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DATE   EVENT   LINK
2010        
24-26 Feb Australian International Documentary Conference
Adelaide, South Australia
www.aidc.com.au
22-24 Feb

World Content Market, Prague - --a three-day international event for Television, Film, DVD/Home Video, Mobile, Interactive, Broadband and any other New Media content providers and buyers worldwide.

www.worldcontentmarket.com
8-12 Mar

FOCAL International Footage Training Week, Manchester, UK

Introduction to the Audiovisual Archive World (includes visits to the NW Film Archive, National Media Museum and BBC Manchester)

REGISTRATION: info@focalint.org

The cost of the course in Manchester is £250 + VAT

Click for more information and schedule

TO REGISTER: Call FOCAL International giving full contact details: +44 (0)20 3178 3535 info@focalint.org

22-24 Mar

FOCAL International Training Workshop for Audiovisual Archives - MUMBAI, INDIA

For the first time, professional experts from the archive business in Europe and the USA will share their expertise with delegates at this 3 day international workshop.

Location: Centrum Hall World Trade Centre, Mumbai, India

REGISTRATION: Rajiv Shah rajivcshah@yahoo.com

REGISTRATION FEES: $120 per delegate for three days inclusive

Click for more information, schedule and registration form

         
23-25 Mar IPTV World Forum 08 Olympia, London, UK
10-11 Apr

MIPdoc Cannes, France

The world's audiovisual content market

www.mipdoc.com

 

12-16 Apr

MIPtv Cannes, France

The world's audiovisual content market

www.miptv.com

www.milia.com

12-15 April NAB Show, Las Vegas, USA www.nabshow.com/
27 April

FOCAL International Awards 2010

in association with AP Archive, Royal Lancaster Hotel, London

Gala dinner and Awards ceremony

Celebrating the use of footage archive images in the creative media

www.focalint.org/focalawards.htm

Tickets on sale from March 2010

Hosted by Lord Puttnam.

TO REGISTER: Call FOCAL International giving full contact details: +44 (0)20 3178 3535 info@focalint.org

29 Apr - 9 May Hotdocs, Canada http://www.hotdocs.ca/

Overview: http://www.hotdocs.ca/festival_overview.cfm

May

BAPLA Picture Buyers’ Fair (PBF) Business Design Centre, London, UK

 

www.bapla.org.uk

The international market place for image buyers. Looking for new markets? PBF is the global market place where you can sell directly to image buyers. Discover new distribution channels and discuss content acquisition with image sellers.

12-23 May Cannes Film Festival Cannes, France www.festival-cannes.fr
20-21 May

Digital Asset Management Symposium, New York, USA

www.DAMusers.com

& www.MOMsymposium.com

New York (May 20 and 21), London (June 30), Chicago (Late September TBA) or Los Angeles (November 15 and 16).

7-11 June

FOCAL International Footage Training Week, London, UK

footage training week - from archive to exploitation -

A week long course designed for anyone from anywhere in the world who needs to know more about the footage industry - image archivists, footage researchers, production managers, producers, directors – whatever your media background, learn how to expand your knowledge and appreciation of the world of footage archives, their systems and uses

 

FULL DETAILS & SCHEDULE:

www.focalint.org/training.htm

 

TO REGISTER: Call FOCAL International giving full contact details: +44 (0)20 8423 5853 info@focalint.org

NB. You do NOT have to be a member FOCAL International to attend this course. The course is held in English.

30 June

Digital Asset Management Symposium, London, UK

www.DAMusers.com

& www.MOMsymposium.com

Also, look out for Chicago (Late September TBA) or Los Angeles (November 15 and 16).

9-13 Jun CEPIC Congress, Dublin, Ireland www.cepic.org/
13-16 Jun Banff TV Festival, Banff, Canada www.banff2009.com
Jun

FOCAL International Summer Footage Networking Event, London

 

TO REGISTER: Call FOCAL International giving full contact details: +44 (0)20 8423 5853 info@focalint.org

Jun Silverdocs, Silver Spring MD USA www.silverdocs.com
15-18 Jun BroadcastAsia SingaporeExpo www.broadcast-asia.com
20-26 Jun Cannes Lions 566h International Advertising Festival, Cannes, France www.canneslions.com
22-25 Jun

DISCOP, SOFITEL MARIA DOROTTYA HOTEL in Budapest

Content and formats business Central & Eastern Europe

www.discop.com
22-25 Jun

Sunnyside of the Doc, La Rochelle, France

www.sunnysideofthedoc.com
16-27 June Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland, UK www.edfilmfest.org.uk/
9-14 Sept

IBC 2010, Amsterdam, The Netherlands The world of content, management, delivery. Includes FIAT Archive Day

www.ibc.org/
15-18 Oct FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2010 Dublin, Ireland

www.fiatifta.org/conferences/

Special discounts available to FOCAL int members contact info@focalint.org

4-8 Oct

MIPCOM 2010, Cannes, France

The world's audiovisual content market


www.mipcom.com


TBA Oct LISBON DOCS 2010 www.doclisboa.org
TBA Oct

East Silver 2010
Central and Eastern Documentary Film Market

Jihlava, Czech Republic

 

www.eastsilver.cz/

 

 

27 Oct

UNESCO AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVE DAY






TBA Nov

Sheffield Docfest 2010, Sheffield, UK


 

http://www.sheffdocfest.com/

Special discounts available to FOCAL int members contact info@focalint.org

 

TBA Nov

Digital Asset Management Symposium, LA, USA

www.DAMusers.com

& www.MOMsymposium.com

TBA Nov

Archidoc - workshop for archive footage based documentaries. Paris, France

 

For more information:

 

www.lafemis.fr

TBA Nov IDFA, International Documentary Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands www.idfa.nl/
TBA Dec

World Congress of Science and Factual Producers, Melbourne, Australia

 

www.wcsfp.com
Jan

Archidoc - workshop for archive footage based documentaries. Biarritz, France

 

For more information:

www.lafemis.fr/

Jan Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah, USA http://festival.sundance.org/
Jan

NATPE, Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas, USA

Now in its 46th year, the NATPE Conference & Exhibition is the world's first and America's largest marketplace solely dedicated to television content.

www.natpe.org
Jan/Feb

History Makers, The Grand Hyatt New York, 109 East 42nd Street at Grand Central Terminal New York, USA

International Summit of History and Current Affairs Producers

www.historymakers2010.com

Join Headliners, Filmmakers, Commissioning Editors, Journalists and Broadcasters at the only international event that brings current affairs together with living history.

Special discounts available to FOCAL int members contact info@focalint.org

 

Feb

Realscreen Summit, Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, USA

 

www.realscreensummit.com

Special discounts available to FOCAL int members contact info@focalint.org

Feb

Broadcast Video Expo

The Production Show

Earls Court 2, London

includes FOCAL FOOTAGE ZONE

 

Earls Court 2, London

 


www.broadcastvideoexpo.co.uk

www.theproductionshow.co.uk

 

FREE entry with pre-registration

Feb DocsBarcelona, Terrassa, Spain DocsBarcelona
Feb Berlin Film Festival www.berlinale.de
Feb GSMA Mobile World Congress, Barcelona www.mobileworldcongress.com