Makila, a Montreal-based production coop, launches Docunexion: Quebec-France 2015-2016 in collaboration with the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) and Sunny Side of the Doc to strengthen the cooperation, the co-creation and the co-production of documentary interactive projects between Quebec and France.
This cultural exchange aims to foster and expand the already existing ties between the two territories through workshops, case studies and opportunities that allow producers of non linear projects from both sides of the ocean to connect and share their knowledge and their experiences.
Docunexion: @Sunny Side of the Doc 2015
At Sunny Side of the Doc 2015, five French interactive projects will be presented to a jury of French and Quebec experts. The five projects were selected through the French regional calls for projects.
- Sea is my country, produced by Les Films du Balibari and Once Upon (Prize Moov’iN 2014 / Aquitaine)
- Waiting Leo, produced by Ladybirds Fictions (Pole Digital Grand Paris)
- Find me in Kakuma, produced by Zero Driving Production (Pictanovo)
- Heroes of Marseilles – Marseille, the city which I am the hero, produced by Tabasco Video (PRIMI)
- Characters, produced by Les Films Du Square (Imaginove)
The jury will select a winning project that will be invited to attend RIDM / Doc Circuit Montreal, 2015.
Sunny Side of the Doc 2015 Sunny Lab offers a specific programme allowing all participants to move towards new forms of participatory and digital narratives, and explore viable economic opportunities.
In addition to a focus on transmedia production in Canada, France, the Nordic countries, and Germany, there will be pitching sessions, panels and case studies about interactive documentaries, transmedia devices, all marked with a cutting edge approach. Sunny Lab will be a space for innovation at the heart of the exhibition hall of Sunny side of the doc.
@ RIDM 2015
Five Quebec interactive projects will be selected following a call for projects and an online vote on the www.cubanhat.tv platform. A jury of Quebec and French experts will determine the winning project that will be invited to attend Sunny Side of the Doc 2016.
In 2015, Doc Circuit Montreal will also present Focus Transmedia, an initiative that highlights new ways of creation that incorporate interactive and transmedia elements in the documentary form. The Focus Transmedia laboratory will be structured into sessions spread throughout the 5 days of the Talent Lab and of Doc Circuit Montreal. These intensive sessions will explore the connections and meeting points between the visions of various digital documentary content creators with the notions and practices of attending international guests.
Stronger synergies
Several panels will be offered during Sunny Side of the Doc 2015 under the banner Docunexion Quebec-France 2015-2016 (Data, how and why to use it? How to measure the impact of interactive works?). These topics will be echoed in the programming of Doc Circuit Montreal in 2015 where the analysis of the challenges of new media production will continue and evolve.
Docunexion is an initiative that was developed in 2013 by Makila (Canada) and DOCSDF (Mexico) with the intention of building cultural exchanges and stimulating co-creations and co-productions between countries. A first edition of this initiative took place in 2013-2015 under the label Docunexion: Quebec-Mexico. This year the concept has grown with the introduction of two new editions Docunexion: UK-Mexico and Docunexion : Quebec-France. The concept continues to evolve with the aim of building more bridges of artistic and economic exchanges between different countries and cultures.
Docunexion Quebec-France is supported by the Ministry of International Relations and Francophone Quebec and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Development of the French Republic (Consulate General of France in Quebec) in the French-Quebec Fund for Decentralized Cooperation (FFQCD). The Urban Community of La Rochelle is also a partner.