Speed Meetings: a financing and distribution market for documentary industry

Speed Meetings are DocsBarcelona’s main industry activity. It is the perfect place to promote and finance your project to potential financers and film distributors. A meeting point for professionals from all over the world.

40 projects selected for Speed Meetings will have one to one meetings of 15 minutes with financers. The Meetings will be arranged previously depending on financers and projects needs.

In addition, and as a novelty, this year arrives the Public Pitch where will participate 5 of the 40 projects presented in the Speed ​​Meetings. The Public Pitch is the perfect opportunity to present your project to the financers and to the accredited professionals of DocsBarcelona.

SPEED MEETINGS: Check out the selected projects

265, a documentary about people and the power of the sea

Director: Jan Latussek

Producers: Yago de la Sotilla, Rebeca Arnal

Glassy Films & Elemental Komunica

Spain

 

Astrid

Director: Marc Galver Lacruz

Producer: Annie Montero

Avisualconcept

Spain

 

Blazing the Trail

Director: Ariadna Relea

Producers: Luis Collar, Senay Ozdemir

Nephilim Producciones, House of Red & White

Spain, Netherlands

 

Cane malice

Director: Juan Zapata

Producer: Oriol Cortacans

Batabat

Spain, Dominican Republic

 

Cholitas

Director: Jaime Murciego

Producer: Itziar Garcia Zubiri

Arena Comunicación

Spain

 

City of the dead

Director: Miguel Eek

Producers: Marta Castells, Miguel Eek

Mosaic Producciones

Spain

 

Fernando Rios Palacio. Tangos

Director: Alberto Bougleux

Producer: Oriol Gispert

La Lupa Produccions

Spain

 

GAZE

Directors: Alejandro Rocchi, Marco Bentancor

Procuders: Alejandro Rocchi, Marco Bentancor

Polisemia Pictures

Uruguay

 

I was not born a mistake

Directors: Rachel Rusinek, Eyal Ben Moshe

Producers: Rachel Rusinek, Eyal Ben Moshe

2team video productions

Israel

 

INTO THE BANK

Directors: Eva Hillström, Oscar Hedin

Producer: Åsa Ekman, Oscar Hedin

Film and Tell

Sweden

 

La Mami

Director: Laura Herrero Garvín

Producers: Laura Imperiale, Laia Zanon, Patricia Franquesa

Cacerola Films, Gadea Productions

Mexico, Spain

 

Land of milk and honey

Directors: Gonzalo Recio, Hector Dominguez-Viguera, Carlos Mora

Producer: Andrés Diaz

Zerkalo Films

Spain

 

Letters Through the Wall

Director: Fon Cortizo

Producers: Laura Collado, Alexandre Cancelo

Trueday Films

Xas Films

Spain

 

Linda

Director: Silvia Sala

Producer: Albert Soler

Mamma Team Productions

Spain

 

Lobster Soup

Directors: Rafa Molés, Pepe Andreu

Producers: Rafa Molés, Pepe Andreu, Òlafur Rögnavaldsson

SUICAfilms

Spain

 

Magaluf Ghost Town

Directors: Miguel Ángel Blanca, Raúl Cuevas

Producer: Bernat Manzano Vall

Boogaloo Films

Spain

 

Margolaria (The Painter)

Directors: Oier Aranzabal & Iker Treviño

Producers: Ritxi Lizartza, Maria Vallejo, Miren Aperribay, Irune Gurtubai

maluta* films & Caravan Cinema & Atera Films

Spain, Scotland

 

My brother Ali

Director: Paula Palacios

Producers: Christoph Jörg, Paula Palacios

Pumpernickel Films, Morada Films

France, Spain

 

Newtopia

Director: Audun Amundsen

Producer: Christian Falch

Upnorth Film Orkaganger AS, GonzoDocs AS

Norway

 

No Women no Revolution

Director: Antonia Kilian, Jakob Weidner

Producer: Frank Müller

Doppelplusultra

Germany

 

PROJECT NIÑOS (Cold War in Sunny Spain)

Director: Jordi Ferrerons

Producer: Joan Arañó

LAVINIA AUDIOVISUAL, S.L.

