Industry Session #5: Putting the Fun into Factual
26/04/07 15:57 | Permalink



Conference Session 5 - Putting the 'Fun' into Factual

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Originally Held: Thursday, April 26: 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM, Rogers Industry Centre

A panel of key TV industry players discusses the growing trend toward 'cheeky' factual television, and what it takes to make content compelling enough to impress international commissioning editors and garner top ratings. Topics to be explored include trends at home and abroad, injecting comedy and parody into your documentary repertoire, as well as the ins and outs of the global trade of factual entertainment formats.



Moderators

  • Jenn Kuzmyk, Canadian Bureau Chief, C21Media

Panelists

  • Guy O'Sullivan, President, Proper Television Inc.
  • Jesse Fawcett, Managing Director, Galafilm International
  • Julie Bristow, Executive Director, Factual Entertainment, CBC Television
  • Vanessa Case, Vice President, Content, SLICE and National Geographic Channel, Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.




Photo: Christian Pena

Industry Session #4: Docs on Demand
26/04/07 15:55 | Permalink
Conference Session 4 - Docs on Demand

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Originally Held: Thursday, April 26: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Rogers Industry Centre

Welcome to the future of fair-trade documentary distribution. With the advent of constantly evolving online and interactive technologies, filmmakers and producers now have access to new platforms of distribution by which they can make their films immediately available to interested audiences worldwide, and stand to make a profit too!


Moderators

  • Alicia Androich, Senior Writer, realscreen

Panelists

  • Andrew Mer, Head of Acquisitions, "True Stories" , AOL America
  • Nina Numankadic, Doc Air Manager, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
  • Rick Anderson, President & CEO, Zip.ca and Zip.tv





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