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GREENHOUSE A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN CINEMA SCHOOL GRADUATES & EMERGING FILMMAKERS
THIRD SEMINAR & PITCHING FORUM JANUARY 2013 MARRAKESH, MOROCCO
This project is funded by the European Union
Greenhouse Partners Mrs. Dorit Inbar The New Foundation for Cinema and Television (NFCT) www.nfct.org.il
Mr. Ahmet Boyacioglu The Ankara Cinema Association, Turkey www.europeanfilmfestival.com
Mr. John Appel VOF Appel&Honigmann, the Netherlands
Mr. Antonio Saura Zebra Productions, Spain www.zebraproducciones.com
Mr. Vincent Melilli Initiator & Director of ESAV Marrakech - the Marrakech School of Visual Arts, Morocco www.esavmarrakech.com
Mr. Etienne Fiatte General Manager of Canal France International http://www.cfi.fr
Greenhouse Team Sigal Yehuda Yair Lev Ofir Goldman
Managing Director
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Head of Studies
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Production Coordinator
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Greenhouse 5 Yoknam St. Tel Aviv 67443 - Israel Tel: +972-3-5224457 Fax: +972-3-5230909 www.ghfilmcentre.orgTel: +972-3-5224457 Fax: +972-3-5224459 www.ghfilmcentre.org
Greenhouse Funding Partners
European Union in the framework of the Euromed Audiovisual programme Euromed Audiovisual in its 3rd phase has a budget of €11 Million over 3 years (2011-2013) and funds seven projects aimed at developing the film and audiovisual sector in 9 South Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syria and Tunisia). Euromed Audiovisual aims at enhancing sustainable transfer of knowledge and best practices through a wide set of trainings, capacity building of both professionals and national authorities and networking activities. Euromed Audiovisual considers the film industry not only as creative means of cultural expression and intercultural dialogue, but also of socio-economic development of the region. The programme has operated in two separate previous phases: Euromed Audiovisual I (2000-2005)and Euromed Audiovisual II (2006-2009). Both were focused on reinforcing intercultural dialogue & promoting exchanges across the Mediterranean, helping professionals get training and develop, distribute and promote their works internationally.
Righteous Persons Foundation Steven Spielberg earmarked his profits from the film Munich to charity and designated $5 million over five years to establish a Fund for Coexistence within the Righteous persons Foundations. Launched in 2006, the Fund supports co-existence efforts focused on the United States and the Middle East that leverage media and technology to help: Humanize the “other” by lending insight into another’s experience; Amplify the voices of those working towards common ground and understanding; and/or Bring people of different backgrounds together around a shared purpose and over a sustained period of time.
Blue Ice Group The Blue Ice Capital Group and Blue Ice Film, an independent film financing and Production Company are founded by Neil Tabatznik and Steven Silver. Blue Ice Funded the Hot Docs-Blue Ice Documentary Fund, a grant program providing financial support to African documentary filmmakers for development and production. Blue Ice Group are committed to providing crucial support to African documentary filmmakers to tell their own stories and contribute to a new generation of the African documentary community.
Vital Capital Fund Vital Capital Fund is a private equity fund created to align with the principles of Impact Investing. Vital was born out of a vision to enhance the quality of life of communities and families in developing African nations, while simultaneously delivering attractive returns to investors – ‘doing well’ AND ‘doing good’. With its first close in early 2011, Vital became one of the largest Impact Investing funds in the world. Vital is focused on the fastest growing sectors in the Sub-Saharan African markets with a primary emphasis in housing, commercial agriculture, health care, and education. Vital is led by a senior management team with over 30 years of cumulative ‘hands-on’ experience in initiating and executing ventures and businesses at scale in Africa. The team’s long history of working together, their specialized regional and sector expertise and their extensive network of relationships and significant access to local human capital, uniquely positions Vital to deliver significant social and financial impact. Vital makes investments of no less than $10 million into businesses and welfare projects which enable the achievement of individual financial self-sustainability and improved quality of life for local populations.
Sumayoko Ltd Sumayoko Ltd Was found in 2009 by Udi Segal a leading producer in Israeli Television. Mr. Segal's 25 years of experience in production includes Working as a senior producer at "Matar Entertainment". Manger of Lollypop TV & Film. Founder of "Hop Parents", channel for parents and kids content. Udi segal produced some of the most successful TV show, such as: "Screens" "Assfur" "Haborganim" "Blue Natalie" "kofiko" "Braun Girls" and many others. "Sumayoko Ltd" specializes in original, high quality content which is chosen carefully by very professional creative team in order to keep high concept production And specializes in all media aspects and produce contact for TV, film, Internet and cellular.
