Moderators

Helle Hansen

Film Commissioner
Filmfond Nord in Northern Norway

Freelance consultant, moderator, Film Commissioner at Filmfond Nord, Norway (2000- )

Film Commissioner for documentaries at the Norwegian Film Institute (2016 – 2000).
Among the supported films: iHUMAN, THE SELF PORTRAIT, (qualified for Oscar run, 2020), THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF, GUNDA (shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Foreign Feature Film, 2020) International co-productions: ONLY THE DEVIL LIVES WITHOUT HOPE, SPOON, CARNIVAL PILGRIMS.

Film Commissioner for documentaries at the Danish Film Institute (2011-2016).
Among the supported films: THE LOOK OF SILENCE (Oscar nominee Best Documentary Feature, 2016), BOBBY JENE, MOTLEY’S LAW and international co-productions SHADOW WORLD, THE ISLANDS AND THE WHALES, MOGADISHU SOLDIER, GOLDEN DAWN GIRLS. 

Journalist and director of numerous documentary films for TV (1995 – 2016).

Brigid O’Shea

Co-founder of Documentary Association of Europe

Brigid O’Shea is an Australian native who has worked for European film festivals and documentary organisations since 2008. Holding a Bachelor of Fine Arts obtained in Melbourne and Berlin, she started as an intern at the Berlinale Talent Campus. She worked for various Berlinale departments as a freelancer until 2014, including the EFM and also Co-Production Market, until taking a more focused approach on creative documentary. This came from coordinating the DOK Industry Programme from 2009-2015, which allowed her to also freelance for the Institute of Documentary Film in Prague, for Documentary Campus Masterschool, and  Berlin-based production companies. She was appointed Head of DOK Industry Programme in January 2015. She regulary tutors on topics like European co-financing, cultural management and festival strategies in places like North America and East Europe. In February 2020 she co-launched the Documentary Association of Europe.