Asia Day - November 7 (Mon.)

Asia Day is designed to provide networking opportunities between documentary filmmakers from Japan and other parts of Asia. The aim is to nurture international co-productions that can be distributed around the world. This event is open to anyone with a Tokyo Docs entry pass.

9:00am
Doors Open
9:45am
Welcome Speech from the Host
10:00am
Panel Discussion: ”Colors of Asia 2016”
This co-production project between Japanese and Asian producers was forged at Tokyo Docs 2014 and, one year later, lead to the four-episode series “Colors of Asia 2015: Women in struggle – paving the way for the future”. This year, as the second series, taking over the same theme, three 25-minute episodes were co-produced and aired on NHK in Japan. Along with the screening of an abridged version of the series, some of the producers will give talks about their experiences.
11:30am
Break
12:00pm
Panel Discussion: How Can Film Festivals Help?
Panelists:
Shane Smith (Hot Docs)
Ruby Chen (CCDF/CNEX)
Moderator:
Asako Fujioka
(Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival/Busan IFF AND Fund/Tokyo Docs)
1:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm
Pitching for ”Colors of Asia 2017”
The theme for the 2017 series is “Children, Seize The Future!”. The eight projects that Tokyo Docs preselected will be pitched.
4:00pm
Break
4:30pm
Self-introductions of Japanese Production Companies
5:30pm
Producer-to-producer Meetings
These producer-to-producer meetings aim to connect Japanese producers with their counterparts in other parts of Asia.
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