Advisory Board & International Friends Advisory Board:
Institutional Advisor
John Appel, Director, The Netherlands • Marieanne Bergmann, Head of Project Funding and Executive Fund Adviser, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein GmbH, Germany • Ahmet Boyacioglu, The Ankara Cinema Association, Turkey •Hans Robert Eisenhauer, Head of Theme ZDF,ARTE, Germany • Edna & Dan Fainaru, Israeli Correspondent ,Screen International, Editor in Chief, Cinémathèque, Israel • Serge Gordey, Producer, France • Walter Greifenstein, Commissioning Editor, Bayern 3 Bayerischer Rundfunk & Fernsehen, Germany • Claudia Landsberger, Managing Director, EYE film Institute, The Netherlands • Erez Laufer, Filmmaker, Israel • Cara Mertes, Director of Sundance Documentary Film Program, Sundance Institute, USA • Paul Pauwels, Independent Consultant and Executive Producer, Belgium • Nenad Puhovski, Filmmaker and Director of ZagrebDox Documentary IFF, Croatia • Antonio Saura, Zebra Productions, Spain • Steven Seidenberg, Producer, UK • Pieter Van Huijstee, Pieter Van Huystee Film, The Netherlands • Marc Isaacs, Filmmaker, UK • Sandi DuBowski, Producer, USA • Simon Kilmurry, Executive Director, American Documentary - P.O.V,USA • Claire Aguilar, Vice President of Programming, Independent Television Service(ITVS),USA • Bruni Burres, Film Producer & Senior consultant with the Sundance Documentary Program, USA • Lucinda Broadbent, Producer, UK • Taco Ruighaver, Director of Movies That Matter Foundation and Head of Program, Movies That Matter Festival in The Hague, The Netherlands • Maciej Nowicki, Co-Founder and the Director of the International Film Festival WATCH DOCS, Poland
International friends: David Fisher, the former NFCT General Director, Israel • Ido Abram, EYE film Institute / The Netherlands ▪ Hermann Barth, Cinepur film promotion / Germany ▪ Alan Berliner, Filmmaker / USA ▪ Jane Balfour, Distributor / UK ▪ Dora Bouchoucha, Producer / Tunisia ▪ Sean Farnel, Director of Programming Hot Docs / Canada ▪
Ulrich and Erika Gregor, Filmmakers / Germany ▪ Jutta Krug, WDR Channel / Germany ▪ Josianne-Tsvia Meitar, Israel ▪ Tom Perlmutter, Director General NFB / Canada ▪ Thierry Potok, Filmmaker / France ▪ Kees Ryninks, Filmmaker / the Netherlands ▪ Outi Saarikoski, Series Editor - YLE Teema Ateljee / Finland ▪ Azize Tan, Director of Istanbul International Film Festival / Turkey ▪ Eva Zaoralova, Filmmaker / the Czech Republic ▪ Guy Lavie, Head of "Yes Docu", documentary channel of YesDBS Satellite Service / Israel ▪ Joelle Alexis, Editor / Israel ▪ Ron Goldman, Editor / Israel ▪ Laura Poitras, Filmmaker / France ▪ Sylvia Stevens, Director & Producer / UK ▪ Parvez Sharma, Director / USA ▪ Sonja Heinen, Programme Manager for the World Cinema Fund - Head of Berlinale Co-Production Market / Germany ▪ Philippe Van Meerbeeck, VRT / Belgium ▪ Luciano Rispoli, French Audiovisual Attache'/ Turkey ▪ Alan Hayling, Renegade Pictures / UK ▪ Hubert Sauper, director / Austria director/ Austria ▪ Srdjan Fink, Editor / the Netherlands▪ Cathie Dambel, Editor / France ▪ Obbe Verwer, Editor / the Netherlands ▪ Adella Ladjevardi, Grants Manager at Cinereach / USA ▪ Martina Zollner, SWR Germany Commissioning Editor / Germany ▪ Dr. Margaretha de Koning, Responsible for the Television Department of IKON / the Netherlands▪ Isabelle Arrate, Manager of the IDFA BERTHA Fund The Netherlands ▪ Ally Derks Director of IDFA & the Jan Vrijman Fund / The Netherlands ▪ Gitte Hansen, First Hand Films / Switzerland▪ Philippa Kowarsky, Managing Director, Cinephil Distribution and Co Productions / Israel▪ Leena Pasanen, Executive Producer/Coordinator of Programmes at YLE Fact and Culture / Finland▪ Iikka Vehkalahti, Executive Producer for the Finnish Broadcasting Company / YLE, TV2 Documentaries / Finland▪ Mette Hoffmann Meyer, Head of Documentaries and coproductions – DRTV / Denmark▪ Katja Wildermuth, Commissioning Editor MDR Germany / Germany▪ Alex Szalat, ARTE France / France ▪ Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen, Head of Industry Office (FORUM, Docs for Sale and IDF Academy / The Netherlands▪ Catherine Le Clef, President of Cat&Docs / France ▪ Huseyin Karabey, Film director & Human rights activist / Turkey ▪ Ryan Harrington, Director, Documentary Programming; Tribeca Film Institute, USA ▪ Jane Ray, Head of Compliance, BBC Worldwide, United Kingdom ▪ Dominique Young, Senior Producer, Al-Jazeera English ▪ Gabriele Röthemeyer, CEO MFG-Filmförderung, Germany ▪ Pirjo Honkasalo, Director & Cinematographer / Finland
AWARDS AT THE 2012 GREENHOUSE PITCHING FORUM TRIBECA FILM INSTITUTE AWARD Ryan Harrington, Director of Documentary Programming at the Tribeca Film Institute will contribute a 10,000$ development grant for one of the 2012 Greenhouse projects. The selected filmmaker will be invited to the Tribeca Film Festival held in April 2013 and will take part in the TFI Filmmaker/Industry Meetings, a market initiative between TFI grantees and Decision Makers during the Festival. The filmmaker will also be entitled to a delegate pass allowing access to all the main events at the festival. The selected filmmaker will be announced at the 2012 Greenhouse Final Seminar & Pitching Forum. The Tribeca Film Institute is a year-round nonprofit arts organization founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in the wake of September 11, 2001. TFI empowers filmmakers with over $1.2 million in annual grants and professional development, and is a resource for and supporter of individual artists in the field. CHICKEN & EGG PICTURES AWARD Chicken & Egg Pictures is a New York/San Francisco based film fund dedicated to supporting women documentary filmmakers in the US and Internationally. Chicken & Egg Pictures will contribute a $5,000 award to a women filmmaker at the Greenhouse Pitch Forum to develop and further support her project. The award is part of Chicken & Egg Pictures' mission driven fund THE MOTHER WIT HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FUND. Chicken & Egg Pictures goal with this fund is to: · Support women filmmakers and courageous human rights activists—men, women and youth—who together from both sides of the camera, take on serious human rights struggles in the global South and around the globe; · Use story-driven films to help expand the definition of human rights to mean all people have the right to THRIVE (eat, play, work, love and learn) in peace. The selected filmmaker will be announced at the 2012 Greenhouse Final Seminar & Pitching Forum. Chicken & Egg Pictures is a film fund dedicated to supporting women documentary filmmakers. Chicken & Egg matches strategically-timed grants with dynamic mentorship and creative collaboration to nurture women filmmakers whose diverse voices have the power to change the world as we know it.
