How can we make our feature-length documentaries visible and best distribute them? Digital progress brings new options and a lot of questions as well. The panel will present and discuss some concrete undertakings and innovative ideas: the use of social networks on the Internet to create a relationship with potential audiences, the participation of an interested audience through crowd funding (eg. Vodo.net), the role of non-governmental organizations and social action programs in calling attention to creative documentaries, private group screenings combined with Internet communication, cross-media and interactive television strategies...
Based on THE WOMAN WITH THE FIVE ELEPHANTS, a documentary with an outstanding success story in distribution, we will look at the strategies applied by the various players.
Jamie King, vodo.net, London, GB
Andreas Wildfang, eyzmedia, DE
Terry Stevens, Dogwoof, UK
Peter Jäger, Autlook Filmsales, AT
Artur Liebhart, Against Gravity, PL
Simon Kilmurry, POV, US
Moderation
Esther van Messel, First Hand Films, CH
Case studies
Vadim Jendreyko, director/producer, CH
The Woman with five Elephants
DAVIX, artist/filmmaker, CH
Supersonic Airglow
subject to change
