First Contact – named after the eponymous film by Robin Anderson and Bob Connolly, whose 40th anniversary was in 2022 – completed ParisDOC’s offer to producers, in partnership with Ateliers Varan.
First Contact invites producers to discover 9 projects currently in the writing stage, which are based on research in the social sciences, hard sciences or artistic creation.
In 2024, 6 projects emerged from the Ateliers Varan writing workshop, “Science in images, from research to the cinematic narrative”. We also invited the Scam’s Brouillon d’un rêve grant scheme, the Lussas’ documentary school and La Fémis’ documentary film workshop to each present a project.
After having presented their projects, the authors had an individual exchange with the producers.
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