BLUE ICE GROUP-HOT DOCS AWARDS Greenhouse, Blue Ice Group and Hot Docs announce 2013 partnership The partnership will take place at the upcoming Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival to be held in May 2013. Greenhouse, Hot Docs, and the Blue Ice Group will jointly select four Greenhouse filmmakers to participate in the upcoming festival. The selected filmmakers will meet with decision makers at Hot Docs Deal Maker and other marketplace initiatives at the festival. They will also receive a delegate pass allowing access to all the main events at the festival, and will have join the Blue Ice Grantees for a program of workshops and sessions. Blue Ice Group will contribute toward the selected participants' expenses for the festival. The Hot Docs-Blue Ice Group Documentary Fund is a grant program providing financial support to African documentary filmmakers for development and production. Hot Docs and the Blue Ice Group are committed to providing crucial support to African documentary filmmakers to tell their own stories and contribute to a new generation of the African documentary community. The selected filmmaker will be announced at the 2012 Greenhouse Final Seminar & Pitching Forum. SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST AWARDS Greenhouse and Sheffield Doc/Fest continues its fruitful partnership and for the second time documentary projects of the Greenhouse development program will participate at the Sheffield Doc/Fest Marketplace, June 12-16 2013. Charlie Phillips, Sheffield's Marketplace Director will select three filmmakers from the Greenhouse 2012 program, the selected filmmakers will be offered meetings with Decision Makers at the MeetMarket and other marketplace initiatives in Sheffield. They will also be entitled to a delegate pass allowing access to all the main events at the market in Doc/Fest, and to have access to bespoke mentoring with Charlie Phillips and Karolina Lidin, MeetMarket Executive Producer. Sheffield Doc/Fest will offer contributions towards the selected participants' expenses for the festival. The selected filmmaker will be announced at the 2012 Greenhouse Final Seminar & Pitching Forum.
Greenhouse | Third Seminar | Program- January 8th - 13th 2013, Marrakech Tuesday 8
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Wednesday 9
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Thursday 10
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9:00 -9:30 Seminar's Introduction Greenhouse team (Group Session)
09:00 – 10:00 Pitching Workshop - Lucinda Broadbent Introduction (Group Session)
09:30 – 11:30 Working on the Trailers (1) 2 hours per project-with editors
10:00 – 11:20 Pitching Workshop Part 1 – Presentation & Feedback 4 projects - 20 min/project
10:00 – 14:00
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break
11:20 – 11:40 Coffee Break
Uploading the Trailers
12:00 – 14:00
with editors
11:40 – 13:00 Pitching Workshop Part 2 – Presentation & Feedback 4 projects - 20 min/project
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
15:00 – 17:00
Working on the Trailers (2)
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch 15:00 – 17:00 Viewing the Trailers & Footage with Editors Part 1 (Individual Sessions) – 1 hour per project
Working on the Trailers (3) with editors
14:00 – 15:20 Pitching Workshop Part 3 – Presentation & Feedback 4 projects- 20 minutes each
17:00 – 17:30 Coffee Break
17:00 – 17:30 Coffee Break
15:20– 16:00 Coffee Break
17:30 – 19:30 Viewing the Trailers & Footage with Editors Part 2
Working on the Trailers (4)
(Individual Sessions)
with editors
17:30 – 19:30
16:00 – 20:30 Editing - 1 hour per project 4 editors (according to necessity) Mentors & Hans Robert Eisenhauer are joining the editing
21:00 -Dinner
20:30 -Dinner
21:00 - Dinner
Friday 11
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09:00 – 13:30 Fine Tuning Simulations Personal Meetings Lucinda Broadbent & Paul Pauwels 30 minutes per project Personal meetings with Hans Robert Eisenhauer
Saturday 12
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10:00 Departure to school for the Pitching Forum Pitching Forum Part 1 : 11:15 – 12:15 4 projects- 15 min/project
Sunday 13
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10:00 – 12:30 Part 1 Personal Meetings Guests & Participants- 15 min/project
12:15 – 12:45 Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Pitching Forum Part 2 : 12:45 – 13:45 4 projects - 15 in/project
12:30 – 13:30 Part 2 Personal Meetings Guests & Participants- 15 min/project
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
Pitching Forum Part 3 : 15:00 – 16:00 4 projects - 15 min/project
Guests are Free
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
Wrapping up the Seminar: 14:30 – 15:00 Final Meeting / Mentors & Filmmakers
Editing 2 hours per project 4 editors 11:00 – 11:30
14:30 - 17:00 Personal Meetings Lucinda Broadbent & Paul Pauwels Personal meetings with Hans Robert Eisenhauer 30 minutes per project Editing – 2 hours per project 4 editors –possible extra editing hours 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break 18:00 – 20:30 Uploading trailers to master tapes 21:00 - Dinner
16:00 – 17:00 Group meetings with Hans Robert Eisenhauer in preparation for the meeting with the C.E
21:00 - Festive Dinner
15:00 – 17:00 Final Colloquium/ Mentors & Greenhouse Team 17:00 – 18:30 Summing Up/ Filmmakers, & Greenhouse Team
20:00- Dinner
Greenhouse | Third Seminar | Meeting Rooms January 8th - 13th 2013, Marrakech
Tuesday January 8th 10:00 – 14:00 Uploading the Trailers & Footage 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch 15:00 – 17:00 Viewing the Trailers & Footage with Editors - Part 1 Individual Sessions - 1 hour per project 17:00 – 17:30 Coffee Break 17:30 -19:30 Viewing the Trailers & Footage with Editors - Part 2 Individual Sessions- 1 hour per project 21:00 Dinner
Wednesday January 9th 09:00 -09:30 Seminar's Introduction - Greenhouse team (Group Session) 09:30 -11:30 Working on the Trailers – Part 1 - 2 hours per project (with editors) 11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break 12:00 -14:00 Working on the Trailers – Part 2 - 2 hours per project (with editors) 14:00 -15:00 Lunch 15:00 -17:00 Working on the Trailers – Part 3- 2 hours per project (with editors) 17:00 -17:30 Coffee Break 17:30 – 19:30 Working on the Trailers – Part 4- 2 hours per project (with editors) 20:30 Dinner
Thursday January 10th 09:00 – 15:20 Pitching Workshop - Lecturer: Lucinda Broadbent Group Session
Pitching Simulation moderated by Lucinda Broadbent -20 minutes per project 10:00-10:20 10:00 – 11:20
Saad Eddine Said
10:40-11:00
Tamer Aljmal & Mohamed Abu Sidu Zeineb khalfoui & Mejri Jouda
11:00-11:20
Noam Pinchas & Tal Barda
10:20-10:40
Where The Desert Meets Mountains Temporal Joy Beyond The Curfew The Wonderful Kingdom Of Papa Elaev
11:20 – 11:40 Coffee Break 11:40-12:00 11:40 – 13:00
12:00-12:20 12:20-12:40 12:40-13:00
Rim Mejdi
I, She, We….
