Jihlava, Czech Republic East Silver Doc Market October 24 – 29 2008

East Silver is the biggest database of Central and Eastern European documentary films. Comfortable digitized market offers 30 viewing booths.

East Silver presents more funding opportunities in Jihlava - Gucci Tribeca Fund
Digitized documentary market organizes breakfast for Eastern European filmmakers and producers in order to introduce them several possibilities how to finance their documentary film projects. Gucci Tribeca Fund will be presented by Danielle di Giacomo, pre-selector of the fund and Head of Documentary Acquisitions at IndiePix.
The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund awards finishing funds to those films that best promote social change by through complete, thoughtful and dynamic storytelling. Films should resonate with a mainstream audience and ideally be non-traditional in approach. Tribeca supports the films whose emphasis are on story with an intention to inspire an audience. Films need to illuminate issues in need of comprehensive coverage currently missing in the mainstream media and should be driven by thoughtful, accurate and complete storytelling of the subject matter. It is looking for films that examine or document people who are ignored, ostracized or otherwise marginalized, people fighting for political, social, economical or societal justice.The breakfast for invited industry guests will be served on Monday October 27, 10.00 – 11.00 in the Mahler Hotel.