The 17th edition of MEDIMED: The Euro-Mediterranean Doc Market & Pitching Forum will return in 13-16 October 2016 offering a complete roster of market events and services, networking opportunities, industry conference sessions, coupled with the finest in contemporary documentary films from the EU and the South Med countries produced in 2015-16. It is designed to maximize business to business exchanges: distribution of EU ready-made films, match doc makers’ most innovative project ideas with Europe’s and intl. key decision makers and financiers. Individual coaching to pitching team members will be given by 4 highly experienced doc specialists: John Marshall, Marijke Rawie, Jan Rofekamp, Iikka Vehkalahti. An innovative aspect will be a special call for European and Southern Mediterranean cross-platform/interactive projects for our new transmedia dedicated section MDMD CROSSTRAINING. We will accept EU transmedia projects looking to raise finance and exhibition through alternative strategies, including crowd-funding and third sector support. Also the Anti-Pitch section is a brand new initiative that will select 10 projects that are not ready to take part at the main Pitching Forum but have a rough cut already and therefore are of special interest to decision makers. The goal of these sessions is to give constructive and concrete advise on how to make the projects stand out and how to complete the production. The Industry Conferences will explore some of the concerns of documentary and factual producers: alternative financing, co-production possibilities, international funds, new marketing strategies with a special focus on issues related to new production formats and new ways of funding in the documentary making. These dynamic panels will provide essential ground rules to doc-makers. It will attract over 300 international delegates to its dynamic film and TV market where the documentary, theatrical and TV worlds will converge with digital and online communities.