Festival

Festival presentation: 

East Silver is a documentary market specialized in East and Central European documentary film.

Festival Nickname: 

East Silver

Edition: 

2012

Festival Logo: 

Theme: 

Documentary

Category/Format: 

Documentaries

East Silver Market
East Silver is the first documentary market which
supports producers and distributors from Central and Eastern Europe. Each year,
about 300 films from more than 29 countries are included in the market. East
Silver Market is organized by the Institute of Documentary Film; the main
partner of the project is Jihlava IDFF.

East Silver catalogue - an essential referral spot for
East European docs

Printed market catalogue, issued once a year, mirrors
the easy-to-navigate online database at www.eastsilver.net.  The most
recent Eastern European documentary production, gathered at one place, is searchable
in our up-to-date archive of titles with full film credits and trailers.

Online streaming for professionals - an access to East
European titles following the market

Easy-to-navigate online streaming at www.eastsilver.net/stream allows producers to make their titles available to
professionals throughout the year from everywhere in the world.

East Silver TV Focus - designed to enhance and
increase international TV broadcast 

We aim to broaden the chances for TV broadcast of
documentary films from our region. Obtaining substantial knowledge about
broadcaster's slots and also current programming needs, we individually select
and recommend particular documentaries directly to the international TV buyers
and networks.

East Silver Caravan - a supporting tool for documentary
screenings at festivals and markets

East Silver Caravan promotes East European documentary
films at important international film festivals and markets. Our nomad showcase
of Eastern European documentary selection reaches over 90 prestigious
international film festivals and markets.  

Silver Eye Award 2012 

Picking the nominees from 2012 East Silver Market
submissions, East Silver international jury (comprising of
international buyers, sales agents and festival selectors) awards the best documentaries with Silver Eye Award.
The total of 33 films competes in 3 main categories (feature, mid-length and
short documentary). All winners are granted with prize money of EUR 1 500
and year round festival support within the East Silver Caravan.

Further information at www.eastsilver.net.