Press Kit - Sunny Side of the Doc

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20 / 23 JUNE 2016
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New documentary horizons
Yves Jeanneau, director of Sunny Side Markets,
outlines the prospects for tomorrow’s documentaries.
We are seeing a clear return of TV broadcasters from North
America and the arrival of new SVOD platforms, at least for
what we have called Specialist Factual (History, Science,
Wildlife, and Archaeology), all those programmes which fuel
the prime time and Specials slots on linear TV. These
broadcasters – whatever type they are - come to Europe to look
for subjects, producers and opportunities. It is a relatively new
phenomenon on this scale. Or at least it had been absent for
7½ years, on account of the new fashion for all-entertainment
which made real documentaries a bit persona non grata! But viewers have grown tired of these
of glitzy formats, and the fashion seems to have petered out. “Docs are back”, we clearly heard
at the Washington Real Screen Summit this year.
This comeback will be illustrated in Sunny Side with the attendance of senior editorial execs
from National Geographic, PBS, Curiosity Stream, Smithsonian Channel, etc.
Add to that the return of Canada, and you have an international coproduction market which is
genuinely globalised, including Asia, Brazil, Australia and of course Europe, and already some
African partners. Spanish-speaking Latin America is unfortunately still lagging behind this global
movement.
This successful globalisation of the international documentary coproduction market is good
news!
As for the circulation of these documentaries, new practices are emerging. For traditional linear
TV broadcast, and possibly a theatrical release, these are the films I am talking – events-based
programmes – which will fill the schedules and the screens.
On the other hand, it should be noted that programmes which deal with justice are also very
buoyant … but very often firstly on internet platforms or in cinemas. Investigation films still
work well when they properly produced; but there are so many poor imitations!
We are beginning to see the particularities that platforms are encouraging, searching out and
coproducing: investigation, more thriller-type subjects, more youth-targeted, opening up other
possible fields to coproduction.
By extension, we have seen strong production and coproduction in Art & Culture (as well as
music), combining archive films and live-action shoots.
This type of film, particularly for music, have virtually disappeared from television channels, but
are reappearing on on-line platforms and in the cinema, and are winning awards in festivals
such as Sundance.
Another trend deserves our attention: in France, Science and History productions receive more
subsidies (75 films benefited from the increased automatic aid form the COSIP/CNC in recent
months). These are demanding productions, with big budgets, considered as stock programmes
with a longer life-span … and with multi-screen broadcasting methods.
New broadcasting media – and new uses – generate experimental and innovative productions,
This is one way of bringing new life to the documentary approach
Sunny Side will provide an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of developments
new methods of financing and exhibition. There is a real demand for new writing, using new
technologies creatively (including VR). This new writing must bring responses to new needs and
create new uses.
Real Games: Seriouser and Seriouser
Some people may think that it is only a cosmetic change, but we are slowly moving towards
what are now called Real Games in place of Serious Games. I think that this terminology gives
another meaning closer to our aspirations.
This means that by combining gaming and documentaries, we are moving towards the
Educational, in the noblest sense of the term. We will seek out the interest of audiences in
Knowledge, understanding, learning to bring them high-added value content, in line with their
entertaining and fulfilling consumption practices!
We can see that this is not done with boring educational software any more, but with quizzes,
games, a world of learning which is able to reach its audience, make it loyal and give it greater
value.
If documentaries manage to succeed in this blending, it will have (at last) an opportunity to
open up the universal market of Knowledge and Learning. This is, at the end of the day, one of
the fundamentals of documentaries!
The reason we make documentaries is for them to be seen, and above all to change our
perception of reality, preconceived ideas and fantasies. For them to educate the eye, the ear and
understanding. Discernment, as we used to say. I.e. the contrary of ignorance and stupidity! It is
clear that there is a political responsibility which is increasingly coming under threat, and not just
by the Caliphates.
In coming years, Sunny Side will have to defend and illustrate this conception of the
documentary. Its forms change and blend, its tools are no longer the same, its screens are
multiplying… but it is, and will remain, at the heart of the democratic challenge and cultural
progress. Or it will have to take the path of resistance.
Sunny Side, 27th Edition: the International Documentary Ecosystem
“Two years ago we reached a sort of plateau with 2000 participants. I think that this gives us
an idea of what this event really is: the meeting of 2000 professionals from around the world
making up the documentary ecosystem on an international scale”.
This success comes from the fact that for the past two years we have organised Sunny Side of
the Doc around themed days: Wildlife, History, Science, Natural History, and more broadly
Global Issues.
These themed days mean that, at the same time and in the same place, we can focus the on
the documentary world in all senses of the term.
For a producer of documentaries specialising in History, the day begins at the Morning Docs
breakfast and runs through to the Happy Hour in the evening, or even the premiere
screenings in the Grand Ecran selection. They can meet new decision-makers, broadcasters,
or new platforms in the One to One meetings. They will obviously go to the Panel to get a
better grasp of the challenges of the moment and to be able to anticipate them better, and
they will have discovered through R&D Exclusives a solution enabling them, perhaps, to
benefit from technological innovations for their next production. The Pitch will also be an
opportunity to meet and discuss with all the decision-makers.
Lunch is an important time, when, with the 100 or so professionals selected, an issue can be
explored in new ways; it will be an opportunity to listen to an internationally renowned
speaker who will shed light on this issue by bringing their expertise.
The fact that these themed days have been put together increases – almost paradoxically –
the time spent in the Market. Over 4 days, the 2000 international professionals present can
find:
* People looking to buy a finished programme
* People looking to finance a project
* People looking to discuss problems which can hold up a project and any possible solutions.