Khedija Lemkecher & Moslah Kraiem Amine Hattou
Women Of The Pseudo Spring
Amel Bouzid & Sarra Abidi
The Factory And Me
Searching For Janitou
13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 15:20
14:00-14:20 14:20-14:40 14:40-15:00 15:00-15:20
Ohad Milstein
H2O
Hajar Setta
The Red Skins Of The North
Karnit Mandel Claire Mazeau- Karoum & Lamine Ammar- Khodjea
Archive Fever Without Cinema
15:20– 16:00 Coffee Break 16:00 – 20:30 Editing the Trailers – with the 4 editors (according to necessity) 1 hour per project - Mentors & Hans Robert Eisenhauer joining the editing 18:30– 19:00 Coffee Break 21:00 Dinner
Friday January 11th 09:00 – 13:30 Fine Tuning Simulations - Personal Meetings Lucinda Broadbent & Paul Pauwels 30 minutes per project In these meetings the participants are going to perform their pitch individually in front of Lucinda and Paul whom will help them fine tune their pitches. Personal meetings with Hans Robert Eisenhauer in preparation for the meetings with C.E ** Simultaneously, from 09:00 to 13:30 filmmakers will continue their work with their editors – 2 hours per project. Hans Robert Eisenhauer
Lucinda Broadbent & Paul Pauwels
9:00 -9:30
Ohad Milstein - H2O
Claire Mazeau- Karoum & Lamine Ammar- Khodjea - Without Cinema
9:30-10:00
Karnit Mandel - Archive Fever
10:00-10:30
Claire Mazeau- Karoum & Lamine Ammar- Khodjea Without Cinema Amel Bouzid & Sarra Abidi The Factory And Me
Amel Bouzid & Sarra Abidi - The Factory And Me Ohad Milstein - H2O
10:30-11:00 11:00 -11:30 11:30-12:00 12:00-12:30 12:30-13:00 13:00-13:30 13:30–14:30 14:30-15:00 15:00-15:30 15:30-16:00 16:00- 16:30 16:30-17:00
Karnit Mandel - Archive Fever
Coffee Break Saad Eddine Said - Where The Desert Meets Mountains Khedija Lemkecher & Moslah Kraiem - Women Of The Pseudo Spring Hajar Setta - The Red Skins Of The North Amine Hattou - Searching For Janitou
Hajar Setta - The Red Skins Of The North Amine Hattou - Searching For Janitou
Saad Eddine Said - Where The Desert Meets Mountains Khedija Lemkecher & Moslah Kraiem Women Of The Pseudo Spring
Lunch Tamer Aljmal & Mohamed Abu Sidu - Temporal Joy Zeineb khalfoui & Mejri Jouda - Beyond The Curfew Rim Mejdi - I, She, We….
Rim Mejdi - I, She, We…. Noam Pinchas & Tal Barda - The Wonderful Kingdom Of Papa Elaev Tamer Aljmal & Mohamed Abu Sidu Temporal Joy
Coffee Break Noam Pinchas & Tal Barda The Wonderful Kingdom Of Papa Elaev
Zeineb khalfoui & Mejri Jouda - Beyond The Curfew
18:00 - 20:30 Uploading of final trailers in preparation for the Pitching Forum 21:00 Dinner
Saturday January 12th 10:00 - Departure to ESAV for the Pitching Forum 11:15 – 12:15 Pitching Forum - Filmmakers have 7 minutes to pitch including trailer & 7 minutes for comments and questions from the panel members. Part 1- 4 Projects Presented 15 minutes per project 12:15 – 12:45 Coffee Break 12:45 – 13:45 Part 2- 4 Projects Presented 15 minutes per project 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch 15:00 -16:00 Part 4- 3 Projects Presented 15 minutes per project 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break 17:00 – 18:00 Group meetings with Hans Robert Eisenhauer in preparation for the meetings with C.E 21: 00 Festive Dinner
Sunday January 13th 10:00 – 12:30 Personal Meetings between Guests and filmmakers - Part 1 15 minutes per project 12:00 – 12:30 Coffee Break 12:30 – 13:30 Personal Meetings Guests and filmmakers - Part 2 15 minutes per project 13:30 – 14:30 Lunch Guests are Free Wrapping up the Seminar: 14:30 – 15:00 Mentors & Filmmakers 15:00 – 17:00 Mentors & Greenhouse Team 17:00 – 18:30 Filmmakers, Mentors & Greenhouse Team
20:00 Dinner
Greenhouse Euromed Audiovisual III | Partners - short CV Dorit Inbar, The New Foundation for Cinema and Television (NFCT), Israel
Adv. Dorit Inbar is the General Manager of the Israeli New Foundation for Cinema and Television – and is the Vice-Chairperson of the Israel Broadcasting Authority. NFCT is the major driving force in documentary filmmaking in Israel. Since its establishment in 1994, NFCT has supported the production of over 200 documentaries and has greatly contributed to the success of Israeli documentaries overseas. Ahmet Boyacioglu, The Ankara Cinema Association, Turkey
Mr. Ahmet Boyacioglu is the Chairman of Ankara Cinema Association, founder and General Secretary of the "Festival on Wheels" (since 1995). Mr. Boyacioglu is also a former representative of Turkey in Eurimage.
