Mathieu Béjot: Last News

Naman Ramachandran International documentary marketplace Sunny Side of the Doc has revealed the 42 projects from 23 different countries that make up the official selection for its 34th edition. The projects will participate in pitch sessions in front of more than 300 international decision-makers, including major broadcasters, streamers, foundations, distributors, buyers and other investors looking for stories with the biggest impact. This year’s call for projects received 320 responses from 56 different countries (compared to 275 in 2022), 43% of which were led by female filmmakers. The pre-selection committee selected the 42 most inspiring and promising projects.

Naman Ramachandran 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.

Naman Ramachandran Parsifal Reparato’s “She” dominated the awards at the 33rd Sunny Side of the Doc market with three wins.Several other projects won two awards each, including Gustavo Ribeiro’s “The Factory’s Basement,” Joanne Popinska’s “Jacob’s Journey” and Rama Ayasraa’s “Harvest Moon.”The four-day event ran June 20 – 23 June in La Rochelle, France. Running alongside, the sixth edition of PiXii Festival took over eight cultural and heritage sites in the city, and provided opportunities for exchange between industry professionals concerning how virtual reality can be applied to the documentary genre.“We are delighted that we were able to bring together international industry leaders this year to celebrate and champion the genre, which in recent years has experienced both a greater audience demand and increased difficulties in terms of financing and production,” said Mathieu Bejot, director of strategy and development at Sunny Side of the Doc.

Naman Ramachandran Halfway through leading documentary market Sunny Side of the Doc, Mathieu Bejot, director of strategy and development, is tired but happy. The market’s aim of resuming in-person meetings after two online editions is working well, and the panels and networking events are operating at capacity.“We thought the priority should really be given to meetings, because we know people have missed seeing each other for two years. So, although there’s a very dense agenda, panels, etc.

Naman Ramachandran Following two pandemic-caused online editions, Sunny Side of the Doc, the international marketplace for documentary and narrative experiences, has unveiled the pitch selection for its 33rd edition.48 projects from 22 countries will be presented across eight pitch sessions across three genre categories – global issues, wildlife and conservation, and science, history, arts and culture. The submissions this year were in response to the event’s callout for new voices.The event has achieved a perfect 50/50 gender balance among the directors of the selected projects.

Ben Croll Even as outside circumstances forced Sunny Side of the Doc to pare down elements of this year’s edition, event programmers never jettisoned the theme they envisioned for 2020.“We wanted to maintain our original framework,” says Sunny Side director of strategy and development Mathieu Béjot. “We had planned for many more sessions and different activities that we subsequently had to cancel, but we were certainly going to stick with our original idea to focus on history.”Every year, the La Rochelle-based rendezvous has sought to spotlight trends and formats influencing the documentary landscape, creating thematic sections around genres like science, culture and human affairs.