Such as, for example, the question of archives when a film is going to be re-exhibited
following 3 or 5 years of initial rights.
When I mentioned the idea of an ecosystem, it is not just a word. We have managed to bring
together at Sunny Side creators, producers, broadcasters, financiers, regulators.
And finally, there is no other time in the year, on such an international scale, that these
“players” can come together to meet each other, discuss and gain better understanding.
Our added value can also be measured through the examples that we focus on, to cast a new
light on them, to bring solutions and to help the documentary genre to progress.
By having Canada as our country of honour in 2016, we obviously want to have a better
understanding of the Canadian law which states that 20% of funding must be earmarked for
digital forms of exploitation and support for programmes.
It is important to understand the consequences of the implementation of this law and what
lessons we can learn from it. It is a question which is particularly relevant in France, and also
throughout Europe. This questioning approach is what Sunny Side is all about.
The fact that the Documentary College of the EBU, as well as those for Science and Education,
French-language members of the Les Médias Francophones Publics Association (formerly the
CTF), are coming to Sunny Side of the Doc for their AGMs is an important sign.
It is the sign that Sunny Side of the Doc is the “capital” of international
documentary.
Canada, country of honour
“Canada will soon be celebrating its 150th anniversary, and we are a bit ahead of the game, bringing
to La Rochelle, the range of Canadian professionals involved in documentaries and innovations
relating to new media”, said Yves Jeanneau, CEO of Sunny Side markets. “Producers and
distributers, broadcasters and Regional Agencies, Federal Organisers and Support Funds… they will
all be there!”
Yves Jeanneau
Panel - Monday 20 June - 11:00 am – 12:00 am (Agora): How to Coproduce with Canada? Trends,
opportunities and highlighting of financial systems
Moderators:
- Roxane Girard (Directrice relation d'affaires et coproduction, Téléfilm Canada)
- Stéphane Cardin (Vice-président, Fonds des Médias du Canada)
Speakers:
- Robert Lang (Président, Kensington Films)
- Louis-Richard Tremblay (Directeur Création et Innovation, Office National du Film du Canada
- Carmen Garcia (Argus Media)
- Michael Kot (Saloon Media)
- Anne Pick (Real to Reel Productions)
Matchmaking Canada - Monday 20 June - 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm (Restaurant): with one-on-one meetings,
international and Canadian producers will discuss and lay down new foundations for coproduction
projects
Moderators:
- Nicolas Pinder, Nadine Barthel (Creatives Loop)
Pitch Session – The Docunexion Initiative Quebec - France - Monday 20 June - 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
(Agora):
5 French interactive projects will be presented to a jury of French and Quebec experts. The five
projects were selected through the French regional calls for projects. A professional jury will be
selecting the best projet to participate in the next edition of RIDM in Montreal.
- Initio Project produced by Bachibouzouk, France
- Ikwal produced by Daily Life, France
- A history of lead and blood produced by 2h60 and la boite à pitons, France
- Syria Calling produced by La Jolie Prod, France
- Road Fukushima produced by Kami Productions, France
- Consolation : Resilient Songs produced by Vali Fugulin Productions, Canada
Canada’s Networking Reception - Tuesday 21 June - 7:30 pm (Musée Maritime): (by invitation), the
Canadian delegation will be hosting a very business-focused yet highly enjoyable evening event
Grand Ecran public screenings
From Monday 20 June to Thursday 23 June – Grand Ecran: A special Canada programme will be shown
to the public in La Rochelle as part of the Grand Ecran
Wildlife Day, Monday June 20
11:30 am - 12:15 am Morning Talks with Marie Nelson - PBS (Auditorium)
On stage with Marie Nelson, Vice President, News & Public Affairs from PBS overseeing
commissioning, acquiring, producing and scheduling - a few questions on the menu… A
complete overview of editorial slant, slots available for specialist factual content, the channel’s
global remit and an open discussion of what works or not for in terms of content on the current
state of factual/documentary programming.
In collaboration with Realscreen
Moderator: Barry Walsh
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm WILD Lunch (Musée Maritime)
Bring the opportunity to meet Kyle Murdoch, Managing Director NHNZ and Shin Murata,
Executive Producer NHK Enterprises who will present the Documentary Series "Life Force" 3
(by invitation – [email protected])
Hosted by NHK & NHNZ
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Meet The Executives – Focus on North America (Conference Room)
Speaker: Sandra Kleinfeld – CBC/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Nature & Wildlife Pitch (Auditorium)
5 projects coming from international independent film makers will be pitched in front of an
audience of decision makers.
Moderators:
Stephen Hunter (Shunter Media)
Andrew Solomon (ORF)
7:00 pm Opening cocktail (organised by Sunny Side with What’s Up and Zed)
L’Endroit Plage de la Concurrence, Parc de la Pergola
Additional events are scheduled during this Wildlife Day (see details on Special Focus page):
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The Overseas Meeting – Les Rencontres de l’Outre-Mer, enabling the channels from
the overseas territories of France Télévisions – France Ô and the 9 TV channels of
Réseau Outre-mer 1ère – to present to overseas territory producers their new editorial
policies – 11.30 am (Conference Room)
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Presentation of the Cosip reform by the CNC with Vincent Leclercq, CEO and
Christophe Tardieu, General Director (4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Auditorium)
Global Issues Day – Tuesday June 21
8:30 am – 9:30 am Morning Docs – Meet Spanish And French Producers (Restaurant)
9:30 am – 11:00 am Pitch Session: Digital Creation (Agora)
See details in Pitchs page
10:00 am – 10:45 am Morning Talks with Tim Pastore - NatGeo (Auditorium)
On stage with Tim Pastore, National Geographic Channels US (Auditorium) overseeing
commissioning, acquiring, producing and scheduling - a few questions on the menu… A
complete overview of editorial slant, slots available for specialist factual content, the channel’s
global remit and an open discussion of what works or not for in terms of content on the current
state of factual/documentary programming.
