This year, for holders of DOCU/PRO industry accreditation, we have prepared a unique opportunity to receive a personal consultation from leading experts in world documentary filmmaking: international project development specialist Mikael Opstrup and DAE director and tutor Brigid O’Shea.
Mikael provides consultations at early stages of film development, and Brigid specializes in a wide range of topics, such as building a festival strategy, international co-productions, and preparing projects for pitching. The experts will come to Kyiv for the festival and can help with questions about your documentary films. You can sign up for a consultation after obtaining accreditation. Accredited participants will receive information on how to book a session a week before the festival.
Mikael Opstrup — a specialist in international documentary project development, trailer consultancy, co-productions, workshop planning & tutoring. Author of THE UNCERTAINTY — book about developing Character driven Documentary. Head of Studies at European Documentary Network, EDN (2011-2019), creator and editor of EDNs Co-production Guide.
Worked as expert, tutor, moderator for IDFA (The Netherlands), Hot Docs (Canada), Nordisk Panorama (Nordic), Institute of Documentary Film (Czech Rep.), Baltic Sea Docs (Latvia), Docs Barcelona (Spain), In-Docs (Indonesia), Dox Box (Syria & Germany) a.o. Developed and headed a number of international workshops. Produced international documentaries for a couple of decades, latest as co-owner of Final Cut Productions in Copenhagen, Denmark (2002-2009).