John Appel, VOF Appel & Honigmann, the Netherlands
Acclaimed filmmaker John Appel from VOF Appel&Honigmann, a production company in the Netherlands, has directed and produced many films over the years and was also a tutor at the Binger International Documentary Workshops and at Master-classes at IDFA. Antonio Saura, ZEBRA PRODUCCIONES, Spain
Mr. Antonio Saura is a producer and the Director of Zebra Productions, a leading production company in Spain that has produced many important feature and documentary films since its establishment in 2000. Mr. Saura has had a lasting contribution in film training, having been one of the creators of the Media Business School. He was also the creator and director of the selection committee of MEDEA. Vincent Melilli, Esav Marrakech- the Marrakech School of Visual Arts, Morocco
Vincent Melilli is the initiator & Director of ESAV Marrakech. ESAV Marrakech, The Marrakech School of Visual Arts, is engaged in training students for careers in film, television and visual communications (graphic arts and multimedia design.) Founded and financed by The Foundation Susanna Biedermann in partnership with the University Cadi Ayyad of Marrakech, ESAV is a non-profit organization dedicated to public service. It is the fruit of the collaboration of Susanna Biedermann, Max Alioth and Vincent Melilli, visionaries in creating and managing cultural centers in Marrakech.
Mr. Etienne Fiatte, Canal France International - CFI, Franc
CFI acted in the past 20 years as the French operator in media cooperation in Africa, the Mediterranean region, the Balkans, Caucasia and Asia. As a France Televisions Subsidiary, CFI is funded by the French Ministry of foreign and European affairs to lead a network of partners in the media sector.
Greenhouse Euromed Audiovisual III | Team - short CV Sigal Yehuda, Managing Director
Sigal Yehuda has been serving as the Managing Director of Greenhouse for the past five years, together with the Greenhouse team Yehuda has led the Greenhouse project to its international recognition as a leading program for documentary filmmakers. In 2010 together with Greenhouse's 4 partners Yehuda initiated a development program for European & Mediterranean filmmakers on the theme of racism & human rights and the current development program for Southern Mediterranean Cinema School graduates & young filmmakers, both programs received the support of the EU in the framework of MEDIA International & Euromed Audiovisual III. Prior to her current position Yehuda initiated a production & post production Company in Greece where she produced and co-directed several films. In 2010 she co-produced the feature length documentary 'The Black Bus '(Berlinale 2009) by Israeli filmmaker Anat Zuria about women's oppression in the orthodox Jewish society and the documentary film 'The Hangman' (IDFA 2010) by Natalie Braun & Avigail Sperber about the man who hanged Adolph Eichmann. Yair Lev, Head of Studies
Yair Lev was born in 1959 in Tel Aviv where he lives up until today. So far he made four feature-documentaries; 'Hugo 2" (2008); “Uri Avnery: Warrior for Peace” (2002) which won the In the Spirit of Freedom award for best documentary at the 2002 Jerusalem Film Festival and soon afterwards was released in theatres all over Germany; “Yakantalisa – a Portrait of a Dead Poet” (1996); “Hugo” (1989) was shown at the Berlin, Chicago and Montreal Film Festivals and in many others. In 1996 he received the Ministry of Culture's Art of Cinema award. He also directed several of short films and educational films. Yair Lev teaches filmmaking and theory of cinema at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School and Bezalel-Art Academy both in Jerusalem. In 2008, Lev joined the Greenhouse team as head of studies. Younes Belbahari, Production Coordinator
Younes was born in 1989 in Oujda (east of Morocco) and lived in various cities until his family decided to live in Marrakch in 2005, in 2010 he graduated from ESAVM as a film-director and the same city. As a student in ESAVM, Younes directed several short films like: Balance (2008), Transistor (2009), Café éspoir (2009), Dimanche Matin
After ESAV Younes worked as an assistant-director for short movies like "Henna" in 2010 directed by Monika Farukuoye. And also worked in big productions as: Agent Vinod (a Bollywoodien movie) directed by Sriram RAGHAVAN - Zero (Moroccan movie) directed by Noureddine LAKHMARI
Ofir Goldman, Production Coordinator
Ofir Goldman is a graduate of the Film and Television Dept. at Tel Aviv University. In the last 5 years she has produced numerous projects ranging from short films, music videos and commercials to prime time television and feature films. Some of her work includes “Ruth, Sof” a short drama, winner of awards in Beijing, Shanghai and Macau and “Out in the Dark” a feature film funded by the Israeli Film Fund and Channel 10. In television, Ofir produced live broadcasts for the Children’s Channel and took part in the first successful season of the prime-time Israeli version of “Master Chef”. She is originally from Haifa and lives in Tel Aviv with her husband.
Greenhouse Euromed Audiovisual III |Mentors & Special Expert Short CV| Mentors John Appel
John Appel Has worked as a professional cameraman/director since '87. Appel directed more than 30 documentaries, mainly for television and some feature length for cinema. Appel studied Gymnasium ß Classical Languages and Literature in the University of Amsterdam Film Academy, and graduated as cameraman and documentary director. In 2000, established a production company with filmmaker Heddy Honigmann (VOF Appel&Honigmann). Appel is a Guest lecturer at the Dutch Film and Television Academy (since 2000); Adviser to the Dutch Cultural Broadcasting Fund (since ’98) and the Dutch Film Fund (since 2000) among his other activities. In 1999 he won the Joris Ivens Award at IDFA for the film Andre Hazes/ She Believes in Me, the most successful documentary film in Dutch cinema released in 40 years.
