Nordisk Forum

   

Since its establishment in 1994, Filmkontakt Nord has organised Nordisk Forum for Co-financing of Documentaries in conjunction with Nordisk Panorama - 5 Cities Film Festival. Nordisk Forum has developed into the main funding event for professionals involved in the Nordic documentary community, taking place during the Festival in order to maximise the professional benefits of the event.

Every year professionals from the Baltic countries are invited to participate, on the same terms as their Nordic colleagues. In addition, observers and film school students attend Nordisk Forum for an intensive educational experience, experiencing the professional financing process first hand.

Nordisk Forum 2009 took place in Reykjavik, Iceland, and followed the proven concept of earlier years with morning pitching sessions, reserving the afternoon for pre-booked individual meetings between producers and financiers.

Pitching Sessions
Each morning, 12 projects are pitched to the attending financiers, allowing 7 minutes for the pitch and an equal 7 minutes for Question and Answer Sessions.

New Talent Pitch
In addition to the selected projects, two pitching slots are reserved for upcoming documentary directors, who have a film in the Nordisk Panorama competition for the first time.

Individual Meetings
After lunch individual meetings between producers and financiers take place. All meetings are pre-booked through Nordisk Forum Online and priority is given to pitching producers.

Moderators' Meetings
In preparation of the pitching sessions, Filmkontakt Nord offers to book advance meetings with the moderators.

Programme & Participants
Lists will be published two weeks before the event.

Nordisk Forum Online
Nordisk Forum participants are offered to present a short clip or trailer of a project, together with a synopsis and other production information, giving attending financiers and distributors the opportunity to preview the Nordisk Forum projects online and see short trailer excerpts.
In addition, financier and distributor's profiles as well as online meeting booking will be available on Nordisk Forum Online.
The site will open mid-September and will be restricted to producers selected to pitch, observers with projects as well as attending financiers and distributors.

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Upcoming deadlines
Project Application 14 June 2010
Observer Application 6 August 2010
Financier Accreditation 6 August 2010

Online application forms will be available May 2010

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For questions, please contact Head of Industry, Katrine Kiilgaard

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