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DOCUMENTARY CO PRODUCTION MARKET

Starting this year, the Co-Production Market will include a non-feature section alongside its existing feature section. The aim is to foster connections between documentary projects with South Asian themes and international producers, distributors, sales agents, and financiers.

The Co-Production Market serves as a platform to find commissioning, financing, and co-producing partners. Its primary objective is to facilitate, encourage, and provide access to opportunities that showcase genuine and compelling stories on an international scale.

We encourage projects that celebrate human stories from the field of (but not limited to) environment and sustainability, science and technology, urbanisation, love and borders, important cultural figures, education, anthropology, women’s movement, gender and sexuality, children, music, arts and culture, health, mental health and wildlife. Selected projects will be notified over email.

Projects that are of mid-length and feature length are welcome to apply. Shorts (under 30 minutes) are not eligible for this edition.

Applications for Documentary Co-Production Market 2023 are now closed.

SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT

Please read the Rules & Regulations, Definitions and Undertaking carefully before submitting your application.

If you have queries, please read the FAQs.

Regardless of the final language of the film, all the submission requirements should be in English only. 

ELIGIBILITY
  • Project can be from any country dealing with a South Asian theme.
  • Project must be 30 minutes and above (mid-length and feature length).
  • Shorts are not accepted for the current edition. Kindly abstain from applying.
  • Projects that celebrate human stories from the field of (but not limited to) environment and sustainability, science and technology, urbanisation, love and borders, important cultural figures, education, anthropology, women’s movement, gender and sexuality, children, music, arts and culture, health, mental health and wildlife are eligible to apply. Selected projects will be notified over email.
  • Project must have both director and producer attached.
  • Project must have 10% of the total finance in place.
  • Projects that have started principal photography are not eligible. If some parts of the shooting has begun, please write to coproductiondocs@filmbazaarindia.com.
  • Project in the developing stage are eligible
  • Projects without an identified core idea or theme are not eligible.
HOW TO APPLY

The application process is completely online. Email/hardcopy applications will not be accepted.

  • The applicant must either be the producer or the director of the project. Applications made by any other person will be disqualified.
  • To apply, you need to create a MyFilmBazaar Account first, in case you do not already have one
  • Once you have created your account, you will be directed to the Documentary Co-Production Market online application form.
  • Applications will be considered complete only after payment of fee.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Please refer to the Definitions document for details and keep them ready at the time of application.

  • Logline (40 words max)
  • Short Synopsis (400 words).
  • Treatment (400 words)
  • Director’s statement (200 words)
  • Producer’s Note (200 words)
  • Production Plan (Broad Budget and Financing Breakup, Secured Financing, Tentative Timelines)
  • Treatment of the Project
  • Director’s Profile [including Filmography] (150 words)
  • Producer’s Profile [including Filmography] (150 words)
ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS
  • Selected filmmakers will share video pitches of their projects for the Open Pitch – Film Bazaar 2023.
  • To ensure the participants’ video pitches meet our technical requirements, the team will need these tentatively 4 weeks prior to Film Bazaar. Participants will be provided with creative and technical support to create refined video pitches.
DATES
  • Early Bird Deadline for applications is September 7, 2023 (11:59 pm IST).
  • Regular Deadline for applications is September 20, 2023 (11:59 pm IST).
FEE
  • INR 8000 for applications submitted on or before the Early Bird Deadline, September 7, 2023 (11:59 PM IST).
  • INR 9500 for applications submitted on or before the Regular Deadline September 20, 2023 (11:59 PM IST).
  • The application fee is a one-time, non-refundable fee.
CONTACT

If you have any queries, please write to coproductiondocs@filmbazaarindia.com.

Queries over the phone or addressed to other FilmBazaar/NFDC email ids/at social media portals shall not be responded to.

  • Project can be from any country dealing with a South Asian theme.
  • Project must be 30 minutes and above (mid-length and feature length).
  • Shorts are not accepted for the current edition. Kindly abstain from applying.
  • Projects that celebrate human stories from the field of (but not limited to) environment and sustainability, science and technology, urbanisation, love and borders, important cultural figures, education, anthropology, women’s movement, gender and sexuality, children, music, arts and culture, health, mental health and wildlife are eligible to apply. Selected projects will be notified over email.
  • Project must have both director and producer attached.
  • Project must have 10% of the total finance in place.
  • Projects that have started principal photography are not eligible. If some parts of the shooting has begun, please write to coproductiondocs@filmbazaarindia.com.
  • Project in the developing stage are eligible
  • Projects without an identified core idea or theme are not eligible.

The application process is completely online. Email/hardcopy applications will not be accepted.

  • The applicant must either be the producer or the director of the project. Applications made by any other person will be disqualified.
  • To apply, you need to create a MyFilmBazaar Account first, in case you do not already have one
  • Once you have created your account, you will be directed to the Documentary Co-Production Market online application form.
  • Applications will be considered complete only after payment of fee.

Please refer to the Definitions document for details and keep them ready at the time of application.

  • Logline (40 words max)
  • Short Synopsis (400 words).
  • Treatment (400 words)
  • Director’s statement (200 words)
  • Producer’s Note (200 words)
  • Production Plan (Broad Budget and Financing Breakup, Secured Financing, Tentative Timelines)
  • Treatment of the Project
  • Director’s Profile [including Filmography] (150 words)
  • Producer’s Profile [including Filmography] (150 words)
  • Selected filmmakers will share video pitches of their projects for the Open Pitch – Film Bazaar 2023.
  • To ensure the participants’ video pitches meet our technical requirements, the team will need these tentatively 4 weeks prior to Film Bazaar. Participants will be provided with creative and technical support to create refined video pitches.
  • Early Bird Deadline for applications is September 7, 2023 (11:59 pm IST).
  • Regular Deadline for applications is September 20, 2023 (11:59 pm IST).
  • INR 8000 for applications submitted on or before the Early Bird Deadline, September 7, 2023 (11:59 PM IST).
  • INR 9500 for applications submitted on or before the Regular Deadline September 20, 2023 (11:59 PM IST).
  • The application fee is a one-time, non-refundable fee.

If you have any queries, please write to coproductiondocs@filmbazaarindia.com.

Queries over the phone or addressed to other FilmBazaar/NFDC email ids/at social media portals shall not be responded to.