Spain

 

Saudade

Director: Anna Azevedo

Producers: Liliana Lasprilla, Anna Azevedo

Pixbee and Hy Brazil

Portugal, Brazil

 

Scrap

Director: Stacey Tenenbaum

Producer: Stacey Tenenbaum

H2L Productions

Canada

 

Sex Educator

Director: Cosima Dannoritzer

Producer: Bettina Walter

BWP

Spain

 

Sitronen

Director: Mikael Marignac

Producer: Kimmo Koskela

One Film Production

Finland

 

Tales from the Prison Cell

Director: Ábel Visky

Producers: Eszter Gyárfás, Viktória Petrány

Proton Cinema

Hungary

 

The End of our War

Director: Nadja Drost, Bruno Federico

Independent production

 

Colombia

 

The End of the Valley of Tears

Director: Jarosław Wszędybył

Producer: Przemysław Miękinia

Before My Eyes

Poland

 

The Fire Kid

Director: Ignacio Acconcia

Producer: Salvador Sunyer

Nanouk Films

Spain

 

The Freedom Theatre

Director: Jaime Villarreal

Producer: Lorena Penjean

Alto Andes

Chile

 

The Wait

Director: Joyce Ventura

Producers: Joyce Ventrua, Alexis Duran

Imaginaria Films, Cine Cinco, Lulo Films

Colombia

 

Trance

Director: Niccolò Bruna

Producers: Ventura Durall, Sergi Cameron, Andrés Mellinas

Nanouk Films

Spain

 

Trimmigrants

Directors: Gustavo Anselmi, David Cohan

Producer: Francisco Paparella

Río Azul Films

Argentina, Mexico

 

Triste Brasil

Director: Sérgio Tréfaut

Faux

Portugal

 

Vibrato

Director: Jérémy Leroux

Producer: Jan Vasak

Day for Night Productions

France

 

Wars, Lies and Videotape

Director: Aleksandar Nikolic

Producers: Gregor Streiber, Ulla Simonen, Aleksandar Nikolic

Inselfilm, MADE, Perfect Splice

UK, Germany, Finland

 

What shall we do with a drunken sailor

Director: Lucia Kasová

Poducer: Lucia Kasová

Shakazulu films

Slovakia

 

Wishing on a Star

Director: Peter Kerekes

Producers: Erica Barbiani, Ralph Wieser

Videomante, Mischief Films, Kerekes Films, Artcam Films

Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic

 

PUBLIC PITCH: Check out the selected projects

Cholitas

Director: Jaime Murciego

Producer: Itziar Garcia Zubiri

Arena Comunicación

Spain

 

INTO THE BANK

Directors: Eva Hillström, Oscar Hedin

Producer: Åsa Ekman, Oscar Hedin

Film and Tell

Sweden

 

My brother Ali

Director: Paula Palacios

Producers: Christoph Jörg, Paula Palacios

Pumpernickel Films, Morada Films

France, Spain

 

Scrap

Director: Stacey Tenenbaum

Producer: Stacey Tenenbaum

H2L Productions

Canada

 

