looking back ... 2007
new pitch awards
a new record: 51 projects
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The pitching session was again at the centre of Connecting Cottbus. A new record was reached this year: 51 projects from 23 countries applied for a place. The projects were presented to the professional audience from 22 countries on November 8, 2007. 
Apart from the chance for spontaneous feedback during the pitching session and making the first contacts afterwards, this year was the first time that Connecting Cottbus offers participants an opportunity to have more detailed individual conversations on November 9th. In connection with this year's focus at the FilmFestival Cottbus, there was also a chance at Connecting Cottbus to learn about the current situation of the film and television industry in
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films in the festival's programme produced by CoCo's participants
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As a complement to Connecting Cottbus, the FilmFestival Cottbus offered the possibility to see the most interesting and important films from these countries on the big screen.
pitch awards 2007
Connecting Cottbus has a prize for the first time: the CoCo Best Pitch Award, donated by EastWest Filmdistribution. All 13 projects, which were presented on November 8, 2007, were automatically in the running. The jury was the attending professional audience. It chosen the best pitch after the presentations: the project The Box (Yetifilm, Serbia) won a voucher for script doctoring to the value of Euros 3,000.
For the first time, Connecting Cottbus presented the CoCo Special Pitch Award which is to become a regular feature of our co-production market: Oleg Novkovic, the winner of the previous year's main prize at the FilmFestival Cottbus had the opportunity to introduce his new project White White World to the professional audience as part of the pitching session. more
November 8, 2007
- That's the way ... "Dau" und "Delta" - Two examples of co-production
Moderation: Martin Blaney, Guests: Phillipe Bober (The Co-production Office, France), Ilya Khrzhanovsky (Director "Dau", Russia), Susanne Marian (Essential Film, Germany), Kornel Mundruczo (Director "Delta", Hungary), Kirsten Niehuus (Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany), Viktoria Petrany (Proton Cinema, Hungary), Manfred Schmidt (MDM, Germany), Artem Vassiliev (Phenomen Films, Russia)
- FOCUS Former Jugoslavia - How to make movies today
Moderation: Martin Blaney, Guests: Ademir Kenovic (Refresh Production, Bosnia), Dunja Klemenc (Studio Maj, Slovenia), Teona Strugar Mitevska (Sisters and Brother, Macedonia), Miroslav Mogorovic (Art & Popcorn, Serbia), Sanja Ravlic (Metafilm, Croatia)
- Presentation of the Promotional Prize for Joint Film Productions
Guest: Frank Albers (Robert Bosch Stiftung, Germany)
- Lunch Break - hosted by the Robert Bosch Stiftung
- Come & Pitch it! Part I
- Short Coffee Break
- Come & Pitch it! Part II
- Coffee Break - hosted by the Nipkow Programm Berlin
- Come & Pitch it! Part III
- Networking Reception
hosted by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung / Announcement of the CoCo Best Pitch Award 2007
- After the Pitch! - One-to-One-Meetings
- Coffee Break - hosted by Moonstone International
- Digital - A magic Word? - Between classical and digital distribution
Moderation: Martin Blaney, Keynote: Björn Koll (Edition Salzgeber, Germany), Guests: Leander Carell (Nowtilus, Germany), Björn Koll (Edition Salzgeber, Germany), Jean Luc Ormières (OF2B, France), Tilman Scheel (reelport, Germany), Sasha Wieser (EastWest Filmdistribution, Austria)
- FOCUS CoCo - Presentation of Projects initiated by Connecting Cottbus
Moderation: Gabriele Brunnenmeyer (Connecting Cottbus, Germany) and Uta Ganschow (Nipkow Programme, Germany)
- Farewell Lunch
selected projects for the pitching session 2007
The meeting of the jury to select projects for the pitching session within the scope of Connecting Cottbus took place in Potsdam on September 5, 2007. Members of the jury included: Connecting Cottbus, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk/MDR, Nipkow Programme, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg/RBB, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung/MDM and German Films.
The following projects took part on the 8th Nov 2007 - Pitching session:
Aglaja - Why the Child is Cooking in the Polenta
- country: Hungary
- company: Inforg Studio
- producer: András Muhi
- author: Krisztina Deák
- director: Krisztina Deák
English is Easy
- country: Slovak Republic
- company: Nova prospekt, sro
- producer: Peter Veverka
- author: Karol Vosatko & Viliam Klimacek
- director: Karol Vosatko
How I was stolen by the Germans
- country: Serbia
- company: Testament filmS d.o.o.
- producer: Svetozar Cvetkovic
- author: Miša Radivojević
- director: Miša Radivojević
Susa
- country: Georgia
- company: Caucasian Filmodrom
- producer: Rusudan Pirveli, Nino Gamrekeli
- author: Giorgi Chalauri
- director: Giorgi Chalauri
Miss Kosovo
The Balletmaster and the Seven Enemies of the People
- country: Estonia
- company: Film Tower Kuubis
- producer: Margus Öunapuu
- author: Peeter Tammisto & Urmas Vadi
- director: Jaak Kilmi
The Box
- country: Serbia
- company: Jeti Film
- producer: Tijana Konstantinovic
- author: Andrijana Stojkovic & Slavoljub Stankovic
- director: Andrijana Stojkovic
The Happiest Girl in the World
- country: Romania
- company: Hi Film Productions
- producer: Ada Solomon
- author: Augustina Stanciu & Radu Jude
- director: Radu Jude
The Other
- country: Croatia
- company: 4 Film Ltd.
- producer: Anita Juka
- author: Ivona Juka
- director: Ivona Juka
The Photograph
- country: Poland
- company: Konzept Media Radek Stys
- producer: Radek Stys
- author: Maciej Adamek
- director: Maciej Adamek
The Rescued
- country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
- company: Art Zone
- producer: Rajko Bogdanovic
- author: Srdjan Sarenac
- director: Srdjan Sarenac
Wild Poppies
- country: Sweden
- company: New Horizons Film & TV HB
- producer: Malim Holmberg-Karim
- author: Caroline David
- director: Othman Karim
- White White World (West End Production, Serbia)
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