Documentary Campus

The Masterschool leads you through four intensive workshops to shape your documentary ideas for linear TV and web and across all genres and formats. Give your stories impact! Get them seen by new audiences through innovative digital and VR technologies! Explore new business models in our increasingly competitive industry. We are experts in connecting you with the world’s leading broadcast executives and commissioning editors who will guide you on the path to your international pitch and success.

The Masterschool is an intensive training program for documentary filmmakers, taking place over a timespan of a 10-month period. Its aim is to mentor directors and producers to make exciting documentaries (one-offs, multiplatform and series) for the international market.

Over the course of four 5-day workshops in the 10-month period, 15 European producer/director teams are assisted in developing their documentary projects to appeal to international audiences. The teams receive invaluable feedback from experienced documentary professionals and have the unique opportunity to pitch their projects to a panel of carefully selected international commissioning editors at our largest Industry Event, the Leipzig Networking Days, in October.