Tokyo – The Tokyo TV Forum, which made its debut last year, is returning this December to feature 25 documentary projects by Japanese producers, which will be presented to 30 decision makers from around the world. In addition to the Japanese projects, several Asian projects will join the pitch. Tokyo TV Forum (TTVF) 2011 gained widespread attention and was a success, marking Japan’s first documentary pitching sessions. TTVF 2012 will again be hosted by the Association of All … [Read more...] about The Tokyo TV Forum returns for its second year
Beyond the Wave
VIDEO: Beyond The Wave promo reel
Switzerland – International distributor First Hand Films has finalised co-production deals and pre-sales with broadcasters for the documentary film Beyond the Wave. The doco won the Best Japan Pitch Award at this year's Asian Side of the Doc. First Hand Films has entered agreements with NHK (Japan), BBC (UK) and IKON (The Netherlands) who join WDR Cologne as co-production partners. The company has also signed pre-sales with SVT (Sweden), YES (Israel) and Knowledge Network (Canada) and … [Read more...] about VIDEO: Beyond The Wave promo reel
Post-tsunami doco gains international attention
Switzerland – International distributor First Hand Films has finalised co-production deals and pre-sales with broadcasters for the documentary film Beyond the Wave. The doco won the Best Japan Pitch Award at this year’s Asian Side of the Doc. First Hand Films has entered agreements with NHK (Japan), BBC (UK) and IKON (The Netherlands) who join WDR Cologne as co-production partners. The company has also signed pre-sales with SVT (Sweden), YES (Israel) and Knowledge Network … [Read more...] about Post-tsunami doco gains international attention
Asian Side of the Doc reveals best pitches
The recently concluded Asian Side of the Doc has announced this year’s winning ideas. Best Japan Pitch Award went to Beyond the Wave (Kyoko Miyake/Japan, Friedemann Hottenbacher/Germany), Best Asia Pitch Award went to Home Floating Away (Bin Li/ China), Best International Pitch Award was given to Love & Engineering (Tonislav Hristov & Kaarl Aho, Making Movies Oy/ Finland) and Best ASD Pitch Award was won by Home Floating Away (Bin Li/ China). Held in Tokyo from March 19 to 22, the … [Read more...] about Asian Side of the Doc reveals best pitches