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The Arab-European Documentary Convention (Germany) gathers exceptional documentary professionals and decision-makers from around the globe from April, 12-14th in Leipzig to foster connectivity, spark critical debate and ignite change. The 2018 aDC program includes a diverse array of debates, panels and case studies, as well as rough-cut and public screenings centred on the documentary industry across Europe and the Arab region.
NAAS partnered with the first edition of the Arab-European Documentary Convention aDC to curate the module, “Distribution in Challenging Times (Arab-European Focus).” This module gave an overview of the distribution sector for independent documentary films and the landscape thereof, exploring failures and success in vivid discussion around what could be the “right” distribution support schemes.
The aDC proposed a total of five different modules, touching upon the questions of co-production, distribution, cinematic heritage preservation, mapping of the industry, and diversity in documentary.
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Around 110 doc professionals from 30 countries followed the call by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC, Lebanon) and DOX BOX (Germany) and came to Leipzig for the first edition of the Documentary Convention to discuss the status quo of the international documentary sector in versified scenarios in four expert-led modules ranging from closed expert groups to case studies and panel discussions and debates.
The intense three day program was complemented by Rough Cut Screening Session of three films by Algerian female filmmakers and two public screenings, “House in the Fields” by Tala Hadid and oscar-nominated “Last Men in Aleppo” on the second day in the presence of director Feras Fayyad.
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