2017 Sheffield DocFest Industry Catalogue by Sheffield DocFest

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Delegate Information Festival Pass Holder Information

Your Festival Pass gives you access to the full Film Programme, Alternate Realities Programme, Talks & Sessions, Marketplace activity, and Social Events. Your Festival Pass (with photo ID) should be worn at all times and is required for access to the Festival.

The Sky Delegate Centre

The HUBS – Sheffield Hallam University 6 Paternoster Row, S1 2QQ Thu 9 June / 17:00 – 21:00 Fri 10 June – Wed 14 June / 09:00 – 21:00 The Sky Delegate Centre includes Registration, Doc/Info Arrival Point for e-ticket information, Press Office, Hospitality information, a café, an informal seating area, and Wi-Fi. Please note, the Hospitality Desk will be open from 9 – 7pm Friday – Tuesday. On Wednesday 14 June, the Registration Desk, Press Office, and Hospitality Desk will close at 2pm.

Tudor Square

Tudor Square is at the heart of Doc/Fest, offering a range of pop-up activities that are free and open to all. Doc/Fest Exchange hosts talks developed with Welcome; the Free Screen showcases a curated programme of films; and 360˚ virtual reality experiences enthral in the Alternate Realities Virtual Reality Portal. Tudor Square also boasts a tempting selection of food and drink stalls and a Doc/Info Point for any questions. Opening hours: Doc/Fest Exchange Fri 09 June – Tue 13 June / 09:00 – 23:00 Wed 14 June / 09:00 – 21:00 Doc/Info Point Fri 09 June – Wed 14 June / 09:00 – 21:00 Virtual Reality Portal Fri 09 June / 12:00 – 20:00 Sat 10 June – Wed 14 June / 10:00 – 20:00

Doc/Info Point

For help and advice around the Festival, visit one of the Doc/Info points below: Curzon

Millennium Gallery

Cutlers’ Hall

Showroom

ITV Town Hall

The Sky Delegate Centre

The Light Cinema

Tudor Square

All these info points are located on the Doc/Fest map.

Delegate Information Festival Pass Holder E-Tickets

This year we have introduced a brand new ticketing system for you to select e-tickets for screenings from the comfort of your own laptop or phone, to be uploaded directly to your Festival Pass. Your film screening e-tickets are electronic and loaded onto your Festival Pass – paper tickets will not be issued. Talks & Sessions do not require pre-selection or e-tickets and may also be open to the public – please be sure to arrive early for these events to guarantee yourself a seat. To select e-tickets for film screenings, you can now log into your My Doc/Fest account on the Doc/Fest website, www.sheffdocfest.com, find the film screening you want to attend, and add an e-ticket to your basket. Your e-ticket will be automatically uploaded to your Festival Pass. You can check which e-tickets you have selected by logging into your My Doc/Fest account. You can also return any e-tickets for screenings that you no longer want to attend by logging into your My Doc/Fest account up to 60 minutes before the start time of the event. One hour before the film start time, you will be asked to join the standby queue to access the film screening.

Access & Facilities

All venues are wheelchair accessible. All venues have baby changing facilities except Tudor Square. If you require childcare facilities during the Festival, Doc/Fest has partnered with TLC – Mobile Childcare. Please contact TLC directly on email: dawn@tlc-mobilechildcare.co.uk or mobile: +44 (0)759 103 918 For more information regarding accessible screenings and British Sign Language interpreted talks at the Festival, please email boxoffice@sidf.co.uk, call +44 (0) 330 122 8870, or visit www.sheffdocfest.com/view/access We are able to provide Festival information in other formats. Please contact the details above for more information. Please also look out for the Sheffield Doc/Crew Access Champions who will be able to advise you.

Ratings

All films are rated 18, unless otherwise specified, as certified by the BBFC or by the Festival in conjunction with Sheffield City Council. Please check www.sheffdocfest.com and Doc/Fest social media and eNews for updates on under 18 and family appropriate content.

Audience Awards

All films screening prior to the Awards Ceremony (p.212) and all projects in the Alternate Realities Exhibition (p.130–139) qualify for the Sheffield Doc/Fest Audience Awards. To vote, look out for Doc/Crew Volunteers with voting tear-slips.

Cloakroom

The Cloakroom is located in Showroom 5, within Showroom, and is open: Fri 09 June – Wed 14 June / 09:00 – 21:00 There is a £2 per day charge. All items left after closing are done so at the owner’s risk. There will also be a Cloakroom in the Crucible during events.

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is available at Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square, Showroom, Cutlers’ Hall, and Sky Delegate Centre.

If you have forgotten your log in details for your My Doc/Fest account, please visit the Doc/Fest website and click “forgotten your password”, or a member of the team on the Doc/Arrival Info Point at the Sky Delegate Centre or at the Doc/Info Point on Tudor Square will be happy to help.

Doc/Player Lounge

Please note that you will need to be in your seat five minutes before the advertised start time in order for the e-ticket to be valid. If you are not in your seat five minutes before the advertised start time, your e-ticket may be reallocated and you may be asked to join the standby queue.

Fri 9 June / 12:00 – 19:00 Sat 10 June – Tues 13 June / 09:00 – 19:00 Wed 14 June / 09:00 – 15:00

Alternate Realities Exhibition Booking Virtual reality experiences in the Alternate Realities Exhibition must be booked in advance. Please visit www.sheffdocfest.com or the Doc/Info Point at Millennium Gallery for information on how to book your virtual reality experience.

Your Festival Pass gives you full access to Doc/Player, our fully digitised film library. Doc/Player is located in the Showroom Café and is open during the Festival and online for six weeks following.

To login to Doc/Player on your personal device please go to docplayer.sheffdocfest.com

Doc/Fest App

Our Doc/Fest App allows you to see what’s on now and what’s on soon to help you choose between all the films, talks & sessions, and events competing for your attention at Doc/Fest. It is the best place for up to date information and schedule changes.

Millennium Gallery

The App will work even if you’re not online, so don’t worry about racking up big data phone bills if you’re visiting us from outside the UK. Download for free from your app store.

Fri 09 June / 12:00 – 17:00 Sat 10 June / 10:00 – 17:00 Sun 11 June / 11:00 – 16:00 Mon 12 June / 10:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00 Tue 13 June – Wed 14 June / 10:00 – 20:00

All information is correct at time of printing. Sheffield Doc/Fest and the organisers reserve the right to make changes and updates.

Alternate Realities Portal on Tudor Square & Alternate Realities Campfire at Upper Chapel

Please visit www.sheffdocfest.com for current schedules and listings.

