“Where else can you access 3 weeks of world-class lectures as well as one-on-one mentoring with leading professionals in documentary film, NGOs, cross-media? Perhaps most important of all, you join a dedicated and generous peer group of participants who make up the growing ESoDoc family, and that network becomes essential for many productive years to come.”
“A home. The name on the doorbell is ZeLIG. As a guest, I’m welcomed into this filmmaking family. There’s everything we need here: work room, kid’s room, closets full of equipment. Brothers and sisters learn to work and play together – they amaze their parents and themselves! Responsibility and love bubbling up in the same cauldron. There are lots of kids here. Lots of films, too. It’s a first step, an unforgettable one. We must take it in order to learn and move on.”
"ZeLIG is special. The coherence of its training program in documentary filmmaking and the quality of the films the school produces make it unique in Europe. ZeLIG has earned an excellent reputation for its intensive approach, team spirit and a family-style atmosphere. I’ve been teaching at ZeLIG for many years, and it’s always been a great pleasure. The students are open-minded and talented. I’ve also enjoyed working with some of them after they launched their careers in documentary filmmaking. My deepest respect for the good folks behind the success: Heidi, Lotte, Emanuele, and all the people that have worked so hard for more than 25 years to make ZeLIG a classic!"
Coach and Trainer, Zurich / Switzerland
Christine Loriol is a journalist, texter and communications consultant as well as a coach and trainer for people who have to speak in public in any situations as presentation, pitching, interviews etc. She has been giving workshops, seminaries and personal trainings for many years – especially also for people working in the film industry, for example with www.focal.ch and the Swiss Film Prize, as well as also for ESoDoc 2015 in Palermo. For ESoDoc she gave a open Pitching-Workshop and one-to-one-Coachings for every project. She is born 1960 and lives in Zurich / Switzerland. She speaks german, english, french and italian.
CEO of Together Films, London (UK)
Sarah Mosses is CEO of Together Films, a new consultancy working with social issue film content to reach new audiences. She helps filmmakers craft Impact Distribution Campaigns to increase both their social impact, audience reach and revenue potential. As an award winning Producer, Sarah’s debut feature documentary They Will Have To Kill Us First had its World Premiere at SXSW 2015 and European Premiere at London Film Festival 2015. Sarah is a mentor for Documentary Campus, ESoDoc, Sheffield DocFest, On Screen Manitoba, working with emerging producers to enhance their film narrative and distribution/marketing potential.
Director, Crossover Labs; Curator, Alternate Realities, Sheffield Doc/Fest, (GB)
As director of Crossover Labs, Mark works with film and TV producers and directors, games developers and web designers, preparing them to become the producers of tomorrow, through labs and workshops. He curates the Alternate Realities strand at the Sheffield Doc/Fest, comprising the Interactive Summit, a public exhibition of the world’s most exciting interactive and Virtual Reality documentary work, and the AR market for interactive projects seeking funding. He is an award-winning independent producer, having been commissioned by BBC, Channel 4 and international networks over the past six years.
CEO of RCS ( Rough Cut Service), Helsinki (FI)
Iikka Vehkalahti, Executive Producer in IV Films Ltd, Rough Cut Service and Dare To Dream. Consultant for Steps and AfriDocs. Commissioning Editor for the Finnish Broadcasting Company Finland 1998-2015. Executive Producer for 'Steps For The Future' and one of the Series Producers for 'Why Democracy'. He has been involved or supported numerous international well known documentaries like 'Three Rooms of Melancholy', 'Act of Killing', 'Armadillo', 'Happiness', 'Don't Breath', 'Lakshmi and Me', 'Placebo', 'Vivas las Antipodas' etc. 'Steps by Steps' is one of his books.
Director/Producer and Head of Development - Stefilm International, Turin (IT)
Born in Johannesburg (South Africa) in 1955, he studies Architecture in Torino – Italy and founds the film production company Stefilm in 1991. He directed 'A World of Pasta', 'Doctor Ice' (Science Film Festival 2009) and the series 'Food Markets - In the Belly of the City' (10x52). He produced 'Mostar United' (IDFA 2009), 'Vinylmania' (IFF Rotterdam 2012), 'Char, no man’s island' (Berlinale Forum 2013), 'The Queen of Silence' (IDFA 2014, 'Silver Horn', best feature length doc Krakow FF 2015, Golden Nanook - Flahertiana IDF Perm 2015). He tutors for: Biennale Cinema College Venice, Cinema do Brasil, Cannes Film Market, Documentary Campus, EDN, Films de 3 Continents – Produire au Sud, Media Business School, Med Film Factory, Scuola Holden, TFL-Torino Film Lab, Film Garage, ZagrebDox Pro, ESoDoc / ZeLIG School for Documentary, Bolzano.
Free lance film consultant and film critic, Copenhagen (DK)
Born 1947. Danish. He worked with short and documentary films for more than 20 years at the Danish Film Institute. Co-founder of Balticum Film and TVFestival, Filmkontakt Nord and Documentary of the EU. He has given documentary courses and seminars in more than 30 countries. From 1996 until 2005 he was director of EDN (European Documentary Network). From 2006 he has been a freelance consultant and teacher in workshops like Ex Oriente, DocsBarcelona, Archidoc, Documentary Campus, Storydoc, Baltic Sea Forum, Black Sea DocStories, ZeLIG School for Documentary, Caucadoc as well as programme consultant for the festivals Magnificent7 in Belgrade, DOCSBarcelona, Message2Man in St. Petersburg and DOKLeipzig. www.filmkommentaren.dk
Editor and Director, Berlin (Germany)
Following studies in Film Direction and Psychology, he received a Ph.D. in Philosophy. He has worked as a film editor and screenwriter since 1973, for documentaries and experimental films. He has conducted important research and written extensively on the esthetics and theory of editing and more, including the book 'Der Film verliert sein Handwerk', and co-authored with Hans J. Wulff, 'Film und Psychologie'. He’s taught at many film schools, including HfbK, Hamburg; UdK, Berlin; FHSS, Berlin; FU, Berlin; HU, Berlin; Vienna Film Academy; HFF, Potsdam; ZeLIG, Bolzano; Filmarche, Berlin. Visit his website dedicated to film editing: www.montagetheorie.de
