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Background information on The EDN Financing Guide
For more than 20 years The EDN Financing Guide has been the leading documentary funding guide. Since 1993 the guide has been setting the industry standard when it comes to providing documentary professionals with the detailed information needed to navigate in the evolving global landscape of documentary production, where new approaches to funding and distribution have become increasingly important.
Sections in The EDN Financing Guide include:
Broadcasters: detailed profiles of broadcasters acquiring documentaries; this includes contact details on relevant commissioning editors and buyers
Distributors: info on leading international documentary distributors and sales agents covering cinema, broadcasting, non-commercial, educational and DVD
VOD: info on Video on Demand (VOD) platforms selling documentaries
Funds: information on funds and public support aimed at international documentary development, co-production and distribution.
Crowd Funding: providing an overview of relevant tools and platforms available for crowd funding and crowd sourcing documentary projects.
Co-production overview: guide to co-production possibilities in 30 European countries with a focus on film funds and broadcasters.
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