EDN Names New Chairman

COPENHAGEN, December 8: Heino Deckert, the MD of Germany’s
Deckert Distribution and MA.JA.DE Productions, has been elected as the new
chairman of the European Documentary Network (EDN).

Deckert has taken over the position from Ike Bertels, who
served on the EDN Board for four years. The election took place at the EDN’s
general assembly in Amsterdam, where producer/director Fredrik Gertten of
Sweden was re-elected for two more years on the executive committee. Elected as
new members of the committee were Dorota Roszkowska, independent producer and
head of Dragon Forum in Poland; and Joan Gonzalez, producer and head of
DocsBarcelona.