Women film-makers, producers and festival networkers are cordially invited to come and develop strategies and demands aimed at generating higher levels of publicity, visibility and \u2013 not least \u2013\u00a0 funding for films made by women. The Think Tank will inspire us to think even the apparently impossible! We will pick up on themes from the forum entitled \u00bbYou Cannot Be Serious \u2013 a Discussion on the Status of Women Directors\u00ab<\/em> which took place during this year\u2019s Berlin Film Festival<\/em> at the initiative of the Dortmund | Cologne International Women\u2019s Film Festival and the New York Athena Film Festival<\/em>. The debate thus continues! Results and statements will be condensed in the form of a video trailer.<\/p>\n LaDoc<\/em> \u2013 The Documentary Film Women\u2019s Network in Cologne As varied as our films are \u2013 black & white or colour, celluloid or digital, still or shrill \u2013 what unites us is the documentary film and the realisation that working together makes better sense than\u00a0 working against one another. Whether there is female view of reality or whether our working conditions are typical for women … well, we are not always agreed. But we do agree that we can learn\u00a0 and benefit from one another and that together there is a much higher chance of getting the management teams and decision makers to listen to our arguments and demands. (ww.ladoc.de)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","movie_cat":[492],"event_cat":[],"event_type":[129],"festival":[607],"class_list":["post-19636","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","movie_cat-specials-en-2013","event_type-special-en","festival-2013-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nMaking a documentary film means developing ideas, filming with real people, allowing a highly distinctive film dramaturgy to evolve \u2013 and lending expression to a nuanced view of the world. To make professional documentary films, you also need to be familiar with the world of film production and the way TV companies and film promotion boards work. This overall environment demands of the film-makers a good deal of stickability and the readiness to accept risk and compromise. In the hope, then, of being able to act in unison and improve our own production conditions, around 25 freelance women authors, film editors and cinematographers meet up once a month to share their experience and exchange views \u2013 this since the autumn of 2003.<\/p>\n