La 10th edition of Conecta, the International Documentary Industry Meeting, took place from December 9 to 12 in Santiago, Chile. The Chilean documentary sector brand, Chiledoc, once again supported this unique event in its category in the region, which welcomed representatives of 80 documentary projects from Latin America and the Caribbean and 105 documentary industry representatives from around the world, both in person and online. Over four days, participants connected through workshops, panels, industry sections, one-on-one meetings, and networking activities. In total, 37 countries from the Americas, Europe, and Asia took part in the event.
● In addition to serving as host at the opening of Conecta, Chiledoc was responsible for inviting two industry representatives:
Julia Evangelista from Globoplay (Brazil), and Alexandre Marionneau from ARTE France (France).
● During Conecta, two workshops were held: for the first time, the Conecta con las Series –Conect with Series– Workshop, in partnership with the National Television Council (CNTV), guided by Sergio Nakasone; and the Conecta con tus Raíces –Conect with your roots– Workshop, in partnership with the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and the Chilean Documentary Corporation (CCDoc), with tutors Bruni Burres from Sundance and Paola Castillo from CCDoc.
● The selected projects took part in networking activities and in more than 900 meetings—virtual and in person—with representatives of the Chilean and international industry.
Julia Evangelista (GloboPlay), Paula Ossandón (Chiledoc), and Alexandre Marionneau (ARTE France)
Pitch The Whickers
For the fourth consecutive year, the British fund The Whickers was part of Conecta and awarded three thousand pounds sterling to one of the eight Latin American debut feature projects that were selected.
Docs in Progress FIDOCS + Conecta
In an alliance that is now five years strong, the Santiago International Documentary Film Festival FIDOCS and Conecta carried out Docs in Progress FIDOCS + Conecta, in which six feature-length films in the editing stage were selected from Colombia, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Chile.
International guests
>Bruni Burres, Senior Consultant at the Sundance Documentary Film Program,
>Eric Derwael, Executive Director and member of the selection committee of the Millenium Festival;
>Julia Evangelista, Documentary Content Coordinator at Globoplay;
>Ledu Garcia, Documentary Coordinator at Globonews;
>Alexandre Marionneau, Head of International Co-production, Society and Culture Department at ARTE France;
>Ana Alice de Morais, Artistic Co-director of the Montreal International Documentary Festival;
>Sergio Nakasone, Vice President of Development and Production of Non-Fiction Content at Warner Bros and HBO Max;
>Jane Ray, Artistic Director of The Whickers,
>Valentín Romero, General Director of 3Boxmedia International Sales.
>Leo Ordoñez, Strategic Advisor to the Malaga Festival;
>Mike Thomson, writer, content creator, podcaster, and producer at Cat Flap Media
>Esteban Vidal from Warner Bros. Discovery, Max, and HBO,
>Pablo Vega, Head of Unscripted Content at HBO Max
Check out the winning projects of Conecta 10 at www.chileconecta.cl
internacional@chiledoc.cl
@copyright Corporación Chilena del Documental CCDoc
