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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
SUNDAY 12 APRIL
9.45 PRODUCERS TOOLBOX:
10.30 SMART WAYS TO GET FUNDERS & INCENTIVES
Buyers &
Commissioners
Club
FOLLOWED BY MEET THE SPEAKERS
10.30-11.00 Buyers & Commissioners Club
MIPDoc
Agora
10.45 DECISION MAKERS SERIES:
11.30 WHAT DO BUYERS WANT?
FOLLOWED BY MEET THE SPEAKERS
11.30-12.00 Buyers & Commissioners Club
11.40 FUTURE OF FACTUAL:
12.10 BROADCASTERS DIGITAL REBOOT
MIPDoc
Agora
12.20 FOCUS ON THE NORDICS
12.50 DOX FACTOR: SPEED PITCH THE COMMISSIONERS
MIPDoc
Agora
13.00 THE MIPDOC NETWORKING LUNCH
14.30 Sponsored by FIC Content Sales & National Geographic Channel
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
15.30 MIPDOC CO-PRODUCTION PITCH:
16.30 SPONSORED BY ZDF ENTERPRISES
16.45 MIPDOC KEYNOTE TALK:
17.15 TIM PASTORE, PRESIDENT, ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING & PRODUCTION,
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL U.S.
17.30 MIPDOC WORLD PREMIERE TV SCREENING :
18.30 Ø GRAVITY, A MISSION IN SPACE
By Upside Distribution
FACTUAL & FORMATS OPENING PARTY
MIPDoc
Agora
MIPDoc
Agora
MIPDoc
Agora
Grand Hyatt Cannes Hôtel
For all Mipdoc & Mipformats delegates
Martinez Beach
Sponsored by Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation (JSBC)
Programme as of March 12, 2015. Subject to change. Visit mipdoc.com for regular updates.
From
19.00
09.00
10.00
THE EUROPEAN BROADCASTERS’ CO-PRODUCTION
BREAKFAST
09.30
10.15
PRODUCERS TOOLBOX:
BRIGHT WAYS TO GO GLOBAL & DIGITAL WITH PLATFORMS
Buyers &
Commissioners
Club
MIPDoc
Agora
FOLLOWED BY MEET THE SPEAKERS
10.15-10.45 Buyers & Commissioners Club
MIPDoc
Agora
10.45
11.30
EVENTIZE & CREATE
MUST-SEE TV EXPERIENCES
11.00
11.45
PRODUCERS TOOLBOX:
HOW TO WORK WITH CHINA?
11.45
12.15
FROM THE GODFATHER OF FACTUAL DRAMA: “MAKING OF THE MOB” MIPDoc
Buyers &
Commissioners
Club
Agora
12.30
14.00
SNACK AND SCREEN: THE BEST DOCS FROM THE NORDICS
13.15
14.15
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
Agora
17.00
18.00
PRODUCERS SHOWCASE:
WHAT’S HOT, WHAT’S NEW, WHAT’S NEXT?
MIPDoc
Agora
MIPDoc
Agora
SNACK & NETWORKING LUNCH FROM 13.00
BY REGISTRATION THROUGH THE DIGITAL LIBRARY PROJECTS
APPLICATION
Buyers &
Commissioners Club
BY REGISTRATION THROUGH THE DIGITAL LIBRARY PROJECTS
APPLICATION.
PHIL CRAIG, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER,
DISCOVERY NETWORKS INTERNATIONAL (DNI)
MIPDoc
Agora
Buyers &
Commissioners
Club
CONFERENCE & EVENTS PROGRAMME
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
SATURDAY 11 APRIL
9.45-10.30, Buyers & Commissioners Club
12.20-12.50, MIPDoc Agora
PRODUCERS TOOLBOX:
SMART WAYS TO GET FUNDERS & INCENTIVES
FOCUS ON THE NORDICS
DOX FACTOR: SPEED PITCH THE COMMISSIONERS
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
In this interactive session, factual writers and producers are invited to ‘elevator pitch’
their concepts to five of the Nordic region’s most powerful documentary
commissioners. Don’t miss the opportunity to seek hands-on advice and guidance
from some of the top names in the factual business.