Opening Hours:

Fri 09 June / 12:00 – 20:00 Sat 10 June – Wed 14 June / 10:00 – 20:00

Contents 145

Talks & Sessions

Schedule

148

Saturday 10 June

Friday 09 June

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Sunday 11 June

Saturday 10 June

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Monday 12 June

Sunday 11 June

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Tuesday 13 June

Monday 12 June

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Wednesday 14 June

Tuesday 13 June

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Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Wednesday 14 June

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Speakers Biographies A-Z

Free Screens

Films

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Marketplace & Talent

Grand Jury Award & Art Doc Award

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Initiatives

Tim Hetherington Award & Environmental Award

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Sales & Distribution Day

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International Delegations

Illuminate Award & Short Doc Award

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UK Delegations

New Talent Award & Youth Jury Award

Doc Audience Award & Prizes

Special Events

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Friday 09 June & Saturday 10 June

Doc/Adventure

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Sunday 11 June

Doc/Expose

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Monday 12 June

Doc/Love

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Tuesday 13 June

Doc/Rhythm

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Wednesday 14 June

Doc/Think

Doc/Visions

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Staff & Contributors

Doc/Retro

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Festival Team

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Focus/India

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Contributors

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Focus/UK

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Thanks

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Focus/Industry

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Funders, Sponsors & Partners

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Free Screens

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Index

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Index by Director & Creator

Welcome from the Chair

Welcome from the Festival Director

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Alternate Realities

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Virtual Reality Award, Interactive Award & Alternate Realities Audience Award

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Special Events

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Immersive VR at Millennium Gallery

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Virtual Reality Portal on Tudor Square

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Virtual Reality Campfire at Upper Chapel

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Interactive at Millennium Gallery

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Alternate Realities Summit

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Craft Summit presented by Documentary Campus

Pitches

207 Parties & Social

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Index by Films, Projects, Sessions & Events

Introduction

Welcome from the Chair

Welcome to Sheffield Doc/Fest 2017. Is it really only a year ago that we last met? Some chap called Cameron was in Number Ten and a guy called Obama was in the White House. Indeed, Michael Moore’s assertion – at last year’s opening night film in City Hall – that Donald Trump might just make it to the White House was greeted with ripples of nervous laughter. Well, he did. But as people start building walls, we’re responding by building bridges. 2017 marks not only the 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love (and for those of you of who missed it, it was great) but also 50 years since the passing of the Sexual Offences Act, which decriminalised male homosexuality. What better time to celebrate the diversity of our common culture?

However, my excitement at this year’s programme is tinged with sadness. In February, Steve Hewlett died, less than a year after being diagnosed with cancer. Steve had a stellar career working for all the major broadcasters and as an independent producer before becoming the country’s leading expert in all things media.

We welcome back the brilliant Daisy Asquith with her new film Queerama, our Opening Night Film featuring a live score from the extraordinary John Grant (p.27). Sir Lenny Henry will be here talking about his passion for the blues and his continuing fight to make film and TV better reflect the society we live in (p.153). And in a year when we launch our new tagline “What’s Your Story?”, who better to deliver a lecture on the future of storytelling than one of the most innovative filmmakers of our time – Peter Greenaway (p.153).

But arguably Steve’s lasting legacy is this Festival. He took over as Chair in 2004 at a moment when the Festival appeared to have lost its way and in his seven years as Chair he brought Heather Croall from Australia and helped secure the Festival’s financial future. This vibrant, internationally renowned event that we know and love would not exist without Steve. I was lucky enough to know him for 35 years – as a colleague and a friend. Sheffield will not be the same without him.

None of this would be possible without the generosity of all our sponsors. This year we are delighted to welcome new sponsors National Geographic and Deutsche Welle to the Festival. We are excited to have signed a new three-year deal with the Council, further cementing our relationship with this great city, and to be working with the city’s two great universities: Sheffield Hallam University and University of Sheffield. Thanks for the BFI for their continued generous support. Thanks to our broadcast partners. Thanks to the Bertha Foundation, to the Arts Council, the British Council, Creative Skillset, and the Department of International Trade. Thanks to Wellcome for their generous support of Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square, and to Documentary Campus for the fantastic new Craft Summit day on Saturday.

Alex Graham Chair

Introduction

Welcome from the Festival Director

Welcome to your Festival. It’s wonderful to see you in Sheffield. What a difference a year makes. We’re reeling from seismic change, as we step into the early scenes of an unknown narrative. We watch extraordinary events we know will become the most pored over archive in future documentaries. We’re not quite sure how to analyse this tragicomedy. Mrs Mugabe’s boast her husband could win the Zimbabwe election “as a corpse”; Trump “totally” solving North Korea. Real and fake news equally surreal. We fear its normalisation. How will we stamp our mark on the new world story – one of polar opposite moral compasses, pro- and anti- Brexiters, parallel worlds at a time of mass communication. Out of this toxic cocktail has come the murder of Jo Cox, MP for West Yorkshire’s Batley and Spen, at the hands of a white supremacist (p.28). Her family’s courageous response is ‘The Great Get Together’ street parties to demonstrate strength through unity (p.212).

At Sheffield’s Octagon Centre, we are thrilled to welcome Alexander Whitley Dance Company for a Special Preview of 8 Minutes ahead of its Sadler’s Wells World Premiere. With a stunning installation of high definition space imagery from BAFTA Award-winning visual artist Tal Rosner, and a score by electroacoustic music innovator Daniel Wohl, this full-length multimedia journey into space will be an unmissable work-in-progress of dance, film, and music to ignite the imagination (p.129).

This year at Doc/Fest we have our most urgent and loudest call to action to resist the dividers, the pussy grabbers, the racists, the bystanders. Instead, be part of the groundswell movements to make change and create impact through an explosion of creativity in storytelling. A new Summer of Love 50 years on – a Summer of Resistance & Change.

We’re proud to screen films that originated in MeetMarket, including the World Premiere of Even When I Fall by Kate McLarnon and Sky Neal (p.67). And we welcome even more talent with our international delegations including India, UAE, Palestine, Jordan, Korea, Chile, and Canada (p.200–201), and new UK delegations MAMA Youth Project, Listen to Britain, and FLAMIN (p.202). Emerging filmmakers and Decision Makers join host Reggie Yates at his Doc/Dinner – all here to inspire, be inspired and network with you.

From the future players making smartphone films to award-winning greats, we love that at Doc/Fest, everyone has a story to tell. Our programme brims with stories maverick, funny and quirky, heart stopping and heart breaking. In Film, director Yance Ford attempts to make sense of his brother William’s death in Strong Island (p.48). Ayse Toprak’s Mr Gay Syria shows defiance and beauty in the middle of crisis (p.58). Come and celebrate the European Premiere of Victor Jakovleski’s mesmerising Brimstone and Glory, produced and scored by Benh Zeitlin (p.34). And dance off to Cori McKenna’s World Premiere of Bruk Out! (p.66). In Alternate Realties, enter Makropol’s International Premiere of DOOM ROOM if you dare (p.128). Explore the World Premiere of Doc/Fest’s commission in partnership with FACT supported by Arts Council England, Future Aleppo (p.131). And in Talks & Sessions, Private Eye’s Ian Hislop explores reaching the truth through satire (p.162), while Walter Murch talks editing (p.147).

Sheffield is a city of makers. The best beer, robots, and, heck, even knee joints for scaling the Peaks, and we’re lucky to be the home of, and welcome, the finest documentary and documentary makers. Come and find points of connection, not difference, with the most amazing storytellers in the world. Can’t wait to see you at Daisy Asquith’s World Premiere of Queerama (p.27). Liz McIntyre CEO & Festival Director

Don’t miss out Keep up to date with the latest events, e-ticket availability, and schedule by downloading the Doc/Fest App, or visiting www.sheffdocfest.com

Select your e-tickets for film screenings via your My Doc/Fest Account at www.sheffdocfest.com — your e-ticket will be automatically uploaded to your Festival Pass. Remember to arrive at screenings at least 5 minutes prior to start time, or join a standby queue for screenings that you haven’t reserved an e-ticket for.

