Thessaloniki Masterclass with Stefan Kloos: Producing and Packaging Documentaries

How can short documentaries be produced and packaged in a compelling way? What are the challenges and advantages when working with international co-productions of short documentaries? Will the digital future bring a bigger need for short formats? These are some of the issues explored in this master class focusing on the German -Czech co-production Breathless. This project consists of five short creative documentaries on the theme Breathless - Dominance of the Moment. During the masterclass, producer Stefan Kloos will share his experience and knowledge on developing, producing and distributing a package of short documentaries. He will give a detailed inside view of the process of financing the films, working with such different funders as cultural funds and broadcasters, as well as how it can be an advantage to work with a package of films. During the masterclass short clips from the five films will be screened.

Today: 3PM

Stefan Kloos, born 1968, has been trained as print and radio journalist before working as TV-producer and editor-in-chief for Me, Myself & Eye (MME) in Hamburg from 1994-1999, where he e.g. produced the ARD-documentary series POP 2000 on fifty years of pop and youth culture in Germany. For POP 2000, he was honoured with the prestigious Adolf Grimme TV-Award. After moving to Berlin in 2000 he has been managing two divisions of the multimedia company I-D Media before founding his own production company Kloos & Co. Medien GmbH in 2002. Since, he has been producing various documentaries, amongst others for ARD, MTV and ZDF/ARTE, theatrical documentary films and a drug prevention project for the Federal State of Brandenburg. He was part of the "How to MIP-programme" for young producers and is a member of EDN and AG DOK. In 2009, he was selected for the DISCOVERY CAMPUS MASTERSCHOOL.In 2007, the company founded RISE AND SHINE WORLD SALES and has since been successfully involved in the distribution and world sales of selected award-winning documentaries.