FOLLOWED BY MEET THE SPEAKERS
10.30-11.00 Buyers & Commissioners Club
Bo Stehmeier , Managing Director Distribution, Off the Fence, The Netherlands
@stehmeier @offthefence
Michael Tear, Chief Executive Officer, WildBear Entertainment, Australia
Edwina Thring, Managing Director, Wild Thring Media, UK
Donata von Perfall, Director, Documentary Campus, Germany
MODERATOR
Peter Hamilton, Founder, Publisher & Editor, Peter Hamilton Consultants/
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, Head of Acquisitions, RMC Découverte, France
Angela Neillis, Director of Non-Scripted, UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific,
FremantleMedia International, UK
Nesta Owens, Director of Programmes, Discovery Networks Europe, 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.
Axel Arnö, Commissioning Editor, SVT, Sweden
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, Barcroft Productions, UK @sambarcroft
Vanessa Case, Executive Vice President, Content, Blue Ant Media, Canada @CasePash
Greg Diefenbach, Managing Director, Alliant Content / XiveTV,, USA @OfficialXiveTV
Jeremy Lee, Executive Producer, Nerd TV, UK
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, NDR, Germany
Marijke Huijbregts, Commissioning Editor, AVROTOS, The Netherlands
Thierry Mino, Deputy Head of Documentaries, France 5 /Acquisitions and International
Coproductions, France Télévisions, France
Steffen Philipp Schmidt, Commsionning Editor, GEO TV / RTL Television GmbH, Germany
Beate Thalberg, Commissioning Editor, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Austria
HOST
Donata von Perfall, Director, Documentary Campus, Germany
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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
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.
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.
11.30-12.30 - grand auditorium
Submit your project by registration through the Digital Library Projects application.
Jury Members
Peter Arens, Head of editorial division Culture and Science, ZDF, Germany
Sally Habbershaw, VP International Programming, Production and Operations, A+E, USA
Chris Hoelzl, VP Program Development, Smithsonian Networks, USA
Coraline Roch, Acquisitions and International Coproductions, France Télévisions, France
Ralf Rückauer, VP ZDFE.factual, ZDF Enterprises, Germany
Carlyn Staudt, SVP Global Programming & Acquisitions, National Geographic Channels
International, USA
HOST
Ove Rishøj Jensen, Film Consultan, EDN - European Documentary
Network, Denmark @EDNEDN
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
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CONFERENCE & EVENTS PROGRAMME
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
SUNDAY 12 APRIL
9.00-10.00
Buyers & Commissioners Club
THE EUROPEAN BROADCASTERS’ CO-PRODUCTION
BREAKFAST
MIPDOC’s first Breakfast event, an intimate gathering of some of Europe’s most influential
decision makers talking about the future of documentary co-production.
Enjoy a unique setting to meet your peers, network and discuss new business
opportunities behind closed doors.
9.30-10.15
MIPDoc Agora
PRODUCERS TOOLBOX:
BRIGHT WAYS TO GO GLOBAL & DIGITAL 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
Steve Burns, EVP Content, CuriosityStream, USA
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
MODERATOR
Peter Hamilton, Founder, Publisher & Editor, Peter Hamilton Consultants/
DocumentaryTelevision.com, USA @doctvdotcom
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.
Tom Brisley, Creative Director, Arrow Media, UK
Phil Craig, Executive Vice President & Chief Creative Officer Discovery Networks
International (DNI)
Isabelle Graziadey, VP, Head of Sales and Acquisitions, Terranoa, France
Sharon Scott, President and General Manager, NBC News’ Peacock Productions, USA
MODERATOR
Tom Jennings, Executive Producer, Tom Jennings Productions, USA @TJ1895
11.00-11.45
Buyers & Commissioners Club
PRODUCERS TOOLBOX:
HOW TO WORK WITH CHINA?