In collaboration with Realscreen
Moderator: Barry Walsh
11:00 am – 11:30 am Eurotransmédia Presentation (Agora)
Let’s draw up the future of a European Transmedia!
Speakers:
Lydie Fenech (Pôle media Grand Paris)
Santi Fort (Eurecat)
11:00 am - 01:00 pm Pitch Session: Global Issues (Auditorium)
6 projects coming from international independent film makers will be pitched in front of an
audience of decision makers.
Sponsored by RTBF and Société Radio Canada
Moderators: Ove Rishoj Jensen - European Documentary Network - Hind Saih - Bellota Films
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Panel “Playing with Reality: when Gaming and Documentary Mix” (Agora)
Moderator: Benjamin Hoguet
Speakers:
Vali Fugulin (Vali Fugulin Productions)
Florent Maurin (The Pixel Hunt)
Noam Roubah (Darjeeling)
Francis Ingrand (Plug In Digital)
Claire Dion (Bell Fund)
01:00 pm - 02:30 pm Lunch Game for changes (Lounge)
During two hours, around round tables, we will gather together broadcasters, documentary
professionals with gaming and animation professionals. This lunch is a unique opportunity to
meet different professionals, understand their issues and meet future partners. (by invitation)
Sponsored by Bell Fund Canada
Moderators: Monique Simard (Sodec) - Benjamin Hoguet
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Meet The Executives – Focus on North America (Conference Room)
Moderator: Peter Hamilton (DocumentaryTelevision.com)
Speaker: David Royle, Smithsonian Channel
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Meet The Executives – Focus on North America (Conference Room)
Moderator: Heidi Fleisher (Consultant)
Speakers:
Elizabeth Hendricks North (CuriosityStream)
Peter North (CuriosityStream)
Devin Cheema (CuriosityStream)
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Panel Global Issues: “Keep Europe Afloat” (Auditorium)
In the midst of a global migrant crisis shaking Europe’s borders, how can we find new
compelling ways to cover this never ending emergency and still make programmes that really
impact the audience?
Moderator: Duilio Giammaria (RAI)
Speakers:
Kelsey Koenig - Director of Development - Impact Partners - USA
Diego Buňuel - Head of Documentaries - Canal+ - France
Stefan Pannen - Producer - Berlin Producers Film GùbH & Co.KG - Germany
4:30 – 5:30 pm Presentation (Conference Room) EURODOC is one of the leading training
programmes for documentary professionals in Europe and beyond, as well as a strong network
of nearly 950 people from 59 countries. Next training cycle: March 2017 to October 2017 //
Next deadline to apply: October 14th 2016
Speakers:
Jacques Bidou (Eurodoc)
Alexandre Cornu (Les Films du Tambour de Soie)
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Meet the Executives – Focus on North America
Moderator: Peter Hamilton (DocumentaryTelevision.com)
Speaker: Stephen Segaller (WNET/THIRTEEN)
06:00 pm – 07:00 pm Presentation (Agora) – La Fabrique des formats: a modern way to
accompany and financially sustain new original TV formats made in France. Promoting a shared
culture for formats
06:00 pm – 07:30 pm RMC Découverte Happy Hour (Agora Café)
Relaxed atmosphere and intense networking for this Happy Hour offered by RMC Découverte
& les Vins Château de Parnay.
Science Day – Wednesday June 22
8:30 am – 9:30 am Morning Docs – Meet Brazilian and German Producers (Restaurant)
Sponsored by ABPITV
9:30 am – 11:00 am Pitch Session: Arts & Culture (Agora)
See Details in Pitchs Page
Moderators:
Nick Ware (Aster Media)
Malu Vian Batista (TAL TV Television America Latina)
10:00 am - 10:45 am Morning Talks with David Royle – Smithsonian Channel (Auditorium)
On stage with David Royle, EVP, Programming & Production at Smithsonian Channel overseeing
commissioning, acquiring, producing and scheduling - a few questions on the menu…
In collaboration with Realscreen
Moderator: Barry Walsh
11:00 am - 1:00 pm Pitch Session: EUROVISION Science (Auditorium)
Organized with Eurovision, 7 science projects coming from international independent film
makers and selected by European public service broadcasters will be pitched in front of an
audience of decision makers.
