The documentary projects vying for the 2024 Sunny Side of the Doc Global Pitch for Global Change award examine a range of topics linked to the sustainable development goals defined by the United Nations.
On Feb. 6 and 7, the 12 selected projects will be pitched to key international decision makers from Nrtve, IDA, S4C, BBC, PBS, TG4, Nhk, Arte, German Films, Channel 4, Rai, Zdf, Mediawan, Sky Deutschland, Canal Curta, Little Dot Studios and France 24, amongst others.
The two-day online event, sponsored by Ajb Doc Film Festival, Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, precedes the 35th anniversary edition of in-person international documentary marketplace Sunny Side of the Doc, which will be focused on the future of the ecosystem and the documentary genre itself.
Ahmed Mahfouz Nouh, managing director, Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, said: “We understand the crucial urgency of documenting the journey towards sustainable development and a better life. Let’s collectively appreciate our...
On Feb. 6 and 7, the 12 selected projects will be pitched to key international decision makers from Nrtve, IDA, S4C, BBC, PBS, TG4, Nhk, Arte, German Films, Channel 4, Rai, Zdf, Mediawan, Sky Deutschland, Canal Curta, Little Dot Studios and France 24, amongst others.
The two-day online event, sponsored by Ajb Doc Film Festival, Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, precedes the 35th anniversary edition of in-person international documentary marketplace Sunny Side of the Doc, which will be focused on the future of the ecosystem and the documentary genre itself.
Ahmed Mahfouz Nouh, managing director, Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, said: “We understand the crucial urgency of documenting the journey towards sustainable development and a better life. Let’s collectively appreciate our...
- 1/8/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
‘Quicksand’s Flx Gets New CEO
Joshua Mehr has been named CEO of Flx, the Swedish producer behind Netflix’s series Quicksand. Pontus Edgren, who part-owns the company alongside founder and Creative Director Felix Herngren and majority shareholder Sf Studios, is stepping down as CEO. According to a press release, Edgren has chosen to leave “on his own initiative” and has been “in dialogue with Flx’s owners for some time to ensure a smooth succession.” Mehr has been with the company as Head of Business Affairs since 2015 and is stepping up to the CEO post with “an extremely good understanding of the industry and Flx in particular,” said Iréne Lindblat, CEO off Sf Studios and Chair of the Flx board. Flx’s behind series such as Sunny Side, Love & Anarchy and Quicksand, feature films such as The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared and Comedy Queen,...
Joshua Mehr has been named CEO of Flx, the Swedish producer behind Netflix’s series Quicksand. Pontus Edgren, who part-owns the company alongside founder and Creative Director Felix Herngren and majority shareholder Sf Studios, is stepping down as CEO. According to a press release, Edgren has chosen to leave “on his own initiative” and has been “in dialogue with Flx’s owners for some time to ensure a smooth succession.” Mehr has been with the company as Head of Business Affairs since 2015 and is stepping up to the CEO post with “an extremely good understanding of the industry and Flx in particular,” said Iréne Lindblat, CEO off Sf Studios and Chair of the Flx board. Flx’s behind series such as Sunny Side, Love & Anarchy and Quicksand, feature films such as The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared and Comedy Queen,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Newen Connect is jumping on the Cleopatra bandwagon by leading its Sunny Side of the Doc slate with a documentary about the last queen of Egypt.
Cleopatra: Cracking the Enigma helms an eight-strong slate being shopped this week at the La Rochelle confab, as Newen attempts to exert dominance in the international doc market.
The four-part show for French network Rmc Découverte, which is produced by Label News, is based on unprecedented excavations and shows never-before-seen footage of attempts to lift the veil on the mysterious life of the iconic Egyptian ruler.
Cracking the Enigma comes fresh off the back of Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra docudrama, which generated headlines due to controversies surrounding the ethnicity of the lead, Adele James.
Speaking to Deadline, Newen Head of Factual Distribution Chloé Persyn said the distributor is not trying to ride the wave of the Netflix show’s controversy but instead take...
