Nordisk Forum
for Co-financing of Documentaries
Oulu, Finland, 24-25 September 2007
In 2007, Nordisk Forum took place in Oulu, Finland during two full days, 24-25 September. 188 professionals from 13 different countries attended the event.
Pitching
23 projects were pitched during the morning sessions, moderated by Bo-Erik Gyberg, Chairman of the Swedish Film Alliance and Head of the Design and Crafts School in Stockholm, Cecilia Lidin, Film Consultant at European Documentary Network, Paul Pauwels, Project Manager of the European Television Management Academy. In the afternoons, time was set aside for individual meetings with the financiers. A total of 177 meetings were booked by the Filmkontakt Nord Staff.
Nordisk Forum Online
Last year we introduced this unique platform, offering attending financiers the opportunity to preview the Nordisk Forum projects online and see short trailer excerpts. This year we developed the site further, now offering producers and observers a chance to see profiles of the attending commissioning editors and film consultants and in addition an opportunity to request meetings.
41 projects were presented on NF Online.
Seminar
Jan Röfekamp, distributor from Films Transit, Canada shared his vast knowledge and experience at the packed Nordisk Forum Seminar: The Ever-evolving Documentary Market Place. Furthermore, Jan Röfekamp was available for One-on-One meetings during the two afternoons.
Results
It is still too soon to predict the financial outcome of Nordisk Forum 2007, however, based on previous years' results, it is expected that some 70-80% of the 23 presented projects will have secured additional financing as a result of Nordisk Forum.
In October 2008 a thorough evaluation of the results will be ready. Please find the results for Nordisk Forum in Aarhus 2006 here.
.
