CPH:DOX Debates Funding Cuts, Politics and Group Therapy

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With funding cuts in the U.S. and European countries, other political challenges, and technological changes, what is the state of the documentary field? The Copenhagen International Documentary Festival (CPH:DOX) spotlighted on the challenges and the opportunities in a Wednesday afternoon session of its CPH:Conference industry program.

A panel entitled “Future Perspectives on the Shifting Eco-System of the Creative Documentary” brought together Danish doc director and producer Andreas Dalsgaard, who is the founder of Elk Film, Barbara Truyen, the former head of documentaries /commissioning editor for Dutch public broadcaster VPRO and now executive producer at her company EPIC-docs, and Jon-Sesrie Goff, part of the Creativity and Free Expression team at the Ford Foundation. The moderator was Chris White, executive producer at American Documentary l POV, who is responsible for producing PBS’ doc series POV and POV Shorts.

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