Sponsored by Illinois Public Media - USA
Moderators: John Farren (360 Production Ltd) - Anett Sager (ARTE GEIE)
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm R&D Exclusives: Transatlantic Video Open (Agora)
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Meet the Executives – Focus on North America (Lounge)
Speakers: Paula Apsell, Senior Executive Producer, PBS Nova, USA
Melanie Wallace, Senior Series Producer, PBS Nova, USA
Meghan Cassin, Director of Development, Nat Geo Wild, USA
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Keynote INA (Agora)
Laurent Vallet, Chairman and CEO with Agnès Chauveau, Executive Director: « What types of
writing? What formats? What uses? »
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Panel: Demystifying VOD (Auditorium)
What the Video On Demand Boom Means for Documentaries
Moderator: Peter Hamilton, documentarytelevision.com
Speakers:
Elizabeth Hendricks North - President - CuriosityStream
Peter North - EVP Digital Media Operations & Marketing - CuriosityStream
David Royle - EVP, Programming & Production - Smithsonian Channel
Ralf Rueckauer – ZDF Enterprises GmbH
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Roundtable : Réseau Canopé (Agora)
New opportunities for audiovisual knowledge programs
Moderator: Alexandre Michelin (Spicee Media)
Speaker: Jean-Marc Merriaux (Réseau Canopé)
6:00 pm – 7 00 pm INA Premium Happy Hour « J’aime le culte » (Agora Café)
The INA will present its new digital offer in a warm atmosphere
Sponsored by Ina Premium, the SVOD by Ina & Château de Parnay Wines
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Canal + & Planete + Reception (External Venue)
By invitation
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Happy Hour with ARRI (External Venue)
Sponsored by ARRI & Château de Parnay Wines
History Day – Thursday June 23
“Such a dedicated day is well timed as history as a subject matter is making a huge surge
and comeback on the factual dial. There’s also a great deal of energy to the genre as
producers are being challenged like never before to make history relevant, purposeful,
narratively creative and divorced from the classroom.”
Stephen Hunter, Managing Director - Shunter Media LLC (USA)
9:00 am – 10:00 am History Breakfast: TND – Terminal Narcissistic Disorder (Lounge)
At this breakfast session we take the History 12 step program under the guidance of selfappointed therapist and history-addict-in-training, Stephen Hunter.
Moderator: Stephen Hunter (Shunter Media)
By invitation
9:30 am – 11:00 am Pitch Session: Asian Pitch (Agora)
See details in Pitchs Page
Moderators:
Nick Ware (Aster Media)
Ruby Chen (Cnex Foundation Limited)
11:00 am – 11:30 am Olffi Presentation (Agora)
The online toolbox to access public funding around the world
Speaker: Ilann Girard (Arsam International)
11:00 am - 1:00 pm Pitch Session: History (Auditorium)
See details in Pitchs Page
Sponsored by PBS International
Special Archive prie by Sonuma
Moderators:
John Farren (360 Production Ltd)
Stephen Hunter (Shunter Media LLC)
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm R&D Exclusives: Sony (Agora)
History Program: producing in 4K and HDR
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm History Lunch (Lounge)
Join us for an invitation-only lunch with a renowned guest to reflect on the industry from
completely different point of view. Best opportunity to network with colleagues and friends.
(by invitation)
Moderator: Antje Boehmert (DOCDAYS Productions)
Speaker: Ian Scott (University of Manchester)
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm History Panel: Music Docs on archives: a niche or a genre in itself?
(Auditorium)
Archive-based music docs have won nominations and awards in the last couple of years. Is this
a new genre or just a wave in the tastes? Recent examples from outstanding producers and
their stories behind put the challenges in terms of rights when music travels all over the world.
Sponsored by AP Archive
Moderator: Elizabeth Klinck (Elizabeth Klinck Research)
Speakers:
Stephen Segaller (WNET/Thirteen)
Matthew White (ACSIL – Association of Commercial Stock Image Licensors)
Estelle Fialon (Les Films du Poisson)
06:00 pm – Award Ceremony (Auditorium)
Introduction by Ms WANG Libin from Golden Tree International Film Festival
Moderators:
Ruby Chen (Cnex Foundation Limited)
Björn Jensen (AG Dok German Documentaries)
07:00 pm – Closing drinks (Lounge)
Sunny Lab – The Fields of Opportunities
“The interest of new media is to bring a new idea of narrative, new ways of consuming
content. This is where the meaning of what new writing is can be found.”
Yves Jeanneau
Tuesday 21 June – 9:00 am / 9 :30 am France Télévisions New Writings Keynote (Agora)
The direction of France TV new writings focuses on short formats.
Speakers:
Voyelle Acker, Deputy head digital storytelling and transmedia at France Télévisions
Gwenaëlle Signaté, France Télévisions
Tuesday 21 June – 9:30 am Pitch Session : Digital Creation (Agora)
See details in Pitchs Page
Tuesday 21 June – 12 am: Panel Playing with reality: when gaming and documentary mix?
(Agora)
Moderator: Benjamin Hoguet
Sponsored by Bell Fund (Canada)
Speakers:
Florent Maurin (The Pixel Hunt)
Vali Fugulin (Vali Fugulin Productions)
Noam Roubah (Darjeeling Production)
Francis Ingrand (Plugin Digital)
This panel will be followed by a matchmaking lunch between doc professionals, gaming
developers and editors. To participate, please contact [email protected]
Tuesday 21 June – 4:00 pm – Panel Data Journalism (Agora)
Moderator: Marianne Bouchart - Director, Data Journalism Awards – GEN (Global Editorial
Network)
Co-produced by GEN (Global Editorial Network)
Speakers:
Chris Roper (International Center For Journalists – ICFJ)
Cécile Schillis-Gallego (International Consortium of Investigate Journalists - ICIJ)
Agnès Chauveau - Directrice Déléguée aux Contenus (INA)
Sophia Synodinos (France Télévisions)
Sunny Lab – The Fields of Opportunities
Tuesday 21 June - 5:30 pm - Panel Virtual Reality: Narration / Distribution / Monetization?
(Auditorium)
How to apply VR to documentary Making? How to distribute such contents and how to
monetize it ?
