After six-days of intense pitching and networking from 2,023 accredited docu industry guests, Copenhagen’s Cph:dox industry showcase wrapped Thursday with an awards ceremony, where two urgent projects tackling the current war in Ukraine and the complex Israeli and Palestinian conflict were handed out prizes.
The Ukrainian documentary “Timestamp” by Kateryna Gornostai scooped the biggest cash prize of €30,000 associated to the new Eurimages Outreach Award. The project, to be delivered later this year, chronicles the wartime school years 2023-24, through the everyday lives of kids and their teachers during martial law. Ukraine’s 2Brave Productions is producing, together with Dutch outfit Rinkel Film & Docs.
Praising the film’s “highly cinematic film that avoids traditional narrative structures, the jury said in its motivation statement: “This war movie takes place far from the frontline where soldiers, mostly men, fight for their country. It is the story of teachers, mostly women, who fight to...
The Ukrainian documentary “Timestamp” by Kateryna Gornostai scooped the biggest cash prize of €30,000 associated to the new Eurimages Outreach Award. The project, to be delivered later this year, chronicles the wartime school years 2023-24, through the everyday lives of kids and their teachers during martial law. Ukraine’s 2Brave Productions is producing, together with Dutch outfit Rinkel Film & Docs.
Praising the film’s “highly cinematic film that avoids traditional narrative structures, the jury said in its motivation statement: “This war movie takes place far from the frontline where soldiers, mostly men, fight for their country. It is the story of teachers, mostly women, who fight to...
- 3/21/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Documentary funding executives discussed issues facing filmmakers.
A leading figure from the International Documentary Association (Ida) has warned that the “fragile ecosystem” that funds non-fiction films has been spotlighted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking during the virtual Cph:Conference, Ida executive director Simon Kilmurry discussed the crucial funds provided to documentaries at the early stages of production by philanthropic and non-profit cultural institutions.
“We’re seeing what a fragile ecosystem that [non-profit funding] really is for filmmakers,” he said. “We’re in conversation with a lot of organisations to see how they’re dealing with this… and we’re trying to share information...
A leading figure from the International Documentary Association (Ida) has warned that the “fragile ecosystem” that funds non-fiction films has been spotlighted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking during the virtual Cph:Conference, Ida executive director Simon Kilmurry discussed the crucial funds provided to documentaries at the early stages of production by philanthropic and non-profit cultural institutions.
“We’re seeing what a fragile ecosystem that [non-profit funding] really is for filmmakers,” he said. “We’re in conversation with a lot of organisations to see how they’re dealing with this… and we’re trying to share information...
- 3/30/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
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