Friday 9 June Showroom 1

Showroom 2

PBS America Showroom 3

Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4

Millennium Gallery

Virtual Reality Portal on Tudor Square

Virtual Reality Campfire at Upper Chapel

Other

09:30 P. 208 DOC/FEST EXCHANGE ON TUDOR SQUARE BREAKFAST RECEPTION

12:00 P. 135 – P.136 ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION

12:00 P. 20 SHOWROOM CAFÉ DOC/PLAYER LOUNGE

Films

12:00 P. 133 – P.134 ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION

PLAYBACK EXHIBITION

13:30 SEE WEBSITE

GRANDAD DEMENTIA AND ME

15:15 P. 61 STILL TOMORROW

17:20 P. 79 LINDY LOU, JUROR NUMBER 2 +Q&A

15:00 P. 113 FOCUS/INDIA SHORTS

15 15:15 P. 89 BREXITANNIA

15:30 P. 96 SPETTACOLO + Q&A

17 17:00 P. 208 CURZON BAR AND TERRACE SHOOTING 18 PEOPLE WELCOME DRINKS RECEPTION 19

17:15 P. 83 UNREST 18:00 P. 101 FESTIVAL!

19:30 P. 69 LA CHANA

18:00 P. 208 ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION– LATES PRESENTED BY FACT

19:30 P. 208 DOC/FEST EXCHANGE ON TUDOR SQUARE TUDOR SQUARE BY NIGHT

21:00 P. 91 DO DONKEYS ACT?

19:30 P. 27 CITY HALL 20 OVAL HALL OPENING NIGHT FILM QUEERAMA WITH 21 PERFORMANCE FROM JOHN GRANT 21:45 P. 208 22 CITY HALL BALLROOM QUEERAMA OPENING NIGHT PARTY 23

21:45 P. 29 DOCS TIL DAWN: CONTEMPORARY COLOR + TRUE STORIES

Films

Alternate Realities

Talks & Sessions

Marketplace

Parties & Social

Alternate Realities

12:00 P. 130 – P.132 P. 137 – P.139 ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION

Talks & Sessions

12:15 P. 76 THE DEPARTURE + Q&A

Marketplace & Talent

12:00 P. 107 SINGING WITH ANGRY BIRD

Parties & Social

12:30 P. 37 THE ROAD MOVIE

12:00 P. 70 MADA UNDERGROUND

Schedule

Saturday 10 June Showroom 1

Showroom 2

PBS America Showroom 3

Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4

The Light Cinema 3

The Light Cinema 6

The Light Cinema 8

Schedule

09 09:30 P.36 10 OUAGA GIRLS

10:00 P.102 SILENT REVOLUTION / BLACK LIBERATION +Q&A

09:45 P.36 CHAVELA

Films

12:00 P.89 BRASILIA: LIFE AFTER DESIGN 13 + Q&A

12:15 P.106 ASK THE SEXPERT + Q&A

12:30 P.70 LOST IN VAGUENESS + Q&A

09:30 P.59 QUEERAMA

12:00 P.111 FORBIDDEN GAMES + Q&A

09:30 P.95 RAT FILM

12:00 P.54 & P.62 DRAG DOUBLE BILL + INTRO + Q&A

09:45 P.57 THE GAZE OF THE SEA

12:15 P.72 DOC/RHYTHM SHORTS

10:00 P.88 THE BOMB

12:30 P.36 ON THE EDGE OF FREEDOM + Q&A

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

15:00 P.46 NOBODY SPEAK: TRIALS OF THE FREE 16 PRESS

Marketplace & Talent Parties & Social

15:15 BEUYS

P.88

14:45 P.37 THE ROAD MOVIE + Q&A

15:00 P.93 GHOST HUNTING + EXTENDED Q&A

Curzon 2 / Curzon Bar & Terrace

09:00 P.65 A MODERN MAN (INDUSTRY ONLY)

09:00 P.43 CURZON 2 ELIÁN (INDUSTRY ONLY)

11:30 P.96 ULYSSES IN THE SUBWAY (3D) (INDUSTRY ONLY)

11:30 P.45 CURZON 2 MAMA COLONEL (INDUSTRY ONLY)

13:15 P.92 & P.98 CELLULOID ARTISTS TRIPLE BILL + Q&A

15:45 DRIES

P.91

18:00 P.78 THE LAST ANIMALS

15:30 P.49 THE TRIAL – THE STATE OF RUSSIA VS. OLEG SENTSOV + Q&A

15:15 P.78 JAHA’S PROMISE + DISCUSSION

14:45 P.44 ICARUS + EXTENDED Q&A

Curzon 1

18:15 P.76 THE DEPARTURE + Q&A

18:15 P.71 STEP + Q&A

18:00 P.40 CITY OF GHOSTS + Q&A

18:00 P.62 YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU + Q&A

17:30 P.208 CURZON BAR & TERRACE 18:30 P.38 DOC/ ADVENTURE SHORTS

18:15 P.34 THE CAGE FIGHTER + Q&A

18:15 P.96 ULYSSES IN THE SUBWAY (3D) + Q&A

NEW TALENT DRINKS PRESENTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDHSIRE

20:30 SEE WEBSITE CATCHING A KILLER

22:00 P.29 DOCS TIL DAWN: HYPERNORM23 ALISATION

21:15 P.82 THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN + Q&A

21:00 P.51 THE WORKERS CUP + DISCUSSION

21:15 P.47 RISK + DISCUSSION

21:30 P.105 AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN

21:00 P.61 VENUS + Q&A

21:15 P.34 BRIMSTONE & GLORY + EXTENDED Q&A

21:00 P.102 TONITE LET’S ALL MAKE LOVE IN LONDON

Films

Alternate Realities

Talks & Sessions

Marketplace

Parties & Social

Saturday 10 June Millennium Gallery

Crucible Studio

Crucible Adelphi

ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

Other

CRAFT SUMMIT P.148

HOW TO BREAK INTO THE INDUSTRY

PLAYTIME WITH ARCHIVE

12:00 P.149

10:00

P. 135 – P.136 VR CAMPFIRE AT UPPER CHAPEL ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION

10 P. 133 – P.134 VR PORTAL ON TUDOR SQUARE 11 ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION

10:00

P.148

SH*T CREEK: THE HYPOTHETICAL PADDLE GAME

12:15

P.147

THE ART OF CINEMATOGRAPHY

P.164

DIGGING DEEPER: EXPLORING IDEAS BEHIND QUEERAMA

15:00

P.149

OLIVIERO TOSCANI: THE MASTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY

P.149

MUSIC MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND: MAKING MUSIC DOCS

P.164 16:30

17:30

IN CONVERSATION... WITH WALTER MURCH

P.147

THE ART OF EDITING & SOUND DESIGN

15:45

P.147

THE ART OF THE MUSICAL SCORE

WHAT’S THEIR STORY? ...ELIJAH QUASHIE AKA ‘THE CHICKEN CONNOISSEUR’

P.164

14:15

P.150

P.149

THE NEW LEADERS: DEVELOPING AN EQUAL & INCLUSIVE INDUSTRY

OLLY ALEXANDER TALKS GROWING UP GAY

16:30

P.147

THE ART OF THE DOC SCENES

17:30

P.208

CRAFT SUMMIT DRINKS PRESENTED BY DOCUMENTARY CAMPUS

19:00 P.209 WINTER GARDEN SCOTTISH DELEGATION DRINKS RECEPTION

19:30 P.209 TUDOR SQUARE BY NIGHT FEATURING TALES OF WHATEVER

22:00 – 02:00

19:00

P.31

ABBEYDALE PICTUREHOUSE SPOOKERS: FRIGHT NIGHT

20:00

P.128

THEATRE DELICATESSEN DOOM ROOM

P.209

O2 ACADEMY RESISDANCE: SATURDAY NIGHT PARTY

Films

Alternate Realities

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

14 14:30

18:00

P.146

THE ART OF DIRECTING

STACEY DOOLEY TALKS...

