MIPDoc 2015 Conference & Events Programme
CUTTING-EDGE CONTENT, VALUABLE PARTNERS, GLOBAL IMPACT.
MIPDoc 2015 is jam-packed, bringing you two full days of conferences, case studies,
screenings, pitching events, commissioners' insights and one-to-one buyer meetings.
Grand Hyatt Cannes Hôtel Martinez
SATURDAY 11 APRIL
9.45 PRODUCERS TOOLBOX:
10.30 SMART WAYS TO GET FUNDERS & INCENTIVES
FOLLOWED BY MEET THE SPEAKERS
SUNDAY 12 APRIL
Buyers &
Commissioners
Club
10.30-11.00 Buyers & Commissioners Club
MIPDoc
Agora
10.45 DECISION MAKERS SERIES:
11.30 WHAT DO BUYERS WANT
09.00 EUROPEAN BROADCASTERS BREAKFAST
10.00
09.30 PRODUCERS TOOLBOX: BRIGHT WAYS TO GO GLOBAL & DIGITAL,
10.15 HOW TO WORK WITH PLATFORMS?
11.40 FUTURE OF FACTUAL:
12.10 BROADCASTERS DIGITAL REBOOT
MIPDoc
Agora
12.20 COUNTRY FOCUS : WHAT DO COMMISSIONERS WANT?
12.50
MIPDoc
Agora
13.00 THE MIPDOC NETWORKING LUNCH
14.30 Sponsored by Nat Geo / Fox International Channel
10.15-10.45 Buyers & Commissioners Club
15.30 MIPDOC CO-PRODUCTION PITCH:
16.30 ZDF ENTERPRISES
MIPDoc
Agora
16.45 MIPDOC KEYNOTE TALK:
17.15 TIM PASTORE, PRESIDENT, ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING & PRODUCTION,
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL US
17.30 MIPDOC WORLD PREMIERE TV SCREENING :
18.30 Ø GRAVITY, A MISSION IN SPACE
By Upside Distribution
From MIPDOC & MIPFORMATS OPENING PARTY
19.00 sponsored by Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation (JSBC)
10.45 EVENTIZE & CREATE
11.30 MUST-SEE TV EXPERIENCES
MIPDoc
Agora
12.30 MIPDOC SNACK & SCREEN:
13.00 COUNTRY FOCUS
MIPDoc
Agora
SNACK & NETWORKING LUNCH FROM 13.00
Grand Hyatt Cannes Hôtel
Martinez Beach
14.30 COMMISSIONERS MEET UP #1
14.30 FUTURE OF FACTUAL:
15.30 BY REGISTRATION THROUGH THE DIGITAL
15.15 WHAT DO MILLENNIALS WANT?
Buyers &
LIBRARY PROJECTS APPLICATION.
MIPDoc
Commissioners Club
Agora
MIPDoc
Agora
MIPDoc
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Grand Hyatt Cannes Hôtel
Martinez Beach
Programme as of February 13, 2015. Subject to change. Visit mipdoc.com for regular updates.
MIPDoc
Agora
FOLLOWED BY MEET THE SPEAKERS
FOLLOWED BY MEET THE SPEAKERS
11.30-12.00 Buyers & Commissioners Club
Buyers &
Commissioners
Club
Buyers &
Commissioners Club
13.00
14.00
COMMISSIONERS MEET UP #2
14.15
15.00
SMARTAINMENT, FUN WAYS TO LEARN &
DISCOVER
15.00
16.00
DISTRIBUTORS MEET UP #3
16.15
16.45
MIPDOC KEYNOTE TALK:
MIPDoc
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17.00
18.00
PRODUCERS SHOWCASE:
WHAT’S HOT, WHAT’S NEW, WHAT’S NEXT?
MIPDoc
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BY REGISTRATION THROUGH THE DIGITAL LIBRARY PROJECTS
APPLICATION
BY REGISTRATION THROUGH THE DIGITAL LIBRARY PROJECTS
APPLICATION.
PHIL CRAIG, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER,
DISCOVERY NETWORKS INTERNATIONAL (DNI)
MIPDoc
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Buyers &
Commissioners
Club
CONFERENCE & EVENTS PROGRAMME
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
SATURDAY 11 APRIL
9.45-10.30, Buyers & Commissioners Club
PRODUCERS TOOLBOX:
SMART WAYS TO GET FUNDERS & INCENTIVES
To create unique and cutting-edge content and to make a global impact eventually,
producers have to take risks. Thus, they need to find valuable partners to support that risk.
Besides international co-production and presales, hear industry specialists on smart &
efficient ways to secure finance
12.20-12.50, MIPDoc Agora
COUNTRY FOCUS:
WHAT DO COMMISSIONERS WANT?
Stay tuned for announcement.
