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VENUE	Albert Hotel Main Hall 11th floor (Dzirnavu 33, Riga)
TUTORS	Leena Pasanen, Managing Director EDN, Denmark Rada Šešič, Film Consultant, Jan Vrijman Fund, the Netherlands Paul Pauwels, ETMA, France Tue Steen Müller, Documentary Consultant, Denmark Antra Cilinska, Juris Podnieks Studio, Latvia Carmen Cobos, Cobos Films, the Netherlands
Wednesday, September 3
9:30	Welcome. Who´s Who. Introduction of programme and tutors.
10:30	Coffee Break
11:00	Introduction to the European market related to the channels present. Special focus on trailers and written treatments.
12:30	Lunch
13:30 – 17:30	Group work I. 3 groups are constituted for the 3 tutor teams. 5 – 6 projects in each group. Content, style, development of project, first pitch.
	With one coffee break
18:00	Opening of Film Screenings at cinema K.Suns (Elizabetes 83/85) Journalists, dir. Aleh Dashkevich, Belorussia, 2008, 52’ Followed by meeting with Aleh Dashkevich and Volha Nikalaichyk A Glass of Wine at the cinema K.Suns lobby
20:30	Film Screening at cinema K.Suns The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins, dir. Pietra Brettkelly, New Zealand, 2008, 95’
Thursday, September 4
9:30 – 13:30	Group work II with new tutor teams. Adjustments, second pitch.
	With one coffee break
13:30	Lunch
14:30 – 18:00	Open Clinic – participants prepare their pitch. Tutors are available for individual consultations at the 11th floor at Albert Hotel.
	With one coffee break
16:00	Film Screening at Cinema K. Suns Music Partisans, dir. Miroslaw Dembinski, Poland, 2007, 52’ Journalists, dir. Aleh Dashkevich, Belorussia, 2008, 52’ Followed by the meeting with Aleh Dashkevich and Volha Nikalaichyk
18:30	Film Screening at Cinema K. Suns Stone Silence, dir. Krzysztof Kopczynski, Poland / USA, 2007, 52’ Followed by meeting with Krzysztof Kopczynski
Friday, September 5
10:00 – 13:00	General rehearsal Albert Hotel Main Hall 11th floor.
	All projects will be divided into 2 groups – one moderated by Leena Pasanen, the other – by Paul Pauwels. The moderators and tutors will give short comments on each pitch.
	With one coffee break
13:00	Lunch
14:30 – 16:00	Summing up session: how to conduct the Q & A part of the pitching; who is who of the commissioning editors present; how to follow up after the pitch.
	With one coffee break
16:00 – 16:30	Presentation of ETMA by Paul Pauwels
16:00	Film Screening at cinema K.Suns The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins, dir. Pietra Brettkelly, New Zealand, 2008, 95’
18:30	Film Screening at Cinema K.Suns Letter to Anna, dir. Eric Bergkraut, Switzerland/Germany, 2008, 83’ Followed by meeting with Eric Bergkraut
20:30	Film Screening at Cinema K.Suns Little Bird’s Diary, dir. Edmunds Jansons, Latvia, 2007, 26’ Blind Loves, dir. Juraj Lehotský, Slovakia, 2008, 77’
20:00	MEDIA Reception The meeting point for the course participants, tutors, commissioning editors and organisers.
Saturday, September 6 Public Pitching session Day 1
VENUE	Albert Hotel, Main Hall 11th Floor
MODERATORS	Leena Pasanen, EDN Paul Pauwels, ETMA
9:30	Welcome by Ilze Gailīte Holmberg, Managing Director, National Film Centre of Latvia. Introduction of the panel of commissioning editors.
9:45 – 11:45	Project Pitchings (15 min per project)
11:45	Coffee Break
12:15 – 14:00	Project Pitchings (15 min per project)
14:00	Lunch
15:00 – 17:00	Individual meetings
15:00	Film Screening at Cinema K.Suns Letter to Anna, dir. Eric Bergkraut, Switzerland/Germany, 2008, 83’ Followed by meeting with Eric Bergkraut
17:00	Film Screening at Cinema K.Suns Stone Silence, dir. Krzysztof Kopczynski, Poland / USA, 2007, 52’ Freeheld, dir. Cynthia Wade, USA, 2007, 38’
19:00	Film Screening at Cinema K.Suns Klucis. Deconstruction of an Artist, rež. Pēteris Krilovs, Latvia, 2008, 90’
21:00	Film Screening at Cinema K.Suns Music Partisans, dir. Miroslaw Dembinski, Poland, 2007, 52’ Journalists, dir. Aleh Dashkevich, Belorussia, 2008, 52’
21:00	Baltic Sea Forum Reception All participants, commissioning editors, tutors and guests.
Sunday, September 7 Public Pitching session Day 2
VENUE	Albert Hotel, Main Hall 11th Floor
MODERATORS	Leena Pasanen, EDN Paul Pauwels, ETMA
9:30 – 12:30	Project Pitchings (15 min per project)
12:30	Closing words by Leena Pasanen and Ilze Gailīte Holmberg
13:00	Farewell Reception at Albert Hotel Restaurant Ground Floor
14:30 – 16:00	Individual meetings
14:00	Film Screening at Cinema K.Suns Little Bird’s Diary, dir. Edmunds Jansons, Latvia, 2007, 26’ Blind Loves, dir. Juraj Lehotský, Slovakia, 2008, 77’
16:00	Film Screening at cinema K.Suns The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins, dir. Pietra Brettkelly, New Zealand, 2008, 95’
18:00	Film Screening at Cinema K.Suns Stone Silence, dir. Krzysztof Kopczynski, Poland / USA, 2007, 52’ Freeheld, dir. Cynthia Wade, USA, 2007, 38’
20:00	Film Screening at Cinema K.Suns Letter to Anna, dir. Eric Bergkraut, Switzerland/Germany, 2008, 83’

PS. The order of projects to be pitched will be available by Thursday afternoon.