Hugh Purcell, ESoDoc's Head of Studies, will be presenting ESoDoc EU and ESoDoc INDIA during the 21st edition of Sunny Side of the Docs, which will take place in La Rochelle from June 21 till 25.

The presentation will take place on Thursday 24 at 5:30pm, in the Conference Room inside the Sunny Side Market building.
In this presentation, Hugh Purcell will show extracts from remarkable film documentaries that have changed the world, points out how the www has become a truly interactive and democratic forum for social change and surprises us by the quality of 'participatory videos' where the subject becomes the filmmaker.

Hugh Purcell will be at Sunny Side of the Doc from June 21 till 25, and can be reached at his mobile phone: +44 7980 691205

Two ESoDoc projects have also been accepted at The BIPS (Best International Projects Showcase), a daily theme-based pitch sessions with key decision makers specialized in each theme. The two projects are:

June 22, starting at 3 pm - @ Agora
Squeeze me! – by  Annette Wagner, produced by Filmtank (Germany)
Theme: Sciences & Technologies
The Japanese Emotional Robot Paro is revolutionising the treatment of dementia patients and causes a massive controversy about the pros and cons of Emotional Robotics within Elderly Care. A scientific excursion into advanced dementia therapy, exploring bads and goods of a computerised baby seal.

June 23, starting at 11 am - @ Agora
Girls Don’t Cry – by Marta Bite, produced by Ego Media (Latvia)
Theme: Arts & Culture
Girls Don’t Cry is a thoughtfully and visually attractive story about role of women in society in post soviet country Latvia. The film will reveal how the standards and values concerning women have changed after the collapse of Soviet Union and how these changes have affected woman.