DOK.forum Marketplace 2019
The most exciting concepts for documentary film, film composition, series, webdoc, VR and interactive media. The DOK.forum Marketplace uses targeted matchmaking to bring projects in the development stage together with producers, commissioning editors and distributors - in competition for awards and grants.
9th to 11th May 2019
University of Television and Film Munich
Project selection and Experts DOK.forum Marketplace 2019
Project selection 2019
Which projects are presented in which formats at DOK.forum Marketplace 2019 can be found here.
DOK.forum Marketplace - formats
Master's Pitch – A Unique Format for Training and Collaboration
Selected projects with particularly strong international potential will be presented to the public along with keynotes and statements from top-class international experts. The aim of the Master's Pitch is to make the decision-making process of the industry transparent and to create a platform for exchange and cooperation. In collaboration with Documentary Campus Read more
Roundtables
In moderated 90-minute Roundtable Sessions, filmmakers discuss their latest projects in an exclusive and pleasant atmosphere with commissioning editors, producers, distributors, sales agents and funders.
Extended One-to-One
To complement the discussions in the roundtables and after the pitchings, the DOK.forum Marketplace offers carefully curated One-to-One Meetings of 15 minutes each. The meetings will be arranged in advance and during the marketplace upon request of the decision makers.
International trainings and opportunities
Among all approved Marketplace projects, two projects receive free market access and a festival pass from our partner festivals: Jean-Jacques Peretti invites an interactive project to Sunny Side of the Doc in La Rochelle, France, and Mara Gourd-Mercard grants a project participation at Doc Circuit Montréal (RIDM) as part of the new QC + BY Doc CoPro.
DOK.forum Marketplace – awards
With the new British Pathé Archive Award for outstanding archive film projects, the German Composition Funding Award for Film Composition and the Pitch Award of Haus des Dokumentarfilms, DOK.forum Marketplace offers three endowed competitions.
NEW: British Pathé Archive Award
For the first time the new award honours projects with a large proportion of archive material and thus strengthens a documentary genre rich in tradition. The winning project will receive British Pathé archive material worth 14,000 euros or, alternatively, 2,500 euros in cash. Read more
German Composition Funding Award –
sponsored by Sonoton Music
In order to strengthen the artistic collaboration between filmmakers and composers, the best musical concept for a documentary film will be endowed with 2,500 euros. Read more
Pitch Award of Haus des Dokumentarfilms
All students at our partner universities have the opportunity to submit their current projects for the Pitch Award. The best pitch among the nine nominated students will receive 2,500 euros in project funding. Read more
Concept and review 2018
Concept DOK.forum Marketplace
The co-production platform for the German-speaking industry. Find here the self-image and goals of DOK.forum Marketplace. Read more
Project selection 2018
Which projects were presented in which formats at DOK.forum Marketplace 2018 can be found here. Read more
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Festival partners (German-speaking network, Docunexion)
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