18:00 P. 209 ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION LATES PRESENTED BY IGLOO

P.146

THE ART OF THE STORY

11:15

12:30

16:00

10:00

P.164

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: DAILY REVIEW, INCLUDING THE DEPARTURE

13:30

P.148

Marketplace

Parties & Social

Talks & Sessions

11:00

10:00

Films

10:00

Marketplace & Talent

10:00 P. 130 – P.132 P. 137 – P.139 ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION

09:30 P.208 BREAKFAST RECEPTION

Schedule

09:00 P.95 PLAYBACK EXHIBITION 09:00 P.20 DOC/PLAYER LOUNGE

Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Parties & Social

Showroom Café

Sunday 11 June Showroom 1

Showroom 2

PBS America Showroom 3

Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4

The Light Cinema 3

The Light Cinema 6

The Light Cinema 8

Schedule

09 09:30 P.105 10 A SUITABLE GIRL + Q&A

Films

12:00 P.84 UNSEEN ENEMY

10:00 P.110 ALMOST HEAVEN +Q&A

12:30 P.45 MAMA COLONEL +Q&A

09:30 P.48 STRIKE A ROCK + Q&A

09:15 P.38 SPOOKERS

10:30 P.1036 AROUND INDIA WITH A MOVIE CAMERA + Q&A

12:15 P.62 YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU + Q&A

11:45 WINNIE + Q&A

09:30 P.54 ARTEMIO + YOU ARE STILL SOMEBODY’S SOMEONE

09:30

P.50

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: PRINCESS DIANA: IN HER OWN WORDS

12:45 P.97 UNDO + IF ONLY THERE WERE PEACE

Alternate Realities Talks & Sessions Marketplace & Talent Parties & Social 8

15:00 P.101 PORTRAIT OF JASON

15:15 P.83 UNREST +Q&A

15:15 P.59 QUEST + Q&A

14:45 P.83 TROPHY + DISCUSSION

Millennium Gallery

10:00 P. 130 – P.132 P. 137 – P.139 ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION

12:30 P.90 CITY OF THE SUN + Q&A

13:45 P.57 LOVE AND HATE CRIME + ALONE + Q&A

09:00 P.58 MR GAY SYRIA + BAYARD & ME (INDUSTRY ONLY)

11:15 P.44 INSHA’ALLAH DEMOCRACY (INDUSTRY ONLY)

P.50 12:00 P.77 GEEK GIRLS + DIRTY GIRLS + Q&A

Curzon 1

15:00 P.68 JOE COCKER: MAD DOG WITH SOUL

15:15 P.63 DOC/LOVE SHORTS

18:00 P.60 RADIO ATLAS: IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH... + Q&A

18:15 P.93 GHOST HUNTING + Q&A

15:30 P.65 A MODERN MAN + Q&A

15:45 P.69 LONG STRANGE TRIP + Q&A

18 18:15 P.40 69 MINUTES OF 86 DAYS 19 + Q&A

18:30 P.74 A RIVER BELOW +Q&A

18:30 P.85 THE WORK + Q&A

18:15 RISK

P.47

18:30 P.88 THE BOMB + Q&A

19:00 P. 210 ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION LATE OPENING

21:00 P.56 DREAM BOAT

21:30 P.46 OUT OF THIN AIR +Q&A

21:15 P.67 EVEN WHEN I FALL + Q&A

21:30 P.48 STRONG ISLAND + Q&A

21:00 P.80 POLITICS, AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL

21:30 P.95 RAT FILM + Q&A

21:15 P.55 DINA + Q&A

21:15 P.103 WHAT’S HAPENNING

Films

Alternate Realities

Talks & Sessions

Marketplace

Parties & Social

P.165

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: DAILY REVIEW, INCLUDING BRIMSTONE & GLORY

11:00

P.165

DIGGING DEEPER: OUT OF THIN AIR

15:00

P.45

LOVE + RADIO: THE LAND OF GHOSTLY SCHEMATA

16:30

SALES AND DISTRIBUTION DAY 11:00 P.150 WHICKER’S WORLD FOUNDATION PITCH

P.151

ADELPHI ME, MY FAMILY AND PARTITION: 1947

13:00 13:30

P.124 – P.125

13:00 P.151 THE MIX BOOMER PITCH

P.151

ADELPHI ART & ETHICS OF AUDIO STORYTELLING

14:00

P.152

ADELPHI THE SOUND EFFECT: IMPACTFUL STORYTELLING

P.165

15:30

18:00 P.165

IN CONVERSATION...

19:30 P.210 TUDOR SQUARE BY NIGHT FEATURING THE DOC/FEST PUB QUIZ

P.153

THE BBC INTERVIEW: LOUIS THEROUX MEETS NICK BROOMFIELD



WHAT’S THEIR STORY? ...FRANCIS LEE

18:00

18:30

11:00

12:00

P.199

ONLINE DISTRIBUTION

13:00

09:00 P.41 CURZON 2 ARMED WITH FAITH (INDUSTRY ONLY)

P.199

EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT...

12:00 P.151 CHICKEN & EGG ACCELERATOR LAB LIVE PITCH

Other

P.199

11:15 P.115 CURZON 2 WORK IN PROGRESS 1: THE LONELY BATTLE OF THOMAS REID (INDUSTRY ONLY)

Other

09:00

Other

09:00

P.95

SHOWROOM CAFÉ PLAYBACK EXHIBITION

P.20

SHOWROOM CAFÉ DOC/PLAYER LOUNGE

11:00 P.128 THEATRE DELICATESSEN DOOM ROOM

10 10:00 P. 133 – P.136 VR PORTAL ON TUDOR 11 SQUARE VR CAMPFIRE AT UPPER CHAPEL 12 ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION 13

HOW TO MARKET AND BUILD AN AUDIENCE

P.124 – P.125

STUDIO ALTERNATE REALITIES SUMMIT: TOGETHERNESS

15:00

Cutlers’ Hall

P.153

STUDIO PETER GREENAWAY CBE: WHERE NEXT FOR STORYTELLING?

15:00 P.152 KOREAN PITCHING DAY

15:00

P.152

HOW TO GET YOUR FILM OSCAR READY

15:00

16:00 16:15 P.209 MOLINAIRE NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION

P.153

SIR LENNY HENRY IN CONVERSATION WITH JUNE SARPONG MBE



P.199

MEET THE SALES AGENTS

P.199

MEET THE DISTRIBUTORS

17:00 P.209 OLD BANQUETING HALL MARKETPLACE DRINKS

17:00 P.128 THEATRE DELICATESSEN DOOM ROOM 18:15 P.32 CITY HALL IRWIN MITCHELL OVAL HALL WHITNEY “CAN I BE ME” + Q&A

18:30 P.210 WINTER GARDEN THE GRIERSON TRUST NEW TALENT DRINKS RECEPTION 20:30

18:00 P.209 TAMPER BRITISH COUNCIL DRINKS RECEPTION

P.210

TAMPER MEET THE FILMMAKERS PRESENTED BY THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES

22 22:00 – P.210 02:00 FARENHEIT I WILL ALWAYS 23 LOVE DOCS PARTY 00

Films

Alternate Realities

Schedule

11:00

STUDIO ALTERNATE REALITIES SUMMIT: REFLECTIONS

ITV Town Hall Reception Room B

Films

10:00

ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

Talks & Sessions

Marketplace

Parties & Social

Alternate Realities

09:30 P.209 BREAKFAST RECEPTION

Crucible Theatre

Talks & Sessions

Crucible

Marketplace & Talent

Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Parties & Social

Sunday 11 June

Monday 12 June Showroom 1

Showroom 2

PBS America Showroom 3

Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4

The Light Cinema 3

The Light Cinema 6

The Light Cinema 8

Schedule

09 09:30 P.41 10 ARMED WITH FAITH + Q&A

09:30 P.112 THE RISE AND FALL OF GEOFFREY MATTHEWS

09:30 P.81 STRANGER IN PARADISE

09:15 ICARUS

P.44

09:15 P.34 THE CAGE FIGHTER

11 11:30

Films

12 12:15 P.81 SOLDIER 13

12:00 P.79 LINDY LOU, JUROR NUMBER 2 +Q&A

11:45 P.50 WILDERS + DISCUSSION + Q&A

12:00 P.43 ELIÁN +Q&A

09:45 P.40 ANTÚNEZ HOUSE + THE EARTH DID NOT SPEAK

09:30 STEP

P.71

Curzon 1

09:00 P.77 GEEK GIRLS + DIRTY GIRLS (INDUSTRY ONLY)

