The Moving Visuals Co. recently took part in the inaugural 2010 session of Crossing Borders – an event that brought together producers and directors across Asia Pacific and Europe to develop their documentary ideas.
From mid to end 2010, TMVC Producer / Director Mak CK participated in an extensive master class and pitching session jointly organized by the European Documentary Network (EDN), Documentary Campus and Guangzhou Documentary Association.
The ongoing documentary project is about a designer who teaches fashion to convicts at Philippine’s largest maximum security prison.
Starting in Shanghai in June 2010, Mak and other participants took part in an 8-day workshop. Commissioning editors, filmmakers and veterans in the industry were invited as trainers to help steer and further develop the project’s concept through a series of lectures, group discussions and screenings. Attending the second leg in Leipzig in October, they watched as others took part in the pitching forum at the world’s 2nd largest documentary film festival.
In December, participants were prepared for the final workshop and pitch in Guangzhou China. At the documentary festival’s pitching forum, it was their turn to pitch their projects before a panel including representatives from Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, National Geographic Channels International, PBS, NHK, ZDF-Arte, NDR/ARD, TVNZ, e.tv, Shanghai Radio and Documentary Channel, Phoenix Satellite TV and BBC Worldwide.
