Master's Pitch
DOK.forum Marketplace 2025
Seven projects with strong international potential will be pitched on stage and receive feedback from top-class international experts. As an interactive platform, the Master's Pitch provides constructive feedback and offers the chance to initiate the development of new film projects in a collaborative atmosphere.
This year the Master's Pitch will be kicked off by an opening keynote by Marianna Kaat, curator of Doc@PÖFF International Competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
Programme and pitching projects
9.30 a.m.–10 a.m. Welcome and keynote by Marianna Kaat
10 a.m.–10.15 a.m. Introduction of the experts by Gitte Hansen
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PITCHING BLOCK #1
10.15 a.m.–10.30 a.m. Pitch #1 and feedback from the experts: THE ANGEL MAKER | Switzerland
Pitching team: Marina Klauser (director) & Marisa Meier (producer)
10.30 a.m.–10.45 a.m. Pitch #2 and feedback from the experts: DOUBLE SELF PORTRAIT | Lithuania, Latvia
Pitching team: Aistė Stonytė (director) & Giedrė Žickytė (producer)
10.45 a.m.–11 a.m. Pitch #3 and feedback from the experts: WOMEN & WAR | Germany, Poland
Pitching team: Elwira Niewiera (director) & Hans Robert Eisenhauer (producer)
11 a.m.–11.15 a.m. Pitch #4 and feedback from the experts: SACRED SONGS | Georgia, Germany
Pitching team: Nona Giunashvili (director), Mariam Bitsadze (producer) & Susanne Heinz (co-producer)
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11.15 a.m.–11.45 a.m. Coffee break
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PITCHING BLOCK #2
11.45 a.m.–12 p.m. Pitch #5 and feedback from the experts: BANGKOK NOX | Germany
Pitching team: Christian Wittmoser (director) & Moritz Bundschuh (producer)
12 p.m.–12.15 p.m. Pitch #6 and feedback from the experts: THE WHITE DOCTOR | Kenya, Ireland
Pitching team: Zippy Kimundu (director) & Colum McKeown (producer)
12.15 p.m.–12.30 p.m. Pitch #7 and feedback from the experts: THE IRAQI WARRIORS | Norway, Iraq
Pitching team: Karrar Al-Azzawi (director) & Jørgen Lorentzen (producer)
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12.30 p.m. Closing words by Gitte Hansen and lunch
Experts on stage and moderation
- Dagmar Biller, BR (Germany)
- Aleksandra Derewienko, CAT&Docs (France)
- Julian Étienne, Doc Society (UK)
- Felix Kempter, SKY Germany (Germany)
- Margje de Koning, Movies that Matter (The Netherlands)
- Bernd Seidl, Bernd Seidl, SWR (Germany)
- Markéta Stinglova, Czech Television (Czech Republic)
Moderated by Gitte Hansen, Consultant
Event information and tickets
- The event will end at approx. 1 p.m.
- The event will be held in English.
- This is a hybrid event.
- To attend on site, please book a free ticket in advance.
- To participate online, please log in to your account and register via the event page ("Register now") in order to view the link.
- The event is open to all accreditation types.
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Redaktionsleitung (Bayerischer Rundfunk)
programm (artistic director)
Movies that Matter draws attention to human rights by offering a stage for poignant fiction films and revealing documentaries that stir debates on human rights, sustainability and the fight against injustice. We combine our film screenings with in depth Q&As. Year around MthM films tour the country. Our educational program reaches over 200.00 pupils. We support HR FF in countries where press freedom is limited.
(CAT&Docs)
Aleksandra Derewienko completed postgraduate studies in TV and Film Organization at the National Film School in Lodz, and the MEGA Plus course – European Master in Audio-visual Management in Spain. In 2016, after working as a sales manager at Taskovski Films for four years, she joined CAT&Docs in sales and acquisition. She has participated in many international festivals and markets and was a member of the pitching panels at Baltic Sea Docs, Visions du Reel, Krakow Film Festival, DMZ DOCS or Tokyo Docs, among others.
(Gitte Schnyder-Hansen Consultancy)
Gitte is independent film consultant in the int. documentary field with focus on development, production, financing and distribution of films with international potential. Gitte is currently committed mentor for the co-production training-scheme Close-Up, as well as CineDoc and Finnish AVEK’s Development Lab. In addition, she serves at institutes, events, companies and organizations as mentor, tutor, consultant or expert. She works with production companies as individual consultant with a background as executive producer of more than 20 international documentaries and series for First Hand Films, where she was deputy director and headed sales and acquisitions for many years. Gitte holds a Master of Film & Rhetoric from the University of Copenhagen.
Executive Producer/ Development Sky Original Documentaries (Sky Deutschland)
Felix Kempteris responsible for the development and production of Sky Germany Original documentaries, such as JUAN CARLOS - DOWNFALL OF THE KING, THE CHILD IN THE BOX or DANGEROUSLY CLOSE.
Commissioning Editor (Südwestrundfunk (SWR))
Bernd Seidl, born in 1963, catholic theologian, director and commissioning editor at Südwestrundfunk (SWR) since 1992. His current post is commissioning editor in the ARTE department of SWR, responsible for documentaries and coproductions for different ARTE slots.
Center of International Cooperation (Czech Television)
Marketa is the Manager of International Content Projects in Czech Television, and is responsible for international cooperation across genres, with a focus on documentaries. She is in charge of cooperation between CT and ARTE. She participates in international co-production/pitching forums and acts as a member of international festival juries. In 2024, she was re-elected as a member of the Bureau of the EBU Documentary Experts Group, of which she is a member since 2016.
