For the third year in a row, Conecta, the Meeting of the International Documentary Film Industry, and FIDOCS, Santiago International Film Festival, open calls for Chilean and Latin American directors and producers to participate with feature films in the Work in Progress stage in its DOCS IN PROGRESS FIDOCS + CONECTA.
This online event will occur in two stages, from November 16 to 23, 2023, and December 12 to 15, 2023. It results from a partnership between Conecta’s WIP and the FIDOCS’s Latin American First Cut Competition.
The application submission deadline will be extended from Monday, June 12, until Monday, August 14, 2023, at 23:59 hrs. (Santiago time).
● Download the rules and regulations HERE.
● Access the registration form HERE.
A minimum of six feature-length documentaries or non-fiction films by Chilean and Latin American directors/producers who are currently in the editing stage (from the first cut to the final editing stage) will be selected.
The projects will participate in an initial phase of personalized consulting by professionals in editing, directing, post-production, sales, distribution, and exhibition, among others, according to the needs and requirements of each work. Following this stage, each filmmaker will have one month to present a new version of the project’s cut during a second screening stage, which will involve a commission of prominent national and international professionals in the audiovisual area. In addition, those selected will participate in individual meetings with various industry agents attending the Conecta event.
«For a project in the editing and completion stage, it is increasingly essential to feel supported and to seek that last push to the finish. We are convinced that our Docs in Progress has become both a place of sensitive accompaniment and a platform for internationalizing documentaries from our region,» says Diego Pino, Executive Director of the Chilean Documentary Corporation, organizer of Conecta.
FIDOCS also highlights the importance of this type of event for the national and Latin American audiovisual sector: «For the third year, our alliance is stronger than ever, and we are happy to see the good results we have achieved. It fills us with pride to see that projects from previous years are being premiered, coming to light. It is very enriching to realize how the Docs in Progress experience really made a difference,» says Marcela Santibañez, industry director of FIDOCS.
About FIDOCS
FIDOCS is one of the most important documentary film festivals of the genre in Latin America, which this year celebrates its 27th edition from November 16 to 23. FIDOCS is an event of encounter and exhibition of non-fiction cinema featuring an extensive program that includes national and international competitions, focus, and special screenings. The festival also includes the FIDOCS School, a training initiative that brings together students from various Chilean film schools each year, and the First Cut, a prominent industry section dedicated to fostering the development of ongoing projects by Chilean and Latin American filmmakers.
This partnership seeks to promote the development and work of Chilean and Latin American filmmakers and producers to support them and become a space for growth for professionals in the audiovisual sector. In addition, the projects selected for this Docs in Progress FIDOCS + Conecta will be eligible for different awards managed by both organizing institutions and chosen by each awarding institution, including the FIDOCS First Cut Award, the SONAMOS Award and the Chilean National Cineteca Award, among others that may be added during the year.
About CONECTA
Conecta is an international documentary industry meeting aimed at Latin American producers and filmmakers with documentary projects in development, editing, post-production, or finished. The event brings together various national and international industry professionals, including representatives from funding institutions, markets, festivals, distributors, sales agents, exhibitors, platform and television channel programmers, and producers.
The main objective of CONECTA is to link the various actors of the national and international industry to promote the production, distribution, and commercialization of documentaries and series, fostering the internationalization and co-production of projects and thereby strengthening collaboration among Latin American producers and creators.
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