FOLLOWED BY MEET THE SPEAKERS
10.30-11.00 Buyers & Commissioners Club
Michael Tear, CEO, WildBear Entertainment, Australia
Edwina Thring, Managing Director, Wild Thring Media, UK
Ellen Windemuth, CEO, Off the Fence, The Netherlands
MODERATOR
Peter Hamilton, Editor & Publisher, DocumentaryTelevision.com, USA @doctvdotcom
10.45-11.30 MIPDoc Agora
DECISION MAKERS SERIES:
WHAT DO BUYERS WANT
11.30-12.30 - grand auditorium
Don't miss this rare glimpse into the future as leading international buyers disclose their
acquisition strategies for the next twelve months.
FOLLOWED BY MEET THE SPEAKERS
11.30-12.00 Buyers & Commissioners Club
ZHI Hengyi, Manager, Da Neng Culture Media, China
Corentin Glutron, Acquisition Manager, RMC Découverte, France
Angela Neillis, Director of Non-Scripted, EMEA & Asia Pacific, FremantleMedia
International, UK
MODERATOR
Edwina Thring, Managing Director, Wild Thring Media, UK
11.40-12.10, MIPDoc Agora
FUTURE OF FACTUAL:
BROADCASTERS DIGITAL REBOOT
Digital era drastically impacts the way broadcasters address the audience. Broadcasters
reskill and reinvent their offer to embrace the radically changing viewing habits. It involves
creating native digital content as well as a digital makeover for long-running shows. As far
as Factual programming is concerned, digital means engaging experiences, innovative
storytelling and smart ways to learn.
MODERATOR
Ove Rishøj Jensen, Film Consultant/ Web Editor, EDN - European
Documentary Network, Denmark @EDNEDN
14.30-15.15, MIPDoc Agora
FUTURE OF FACTUAL:
WHAT DO MILLENNIALS WANT?
Millennials’ appetite for content shows no sign of abating. Though, besides the fact they’re
platform agnostic, when it comes to factual they are looking for authenticity, genuine
reality, smart and cutting-edge content. Within an endless array of compelling content,
what factual programmes are grabbing Millennials attention?
Sam Barcroft, CEO & Creative Director, Barcroft Productions, UK
Vanessa Case, Executive Vice President, Content, Blue Ant Media,
Canada
MODERATOR
Ove Rishøj Jensen, Film Consultant/ Web Editor, EDN - European
Documentary Network, Denmark @EDNEDN
14.30-15.30, Buyers & Commissioners Club
COMMISSIONERS MEET UP #1
Television producers and commissioners come together to work on creative financing
models and partnerships.
Pitch the people and companies that count in factual community and register for the
MIPDoc matchmaking sessions to meet leading buyers & commissioners.
REGISTER NOW!
By submitting your project through the screening library by 10 March, 2015.
Axel Arnö, Commissioning Editor, SVT, Sweden
Catherine Alvaresse, Deputy Director Specialist Factual Department, Arte France, France
Barbara Biemann, Commissioning Editor Documentaries, NDR, Germany
Marijke Huijbregts, Commissioning Editor, AVROTOS, The Netherlands
Thierry Mino, Deputy Head of Documentaries, France Télévisions, France
Steffen Philipp-Schmidt, Editor, Mediengruppe RTL, Germany
Beate Thalberg, Commissioning Editor, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Austria
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CONFERENCE & EVENTS PROGRAMME
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
SATURDAY 11 APRIL
15.30-16.30, MIPDoc Agora
MIPDOC CO-PRODUCTION PITCH
16.45-17.15, MIPDoc Agora
MIPDOC KEYNOTE TALK
Tim Pastore
President, Original Programming & Production
National Geographic Channel U.S.
Sponsored for the first time this year by leading international producer and distributor
ZDF Enterprises, the MIPDoc Co-production Pitch competition is open to all creators and
producers from across the globe seeking to develop factual and documentary projects
with co-production partners.
This year's competitors will have an unprecedented opportunity to present their most
compelling new projects to ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of the German public
broadcaster ZDF, and one of the most influential producers and distributors of factual and
documentary programming on the media landscape today.
The MIPDoc Pitch competition is an integral part of MIPDoc’s Co-production Initiative, which
sees major commissioning editors and buyers from around the world gather together to
meet with some of the hundreds of producers in Cannes looking for
11.30-12.30 - grand auditorium
co-production partners.
Competitors for the MIPDoc Pitch will be narrowed down to five finalists who will be invited
by ZDF Enterprises to pitch live to a jury made up of senior executives from ZDF Enterprises
and a selection of senior programmers.
Submit your project by registration through the Digital Library Projects application.
Tim Pastore, President, Original Programming & Production, National Geographic
Channels U.S., will share his insights on the group’s flourishing content development
activities with the MIPDoc audience, and talk about where he sees the future of factual
programming faced with ever-changing consumer habits. With a string of Emmy
nominations to his credit, Pastore oversees all development, production and production
management for National Geographic Channel U.S., and is responsible for
approximately 400 hours of content annually. Based in New York, he works closely with
the head of international content for National Geographic Channels International and
the NGCI team in London.
