The first session focuses on assessing each of the participants’ projects in terms of script and development, to strengthen their overall consistency. Indepth individual meetings with 2 experts are held for each participants. At this session (only), directors may participate in these one-to-one meetings, onsite if they can travel, or online and can also attend the moment their project is discussed within the group. Masterclasses and case studies cover issues such as story-telling and narrative structure, the relationship between the director and the producer or co-authors, the producer and the editor.

Over Session 2, participants finalize their financial plan and their coproduction strategy, and start the packaging of their projects (pitch, pitch-deck, trailer). Groupwork, masterclasses and case studies focus on budgeting, financing (private funds and fiscal sponsorship, contracts with televisions, European / global / minority-driven funds, production incentives in terms of parity and diversity, green production new rules, working with platforms, international coproduction, rights clearance, trailer and pitch strategy). Individual meetings with 2 experts are organized additionally. A specific of Session 2 is the “Production Landscape presentations” series: participants research, write (prior to the session) and deliver a tailormade presentation on documentary production means in their country. These presentations are moderated by the participants themselves.

The final session is mainly dedicated to one-to-one meetings with experts. Their specificity is their length: at EURODOC, we value time and human encounter, not express pitching or match-making. Over 3 days, individual meetings of 45 minutes each are organized for the participants with the experts whose profiles are most relevant to the project. These meetings are intensively prepared during the first 2 days of the session, under the supervision of the tutors. Some of the guest  decision-makers also present their editorial lines, programs and funding/buying possibilities, in short talks held every day. During Session 3, masterclasses focus on new production models, current trends in the documentary film market, and upcoming distribution channels.