13:00 P.75 BENDING THE ARC

12:30 P.90 CITY OF THE SUN + Q&A

12:15 P.41 CITY OF GHOSTS

12:00 P.35 DRIB (INDUSTRY ONLY)

Alternate Realities Talks & Sessions

Marketplace & Talent Parties & Social

15:15 P.41 ARMED WITH FAITH + Q&A

15:15 P.55 THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON + Q&A

15:30 P.93 IN TIME TO COME + COMMODITY CITY

15:15 P.86 DOC/THINK SHORTS

15:00 P.35 MY MOTHER IS PINK

P.165

WHAT’S THEIR STORY? ...ANAND PARTWARDAN

17:00 P.42 DOC/ DISPATCH 18:00 P.74 ...WHEN YOU LOOK AWAY + Q&A

18:30

P.94

18:00 P.60 SCHOOL LIFE + Q&A

THE OWEDS (LIVE PERFORMANCE)

18:15 P.75 CHASING CORAL + Q&A

18:15 P.51 THE WORKERS CUP

18:30 P.98 DOC/VISIONS SHORTS

18:00 P.66 BRUK OUT! + Q&A

18:00

21:00 P.55 DINA + Q&A

21:15 P.77 FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF + Q&A

21:30 P.68 GIVE ME FUTURE

21:15 P.49 WHOSE STREETS? + OFFICER INVOLVED +Q&A

21:30 P.47 RADIO KOBANI

21:15 P.71 QUEERCORE: HOW TO PUNK A REVOLUTION + Q&A

21:00 P.35 DRIB + Q&A

19:30 P.211 TUDOR SQUARE BY NIGHT

21:15 P.103 WARRENDALE

Films

Alternate Realities

Talks & Sessions

Marketplace

P.165

IN CONVERSATION...

19:30 P.88 THE BOMB

P.165

DIGGING DEEPER: EXPLORING IDEAS BEHIND MOTHERLAND

16:00

15:15 P.76 DEAD DONKEYS FEAR NO HYENAS + Q&A

14:30 P.100 DISPUTE: ROUND 1 AND 2

P.165

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: DAILY REVIEW, INCLUDING STRONG ISLAND

13:30

15:00 P.92 DEATH IN THE TERMINAL + RUBBER 16 COATED STEEL

09:30 P.210 BREAKFAST RECEPTION

11:00

P.115

WHICKER’S WORLD FOUNDATION FUNDING AWARD WINNER (INDUSTRY ONLY)

Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Parties & Social

Crucible Studio

Crucible Adelphi

ITV Town Hall ITV Town Hall Reception Reception Room A Room B

Cutlers Hall

Other

09:30 P.198 10:00 P.154

10:00 P.154

10:00 P.155

COMMISONER QUESTION TIME: FEATURE LENGTH FOR ALL PLATFORMS

HOW TO MAKE LOVE ON THE TELEVISION

CANADIAN CREATIVE COLLABORATIONS: VR & INTERACTIVE

DOCS & TRAUMA: A SURVIVOR’S GUIDE FOR 2017

HOW TO MAKE FAST TURNAROUND DOCS

MAIN HALL MEETMARKET AND ALTERNATE REALITIES MARKET

09:45 MARKETPLACE CAFÉ MARKET SWITCHBOARD

12:00 P.155

12:00 P.156

12:00 P.155

12:00 P.156

COMMISONER QUESTION TIME: ARTS DOCUMENTARY FOR ALL PLATFORMS

BBC NORTHERN DOCS PITCH

EXTREME FACTUAL: NO PAIN NO GAIN?

BAFTA & VIRTUAL REALITY

THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD PRESENTS: HOW TO PITCH YOUR ACADEMIC IDEA

10:00

P. 130 – P.132 P. 137 – P.139 MILLENNIUM GALLERY ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION

11:00 P.128 THEATRE DELICATESSEN DOOM ROOM

Other

09:00 P.95

09:00 P.59

SHOWROOM CAFÉ PLAYBACK EXHIBITION

CURZON 2 QUEST (INDUSTRY ONLY)

09:00 P.20

10:00 P.198

SHOWROOM CAFÉ DOC/PLAYER LOUNGE

CUTLERS’ HALL, OLD BANQUETING HALL ROUND TABLES AND 10-MINUTE MEETS

11:15 P.210

11:30 P.115

CRUCIBLE BAR CANADIAN CELEBRATION BRUNCH

CURZON 2 WORK IN PROGRESS 2: THE DREAD PIRATE ROBERTS (INDUSTRY ONLY)

Other 09

10 10:00 P. 133 – P.136 VR PORTAL ON TUDOR 11 SQUARE VR CAMPFIRE AT UPPER CHAPEL 12 ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION

Schedule

Crucible Theatre

Films

Monday 12 June

14:30 P.157

CELEBRATE THE QUEERS: MAKING LGBTQ+ DOCS

EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF VIRTUAL REALITY DISTRIBUTION

18:00 P.158 THE REAL FULL MONTY WITH ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG AND ASHLEY BANJO

16:30 P.157

16:30 P.158

THE CHANNEL 4 INTERVIEW: NICK HOLT & KATH MATTOCK (THE TRIAL: A MURDER IN THE FAMILY)

HOW DO YOU REACH THE OTHER 99%? THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES

THE GUARDIAN DOCUMENTARY PITCH IN ASSOCIATION WITH IBT

EXPLORING THE AMERICAN MARKETS

18:30 P.158 CHARLES HAZLEWOOD: EXPLORING MY OWN BEATLES BLACK ALBUM

17:45 P.211 DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE DRINKS RECEPTION

16:00 P.210 GRAVES GALLERY DISCOVERY DRINKS RECEPTION

18:00

P. 130 – P.132 P. 137 – P.139 MILLENNIUM GALLERY ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION – LATE OPENING

18:00 P.211 TAMPER BFI FILM FUND PITCH DRINKS RECEPTION

18:45 P.129

19:00 P.211 CRUCIBLE BAR ITV DRINKS

20:00 P.211 WINTER GARDEN IRISH DELEGATION RECEPTION

OCTAGON CENTRE SPECIAL PREVIEW: ‘8 MINUTES’ PERFORMANCE BY ALEXANDER WHITLEY DANCE COMPANY

22:00– P.211 02:00

CODE THE CHANNEL 4 PARTY

Films

Alternate Realities

Talks & Sessions

Marketplace

Parties & Social

Talks & Sessions

14:30 P.157

CHANNEL 4 FIRST CUT PITCH

Marketplace & Talent

14:30 P.156

COMMISONER QUESTION TIME: SPECIALIST FACTUAL FOR ALL PLATFORMS

Parties & Social

14:30 P.156

Alternate Realities

Tuesday 13 June Showroom 1

Showroom 2

PBS America Showroom 3

Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4

The Light Cinema 3

The Light Cinema 6

The Light Cinema 8

Schedule

09:15 P.100 FAR FROM VIETNAM

09:30 P.75 CHASING CORAL

09:15 P.85 THE WORK

09:30 P.48 STRONG ISLAND

09:45 P.82 THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN

10:00 P.95 RAT FILM

09:30 P.94 LEONORA CARRINGTON – THE LOST SURREALIST

Curzon 1

09:00 P.50 WINNIE (INDUSTRY ONLY)