17.30-18.30, MIPDoc Agora
MIPDOC WORLD PREMIERE TV SCREENING
Ø GRAVITY, A MISSION IN SPACE
By Upside Distribution
The first documentary shot by Astronauts
The 52-minute science/technology show
accompanies two young astronauts on their
first space mission from their training to their
daily life above us.
The German Alexander Gerst from the
European Space Agency (ESA), the American
Greg Reid Wiseman of NASA left Earth in 2014
for six months aboard the International Space
Station (ISS) after a grueling five-year training
session order to prepare themselves to live in
zero gravity.
The ultimate goal of this trip is to prepare a new
generation of astronauts for the next giant leap
for mankind: Mars.
Jürgen Hansen, Director
Alexander Gerst, Astronaut
Greg Reid Wiseman, Astronaut
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CONFERENCE & EVENTS PROGRAMME
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
SUNDAY 12 APRIL
9.00-10.00
Buyer & Commissioners Club
12.30-13.00
MIPDoc Agora
EUROPEAN BROADCASTERS BREAKFAST
MIPDOC SNACK & SCREEN:
COUNTRY FOCUS
Stay tuned for announcement.
SNACK & NETWORKING LUNCH FROM 13.00
9.30-10.15
MIPDoc Agora
PRODUCERS TOOLBOX:
BRIGHT WAYS TO GO GLOBAL & DIGITAL, HOW
TO WORK WITH PLATFORMS?
A highly relevant question in the new multifaceted landscape of today. Stay ahead of the
curve and discover first-hand how to work with new digital platforms entering the factual
space.
11.30-12.30 - grand auditorium
FOLLOWED BY MEET THE SPEAKERS
10.15-10.30 Buyers & Commissioners Club
Beatrice Cox, Managing Director, ORF Enterprise, Austria
Kat Hebden, Head of Digital, FremantleMedia UK Interactive (FMUKi), UK
Sam Toles, Vice President of Content Acquisitions and Business Development, Vimeo,
USA
Millán Vázquez, Development Director, Feelmakers.com, Spain @Feelmakers
13.00-14.00
Buyers & Commissioners Club
COMMISSIONERS MEET UP #2
Television producers and commissioners come together to work on creative financing
models and partnerships.
Pitch the people and companies that count in factual community and register for the
MIPDoc matchmaking sessions to meet leading buyers & commissioners.
REGISTER NOW!
By submitting your project through the screening library by 10 March, 2015.
Michel Pelletier, Head of Programming, Explora – Société Radio-Canada, Canada
10.45-11.30
MIPDoc Agora
EVENTIZE AND CREATE MUST-SEE TV EXPERIENCES
Creating the event, catching viewers’ curiosity, surprising them with gripping content are
amongst winning strategies when it comes to make an impression. Traditional genre-based
documentaries make no exception. Leading-edge techniques and high-caliber
productions offer a modern take on History and Science documentaries, turning them into
must-see TV experiences.
Isabelle Graziadey, VP, Head of Sales and Acquisitions, Terranoa, France
Sharon Scott, President and General Manager, NBC News’ Peacock Productions, USA
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CONFERENCE & EVENTS PROGRAMME
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
SUNDAY 12 APRIL
14.15-15.00
MIPDoc Agora
16.15-16.45
MIPDoc Agora
SMARTAINMENT,
FUN WAYS TO LEARN & DISCOVER
MIPDOC KEYNOTE TALK
Phil Craig
Executive Vice President & Chief Creative Officer
Discovery Networks International (DNI)
Over the last few years, the boundaries between genres have been broken down
impacting the narrative structure of factual programming. Documentary genre is
becoming far more accessible to the mainstream audience, putting the accent on
popular appeal through real life experiments, big and believable characters and lighthearted storytelling.
Hamish Mykura, Head of International Content, National Geographic Channels International
(Fox International Channels), UK
15.00-16.00
Buyers & Commissioners Club
11.30-12.30 - grand auditorium
DISTRIBUTORS MEET-UP #3
Phil Craig is Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer for Discovery Networks
International, a division of the world’s leading pay-TV programmer Discovery
Communications. An award-winning international producer and network executive, he
leads the international production and development team that is the driving force
behind many of Discovery’s global hit series, and supplies a content pipeline that spans
more than 220 countries and territories.
Get your chance to pitch your documentary to leading international distributors.
REGISTER NOW!
By submitting your project through the screening library by 10 March, 2015.
Noel Hedges, SVP, Head of Acquisitions, DRG (Digital Rights Group), UK
Céline Payot Lehmann, Head of Distribution & Acquisitions, ZED, France
Jon Rutherford, EVP, Distribution & Business Development, Tricon Films & Television,
Canada
17.00-18.00
MIPDoc Agora
PRODUCERS’ SHOWCASE:
WHAT’S HOT, WHAT’S NEW, WHAT’NEXT?
Hear producers pitching their hottest properties, disclose their freshest hits and unveil their
upcoming projects.
Sam Barcroft, CEO & Creative Director, Barcroft Productions, UK
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