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OSCAR NOMINATED DIRECTOR ALEX GIBNEY KEYNOTE AT MIPDOC 2008
12/02/2008
American scriptwriter, director and producer, Alex Gibney, will be guest of honor and will deliver a keynote speech,“The Power of Documentary,” at MIPDOC 2008, the international showcase for documentary screenings (5-6 April). Alex Gibney, who is involved with two Oscar-nominated documentary films “Taxi to The Dark Side” as director and “No End in Sight” as executive producer, will also be master of ceremony at the 2008 Trailblazers Awards where he will award the five global innovative and creative directors selected this year.
With his non-conformist style, Alex Gibney has won many nods including the Independent Spirit Award, WGA Award, and Emmy Awards and his films are selected for many international festivals including Sundance and Berlin. He made his name through his ambitious and sometimes provocative documentaries, on the burning issues of the day, including “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room” and “Taxi to the Dark Side”; on society issues, including “Sexual Century”, “Soldiers in the Army of God”; and on music, like “Herbie Hancock: Possibilities” and “Lightning in a Bottle”. Lynne Kirby, Senior Vice-President, Original Programming and Development, Sundance Channel, will interview Gibney after his keynote on Sunday 6 April.
Chosen for their innovative and pioneering work, the five MIPDOC Trailblazers of 2008 are: Rea Apostolides, producer (Greece); Bon Hwan Ku, director (South Korea); Yufuko Kuroda, director (Japan); Daniel Cross, director, producer and executive producer (Canada); and Karin Slater, director (South Africa). They were selected by a global Jury of reputed international documentary associations and festivals, including Documentary Organization of Canada, European Documentary Network (EDN, Denmark), Encounters Documentary Festival (South Africa), EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF, South Korea) and the association of All Japan TV Programs (ATP). The third MIPDOC International Trailblazers is also partners with the Sundance Channel, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and the Korean Broadcasting Institute (KBI).
“MIPDOC’s vitality is driven by the creative and innovative professionals that network together from all across the documentary world. As the world’s largest screening event for the Documentary genre, MIPDOC gives these programmes and, indeed, all doc projects a chance to shine,” said Paul Johnson, Television Division Director of Reed MIDEM.
In 2007, MIPDOC saw record participation, welcoming 469 companies from 60 countries. 1,311 programs were presented, including 944 new programs.
For more information, please visit the MIPDOC website at: www.mipdoc.com
To download photos of Alex Gibney, Trailblazers and logos of Reed MIDEM events please go to:
http://www.reedmidem.com/v3/Press/DownloadZone/en
Notes to editors:
About Reed MIDEM
Founded in 1963, Reed MIDEM is a leading organiser of professional, international tradeshows. Reed MIDEM events have established themselves as key dates in professional diaries. The company hosts MIPTV featuring MILIA, MIPDOC, MIPCOM, and MIPCOM JUNIOR for the television and digital content industries, AMAZIA devoted to the creation and distribution of entertainment content, MIDEM for music professionals, MIPIM, MIPIM Asia, MIPIM HORIZONS and MAPIC for the property and retail real estate sectors.
Reed MIDEM is a division of Reed Exhibitions, the world’s leading events organiser Reed organises a wide range of events, including exhibitions, conferences, congresses and meetings. Its portfolio of over 500 events serves 47 industry sectors. In 2007 Reed brought together over six million industry professionals from around the world generating billions of dollars in business. Today Reed events are held in 38 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific, and organised by 39 fully staffed offices.
For further information about Reed MIDEM visit www.reedmidem.com
For more information, please contact:
Reed MIDEM
Jane GARTON – Philippe LE GALL – Jean-François DANIS
Tel: +33 (0)1 41 90 44 39 - 46 48 - 49 10 Fax: +33 (0)1 41 90 67 24
jane.garton@reedmidem.com
philippe.legall@reedmidem.com
jean-francois.danis@reedmidem.com
www.mipdoc.com
www.miptv.com
www.milia.com
With his non-conformist style, Alex Gibney has won many nods including the Independent Spirit Award, WGA Award, and Emmy Awards and his films are selected for many international festivals including Sundance and Berlin. He made his name through his ambitious and sometimes provocative documentaries, on the burning issues of the day, including “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room” and “Taxi to the Dark Side”; on society issues, including “Sexual Century”, “Soldiers in the Army of God”; and on music, like “Herbie Hancock: Possibilities” and “Lightning in a Bottle”. Lynne Kirby, Senior Vice-President, Original Programming and Development, Sundance Channel, will interview Gibney after his keynote on Sunday 6 April.
Chosen for their innovative and pioneering work, the five MIPDOC Trailblazers of 2008 are: Rea Apostolides, producer (Greece); Bon Hwan Ku, director (South Korea); Yufuko Kuroda, director (Japan); Daniel Cross, director, producer and executive producer (Canada); and Karin Slater, director (South Africa). They were selected by a global Jury of reputed international documentary associations and festivals, including Documentary Organization of Canada, European Documentary Network (EDN, Denmark), Encounters Documentary Festival (South Africa), EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF, South Korea) and the association of All Japan TV Programs (ATP). The third MIPDOC International Trailblazers is also partners with the Sundance Channel, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and the Korean Broadcasting Institute (KBI).
“MIPDOC’s vitality is driven by the creative and innovative professionals that network together from all across the documentary world. As the world’s largest screening event for the Documentary genre, MIPDOC gives these programmes and, indeed, all doc projects a chance to shine,” said Paul Johnson, Television Division Director of Reed MIDEM.
In 2007, MIPDOC saw record participation, welcoming 469 companies from 60 countries. 1,311 programs were presented, including 944 new programs.
For more information, please visit the MIPDOC website at: www.mipdoc.com
To download photos of Alex Gibney, Trailblazers and logos of Reed MIDEM events please go to:
http://www.reedmidem.com/v3/Press/DownloadZone/en
Notes to editors:
About Reed MIDEM
Founded in 1963, Reed MIDEM is a leading organiser of professional, international tradeshows. Reed MIDEM events have established themselves as key dates in professional diaries. The company hosts MIPTV featuring MILIA, MIPDOC, MIPCOM, and MIPCOM JUNIOR for the television and digital content industries, AMAZIA devoted to the creation and distribution of entertainment content, MIDEM for music professionals, MIPIM, MIPIM Asia, MIPIM HORIZONS and MAPIC for the property and retail real estate sectors.
Reed MIDEM is a division of Reed Exhibitions, the world’s leading events organiser Reed organises a wide range of events, including exhibitions, conferences, congresses and meetings. Its portfolio of over 500 events serves 47 industry sectors. In 2007 Reed brought together over six million industry professionals from around the world generating billions of dollars in business. Today Reed events are held in 38 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific, and organised by 39 fully staffed offices.
For further information about Reed MIDEM visit www.reedmidem.com
For more information, please contact:
Reed MIDEM
Jane GARTON – Philippe LE GALL – Jean-François DANIS
Tel: +33 (0)1 41 90 44 39 - 46 48 - 49 10 Fax: +33 (0)1 41 90 67 24
jane.garton@reedmidem.com
philippe.legall@reedmidem.com
jean-francois.danis@reedmidem.com
www.mipdoc.com
www.miptv.com
www.milia.com
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