Coproduced by Centre Phi – Canada
Moderator: Alexandre Michelin (Spicee Media)
Speakers:
Marianne Levy-Leblond (ARTE)
Louis-Richard Tremblay (ONF - Office National du Film du Canada)
Arnaud Dressen (Wonda VR)
Jens Monath (ZDF)
Wednesday 22 June – 11:00 am: Panel Arts & Culture: what market for which audience?
(Agora)
Sponsored by Gaumont Pathé Archives
Moderator: Stephen Segaller, Vice President, Programming WNET/Thirteen
Speakers:
Sophie Goupil (Les poissons volants)
Maïté Labat (Château de Versailles)
Onno Ephraïm (Heritage In Motion)
Phil Grabsky (Seventh-Art Productions)
Wednesday 22 June – 12:00 Panel – The Hidden Hand of Brand (Agora)
Documentary and advertising have converged. Nothing new, Nanook of the North was funded
by a French fur company in 1922. But now it is a matter of survival for corporations to tell real
stories. Pushy advertising and heavy-handed product placement has proven ineffective. So
marketers have re-embraced documentary using the power of stories instead of ads.
Moderator: Ruth Berry (First Act Films)
Coproduced with Documentary Campus
Speakers:
Kim Dormann (Fyre Films)
Michael Kot (Saloon Media)
Cédric Monnier (Flamefy)
VR Lab at Sunny Side of the Doc
World VR Forum partners with Sunny Side of the Doc to promote
documentary VR programs during the market.
Dedicated to Virtual Reality in May at Crans-Montana (Switzerland),
World VR Forum is a Swiss non profit association dedicated to
advancing the virtual reality industry. The summit presents VR content
in innovative ways. We offer the public quality experiences, but also
allow content creators to show their work and get direct feedback from the public through a
competitive festival.
In order to promote VR, World VR Forum and Sunny Side opens a VR Lab.
Located in the Innovation Space, in the big hall, this space will welcome delegates who will be
invited to view 20 innovative international VR programs. With 15 headshots, VR glasses and
swivel chairs, this space will offer a cosy atmosphere to better know what VR means and what
kind of opportunities it can offer.
Experience VR: Virtual Reality… as you were in
In partnership with World VR Forum, Sunny Side of the Doc invites you to live immersive VR
experiences in the Auditorium. From June 20 to 22, at 6.30 pm, join us to a collective
immersion!
On stage, someone with VR glasses, will discover a VR program and audience will follow
his/her path in the immersive program. This Experience VR will be followed by a Q&A session
with the authors/producers.
Program available on Sunny Side Website
The Pitchs
Discover the 44 original projects from 13 countries that will pitch for funding and industry leader’s
insight at Sunny Side of the Doc highly coveted pitching sessions. This year again, 8 pitch sessions will
take place at the Auditorium and the Agora, all week long.
Nature & Wildlife – Monday 20 June / 3:00 pm (Auditorium)
Moderated by Stephen Hunter – Managing Director – Shunter Media
Andrew Solomon, Head of Universum, ORF
The Secret Life of Owls // Make Believe Media Inc., Canada
Wild Ephesus – Old Ruins, New Life // Posch TV, Austria
Prodigies // Boréales, France
Seahorse Gold // GMarsh TV Productions, Ireland
Children of Water // Raki Ltda., Chil
Docunexion – Monday 20 June / 5:30 pm (Agora)
Consolation : Resilient Songs // Vali Fugulin Productions, Canada
Initio Project // Bachibouzouk, France
Ikwal // Daily Life, France
A history of lead and blood // 2h60 et la boite à pitons, France
Syria Calling // La Jolie Prod, France
Road Fukushima // Kami Productions, France
Digital Creation – Tuesday 21 June / 9:30 am (Agora)
Moderated by Michael Mullane – Managing Editor – Journalism Now and Media Now – Eurovision
Mara Gourd-Mercado – General Director – RIDM – Canada (TBC)
Jesus VReturns // Winds, France
Feet Up! // Makila, Canada
Replay Memories // Camera Lucida Productions, France
Superwomen in Comic Art // Jyoti Film, Germany
Anokua, The Guardians of Balance // Small Bang, France
Global Issues – Tuesday 21 June / 11:00 am (Auditorium)
Sponsored by RTBF and SRC – Société Radio Canada
Moderated by Hind Saih – Producer – Bellota Films – France
Ove Rishoj Jensen – Film Consultant – EDN – Denmark
Ghosts In the Machine // Notion Pictures Ltd, UK
The Empire of Red Gold // Little Big Story, France
Inside a Box // Yuzu Productions, France
Laila at the Bridge // Intuitive Pictures, Canada
The Warning – How Intelligence and Science Met Climate Change // Seconde Vague Productions,
France
The City is for All // Docdays Productions Gmbh, Germany
Arts & Culture – Wednesday 22 June / 9:30 am (Agora)
Moderated by Nick Ware – Consultant – Aster Media
Malu Viana Batista – Executive Director – Tal TV
Billy Wilder – Never Be Boring // Florianfilm GmbH, Germany
Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven // Kuiv Productions, France
Photographer of The Beatles // Trigon Production, Slovakia
Grimm Tales // Proximity Films, Canada
Pavlensky – The Man and the Mighty // Lichtfilm, Germany
EBU Science & Knowledge - Wednesday 22 June / 11:00 am (Auditorium)
Sponsored by Illinois Public Media – USA