Bruni Burres
Bruni Burres is a New York based film producer and consultant whose work focuses primarily on documentary projects exploring contemporary human rights themes. She is a senior consultant with the Sundance Documentary Program (SDP). At the SDP she works to expand the roster of national and international documentary filmmakers working with the program, deepen national and international collaborations with filmmakers and cultural institutions, and broaden the human rights themes currently explored by the SDP. Bruni is also a consultant with the Open Society Institute’s US National Security and Human Rights Campaign, guiding them on incorporating arts and culture projects further in their ongoing work. Recently Bruni completed the feature length documentary, The Siege, which explores the lasting cultural and political Impact of the 1985 siege of Palace of Justice in Colombia with the International Center for Transitional Justice (www.ictj.org). Bruni was the co-founder and director of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival (www.hrw.org/iff) from 1991-2008. Nenad Puhovski
Nenad Puhovski was born in Zagreb where he graduated sociology, philosophy and film directing. He made his first, amateur film, when he was 15. As a professional director, he directed more that 250 productions in theater, film and television. His documentary films deal with social problems and fine arts. Many of them have been screened and awarded worldwide. In 1997, Puhovski founded FACTUM, which soon became the largest and most influential independent documentary film production in Croatia. He produced over 60 documentary films which were screened and awarded all around the globe. He
also received four awards for the best production at the Croatian national film festival. In 2004, he founded ZagrebDox – largest documentary festival in the region. Today he works as its director. Apart from the school in Zagreb where he started a new documentary MA program, Nenad also taught documentary filmmaking in many schools in Europe, Asia, North & South America, Middle East and Africa. In 2009 he got EDN award for his “outstanding contribution to the development of the European documentary culture”. Nenad Puhovski is a member of European Film Academy. Steven Seidenberg
In his 28 years in documentary television Steven Seidenberg has been a producer, creator, head of development & script editor. Steven has wide experience in all documentary genres. As a producer he has worked in history programming (e.g. THE TRIAL OF GEORGE WASHNGTON, HITLER'S DEATH, and NAPOLEON'S OBSESSION), the sciences (e.g. A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, with Stephen Hawking, directed by Errol Morris, creative director Steven Spielberg), as well as examinations of ethical and moral issues (e.g. HYPOTHETICALS, with Arthur Miller). Long before the term "reality programming" had even been invented, Steven was quick to realize the potential of new DVcam technology co-creating the genre-bending 12-part NIGHTS OUT AT THE EMPIRE and the 26-part travel-adventure series, THE $100 TAXI RIDE. More recently his focus has shifted to Asia. For the past seven years he has worked primarily as a preditor (producereditor) on various productions in Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore and Seoul where he has made programmes on everything from kung fu monks in Berlin to China’s first astronaut to the Korean figure skating sensation Kim Yu-na. He is currently Head of International Production at LIC China in Beijing. Steven is an active participant in the European Documentary Network and with them has participated in workshops on international co-production in eleven countries as a tutor and expert. He has taught at Discovery Campus and currently is the Head of Studies at Crossing Borders, the joint EDN, Documentary Campus and Guangzhou Documentary Association’s new master school in Asia.
Greenhouse Special Expert Hans Robert Eisenhauer, Producer, former Head of THEMA at ZDF/ARTE
After his studies in Political Science in Heidelberg, he worked as an assistant of the Minister of Finance in Bonn. Until 1979 he also worked as an assistant to several Members of Parliament and as free lance journalist for print media and radio. At the end of 1979 change of „profession“ and place, first, dramatic adviser, then producer of television programmes in Berlin. As of 1983 scriptwriter and producer for television series and factual programmes for Studio Hamburg Atelier GmbH. 1985 Editor for press and public relations and producer at the Second German Television (ZDF) and the German-speaking cultural channel 3Sat. As of November 1987 Eisenhauer became Director of the Berlin Film Fund at the Berlin Government, where he was also responsible for the foundation of the European Film Academy. As of November 1991 Deputy Programme Director of ARTE and Head of the Theme Evenings. Coordinator of about 2000 Theme Evenings, including co-productions with international broadcasters as TVE, TVP, ORF, SRG, YLE, RTBF, TELEPIU, SVT, WGBH, BBC, NPS, Channel Four, CBC and ABC-Australia. As of January 2005 Eisenhauer worked again for ZDF. Within his career he commissioned, produced and coproduced more than 50 theatrical length documentaries. As of April 2011 Hans Robert Eisenhauer retired from his TV-position and started as independent producer for international documentaries in Berlin.
Greenhouse Pitching Forum Panel Members Alex Szalat Deputy Director of the Society and Culture department, Arte, France. Alex Szalat is a Director of short films, documentaries and TV series since 1977. His filmography is extensively covering a full range aspects dealing with European life culture and society. In 1987, A. Szalat founded KS VISIONS, an independent producers society and has produced over a hundred documentaries and TV series for Canal +, Arte, FR3, FR2, TF1, Planete, IBA, RTBF, Dutch Channel 1 amongst others. Since 2005 Alex Szalat was commissioning editor for the Geopolitical Europe and Society department of Arte France, and from 2008, he heads the Current affair, Social issues and geopolitical department. Since September 2011, he is Deputy Director of the Society and Culture department of Arte France.
Caroline Behar Head of the acquisition and International co-productions for Documentaries department of France 5 Caroline Behar is Head of Documentaries for France 5, and Head of Acquisitions for the France Télévisions Group (France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5 and France O). Caroline joined France 5 at its launch in 1994, first in the team that spearheaded an international educational broadcasters association. Then two years later she became Deputy Head of the International Acquisitions and Co-Productions department, and Head of the department in 2008. As Head of Documentaries, Caroline now oversees more than 300 domestic French productions, 400 hours of acquisitions and 60 hours of international co-productions every year. Her remit is to provide French viewers with the best and most relevant programs of the international market, in the genres of wildlife, discovery, science, technology, the environment, ancient civilizations/archaeology, origins of mankind, major historical events and turning points, anniversaries and portraits of iconic characters. Her passion for the factual genre prompts her to commission blue-chip series, groundbreaking specials which display an innovative style, with a high visual impact and an entertaining approach to a subject, providing viewers with a new angle, unique access or a revelation. Caroline is keen to develop cross-platform projects mainly on special events programs. She has built strong long-term relationships with broadcasters such as BBC, NHK, ZDF, National Geographic, Discovery and AETN, as well as distributors and independent producers all over the world. She constantly develops new sources of programs in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Caroline is on the Steering Committee of the WCSFP and has been a member of numerous juries, and is a regular panel member for film festivals and competitions.
Charlie Phillips Marketplace Director of Sheffield Doc/Fest Charlie Phillips is the Marketplace Director for Sheffield Doc/Fest, coordinating the MeetMarket, a unique opportunity for filmmakers and digital media producers to present their most innovative and passionate ideas to commissioners, buyers, funders and distributors. He also runs all other marketplace activities at Sheffield Doc/Fest, including public pitches, industry meetings, matchmaking and mentoring sessions, and year-round workshops. Before that, he was the Editor of FourDocs, Channel 4’s BAFTA-winning online documentary channel, and he continues to bring an interactive and cross-platform perspective to Sheffield’s marketplace activities. In his 5 years at Doc/Fest, MeetMarket has become one of the world's top 3 events for documentary financing, introducing pitches and conference sessions on new forms of funding and distribution, and leading factual industry thinking on these areas, especially crowdfunding and the integration of digital technology. Charlie has initiated and carried out a year-round training programme of workshops to train UK-wide producers and directors in how to pitch for, and obtain, international financing, including how to coproduce, how to present your ideas, and how to understand multi-platform rights. These workshops include extensive guides to online and alternative financing and distribution, including crowdfunding, foundation funding, 3rd sector and brand funding, self-distribution, non-theatrical distribution, online distribution, social network marketing, building movements and communities around films, and having social impact. Charlie advises documentary makers year round on how to develop and present ideas for the best creative and financial impact, helping develop their ideas in order to pitch them to commissioners and other funders, and to have maximum impact in their distribution strategies.