Films

12:15 P.55 THE DEATH AND LIFE OF 13 MARSHA P. JOHNSON + Q&A

12:00 P.110 ACCIDENTAL ANARCHIST + Q&A

11:45 P.79 OINK + Q&A

12:15 P.43 THE FORCE

12:30 P.66 BRUK OUT! + Q&A

12:15 P.82 THE THIRD OPTION + Q&A

12:00 P.37 RAILWAY SLEEPERS + Q&A

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

15 15:15 P.96 SPETTACOLO + Q&A

18:00 RISK

P.47

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

15:00 P.44 INSHA’ALLAH DEMOCRACY + Q&A

15:15 P.58 MR. GAY SYRIA + BAYARD AND ME + Q&A

15:30 P.34 BRIMSTONE & GLORY

15:15 P.50 WILDERS

15:00 P.56 FOR AHKEEM + Q&A

18:15 P.91 DO DONKEYS ACT? + Q&A

18:00 P.58 MOTHERLAND + ALL THAT IS

18:15 P.65 AMERICAN VALHALLA + Q&A

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: DAILY REVIEW, INCLUDING FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF

13:15 P.77 FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF

13:30

15:30 P.74 A RIVER BELOW

21:15 P.89 BREXITANNIA + Q&A

21:00 P.111 CARNAGE – SWALLOWING THE PAST

21:15 P.84 WASTED! THE STORY OF FOOD WASTE + Q&A

16:00

18:00 RAGE

P.80

18:00 18:15 P.52 DOC/EXPOSE SHORTS

18:30 P.49 WHOSE STREETS? + OFFICER INVOLVED

19:00 P.67 EVEN WHEN I FALL

21:30 P.35 MY MOTHER IS PINK

21:00 P.88 BEUYS + Q&A

21:15 P.90 CASTING JONBENET

Talks & Sessions

Marketplace

P.165

19:30 P.212 TUDOR SQUARE BY NIGHT

21:30 P.96 ULYSSES IN THE SUBWAY (3D) + Q&A

Alternate Realities

P.165

IN CONVERSATION

Films

P.165

DIGGING DEEPER... EXPLORING IDEAS BEHIND ICARUS

WHAT’S THEIR STORY? ...METTE HOFFMAN MEYER

21:00 P.65 A MODERN MAN

P.165

11:15 P.34 BRIMSTONE AND GLORY (INDUSTRY ONLY)

09:30 P.211 BREAKFAST RECEPTION

11:00

Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Parties & Social

Crucible Studio

Crucible Adelphi

ITV Town Hall ITV Town Hall Reception Reception Room A Room B

Cutlers’ Hall

09:30 P.198 10:00 P.159

10:00 P.159

10:00 P.160

10:00 P.39

COMMISSIONER QUESTION TIME: SHORTS FOR ALL PLATFORMS

SENSITIVE ACCESS COMMISSIONS WITH CHANNEL 5

CLIMATE CHANGE: THE GREATEST STORY OF OUR TIME?

SITUATION CRITICAL: MAKING STARK REALITY HOSPITAL DOCS

WHAT DOES BREXIT LOOK LIKE?

MAIN HALL MEETMARKET AND ALTERNATE REALITIES MARKET

09:45 MARKETPLACE CAFÉ MARKET SWITCHBOARD

12:00 P.161

12:00 P.160

12:00 P.161

12:00 P.39

COMMISSIONER QUESTION TIME: FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT FOR ALL PLATFORMS

YOUTH IN REVOLT: MAKING DOCS POSTYOUTUBE

BAFTA MASTERCLASS: MAKING TRUE CRIME DOCS & SERIES

STANDING OUT FROM THE CROWD: THE DIRECTOR’S VOICE IN FACTUAL TV

14:00 P.162

DOCUMENTARIES ON CHANNEL 5: EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW

LISTEN TO BRITAIN – AGAIN!

GOING FURTHER – WORKING WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Other

09:00 P.95

09:00 P.93

SHOWROOM CAFÉ PLAYBACK EXHIBITION

CURZON 2 GHOST HUNTING (INDUSTRY ONLY)

10:00 P.198 CUTLERS HALL OLD BANQUETING HALL ROUND TABLES AND 10-MINUTE MEETS

09:00 P.20 SHOWROOM CAFÉ DOC/PLAYER LOUNGE

11:00 P.115 CURZON 2 WORK IN PROGRESS 3: THE DISAPPEARED (INDUSTRY ONLY)

Other

Other 09

10:00

P. 130 – P.132 P. 137 – P.139 MILLENNIUM GALLERY ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION

10:00 P. 133 – P.136

VR PORTAL ON TUDOR SQUARE 11 VR CAMPFIRE AT UPPER CHAPEL ALTERNATE REALITIES 12 EXHIBITION

Schedule

Crucible Theatre

Films

Tuesday 13 June

13:30 P.161

17:45 P.211

IAN HISLOP & JOLYON RUBINSTEIN: POST-TRUTH & SATIRE

18:30 P.30 LEADMILL JOE COCKER: MAD WITH SOUL + DISCUSSION

CRUCIBLE BAR REAL STORIES DRINKS RECEPTION

20:00 P.212 SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST AWARDS CEREMONY

18:00 P.212 18:30 P.212 WINTER GARDEN IMAGE NATION ABU DHABI CELEBRATES THE UK/UAE YEAR OF CULTURE

TAMPER BFI FILM AUDIENCE NETWORK DRINKS

22:00 P.212 – 02:00 PLUG GUILTY PLEASURES PARTY : POWER TO THE PEOPLE

Films

Alternate Realities

Talks & Sessions

Marketplace

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

17:30 P.162

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Parties & Social

DOC/QUESTION TIME: IS THE MEDIA FAILING TO REFLECT THE REAL OPINIONS OF THE PEOPLE?

Wednesday 14 June Showroom 1

Showroom 2

PBS America Showroom 3

Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4

Schedule

Showroom Café 09:00

P.78 10 09:45 JAHA’S PROMISE

09:30 P.83 TROPHY

09:30 P.58 MOTHERLAND + ALL THAT IS

09:15 P.85 THE WORK

Films

12:00 P.107 DAUGHTERS OF DESTINY EPISODES 13 1 & 2

12:15 P.93 GHOST HUNTING

12:15 P.71 QUEERCORE: HOW TO PUNK A REVOLUTION

Virtual Reality Portal on Tudor Square

Virtual Reality Campfire at Upper Chapel

Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

10:00 P. 130 – P.132 P. 137 – P.139 ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION

10:00 P. 133 – P.134 ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION

10:00 P. 135 – P.136 ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION

11:00

P.95

SHOWROOM CAFÉ PLAYBACK EXHIBITION

09:00 P. 20 DOC/PLAYER LOUNGE

Millennium Gallery

12:00 P.68 GIVE ME FUTURE

12:30

13:30

Alternate Realities Talks & Sessions

15:00 P.40 69 MINUTES OF 86 DAYS

15:15 P.113 FOCUS/UK SHORTS

Marketplace & Talent Parties & Social

P.165

DIGGING DEEPER: EXPLORING IDEAS BEHIND ALTERNATE REALITIES EXHIBITION

15:15 P.60 SCHOOL LIFE 16:00

P.165

WHAT’S THEIR STORY?