Moderated by John Farren – Creative director – 360 Production
Anett Sager – Commissioning Editor – ARTE GEIE
Rosetta Mission – A Comet Tale // Arte France, France & Look At Sciences, France
Superplants - Or How to Make Money From Saving the Environment // RD/WDR, Germany & Florian
Film, Germany
Brain Beats // TVE, Spain & Lukimedia, S.L., Spain
Human Trajectories // France 5, France & TGA Production, France) / Alpha Zoulou Films, Canada
Hormones and Huffs – The Science of Puberty // ZDF/ARTE, Germany & a&o buero filmproduktion,
Germany
The Body – Miracles of the Inner Social Network // NHK – Japan Broadcastion Corporation, Japan
A Day In the Life of Planet Earth //ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Germany & Screen Glue, UK
Asian Pitch - Thursday 23 June / 9:30 am (Agora)
Moderated by Ruby Chen – CEO – Cnex Foundation
Nick Ware – Consultant – Aster Media
Dear Red Children // Temjin TV Production Co. Ltd., Japan
Homemade Genius // BODA MEDIA GROUP, South Korea
Bureau 39 // Makes waves Ltd, United Kingdom
Stammering Ballad // Cnex Foundation Limited, China
The Portrait of the Rainbow // WOWOW inc, Japan
History - Thursday 23 June / 11:00 am (Auditorium)
Sponsored by PBS International
Moderated by John Farren – Creative director – 360 Production
Stephen Hunter – Managing Director – Shunter Media
Tokyo Phoenix, 100 Years of Destruction and Rebirth // Clarke Costelle Et Cie, France
Butterfly Effect // Mad Films Mi, France
Born in Auschwitz // Spot Productions, Hungary
1950-1957, Behind the Scenes of the Treaty of Rome // Camera Lucida Productions, France
1968 – The Awakening // Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion Berlin GmbH & Co Kg, Germany
Hitler Youth, the Children of Nazism // ZED, France
Special Focuses at Sunny Side
Morning Docs, Meet the Executives, R&D Exclusives
From 20 to 23 June, Sunny Side of the Doc will be going interactive, whether it is in the form of
particular meeting or presentations of technological innovations. Be it digital or interactive,
interactivity is 360 for this 27th edition.
Morning Docs: meet the delegations
With Morning Docs, from 8.30 on (in the Encan restaurant), Sunny Side of the Doc brings
together international producers to discuss their projects, explore coproductions and discover
new territories.
- Spain, France (in collaboration with TVFI) – Tuesday 21 June
- Brazil, Germany – Wednesday 22 June
R&D Exclusives: 15’ to convince!
When technology and innovation are used to narratives. 6 sessions will be organised during
Sunny Side of the Doc (From 20 to 23 June in the Agora)
- True Innerspace (TIS): binaural sound solution (Click’r) with the Primi cluster
- Openloader: workflow solution to cut acquisition time for dailies before editing
(Transatlantic)
- Open: media exchange platform (Transatlantic)
- Transcript: automatic transcription tool (Transatlantic)
- Media ecosystem: Solar System, stereo-3D real-time immersive film (ARTGP – Art
graphique et Patrimoine)
- Digital outlook: La Merveille du Mont Saint-Michel (ARTGP – Art graphique et
Patrimoine)
- Draw Me the Wind: children’s book in augmented reality (EJT-labo)
- New 4K solutions (Sony)
- OT Media (Ina)
- DigInPix (Ina)
- Wonda: interactive storytelling software for VR productions (www.wondavr.com)
Meet the Executives: who will your next broadcaster or investor be?
Understanding the programming strategies of major TV channels from around the world is the
purpose of these sessions which are programmed every day at Sunny Side. Confirmed to date:
- David Royle, Smithsonian Networks
- Elizabeth Hendricks North, Peter North & Devin Cheema CuriosityStream
- Sandra Kleinfeld, CBC Television
- Kelsey Koenig, Impact Partners
- Stephen Segaller, WNET/Thirteen
- Paula Apsell & Melanie Wallace, PBS NOVA
- Meghan Cassin, Nat Geo Wild
Sunny Side of the Doc
More than 60 television channels present in 2016
The “capital” of international documentaries, Sunny Side of the Doc welcomes, alongside its
programme, European and international broadcasters and representative organisations
providing them with a special place for discussions and synergies.
For the first time the Documentary Group and the Science and Knowledge Group of Eurovision
will both be meeting at Sunny Side of the Doc. Around 60 commissioning editors from European
public broadcasters will be present to defend the best documentary projects with an
international potential in all fields and on all themes. Furthermore, French-language
broadcasters who are members of the Association Les Médias Francophones Publics, formerly
the CTF, will be meeting for their AGM on Thursday 23 June at 14.30 (Meeting Room).
“Sunny Side of the Doc is definitely a special place for convergence of all European public service
broadcasters, who will be able to unite their forces and attract new non-European partners to
projects they have chosen”, explained Yves Jeanneau.
Broadcaster Press Conferences
As every year, leading broadcasters will make the most of Sunny Side of the Doc to reveal their
strategies, the development of their offering and their main direction.