Dominique Young Senior Producer, Al Jazeera English Dominique is a Senior Producer based in Al Jazeera English’s bureau in London. She commissions a wide range of documentaries on Middle Eastern and African subject matter, for broadcast in the channel’s flagship observational strand “Witness”, and other documentary seasons. These documentaries showcase the work of established and emerging talent from around the world and provide an insight in key events of the day as they impact on the lives of ordinary people
Dr. Gudrun- El Ghomri Commissioning Editor, Documentary Unit, Südwestrundfunk (SWR), Germany Dr. Gudrun Hanke-El Ghomri studied romance, history as well as general and comparative literature in Mainz, Germany and in Orléans, France. After obtaining her doctorate, she first worked for ZDF TV, then, starting in 1992, as an editor and author/director for the SÜDWESTFUNK TV (SWF) in Baden-Baden, Germany. During her first years, she mostly performed editorial work on current cultural and literature magazines, including the ARD Kulturreport (culture report) and the ARTE cultural magazine "Metropolis". Since 1996, her area of responsibility has included editorial work for ARTE TV and editorial work on documentaries of SÜDWESTRUNDFUNK TV ( SWR, formerly SWF and SDR). She is in charge of, among others, the contributions of SWR for the ARD documentary series Dr. Katja Wildermuth Commissioning Editor, MDR Germany / Germany Dr. Katja Wildermuth is Head of Documentaries in the editorial office “History and Society” at MDR Television in Leipzig, Germany. She is responsible for historical documentaries, docu-dramas, contemporary feature length documentaries for MDR, ARD and arte - and for international co-productions. Before heading “History and Society” Katja Wildermuth worked for several other editorial offices, commissioning documentaries as well as news magazines. Beside that she worked herself an author and director for several TV formats. In the early nineties she was engaged for several years as a scientific researcher and lecturer at the University of Munich and graduated 1994 with a Ph.D. in History. Recent documentaries Dr. Katja Wildermuth commissioned are e.g. Durakovo. Village of Fools (dir. Nino Kirtadze; Sundance Festival Winner World Cinema Directing Award 2008), Alone in four Walls (dir. Alexandra Westmeier; Locarno Winner Semaine de la Critique 2008; Max Ophüls Festival Winner Best Documentary 2008; New Berlin Film Award 2008), Do Communists Have Better Sex? (dir. André Meier; Prix Circom 2007), Letter to Anna – The Story of journalist Politkovskaya’s death (dir. Eric Bergkraut; Vaclav-Havel-Award 2008); The House on August Street (dir. Ayelet Bargur; silver price Haifa Festival 2008); Cutting the Cord (dir. Daniel Syrkin; Plovdiv Silver Chest Award 2006).
Gitte Hansen Deputy Director: First Hand Films, Switzerland Born on the rocky island of Bornholm, Denmark, Gitte Hansen lives in Switzerland since 2000. In Zurich Gitte worked with international distribution of feature films and started in 2002 at First Hand Films, where her work includes project development, financing & packaging, marketing strategy, executive producing, sales and acquisition. Previously Gitte has worked with inhouse factual production at DR-TV, she was Head of Information and Promotion with Filmkontakt Nord for five years in Copenhagen, coordinator of the Nordisk Forum for Co-financing of Documentaries, and has worked for the former MEDIA project DOCUMENTARY, which included the first edition of the EDN TV Guide and a study on the European Documentary sector regarding co- production and film financing. She has joined Vertigal Strategies, Eurodoc session, Transmedia Next and is a consultant and tutor at international workshops and events where she works for colleagues like EDN, Eurodoc, IDFA, Crossing Boarders and Ex Oriente. Gitte has served on several international film festival and holds a master in Film and Rhetoric from the University of Copenhagen Isabel Arrate Manager of the IDFA BERTHA Fund / The Netherlands Isabel Arrate Fernandez is the manager of the IDFA Bertha Fund (formely known as Jan Vrijman Fund) since 2002. She has an MA in Film Studies from the University of Amsterdam, and worked in festival production, programming and film financing before joining IDFA. As head of the IDFA Bertha Fund she has participated in juries and works regularly as consultant for documentary projects. In 15 years the IDFA Bertha Fund has developed into an internationally renowned institution with a broad network supporting over 500 documentaries projects and film organisations in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle-East and Latin America.
Margje de Koning Responsible for the Television Department of IKON / the Netherlands After finishing her studies, during 12 years Margje de Koning made all sorts of documentaries for many different broadcasting companies. In 2004 Margje de Koning became a part time teacher at the Culture & Media studies (department Film& Television at the University of Amsterdam). In August 2004, Margje de Koning became Commissioning editor for a documentary slot of 52" docs. This means producing and co-producing creative single 52'documentaries on contemporary social, social-cultural and moral issues with a strong human interest angle. In January 2005 Margje de Koning became responsible for the Television Department of IKON and as of January 2012 Ms De Koning is Head of Radio, Television and New Media.
Ryan Harrington Director, Documentary Programming; Tribeca Film Institute, USA Ryan Harrington is the Director of Documentary Programming at the Tribeca Film Institute where he oversees all of their documentary filmmaker funds, while developing other initiatives and programs that support non-fiction filmmaking. Recent TFI successes include GIVE UP TOMORROW, IF A TREE FALLS, THE OATH, ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE, MARATHON BOY and DONOR UNKNOWN. Previously, Harrington managed production for A&E IndieFilms, the theatrical documentary Arm of the A&E Network. Throughout his tenure there he championed the Oscarnominated films MURBERBALL and JESUS CAMP; and the Sundance hits MY KID COULD PAINT THAT and AMERICAN TEEN.
