On Friday, March 19, the European Documentary Network (EDN) held its ‘Award Ceremony', during the 12th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century. Until now, the EDN honoured European personalities and organisations which made a great contribution to documentary film industry. This year, however, the Award was given to the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers' Association (IRDFA).
Hanne Skjodt, director of EDN, spoke on behalf of her organisation, referring to th...
On Friday, March 19, the European Documentary Network (EDN) held its ‘Award Ceremony', during the 12th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century. Until now, the EDN honoured European personalities and organisations which made a great contribution to documentary film industry. This year, however, the Award was given to the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers' Association (IRDFA).Hanne Skjodt, director of EDN, spoke on behalf of her organisation, referring to the decision to w...
With the appointment of Cecilia Lidin as Head of EDN follows also a reorganisation of the EDN office and of the way EDN will be functioning. The daily running and strategic planning will be done in shared management between Lidin and EDN Network Manager Hanne Skjødt. Together they will be responsible for both the short and long term developments of EDN and will be referring to the EDN Executive Committee.
Besides these changes at the EDN office Cecilia Lidin also plans to re-struct...
Monday, November 20----One of the unique professional programs at the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (IDFA), which will begin this coming Thursday, is the IDFA Forum, a major co-production and co-financing professional conference that parallels the public screening event. The Forum is Europe's largest gathering of television commissioning editors and independent documentary producers.
IDFA first organized the Forum in 1993, as a way for documentary producers to interest bro...