The Stranger Than Fiction Market will provide Irish documentary producers with an unique opportunity to meet with and pitch potential projects to leading Commissioning Editors from the UK and Europe's top broadcasters.
The Market addresses the growing need for increased access and exchange between documentary makers in Ireland and those with commissioning powers outside of Ireland.
After last year's round of very successful meetings between Commissioning Editors and Irish Producers, Screen Producers Ireland can offer it's members more of the same during this year's festival. This years attendees are:
Wolfgang Landgraeber WDR, Germany
Richard Melman, The History and Biography Channel, UK
Wolter Braamhorst, AVRO, Holland
Micheál Ó Meallaigh TG4
Doris Hepp Commissioning Ed ZDF/ARTE
Ian Russell, Channel 5, Deputy Controller for News, Current Affairs and Documentaries
Leena Pasanen YLE, Finland
Jordi Ambros TV3, Spain
Eamon Hardy BBC NI
Kevin Dawson RTE Independent Production Unit
The Market element runs from Thursday October 2nd to Saturday 4th and the one-on-one meetings between the Commissioning Editors and the SPI members are being pre-arranged by Screen Producers Ireland.
Further information is available from: info@screenproducersireland.com
