russian Voices (RTS)
• Rupture (BBC) – Confidential
• Putin’s Russia: The Indoctrination of a Nation (FRANCE TV)

Thursday 17 November (9:00 to 17:00) Pitches and discussions

EBU DOCUMENTARY PITCHES – Session 1

• “Secret Pitch” (DR) – Confidential
• Beating Heart (CTV)
• Mozart’s Sister (PBS)
• Shoal (TG4)
• The Waterguy (VPRO)
• Escape from History (BNNVARA)

EBU DOCUMENTARY PITCHES – Session 2

• The Disobedient Woman (RTBF)
• Looking for Simone (ARTE FRANCE)
• Mankind’s Folly (ARTE GEIE)
• The Last King of Nepal (BBC)
• Moscow Nights (ZDF/ARTE)

EBU DOCUMENTARY PITCHES – Session 3

• Tibet vs China (ARTE GEIE)
• Peter Bergmann - The Man who never was (RTE)
• If Pigs could talk (SVT/DR)
• The Jackal Speaks (KAN)
• Secret Army (BBC)

Meetings venue: Felix Meritis: Keizersgracht 324, 1016 EZ Amsterdam -- Room: Koepelzaal