17:30 P.163 BRUCE PARRY: FROM THE FORESTS OF BORNEO TO THE ISLE OF SKYE

18:00 P.43 THE FORCE

15:00 P.111 CARNAGE – SWALLOWING THE PAST

P.212

THE GREAT GET TOGETHER: INSPIRED BY JO COX

P.165

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: AWARDS ROUND UP, FEATURING ILLUMINATE AWARD

19:15 BEST OF FEST 20

19:00 P.28 JO COX: DEATH OF AN MP + DISCUSSION

20:30 P.72 21 WHITNEY “CAN I BE ME” 21:30 P.65 AMERICAN VALHALLA

21:15 P.38 SPOOKERS

21:15 BEST OF FEST

20:45 P.212 CLOSING NIGHT DRINKS

Films

Alternate Realities

Talks & Sessions

Marketplace

Parties & Social

Outdoor Screens

10:00 P. 117 DOCSERCISE – HOPPING AND TAPPING

10:00 DOCSERCISE – HORSESHOE

P. 117

10:00 P. 118 DOCSERCISE – WARM UP AND STEP OUT

10 10:00 P. 119 DOCSERCISE – HOPPING AND TAPPING 11

12:00 P. 116 SHORTS: STOP & PLAY

12:00 P. 116 SHORTS: YORKSHIRE MIX – SECOND COURSE

12:00 P. 117 SHORTS: ANIMATED OBJECTS

12:00 P. 117 SHORTS: STOP & PLAY

12:00 P. 118 SHORTS: SUPER EXPERIMENTAL

12 12:00 P. 119 SHORTS: 13 OTHER WORLDLY

14:00 P. 116 SHORTS: YORKSHIRE MIX – FIRST COURSE

14:00 P. 116 SHORTS: OTHER WORLDLY

14:00 P. 117 SHORTS: MADE IN CUBA!

14:00 P. 117 SHORTS: MANIFEST

14:00 P. 118 SHORTS: YORKSHIRE MIX – FIRST COURSE

14 14:00 P. 119 THE PENGEST MUNCH 15 – WINGS ‘N’ DAT

16:00 P. 116 SHORTS: WILD VISIONS

16:00 P. 116 SHORTS: SPECTRUM

16:00 P. 117 SHORTS: AGE / SEX / LOCATION

16:00 P. 117 THE PENGEST MUNCH – EXTRA WING$

16:00 P. 118 SHORTS: PROTEST!

16 16:00 P. 119 SHORTS: POWER 17 AND CHANGE

18:00 P. 116 SHORTS: PROTEST!

18:00 P. 116 SHORTS: POWER AND CHANGE

18:00 P. 117 SHORTS: MATTERREALITY

18:00 P. 117 SHORTS: WILD VISIONS

18:00 P. 118 SHORTS: SPECTRUM

20:00 P. 116 FRIDAY NIGHT – FREE MOVIE!

20:00 P. 116 SATURDAY NIGHT – FREE MOVIE!

20:00 P. 117 SUNDAY NIGHT – FREE MOVIE!

20:00 P. 117 MONDAY NIGHT – FREE MOVIE!

20:00 P. 118 TUESDAY NIGHT – FREE MOVIE!

18 19 20 21 22 23

Free Screen on Tudor Square Fri 9 Jun

Wed 14 Jun

Sat 10 Jun

Sun 11 Jun

Mon 12 Jun

Tue 13 Jun

10:00 P. 116 DOCSERCISE – MAMBO AND HELICOPTER

10:00 P. 117 DOCSERCISE – JUMPS AND SPLITS

10:00 P. 117 DOCSERCISE – DIAGONAL AROUND THE WORLD

10:00 P. 118 DOCSERCISE – MAMBO AND HELICOPTER

10 10:00 P. 119 DOCSERCISE – 11 JUMPS AND SPLITS

12:00 P. 116 SHORTS: AGE / SEX / LOCATION

12:00 P. 116 SHORTS: ANIMATED OBJECTS

12:00 P. 117 SHORTS: SPECTRUM

12:00 P. 117 SHORTS: YORKSHIRE MIX – SECOND COURSE

12:00 P. 118 SHORTS: AGE / SEX / LOCATION

12 12:00 P. 119 SHORTS: YORKSHIRE MIX – SECOND COURSE 13

14:00 P. 116 SHORTS: MANIFEST

14:00 P. 116 SHORTS: MATTERREALITY

14:00 P. 117 SHORTS: YORKSHIRE MIX – FIRST COURSE

14:00 P. 117 THE PENGEST MUNCH – WINGS ‘N’ DAT

14:00 P. 118 SHORTS: ANIMATED OBJECTS

14:00 P. 119 SHORTS: MANIFEST

16:00 P. 116 SHORTS: MADE IN CUBA!

16:00 P. 116 SHORTS: STOP & PLAY

16:00 P. 117 SHORTS: WILD VISIONS

16:00 P. 117 SHORTS: OTHER WORLDLY

16:00 P. 118 SHORTS: MATTERREALITY

16 16:00 P. 119 THE PENGEST MUNCH 17 – EXTRA WING$

18:00 P. 116 THE PENGEST MUNCH – WINGS ‘N’ DAT

18:00 P. 116 THE PENGEST MUNCH – EXTRA WING$

18:00 P. 117 SHORTS: CROSS THE LINE

18:00 P. 117 SHORTS: POWER AND CHANGE

18:00 P. 118 SHORTS: MADE IN CUBA!

20:00 FRIDAY NIGHT – FREE MOVIE!

20:00 P. 116 SATURDAY NIGHT – FREE MOVIE!

20:00 P. 117 SUNDAY NIGHT – FREE MOVIE!

20:00 P. 117 MONDAY NIGHT – FREE MOVIE!

20:00 P. 118 TUESDAY NIGHT – FREE MOVIE!

P. 116

Schedule

10:00 P. 116 DOCSERCISE – WARM UP AND STEP OUT

Alternate Realities

Tue 13 Jun

Films

Sun 11 Jun

Talks & Sessions

Mon 12 Jun

Wed 14 Jun

Sat 10 Jun

14 15

Marketplace

Fri 9 Jun

18 19 20 21 22

Parties & Social

The Light Cinema Free Screen on Howard Street

Films

Alternate Realities

Talks & Sessions

Marketplace

Parties & Social

Look for the symbol 

LGBTQ+

Doc/Fest is proud and committed to supporting diverse voices and representation in film. Look out for  to see which films are made by female next to directors or producers, and films featuring LGBTQ+ subject matter.

Doc/Player

Your Festival Pass gives you access to Doc/Player, one of the best digital platforms in the world to view documentaries seeking sales, distribution, and screening opportunities. Look out for to see which films are available on Doc/Player. Doc/Player is located in the Showroom Café during the Festival, and is available online for six weeks following at docplayer.sheffdocfest.com

Luke W. Moody

Director of Film Programming Sheffield Doc/Fest

In times of flux these films offer wonderfully different gestations of response to storytelling, from urgent to slow journalism, from absurd to mirthful trips. I believe in non-fiction filmmakers as our navigators between information and perspective, evidence and point of view, proof and wild possibilities. I hope that the Film Programme provides a forum for both expansion and determination of your mindsets – that what we view on the screen together and discuss with the filmmakers allows us to communicate and not fear, shout down or belittle those we disagree with.