Dynamic and powerful, China TV industry is also a multifaceted and fragmented
environment that can be complex to navigate.
How to seize business opportunities to enter the market? How to build a long-term
relationship with local broadcasters? What are essential tips to work with China?
Learn from a European producer with proven-track record in successfully producing
documentaries in China.
Hear Chinese broadcasters on what they expect from European producers in factual
programming.
Michel Noll, Chairman & CEO, ICTV-Solferino, France
Kristian Kender, Research Director, CMM Intelligence, China
11.45-12.15
MIPDoc Agora
FROM THE GODFATHER OF FACTUAL DRAMA:
“MAKING OF THE MOB”
From Stephen David – the EMMY-nominated Executive Producer of THE MEN WHO
BUILT AMERICA and THE WORLD WARS – comes THE MAKING OF THE MOB: NEW YORK,
a new docudrama event series for AMC.
Before there was organized crime, there was chaos in the American underworld –
every man was out for himself – until, one young gangster forged an alliance that
would create the first criminal empire. Amidst a bloody turf war, Salvatore "Lucky"
Luciano rose through the ranks of the Sicilian Mafia. He recruited the brightest and
toughest young men from New York’s immigrant slums, spawning a new generation of
gangland masterminds. Notorious men like Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel and Frank
Costello….
Soon, what started as The Five Families spread across the country and overseas...
forming an international syndicate working in the shadows of legitimate business.
It was… THE MAKING OF THE MOB.
Stephen David, President and Executive Producer, Stephen David Entertainment, USA
INTERVIEWER
Anna Carugati, Group Editorial Director, World Screen, USA
12.30-14.00
MIPDoc Agora
SNACK & SCREEN:
THE BEST DOCS FROM THE NORDICS
SNACK & NETWORKING LUNCH FROM 13.00
Welcome to the Nordics’ one-stop doc-shop. Your chance to preview the 10 best new
documentaries from around the region, curated by the Focus On The Nordics
committee.
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CONFERENCE & EVENTS PROGRAMME
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
SUNDAY 12 APRIL
13.15-14.15
Buyers & Commissioners Club
COMMISSIONERS MEET UP #2
16.15-16.45
MIPDoc Agora
MIPDOC KEYNOTE TALK
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.
Aleksandra Biernacka , Commissioning Editor / Deputy Head of Documentary &
Reportage TVP2, Telewizja Polska, Poland
Marion Haberman, President, Development, Discovery Communication, USA
Karin Heijink, VP MTG East European PTV Channels, Viasat Broadcasting UK, UK
Michel Pelletier, Head of Programming, Explora – Radio-Canada, Canada
HOST
Donata von Perfall, Director, Documentary Campus, Germany
14.15-15.00
MIPDoc Agora
SMARTAINMENT,
FUN WAYS TO LEARN & DISCOVER
Phil Craig
Executive Vice President & Chief Creative Officer
Discovery Networks International (DNI)
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.
11.30-12.30 - grand auditorium
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.
Sonia Fleck, CEO, Bomanbridge Media, Singapore
Danny Fenton, CEO, Zig Zag Productions, UK
Hamish Mykura, Head of International Content, NGCI, National Geographic Channels, UK
15.00-16.00
Buyers & Commissioners Club
DISTRIBUTORS MEET UP #3
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 @triconfilms
Bo Stehmeier, Managing Director Distribution, Off the Fence, The Netherlands
@stehmeier @offthefence
HOST
Donata von Perfall, Director, Documentary Campus, Germany
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
Donna Clark, Head of Factual Entertainment, Lion Television, UK
Elizabeth Hendricks North, President, CuriosityStream, USA
MODERATOR
Ove Rishøj Jensen, Film Consultan, EDN - European Documentary
Network, Denmark @EDNEDN
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