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MIPDOC 2023: The 25th International Documentary & Factual Co-Production Market

2023 March 29 / Commissioning Process, Conferences & Markets, Workshops

MIPDOC will expand its footprint during the 60th MIPTV, creating a world-class international screenings summit for over 500 buyers, along with: MIPDOC Super Sunday features the exclusive new screenings event CANNESERIES Documentary Selections MIPDOC International Buyers screenings Informative panels that reveal trends and opportunities And room for conversation and deal-making in the spacious MIPDOC & …

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AIDC: Local Content Quotas for Aussie Streamers. Conversations with Simon Nasht & Dan Goldberg

2023 March 21 / Australia, Commissioning Process, Conferences & Markets, Documentary Production, PACT, Webinars

I recently mingled with 800 delegates attending AIDC – the Australian International Documentary Conference – on a beautiful, late Summer day in Melbourne. Two award-winning producers described local industry highlights: Industry veteran Simon Nasht (Smith&Nasht) spoke about the uncertain impact on producers of forthcoming local content quotas on Netflix and the scaled-up streamers. And Mint Pictures’ …

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Star Chasers of Senegal: Terra Mater Studios / NOVA Fast-track Copro Premieres February 8

2023 February 3 / Commissioning Process, Conferences & Markets, Panels, Public Television, Terra Mater Studios, Webinars

Star Chasers of Senegal premieres on PBS next Wednesday, February 8. Our inspiring Case Study reveals in great detail how indie producer / director Ruth Berry overcame the odds to forge a successful Terra Mater Studios / NOVA coproduction. Read the Case Study here. Our MIPCOM 2022 Coproduction panel video features TMS’s Sabine Holzer with …

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Discovery Channel & Animal Planet: What are they buying? Dan Salerno’s deep analysis of their program schedules. A Pact Webinar

2023 January 24 / Conferences & Markets, discovery+, PACT, Uncategorized, Webinars

Are the channels still buying programs as we move into the Streaming Era? That’s the key question that I explore with veteran programming executive and highly-respected senior consultant, Dan Salerno. And if the channels are buyers, what does Dan’s deeply-researched study of their program schedules tell us about what they want from their producers? Dan …

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Sundance 2023: $852 Million Spent on Docs That Were Not Selected

2023 January 17 / Conferences & Markets, Distribution, Documentary Budget, Sundance, Theatrical Documentary

A Sundance Film Festival award lags only behind an Oscar nomination as a measure of success for documentarians. 2.4%! Are those the odds that a documentary will earn a slot on the Sundance program? $852 million! Is that really the total production spend on all those submissions that missed out? Read on for my 2023 update on …

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Shedding Light on the Business of the Documentary Business. 2022 Report Card. Mission for 2023

2023 January 2 / Commissioning Process, Conferences & Markets, Distribution, Netflix, Sunny Side of the Doc, Terra Mater Studios, True Crime

My unchanging editorial goals since launching my Documentary Business newsletter in 2011 are to: Capture in a few words how the ever-evolving unscripted ecosystem shapes opportunities for industry veterans and rookies alike, and Publish detailed Case Studies that reveal how productions that aren’t by award-winning A-listers are developed, funded and ultimately delivered to grateful audiences. …

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Resilience Rules at World Congress of Science & Factual Producers, 2022. Impressions by Indie Producer Ruth Berry

2022 December 8 / Commissioning Process, Conferences & Markets, Documentary Production, MIPCOM Case Study, Public Television, Terra Mater Studios, True Crime, UK, Workshops

By Ruth Berry Six hundred eighty-four producers, broadcasters and content makers filled the cavernous (but warm) hall of Glasgow’s Scottish Events Campus for the 30th anniversary of WCSFP hosted by BBC Studios Scotland. Over 30% of the delegates were newcomers. It was always going to be special. After a three-year hiatus, contact was craved, masks …

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NAKED – Generation Gender: How a topical Canadian-German Coproduction Happened! Watch my MIPCOM Case Study Panel

2022 December 7 / Canada, Case Study, Conferences & Markets, Documentary Production, MIPCOM Case Study, Webinars, ZDF-E

Three of the decision-makers who created the topical docuseries NAKED – Generation Gender shared their inside stories at MIPCOM 2022 in Cannes. This German-Canadian copro takes a daring look at the biological factors and cultural forces that impact our expression of gender at every stage of our lives. On my Unscripted International Coproduction Case Study …

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