Vibrato

Director: Jérémy Leroux

Producer: Jan Vasak

Day for Night Productions

France

Check out the attending financers confirmed

• Jordi Ambrós, Montse Armengou and Muntsa Tarrés, TV3 (Spain)
• Kazz Basma, Sideways Film (UK)
• Lorenzo Benítez, 3BoxMedia (Spain)
• Kathryn Bonnici, Java Films (France)
• Pablo Briseño Galván, Feelsales (Spain)
• Sabine Bubeck-Paaz, ZDF (Germany)
• Gerard Cassadó, Filmin (Spain)
• Mandy Chang, BBC (UK)
• Jamel Dallali, Al Jazeera (Qatar)
• Marta Dużbabel, TVP Poland (Poland)
• Camila Florez, Cine Colombia (Colombia)
• Katrin Fürnkranz, Autlook Filmsales (Austria)
• Anna Godas, Dogwoof (UK)
• Aleksandar Govedarica, Syndicado (Canada)
• Teresa Gaspar, Canal 22 (Mexico)
• Reem Haddad, Al Jazeera (Qatar)
• Yoshihiko Ichiya, NHK World – Documentary (Japan)
• Diana Karklin, Rise and Shine Films (Germany)
• Kelsey Koenig, Impact Partners (USA)
• Morana Komljenovic, Taskovski Films (UK)
• Floor Koomen, EO/IKON (Netherlands)
• Antonio Laforgia, Berta Film (Italy)
• Catherine LeClef, CAT&Docs (France)
• Adriana López, RTVC Señal Colombia (Colombia)
• Andrés Luque, TVE (Spain)
• Pamela Martinez, Limonero Films (UK)
• Cristina Merino, Movistar+ (Spain)
• Marie Nelson, PBS International (USA)
• Sebastián Pelayo, SPR (Mexico)
• Claudia Rodriguez, Preciosa Media (Colombia)
• Lars  Säfström, SVT (Sweden)
• Shanida Scotland, The Guardian (UK)
• Juan Solera, Sideways Film (UK)
• Mira Vocinkic, HRT (Croatia)
• Jenny Westergard, YLE (Finland)

WHERE AND WHEN

Thursday 24th and Friday 25th of May at CCCB.

The Magic of a Great Project & Pitch Workshop will take place as training for the Speed Meetings

Speed Meetings participants will have the chance to attend a training workshop to fine tune their projects and pitching skills so to have the best opportunity for a successful meeting with broadcasters and funders, and improve the chances of financing their documentary.

If your project is selected, the cost to participate at the Speed Meetings is:

*The fee is per project, the maximum number of people allowed per project is 2.

The fee includes:

• Participation at the Speed Meetings.
• Speed Meetings Coffee Break and lunch.
• Access as a viewer at the Public Pitch, Latin Pitch and the Interactive Pitch.
• Access to Master Classes, industry conferences and round tables.
• Access to Opening and Closing ceremonies of the Festival (RSVP needed).
• Access to the Festival screenings: one ticket per film.
• Access to the networking activities.
• Industry Guide including all contacts from the festival participants.

*It doesn’t include The Magic of a Great project & Pitch Workshop

Foro Lau Hizetara Award

Foro Lau Haizetara will reward one of the Speed Meetings selected projects which will allow it to participate at the Foro Lau Haizetara, on September 27th 2018.

The award includes the presentation of the project in front of the financiers during the pitching sessions and the participation at the previous workshop, with the aim to prepare the presentation and improve the projects, showing their strength. It also includes the professional badge for the San Sebastian Film Festival for the participants.

East Doc Platform Special Collaboration

DocsBarcelona has reached an agreement with the East Doc Platform (Prague, Czech Republic) consisting in an exchange of prizes between the two
events.

An Eastern European project pitched at East Doc Platform 2018  will be selected for the DocsBarcelona Speed Meetings 2018 and a project selected for the DocsBarcelona Speed Meetings 2018 will be selected to attend the East Doc Platform 2019.

The project selected will have access to:

–    A free accreditation to the East Doc Platform 2019 and all the related industry and networking events.
–    Meetings with 10 decision makers within the Project Market 2019 (the project will be automatically selected for the market and granted the meetings).
–    Free lunches and coffee breaks at the Project Market 2019.
–    To be considered for the East European Forum and Doc Tank presentation selection.

×The winner project from the East Doc Platform award has been “Tales from the Prison Cell” from Abel Visky (Hungary).