France Télévisions: Tuesday 21 June 3.00 pm (Auditorium)
RMC Découverte: Tuesday 21 June, 5.00 pm (Agora)
Canal +: Wednesday 22 June, 3.00 pm (Auditorium)
The 27th Sunny Side is also happy to welcome to La Rochelle, les RENCONTRES DE L’OUTRE-MER
(The Overseas Meeting), enabling the channels from the overseas territories of France
Télévisions – France Ô and the 9 TV channels of Réseau Outre-mer 1ère – to present to overseas
territory producers their new editorial policies – Monday 20 June, 11.30 (Conference Room)
Génération What: Case Study – Monday 20 June, 4.30 pm (Agora)
Génération What is an interactive programme produced by France Télévisions, Upian and Yami
2, in partnership with the EBU and 14 European broadcasters. It is an extension of Génération
Quoi, a major investigation carried out in France in 2013 to give a portrait of the 18-34 age
range. This time, however, 10 countries will be joining us to make this programme a European
event: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Spain and Wales.
Professional organizations will also be present in 2016 for their traditional press conference.
- CNC: Monday 20 June, 4:30 pm (Auditorium)
- Scam: Tuesday 21 June, 9:00 am (Lounge)
- Eurotransmédia: Tuesday 21 June, 11:00 am (Agora)
- SPI: Wednesday 22 June, 9:30 am (Lounge)
- USPA: Wednesday 22 June, 12:30 pm (Lounge) + Lunch
- SATEV: Wednesday 22 June, 05:00 pm (Lounge)
Breakfasts
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Association Science Télévision (AST) : Wednesday 22 June, 9:00 am (Conference Room)
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Délégation à l’Information et la Communication des ministères sociaux (DICOM) :
Wednesday 22 June, 10:00 am (stand)
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Arte (open to press) : Thursday 23 June, 09:00 am (external venue)
Sunny Side of the Doc: Grand Ecran
From 20 to 23 June 2016, as part of Sunny Side of
the Doc, Grand Ecran will be offering the public a
selection of films screened free of charge in the
partner cinemas in La Rochelle.
For this 27th edition, Canada is the country of
honour, with a very rich programming with
emotion, discoveries and questions on the major
challenges facing our society. “God Save Justin
Trudeau” gives an incisive portrait of the political
path of the current Canadian Prime Minister,
“Living with Giants” is a subtle blend of
investigation and sociology.
A definite change of scene with “The Wanted 18”,
an animated documentary on the antics of a herd
of cows declared Public Enemy No 1 in Israel, and
“Last of the Elephant Men” which takes us to
Cambodia to meet three generations of Bunongs,
bearing witness to the moving relationship
between Man and Elephants. A beautiful adventure shadowed by a modern-day parable.
Grand Ecran, is also an opportunity for première screenings from broadcasters:
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France Télévisions: “Life Before Birth” by Romain Icard (Nilaya Productions)
Canal +: “Exodus” by James Bluemel (BBC, Keo Films)
Arte: « Inside Obama’s White House » by Norma Percy and Delphine Jaudeau (Les Films
d’ici 2 and Brook Lapping, BBC, SBS-TV Australia, NHK, SVT, VPRO, RTS, DR, RDI/Radio
Canada, YLE, TVP)
An occasion to see two favourites: “The Man Who Mends Women”, the exemplary story of
Doctor Mukwege, a Congolese gynaecologist dealing with the ravages of conflict, and “Les
pépites” on the extraordinary destiny of a European couple who chose to help children living
in the landfill in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Discover the programme and the screening schedule on
http://www.sunnysideofthedoc.com/sunnyside/grand-ecran-2016/
Practical Information
The 27th edition of Sunny Side of the Doc will take place at:
Espace Encan
Quai Louis Prunier
BP- 3106
17033 La Rochelle cedex 1
FRANCE
Contacts
Press : local, national, international
Stéphane Malagnac
+33 (0)6 11 83 83 74
[email protected]
[email protected]
Doc Services
21 bis quai Maubec, 17000 La Rochelle
Phone: +33 5 46 55 79 79
Email: [email protected]
Sponsors & Partners 2016
A highly original ID at the very heart of new digital media trends
Ina, France’s national audiovisual and digital company, collects, protects, and shares
French television, radio and web heritage. Ina’s innovative approach is geared to catering
to the new ways we are using this wealth of digital possibilities. This involves enhancing
content, and sharing that content with as wide an audience as possible: on ina.fr for the
public, and on inamediapro.com for professionals in the sector.
With over 2,300 documentaries and programmes produced in 40 years, Ina has acquired a
unique expertise. At Ina, we structure stories, and process archives visually, putting the
content into perspective and the topic in question into a context with a view to renewing
audiovisual writing and programme formats.
Ina innovates in all areas of image, exploring new territories in both expression and
diffusion, and the new areas opened up by the digital world. At Ina, we invest in all the
latest cutting-edge production tools to make them available to the authors and film
directors we have chosen to partner.
Ina, the media laboratory for media content, their uses and the audiovisual sector in
the digital age.
Ina applies its open innovation approach to its research activities and, indeed, to all its
areas of business. Open innovation lies at the heart of our DNA and we use it in four areas:
archiving, preservation, indexing and documentation, as well as operating and publishing
content, data visualisation and search.
The original projects conducted by Ina’s Research teams working with both private and
public partners, have given rise to our reassertion of our ambition, which is well within our
grasp. We intend to step up the partnership ties, extending them to business clusters and
start-ups.
This year, Ina is introducing two innovative solutions at the Sunny Lab: OTMedia, an
observation platform, which analyses media flows, and DIGINPIX, a visual identity library
and search system that recognises objects within images.