Cleopatra: Cracking the Enigma helms an eight-strong slate being shopped this week at the La Rochelle confab, as Newen attempts to exert dominance in the international doc market.
The four-part show for French network Rmc Découverte, which is produced by Label News, is based on unprecedented excavations and shows never-before-seen footage of attempts to lift the veil on the mysterious life of the iconic Egyptian ruler.
Cracking the Enigma comes fresh off the back of Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra docudrama, which generated headlines due to controversies surrounding the ethnicity of the lead, Adele James.
Speaking to Deadline, Newen Head of Factual Distribution Chloé Persyn said the distributor is not trying to ride the wave of the Netflix show’s controversy but instead take...
- 6/19/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
“Fitness advice, gig economy, binge watching Danish crime series, sustainability, sex when the kids watch cartoons, mobile bank ID, personal development 5:2 diet, anti-aging cream, Adobe updates, climate friendly travel, body activism,” Anders rants quietly to the camera, as he walks from his car to home in the equivalent of white picket fence Sweden at the beginning of Swedish Discovery Plus Original “Gotebia,” a half-hour dramedic psychological thriller.
“Exterior renovations, Roblox, mini Rodini hats, dinners from Fedora. Shared family calendar. Find us-time, life with kids, drainage pipes, hot yoga, performance review, changing the plumbing, pub crawls, doggy day care,” he goes on.
43, Anders is out of his depth at work where his company’s motivational speakers are no longer found in the newspaper or on TV but on YouTube, TikTok, Snap and Instagram. And suffering to keep up with the Joneses – in this case tennis player and neighbor Martin’s...
“Exterior renovations, Roblox, mini Rodini hats, dinners from Fedora. Shared family calendar. Find us-time, life with kids, drainage pipes, hot yoga, performance review, changing the plumbing, pub crawls, doggy day care,” he goes on.
43, Anders is out of his depth at work where his company’s motivational speakers are no longer found in the newspaper or on TV but on YouTube, TikTok, Snap and Instagram. And suffering to keep up with the Joneses – in this case tennis player and neighbor Martin’s...
- 1/28/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The Hot Docs Forum, the festival’s two-day international co-financing market event, wrapped Wednesday after 20 teams, representing 16 countries, pitched their projects to a virtual roundtable of more than 50 top documentary funders and decision makers from around the globe.
The Canadian Forum Pitch Prize was awarded to director Lisa Jackson’s “Wilfred Buck” (pictured above), which tells the story of a man who is called the Indiana Jones of Indigenous star knowledge while exploring colonization’s impact on Indigenous ways of knowing. The film is produced by Jackson and Alicia Smith for Door Number 3 Productions and by the National Film Board of Canada.
The $10,000 Cad cash prize is awarded to the best Canadian pitch at the Forum as voted on by attending international buyers, and is this year presented in partnership with Directors Guild of Canada National and Dgc Ontario.
The Canadian Forum Pitch Prize jury gave an honourable mention, which...
The Canadian Forum Pitch Prize was awarded to director Lisa Jackson’s “Wilfred Buck” (pictured above), which tells the story of a man who is called the Indiana Jones of Indigenous star knowledge while exploring colonization’s impact on Indigenous ways of knowing. The film is produced by Jackson and Alicia Smith for Door Number 3 Productions and by the National Film Board of Canada.
The $10,000 Cad cash prize is awarded to the best Canadian pitch at the Forum as voted on by attending international buyers, and is this year presented in partnership with Directors Guild of Canada National and Dgc Ontario.
The Canadian Forum Pitch Prize jury gave an honourable mention, which...
- 5/6/2021
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
Respected documentary and factual content industry event runs online June 22-25.
Sunny Side of the Doc, which usually takes place against the backdrop of the historic French port of La Rochelle, sets sail on unchartered waters on Monday (June 22) with an exceptional online iteration, following the cancellation of its physical edition due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Another major change at the 31st edition of the documentary and factual content industry event, which runs June 22-25, will be the absence of its trailblazing CEO Yves Jeanneau.
