Sunny Side of the Doc Selects Pitch Winners

The 28th edition of Sunny Side of the Doc has wrapped in La Rochelle, where seven pitching competitions were held and winners selected.

The best science project (sponsored by Science&Vie TV and co-organized by Eurovision) was The Hole from Windfall Films. The best history project (sponsored by PBS) was The Rise and Fall of Bhutto from Bew Corp. In the category for best digital creation project (sponsored by the Bell Fund and co-organized by RIDM), Invisible, Mortaza’s Odyssey from Small Bang was recognized.

The winner of the best Asian stories project, China’s Forgotten Daughters from Han Meng, received a free accreditation for Asian Side of the Doc. The winner of the best wildlife and nature project (co-organized by Wildscreen), Rewilding from Bonne Pioche Télévision, received a free accreditation for the next edition of the Wildscreen Festival.

War of Art from Story House Productions won for the best arts and culture project, a category sponsored by MUSEUM. The Daughter Tree from Trinetra Productions won for best social and human interest project, sponsored by RTBF/SRC Canada.

The best “high transmission” award went to The Captain’s Heart from House of Real, scoring a prebuy. The Archive Valley consultation award was presented to Josephine Baker, An American in Paris from Kepler22 Productions, which will receive a full consultation package.

The Groupe AB award, the prize for which includes a prebuy, went to The Rise and Fall of Bhutto, which also scored the AP Archive award and the Cézame music award.

Abortion: The Pro-Life Threat from Capa Presse won the MIADOC award, which gives the winner automatic selection for the pitch forum at the next Mia Doc.