Pitch.Doc 2010

Pitch.Doc 2010
Participant projects
Armenia
My paraffin Dreams (working title)
Director/Producer: Hasmik Hovhannisyan
Azerbaijan
The main extras
Director: Nargiz Baghirzade
Producer: Alina Abdullayeva
Georgia
A Bear over my head
Director/Producer: Zaza Rusadze
Shop of Thousand Joys
Director: Alexander Kviria
Producer: Ketevan Machavariani
Bulgaria
In the mirror
Director: Youlia Kantcheva
Producer: Pravda Kirova
Russia
The 16th Republic
Director: Daria Khlestkina
Producer: Marina Razbezhkina
Ukraine
Positive
Director: Polina Kelm
Producers: Svetlana Zinovyeva; Maryna Liapina
Tutors and Experts
Tue Steen Müller
Head Tutor (Denmark)

Born in 1947. Worked with short and documentary films for more than 20 years at the Danish
Film Board - as press secretary, head of distribution and information and as a commissioning
editor. Articles for national and international newspapers and magazines. Co-founder of
Balticum Film- and TV-Festival, Filmkontakt Nord and Documentary of the EU. Travelled to
European short and documentary festivals often to be seated as a jury member. Has given
documentary courses and seminars in more than 30 countries. In 2004 awarded the Danish
Roos Prize for his contribution to the Danish and European documentary culture. In 2005
awarded a prize at the DOCLisboa for his contribution to the international development and
promotion of Portuguese documentaries. Since its foundation in 1996, director of EDN
(European Documentary Network). Given the EDN Life Achievement Award in 2005. From 2006
freelance consultant and teacher in Danish and European documentary matters.
Stefan Tolz
Filmmaker/Producer (Germany)
studied at the School for Film and Television in Munich (Germany) and at the Georgian Institute
for Theatre in Tbilisi (Georgia) with short-term stays at the film department of the New York
University and at the Beijing Film Academy. Since 1993 he has been working as a free-lance
filmmaker and producer for various public TV Stations and productions for cinema release.
Some of his documentaries won major awards at international film festivals. Most of his films
are situated within foreign cultures. For the last six years he has had various teaching
appointments in the field of documentary film and TV journalism and has also been involved in
the development of an interactive language course series (fiction & documentaries) for the
Goethe Institute.
Comission Members
Melanie Anstey – Kanal PIK (Georgia)
Gaby Babic - goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Graziella Bildesheim - MAIA Workshops (Italy)
Anna Katchko - MIFF Business Square (Russia)
Tomasz Kolankiewicz - TVP Kultura (Poland)
Tiko Nachkebia – Georgian Public broadcaster (Georgia)
Alessandra Pastore - MAIA Workshops (Italy)
Tamara Tatishvili - Georgian National Film Center (Georgia)
Panel Discussion
Documentary Broadcasters
Involvement of the Broadcasters in Documentary Film Production in Europe and Region.
Financing Models and systems, acquisitions and pre-sales, How to approach broadcaster with
ideas, what are some tips on pitching to them?
Participants
Melanie Anstey – Kanal PIK (Georgia)
Tomasz Kolankiewicz - TVP Kultura (Poland)

Tiko Nachkebia – Georgian Public broadcaster (Georgia)
Zaza Rusadze - Director (Georgia)
Tamara Tatishvili - Georgian National Film Center (Georgia)
Stefan Tolz – Filmmaker/Producer (Germany)
Moderation: Tue Steen Müller
Project Coordinators
Anna Dziapshipa Producer (SakDoc Film)
Sopo Parjiani Film Journalist
Project is organized by: SakDoc Film
Project is sponsored by: Open Society Institute Arts and Culture Program and Open Society
Georgia Foundation
Project Partner: Goethe Institute Georgia