Sunny Side’s much-loved co-founder died in November at the age of 69, just as preparation...
Sunny Side of the Doc, which usually takes place against the backdrop of the historic French port of La Rochelle, sets sail on unchartered waters on Monday (June 22) with an exceptional online iteration, following the cancellation of its physical edition due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Another major change at the 31st edition of the documentary and factual content industry event, which runs June 22-25, will be the absence of its trailblazing CEO Yves Jeanneau.
Sunny Side’s much-loved co-founder died in November at the age of 69, just as preparation...
- 6/20/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦
- ScreenDaily
French documentary event creates director of strategy and development role.
France’s Sunny Side of the Doc has appointed Mathieu Béjot to the newly-created role of director of strategy and development.
He has been hired ahead of the 31st edition of the documentary and factual content-focused industry event.
Béjot will support Doc Services CEO Roman Jeanneau, who took over the company behind Sunny Side of the Doc and Asian Side of the Doc following the death of CEO and co-founder Yves Jeanneau (his father) in November.
Béjot began his career in 1988 as an audiovisual attaché for the French Embassy in Canada,...
France’s Sunny Side of the Doc has appointed Mathieu Béjot to the newly-created role of director of strategy and development.
He has been hired ahead of the 31st edition of the documentary and factual content-focused industry event.
Béjot will support Doc Services CEO Roman Jeanneau, who took over the company behind Sunny Side of the Doc and Asian Side of the Doc following the death of CEO and co-founder Yves Jeanneau (his father) in November.
Béjot began his career in 1988 as an audiovisual attaché for the French Embassy in Canada,...
- 1/15/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
French documentary producer died in La Rochelle.
Yves Jeanneau, co-founder and CEO of France’s Sunny Side of the Doc, has died aged 69.
In a statement, Sunny Side of the Doc said Jeanneau died yesterday (November 14) in La Rochelle, surrounded by his loved ones.
He had recently celebrated the 30th edition of the event in June with an anniversary party in La Rochelle on the French Atlantic coast
Jeanneau originally launched Sunny Side in the southern port city of Marseille alongside his late collaborator Olivier Masson in 1989. It now ranks as one of Europe’s oldest documentary and factual content-focused industry meetings.
Yves Jeanneau, co-founder and CEO of France’s Sunny Side of the Doc, has died aged 69.
In a statement, Sunny Side of the Doc said Jeanneau died yesterday (November 14) in La Rochelle, surrounded by his loved ones.
He had recently celebrated the 30th edition of the event in June with an anniversary party in La Rochelle on the French Atlantic coast
Jeanneau originally launched Sunny Side in the southern port city of Marseille alongside his late collaborator Olivier Masson in 1989. It now ranks as one of Europe’s oldest documentary and factual content-focused industry meetings.
- 11/15/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Temperatures are expected to hit a record-breaking 40C at the La Rochelle festival later this week.
Sunny Side of the Doc kicked off today (June 24) with a rallying cry from Off The Fence founder Ellen Windemuth for documentary makers to be part of the solution in tackling the environmental crisis.
Windemuth is honorary president of the 2019 Sunny Side documentary market, which this year has a theme of ’Stand up for Science’ – and is calling on the documentary community to produce strong films to “counterbalance the communications methods that many governments and pressure groups use to achieve economic growth without compassion for humans,...
Sunny Side of the Doc kicked off today (June 24) with a rallying cry from Off The Fence founder Ellen Windemuth for documentary makers to be part of the solution in tackling the environmental crisis.
Windemuth is honorary president of the 2019 Sunny Side documentary market, which this year has a theme of ’Stand up for Science’ – and is calling on the documentary community to produce strong films to “counterbalance the communications methods that many governments and pressure groups use to achieve economic growth without compassion for humans,...
- 6/24/2019
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
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