Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 2

Aida Vallejo is Associate Professor at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain.Ezra Winton is a Visiting Scholar at the ReImagining Value Action Lab at Lakehead University, Canada.

• 1. Introduction; Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton.- Part I:  Changes and Challenges.- 2. IDFA's Industry Model: Fostering Global Documentary Production and Distribution; Aida Vallejo.- 3. Connecting and Sharing Experiences: Chilean Documentary Film Professionals  at the Film Festival Circuit; María-Paz Peirano.- 4. The Invention of Northeastern Europe: Cultural Management and Documentary Film Festivals; Ilona Hongisto, Kaisu Hynnä, and Annu Suvanto.- 5. Beyond the Screen: Interactive Documentary Exhibition in the Festival Sphere; Stefano Odorico.- 6. Positioning Documentaries at the Cannes International Film Festival: Fahrenheit 9/11 and Beyond; Eulàlia Iglesias.- Part II:  Professional Perspectives.- 7. Adapting to New Times: An Interview with  Ernesto del Río, Director of Zinebi International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Bilbao, Aida Vallejo.- 8. Precarity and Resistance: An Interview with Pedro Pimenta, Founder-Director of Dockanema Documentary Film Festival (Mozambique); Lindiwe Dovey.- 9. Notes on Disenchantment: A Conversation with Amir Al-Emary, Former Director of the Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries & Shorts (Egypt); Hassouna Mansouri.- 10. Building Networks: An Interview with Sandra J. Ruch, Director Emeritus of the  International Documentary Association; Samara Chadwick.- 11. Selecting Films for Festivals and Documentary Funds: An Interview with Independent Film Programmer and Advisor Rada Šešić; Annelies van Noortwijk and Jennifer O’Connell.- 12. A Niche for Creativity: An Interview with Thierry Garrel, Director of the French Department of Documentary Film at TV Arte (1991-2008); Sevara Pan.- 13. Training Documentary Professionals: An Interview with Stefano Tealdi, Secretary of  Documentary Campus Workshop; Enrico Vanucci.- 14. Connecting Festivals, Distributing Films: An Interview with Diana Tabakov, Acquisitions Manager of  Doc Alliance Films; Andrea Slováková.