Moderators
Moderators
Balkan Network Group & panels
Helle Hansen
Independent Documentary Film Consultant
Assistance with pitch, development, rough cut, strategy, financing and applications for documentaries.
Film commissioner at Mid Norway Film Centre, Norway (2024 – )
Film Commissioner at Filmfond North, Norway (2020 – 2023)
Film Commissioner at the Norwegian Film Institute (2016 – 2020)
Film Commissioner at the Danish Film Institute (2011 – 2016)
Journalist and director at numerous films for TV (1995 – 2016)
Pitching Forum & workshop
Zeynep Güzel
Head of Doc Station, Berlinale Talents, Senior Consultant at Documentary Association of Europe
Zeynep Güzel is a filmmaker, consultant, and the head of Doc Station at the Berlinale Talents in Berlin International Film Festival. Zeynep has produced several documentaries and written, directed, and produced her debut feature documentary Come Rain or Shine in 2019. Zeynep currently works on her feature fiction film When The Sun Comes Out with which Zeynep was a fellow of Berlin Artist in Residency at Nipkow Program and the project is funded by the Medienboard German-Turkish co-production development fund. As former head of the Yeni Film Fund in Turkey and senior consultant to the Documentary Association of Europe, Zeynep has many years of experience working with emerging and established creatives, helping them explore their artistic vision and supporting them with her knowledge of international documentary film industry and a global network of like-minded professionals. Dok Leipzig Industry, Cannes Docs at Marché du Film, the Institute of Documentary Film, the European Film Market at Berlinale and MakeCoProDox Forum are among the many other international documentary platforms where Zeynep regularly runs workshops or mentors. Zeynep is a visiting lecturer at The Norwegian Film School in Lillehammer. Since 2022 Zeynep is the programming consultant at International Documentary Association’s biennial conference Getting Real and a member of European Film Academy.
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 organizations 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 regularly 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.
Victor Ede
Producer, Cinephage Productions
Victor Ede is living and working in Marseilles, France. He co-founded Cinéphage with the award-winning filmmaker Jean-Robert Viallet.
He has had a transversal carrier in the field of picture, sound and post-production, and a detour through art books publishing (In Libris).
He edited several documentaries, mainly those of Jean-Robert Viallet. And then he wanted to resume the project initiative, meetings, accompany and defend filmmakers and singular projects.
He started focusing on production in 2014 and has produced 10 documentaries, several international coproductions and one short animation. He is currently developing or co producing with Slovenian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Syrian, Lebanese, Swedish, North American and Belgian partners for theatrical and commissioned projects.
He is part of the Eurodoc network, DAE, SPI, LPA, and has been part of the 2021 Emerging Producers selection (Ji.Hlava).
He has participated to the Procirep commission, to the CNC-FAIA commission and is currently member of the CNC – Cinémas du Monde commission.