Neil Tabatznik BLUE ICE GROUP-HOT DOCS Neil Tabatznik Founded Arrow Pharmaceuticals (Canada) Inc. in 2000, and served as its Chairman and as the CEO of Cobalt Pharmaceuticals until the time of its sale to Watson Pharmaceuticals in 2009. Between 1993 and 1999, Neil ran Genpharm Pharmaceuticals Inc. Genpharm was sold to Merck in 1999. Neil is a long-time supporter of film, television and the arts and in 2005 he co-founded the Blue Ice Capital Group and Blue Ice Film, an independent film financing and production company. In that year Blue Ice Capital Group bought a 50% share of Barna Alper Productions, one of Canada's largest film and television companies. In 2008, Barna Alper was sold to the Eone Entertainment Group. Neil now serves on the board of the Canadian Film Center and the Hot Docs Film Festival. He founded the Hot Docs-Blue Ice documentary film fund and has also built a documentary cinema in central Toronto. Prior to moving to Canada with his family in 1993, Neil lived in England where he practised as a Barrister for over 14 years.
SEMINAR & PITCHING EXPERTS Lucinda Broadbent Mediaco-op, UK Lucinda Broadbent has over twenty years experience as a Director and Executive Producer of UK and international documentaries for UK broadcasters More4’s “True Stories”, Channel 4, BBC1, BBC2, BBC4, Scottish Television and Sky; and co-productions with YLE, ZDF, Al Jazeera, etc. Her prizes include Amnesty International‘s Media Award and ECHO Human Rights Award and BAFTA nominations. Lucinda has specialised in human rights and social justice stories. She is currently a member of media co-op, a production company in Scotland that is a workers cooperative, making documentaries on social issues and non-broadcast digital content for NGO‘s. Lucinda is a former Skillset Careers Advisor for freelancers in the UK film and TV industry, and a mentor for the Screen Academy in Scotland. A strong believer in new voices in international documentary scene, she is a former Board Member of the European Documentary Network, and has tutored on Pitching Forums in Greece, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic, India, Turkey, Malaysia, and South Korea. Currently Lucinda is Exec Producing "The Bridge Rising" a Scotland-Canada coproduction commissioned by BBC. Paul Pauwels Independent Consultant and Executive Producer, Belgium Paul Pauwels studied at RITCS film school in Brussels where he got his degree as director and producer. He worked as production manager and unit manager in feature film production until 1987, when he founded his own production company: Periscope Productions. The company produced commercials, short feature films and internationally financed documentaries. The company was sold in 2005, when Paul Pauwels was invited to become programmer manager at VRT, the Flemish public broadcaster. There he was in charge of the science and history department and was the liaison officer with the independent documentary community. He left this position in December 2007 to become the project manager for the EUROPEAN TELEVISION AND MEDIA MANAGEMENT ACADEMY in Strasbourg, France. In December 2007 Paul Pauwels was nominated the director of this international training institute, a position he occupied until October 2011, when the school ended its activities in Strasbourg. Paul Pauwels still teaches Documentary Production at the MAD academy in Belgium and has now started again to work as an expert, moderator and tutor for other training organizations. He advises producers and directors of factual programs, sometimes accepting the position of executive producer. Paul Pauwels has been the chairperson of the European Documentary Network (EDN) for the maximum period possible, and also, he is a member of the General Assembly of the new Flemish Film Fund (VAF). He also maintains his position as expert reader for the same funding body.
EDITORS Obbe Verwer , the Netherlands worked as a professional film-editor since 1996. Since then he worked on a wide variety of projects in the field of drama and documentary film. Amongst these productions are several films and documentary series that have won both national and international awards at prestigious film festivals. Beginning his career as an assistant film-editor gave him the opportunity to receive an 'on the job' training with renowned Dutch filmeditors. Starting out, he worked mainly on drama productions, but the last decade his focus has moved towards the editing of documentary films. At first he was employed by a few postproduction companies and national broadcasters, but since 2001 he has been working as an independent film-editor. Being self-employed gave him more flexibility to focus on projects that either matter or are a lot of fun! Catherine Rascon , France Born in 1959 in Paris. Freelance editor since 1980. Trained from film to video in all types of moving images, short, long, experimental, musical and animation but mainly documentary films. Teacher at La Femis (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son). Member of École et Cinéma. Member of Varan Workshops, training for documentary filmmakers in the line of Direct Cinema. Workshops in Paris, Venezuela, Portugal and Vietnam. Seminar "Thinking with images" at the EHESS (Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales). Mentor and expert editor for The Breathless Project coordinated by Dock Leipzig and IDFF Jihlava. Masterclasses and seminars in Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Oxford, Valence, Le Havre, Toulouse, Nantes and Paris. Worked recently with Frederic Laffont, Claire Simon, Daniele Incalcaterra, Stéphane Breton, Wang Bing, Sergei Loznitsa, André van In and Jean-Pierre Duret, among many others. Cathie Dambel , France Cathie Dambel is a film and video editor based in PARIS, France and specialized in Documentary for cinema and television. Cathie has worked as well with young filmmakers on first films than with reknown ones. Now, she is involved in the last Hubert Sauper' opus, as chief editor. Many of her films won prestigious and international awards at the various film festivals.Since 2010, she is in charge of a specific MASTER dedicated to creative documentaries in Bordeaux, France Thijs Nusmeijer , the Netherlands Thijs has Left his Birthtown Enschede, the cultural heart of Eastern Holland, to study Direction, Camera and Studio Productions. He soon realized that his true passion was creation of content by editing and therefore started his career at a small post production company in “the tinseltown” of The Netherlands: Hilversum. In early 2006 Thijs joined Parkpost where he became part of a dynamic and highly innovative team. When the market evolved from analogue production systems to digital solutions with open standards and an IT-based workflow Thijs grew not only in editing, but also experienced the power of innovation and technology and learned to implement an realized new techniques and work closely with broadcasting, fiber optic networks and content distribution.Nowadays he prefers to focus on the creation of TV Programs (kids, infotainment, actuality/ reality and sports), Documentary and “on the road” charitable live events.