Save the date :
06/21/16 :
15h30 : Sunny Lab : R&D OT MEDIA presented by Marie-Luce Viaud
16h00 : Panel Data journalism, with Agnès Chauveau, Executive Director
06/22/16 :
16h00 : Sunny Lab : R&D DIGINPIX presented by Pierre Letessier
16h30-17h00 : Laurent Vallet’s keynote, Chairman and CEO with Agnès Chauveau, Executive
Director: « What types of writing? What formats? What uses? »
18h00-19h00 : drink « J’aime le Culte » Ina PREMIUM, the SVOD by Ina.
Hôtel de la Communauté d’Agglomération
6 rue Saint-Michel - 17086 La Rochelle
05 46 30 34 00
www.agglo-larochelle.fr
La Rochelle Agglo
LA ROCHELLE : territoire d’image
et technologies numériques
La Rochelle Township Committee is pleased to welcome the
27th international documentary market Sunny Side of the Doc on
20-23, June 2016. This year edition is particularly exciting and
meaningful for us since Canada will be country of honour.
The business channel dedicated to image, information and
communication technologies (ICT) now gathers 140 companies
and represents, within La Rochelle township, 750 jobs and a
turnover of 115 million €. For the last decade, the number of
companies and employees working in this industry has doubled,
giving way to a new generation of businessmen with a wide
panel of activities: web agencies, software and mobile app
designers, audiovisual producers, etc.
With La Rochelle University, these businessmen can recruit
locally skilled people, for instance at the Mathematics, Image
and Applications Laboratory. They also benefit from a dynamic
environment with many local events such as Sunny Side of the
Doc and the international film festival. Moreover, one of the
many advantages of the territory for the image industry is the
location of the TSF film studios in the town centre of La Rochelle,
few steps away from the railway station. Unique on the Atlantic
Coast, the TSF studios offer a wide working space of 4,000 m2,
including two sets of 900 m2 and 550 m2.
Besides, La Rochelle and Québec City, both on the 46th parallel
north, are closely united by their history. Their relationship is still
strong and was recently reinforced with the opening of the
historical heritage tour Les Chemins du Québec, a tour going
through centuries of history reflected in different houses,
monuments and museums of La Rochelle. For the Common
congress of the associations France-Québec and Québec-France
in May 2015, a blog called La Rochelle–Québec, 46e parallèle
nord was created. Dealing with historical facts and news, this
blog aims at creating a “virtual house of Québec” here in La
Rochelle. And we are thrilled today to remind the historical
relationship between La Rochelle and Québec City, a centurieslong relationship that still lives on.
Contact presse : Anne MICHON - 06 17 01 43 72
Agglomération et Ville de La Rochelle
[email protected]
June 2016
CHARENTE-MARITIME DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS AUDIOVISUAL CREATION !
SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC 2016 – 20th/23th JUNE - ESPACE ENCAN/LA ROCHELLE
■ From 20 to 23 June, the 27th
international documentary market is in La
Rochelle !
The Department, partner* of this event
encourage you to meet, in the Encan place,
the professionals of the audiovisual industry!
* Financial partner of the event wich records
growth and undeniable media coverage
■ A DYNAMIC AND SUCCESSFUL POLICY
Since 15 years, Charente-Maritime’s have been a great help for film industry at
all levels of production, from writing to directing and in any sort of film – fictions,
documentaries, animations, multimedia.
This policy of support to the audiovisual sector in the context of artistic work
contributes to the reputation of the Department as well as its attractiveness.
Indeed, each year, many writers and directors, choose to turn in
Charente-Maritime, seduced by the beautiful landscapes and the good
welcome.
THIS YEAR, CHARENTE-MARITIME’S DEPARTMENT IS INVESTING
500 000 € IN THE LOCAL FILM INDUSTRY.
■ FINANCIAL AID FOR THE DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION
The Department welcomes eleven documentary production companies by
grating them with financial aids.
IN 2015, THE CHARENTE-MARITIME’S DEPARTMENT
INVESTED 83 500 € IN ORDER
TO HELP 11 PROJECTS OF DOCUMENTARIES.
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June 2016
CHARENTE-MARITIME DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS AUDIOVISUAL CREATION !
SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC 2016 – 20th/23th JUNE - ESPACE ENCAN/LA ROCHELLE
■ RECENTLY DOCUMENTARIES TURNED IN CHARENTE-MARITIME …
Title
Writer
~
Director
Producter
NAPOLÉON,
LE RÊVE AMÉRICAIN
Marie-Dominique
MONTEL
ZOULOU COMPAGNIE
RENDEZ NOUS
NOS TAMBOURS
Eddy MUNYANEZA
VRAIVRAI FILMS
OUVRIERS !
DE 45 À NOS JOURS
Claire FERSTEIN
13 PRODUCTIONS
LA COLÈRE DANS
LE VENT
Amina WEIRA
VRAIVRAI FILMS
RETOUR VERS LA NATURE
OPÉRATION CONDOR
Jean-Roch MESLIN
YN PRODUCTIONS
BAZIN OU L’ART D’AIMER
Jean-Jacques BERNARD
ZOULOU COMPAGNIE
HERMIONE,
L’APPEL DU LARGE
Pascal VASSELIN
GRAND ANGLE
PRODUCTIONS
GEORGES HYVERNAUD,
DEUX OU TROIS CHOSES
QUI COMPTENT
Céline POUILLON
et Christian ARGENTINO
NOVANIMA
LES GENS
DU MANÈGE
Cécile TESSIER-GENDREAU
ANEKDOTA
LA SCÈNE A TOUT PRIX
Olivier DELARUE
AYL PROD
LA VOIX DE L’ÂNE
Jérome-Cécil AUFFREY
VRAIVRAI FILMS
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