MeetMarket Project Selection
The Project Selection for MeetMarket 2008
For 2008, we're delighted to have 53 unique projects being pitched at the Sheffield Doc/Fest MeetMarket, representing a wide range of countries, genres and styles
The Collar - DA Pennebaker/Chris Hegedus - USA
Wait For Me - Jeremy Yaches/Ross Kaufman (Yaches Herzliya Films) - USA
Switching Lanes - Jason Massot (Rise Films) - UK
Freemen - Signe Byrge Soerensen (Final Cut Productions) - Denmark
Rainmakers - Floris jan Van Luyn/Femke Wolting (Submarine) - Netherlands
On The Border - Henrik Veileborg/Andreas M. Dalsgaard (Cosmo Doc) - Denmark
Czech Peace - Filip Remunda/Vit Klusak (Hypermarket Film) - Czech Republic
Cambodia: The Virginity Trade - Matt Watson (Zealot Films) - UK
The Man Whose Mind Exploded - Daisy Asquith/Toby Amies (Dandy Films) - UK
In Search of the Antichrist - Joel Wilson/Jamie Campbell/Ryan Harrington (Eleven Film) - UK
Open Source Cinema - Brett Gaylor (EyeSteelFilm) - Canada
Ghost Roads - Trevor Curran/Nicky Gogan/Maya Derrington (Still Films) - Ireland
Addicted in Afghanistan - Jawed Taiman/Sharron Ward (Katalyst Productions) - UK
Yugoslavia on the Couch - David Solomon/Marija Asanovic (On The Couch) - Serbia/Croatia
Village Without Women - Estelle Robin-You/Srdjan Sarenac (Les Films Du Balibari) - France/Croatia/Serbia
The Great Hiphop Hoax - Jeanie Finlay/Al Morrow (Met Film) - UK
Letter from My Child - Margje de Koning (IKON) - Netherlands
One Deep Breath - Lina Bertillson/Anders Gustafsson (Auto Images) - Sweden
Future For Sale - Sonja Henrici/Maja Borg (Scottish Documentary Institute) - UK
Pax-E Democracy - Andreas Ua'Siaghail/Jeannette Loakman (Chocolate Box Entertainment) - Canada
The Georgian Year - Nino Kirdatze/Paul Rozenberg/Heidi Fleisher - France
The Only One Who Didn’t Know - Malla Grapengiesser/Malik Bendjelloul (Hysteria Film) - Sweden
The Master, The Slave and The Bank Manager - Tom Slater/Marie Olesen (Autonomi) - UK
Programma 101 - Massimo Arvat - Italy
The Secret History of Eurovision - Andrew Ogilvie/Phil Craig/Mark Atkin (Brook Lapping) - UK
Mapping Beirut - Maya Sanbar/Andrea Cornwell (Tigerlily Films) - UK
Return to Lodz - Jerzy Sladkowski/Marek Nowowiejski/Hans Werner Pausch (Bow and Axe/Context Film) - Germany/Poland/US
My Dangerous Loverboy - Virginia Heath/Grant Keir (Vita Nova) - UK
Countrywide The Movie - David Schisgall/Tom Yellin/Todd Wider (The Documentary Group) - USA
The Town of Runners - Jerry Rothwell/Al Morrow (Met Film) - UK
Secret Nazi History of Coca-Cola - Carl Ludwig Rettinger/Barbara Orton (True Film and TV) - UK
Mismatch:Why our world no longer fits our bodies - Annie Goldson (December Films) - New Zealand
War on Terror The Boardgame - Heather Leach/Alan Hayling (Renegade Pictures) - UK
The Last Black Sea Pirates and Sir Norman Foster - Martichka Bozhilova/Svetoslav Stoyanov (Agitprop) - Bulgaria
101 Persian Dogs - Mehrdad Oskouei/Katayoon Shahabi (Sheherazad Media) - Iran
The Cobweb of Baku - Andrea Ruffini - Italy
Voytek The Soldier Bear - Pinny Grylls/Kat Mansoor (Animal Monday) - UK
Rendezvous on Gentle Road - Mark Craig - UK
The City - Mark Isaacs/Rachel Wexler (Bungalow Town) - UK
The Presidency - Christoffer Guldbrandsen/Ane Mandrup Pedersen (Tju-Bang Film) - Denmark
Surviving The Murder of Pat Regan - Jenson Grant/Rob Speranza/Alex Usborne (Palace Picture North) - UK
Mississipi Rockaway - Nadja Kurtz - Sweden
Superstar Dumb - Paul Devlin/Claire Missanelli (Paul Devlin Productions) - USA
Late City Final - Jem Cohen (Gravity Hill Films) - USA
Cybercrime 2.0 - Robert Salvestrin - France
Planet Kirsan - Magdalena Pieta, Agnieszka Janowska (Eureka Media) - Poland/Germany
Monsters of Miami - Nikki Parrott (Tigerlily Films) - UK
Last Train Home - Mila Aung-Thwin (EyeSteelFilm) - Canada
Test Site - Jonas Kellagher/Jesper Wachtmeister (Eight Millimetres) - Sweden
Children of the Revolution - Shane O’Sullivan - Ireland
Twelve Acres - Rajesh Thind/Brian Hil/Christian and Reinhardt Beetz (Century Films/Gerbrueder Beetz Filmproduktion) - UK/Germany
Harvest Gold - Jan Tenhaven/Christian Beetz/James Mitchell (Gebrueder Beetz/Little Bird) - Germany/Finland/Ireland
Guilty Pleasures - Julie Moggan - UK