China Outbound - Beijing's growing influence in Europe

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The objective is to develop our feature length documentary ‘China Outbound - China's Influence in Europe’ as an international co-production. Our creative documentary will follow filmmaker Martin Gronemeyer on a personal journey to explore China’s growing clout in Europe, influencing both politics and the public. It will explore to what degree China's rising influence in Europe is impacting democratic freedoms. The planned activities are: Director M. Gronemeyer (Germany) and co-author O. N. Mocquery (France) will conduct the research and the location scouting with the help of the main researcher Kosove Gjoci, Kosovo and research assistants in the following countries: China, Hungary, Kosovo, Albania, Serbia, France, Germany, Australia, as well as other countries. Viewing and Cataloging of the director M. Gronemeyer’s private archival material with an assistant. Filming of the trailer. Editing and post-Production. Adapting and writing of the script on the basis of research and after consultations with the dramatic advisor. Drafting of the budget and financing plan and finalizing of the marketing package. Starting of the financing process with the marketing package at IDFA, Berlin and CPHDox. Type and numbers of persons benefiting from the project: The beneficiaries are the three production companies co-developing the project: sagamedia, Germany; Zebra Production, France and KIC Production, Kosovo. We will be working with the staff of the three companies (app. 12) and freelancers as e.g. local researchers, dramatic advisor (app. 8) Expected results and type and number of outputs: In the course of the project, we have defined the following deliverables (6): developed treatment, trailer, research catalogue of proven results, marketing package, archive inventory, financing plan and production budget.