March 19 – 30, 2025
12:35 - 13:25 Friday 22nd Mar 2024 / 50 min
As signatories of the Paris Agreement, governments have the duty of communicating climate change to citizens. How to increase access to climate stories? What responsibilities do broadcasters and film institutes have? What are funding bottlenecks and opportunities? How to create alliances with philanthropy and media actors?
Shanida Scotland is an award-winning commissioning editor and executive producer, working within documentary film and audio. Shanida is the new Global Head of Film at Doc Society. Shanida is interested in the intimate & resonant in docs; qualities that remain meaningful through time.
Commissioning Editor for documentary - short, feature & series. An award winning producer, co-founder of House of Real and ground-breaking entities such as BoostHbg. A passionate navigator of tailor made processes, creative development with a heart in artistic storytelling and innovation.
Cecilia Lidin has for more than 25 years worked with the development and financing of documentaries in different capacities - among those responsible for the development of numerous international co-production workshops, and working as tutor as well as moderator for both internal and external pitching events at EDN (European Documentary Network)
SVT, Sweden’s public service broadcaster, has a wide range of programming and a strong documentary tradition. The documentary department serves several weekly broadcast slots as well as our online platform, SVT Play, with an output of more than 100 new titles a year.
Mara Gourd-Mercado is an Argentinean-Canadian arts manager, specializing in film, television and digital media. She was Executive Director of the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) from 2015 to 2020 and Executive Director of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television – Quebec section from 2021 to 2023. Mara is now Head of Industry & Training at CPH:DOX.