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

The Film Programme displays a moving presence of international documentaries that explore deep societal ills, like Damon Davis’s and Sabaah Jordan’s Whose Streets (p.49) and Raed Andoni’s Ghost Hunting (p.93), and record frontline environmental dilemmas first-hand such as Julia Dahr and Kisilu Musya’s Thank You for the Rain (p.82) and Shaul Schwarz’s and Christina Clusiau’s Trophy (p.83). This year’s spectrum of films will be broadened to include avant garde works from the seminal to the subliminal that recognise our digital horizon of screens, and pixelated worlds from Theo Anthony’s rambunctious Rat Film (p.95) to Hannah Jones’ performance work Oweds.

Talks & Sessions

As a Yorkshire native I’m proud to be back in the city where I first discovered independent cinema, curating my first Doc/Fest film programme for you. Since I joined the team in November, we’ve been powering up, working our way through strong mugs of tea and hefty slices of reality, fueling an addiction to non-fiction. We’re now rather ready to greet you in Sheffield with a Festival of stories that will hypnotise, rouse and illuminate your soul for these days and future memories.

Marketplace & Talent

Greetings documentary lovers.

Parties & Social

Films

Awards

Grand Jury Award

Schedule

supported by Screen International & Broadcast Chosen from a selection of the best films in the programme, the Grand Jury Award will honour one film that best displays excellence in style, substance, and approach to documentary filmmaking.

Art Doc Award Celebrating new forms of documentary storytelling on the big screen, the Art Doc Award recognises bold, innovative non-fiction film.

Films

The winning filmmaker will be awarded a £2,000 cash prize.

Jurors

Jurors Andrea Arnold

Nico Marzano

Andrea is a British filmmaker. She has directed Academy Award and Cannes Grand Jury Prize winning works. Her films include Wasp, Fish Tank and American Honey.

Nico curates the Cinema and Film Programme at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London (ICA), bringing a unique programme of independent and socially relevant films to UK audiences.

Anand Patwardhan

Renée Mussai

Anand is Indian documentary filmmaker. All his films, including War and Peace (2002) and Jai Bhim Comrade (2011), focus on potent socio-political and human rights issues.

Renée is a London-based curator and scholar of photography, with special interest in African, Black British, and diasporic practices. She has worked with photographic arts charity Autograph ABP since 2001, where she is Curator and Head of Archive.

Paul Mason

Journalist, Filmmaker

Sophia al Maria

Paul is former Economics Editor at Channel 4 News and BBC Two’s Newsnight. Recent work includes #ThisIsaCoup, Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere at Young Vic and PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future.

Sophia is a Qatari-American artist, writer, and filmmaker. She studied Comparative Literature at the American University in Cairo, and Aural and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Alternate Realities

Filmmaker

Talks & Sessions Marketplace & Talent Parties & Social 22

Head of Film Programming / ICA London

Nominations City of Ghosts

p.41

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

p.55

Dina

p.55

Ghost Hunting

p.93

Risk

p.47

The Work

p.85

Curator and Head of Archive / Autograph ABP

Filmmaker

Nominations Brimstone & Glory

p.34

City of the Sun

p.90

Do Donkeys Act?

p.91

DRIB

p.35

In Time to Come

p.93

My Mother is Pink

p.35

Jurors

The winning filmmaker will be awarded a £2,000 cash prize.

Jurors Brenda Coughlin Producer

Hajooj Kuka

Brenda is a producer of Academy Award-nominated Dirty Wars (2013) and of three of Laura Poitras’ recent projects: her new film Risk (p.47), Academy Awardwinning CITIZENFOUR, and her exhibition Astro Noise.

Hajooj is a Sudanese filmmaker whose feature documentary, Beats of the Antonov, won the People’s Choice Documentary Award at Toronto International Film Festival 2014. Hajooj also trains young filmmakers across Sudan.

Joanna Natasegara

James Sadri

Joanna is an Academy Award-winning producer and Founder of UK-based production company Violet Films.

James is Co-Director of The Syria Campaign, a global advocacy group elevating the demands of civilians in the conflict. He has previously worked for Greenpeace, BBC and the UN.

Wendy Ide

Liz Cook

Wendy is a film critic who writes for The Observer and Screen International, and previously wrote for The Times and The Sunday Herald. She programmed the short film strand for the London Film Festival for four years.

Liz is Director of Documentary at Kickstarter. Previously, she worked in India with composer A.R. Rahman, and in NYC for distributer SnagFilms.

Filmmaker

Founder and Producer / Violet Films

Campaigner, Organiser

Film Critic

Nominations

Schedule

The Environmental Award supported by Discovery is given to the documentary that best addresses or raises awareness of the environmental challenges faced by the world.

Films

The winning filmmaker will be awarded a £1,000 cash prize.

supported by Discovery Communications

Director of Documentary / Kickstarter

Nominations

Even When I Fall

p.67

Insha’Allah Democracy

p.44

Chasing Coral

Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas p.76

p.75

Mama Colonel

p.45

The Last Animals

p.78

Strong Island

p.48

A River Below

p.74

Whose Streets?

p.49

Thank You For The Rain

p.82

Winnie

p.50

Trophy

p.83

Alternate Realities

This award recognses a film and filmmaker which best reflects journalist Tim Hetherington’s legacy. The jury will be chaired by a representative of The Tim Hetherington Trust.

Environmental Award

Talks & Sessions

supported by Dogwoof

Marketplace & Talent

Tim Hetherington Award

Parties & Social

Awards

Illuminate Award

The Illuminate Award celebrates vibrant and innovative filmmaking inspired by scientific understanding. The winning filmmaker will be awarded a £1,000 cash prize.

Jurors

supported by Virgin Money Lounge Sheffield This award celebrates the best short films in the Festival, made by emerging and established filmmakers from around the world. The winning filmmaker will be awarded a £1,000 cash prize.

Jurors Chiara Marañón

Eloise King

Chiara is the UK Programming Director at MUBI, a unique online cinema that offers a curated selection of classic, cult and festival films to a global audience.

Eloise is the UK Digital Programming Executive Producer at VICE & Global Executive Producer of i-D & Amuse, a producer/director, and Co-Founder of Women on Docs.

Simran Hans

José Rodriguez

Simran is a writer for publications including BuzzFeed, Dazed, The FADER, The Guardian and Sight & Sound amongst others. She also produces and programmes the feminist screening series Bechdel Test Fest.

José is Director of Documentary Programs at Tribeca Film Institute where he oversees the growth and funding for all documentary funds, and holds filmmaker workshops throughout Latin America.

Sophie Monks Kaufman Journalist

Mustafa Khalili

Sophie is a freelance film journalist and contributing editor of Little White Lies. I Do Not Sleep, her directorial debut, will emerge soon.

Mustafa is a multi-award-winning filmmaker and Deputy Global Head of Video and Audio at The Guardian, overseeing multimedia news coverage.

Executive Producer

Journalist, Programmer and Producer / Bechdel Test Fest

Talks & Sessions Marketplace & Talent Parties & Social 24

Short Doc Award

Programming Director / MUBI

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

developed with Wellcome

Nominations

Director of Documentary programs / Tribeca Film Institute

Filmmaker

Nominations

The Departure

p.76

Edith+Eddie

p.63

Spookers

p.31

The Fish

p.98

The Third Option

p.82

The Rabbit Hunt

p.38

Unrest

p.83

Raj and Rebellion

p.38

Unseen Enemy

p.84

Waiting for Hassana

p.52

...When You Look Away

p.74

War Memorial

p.98

Pulse Films

Julia runs the feature documentary slate at Pulse Films. Recent credits include Trophy (p.83, Sundance US Doc Competition 2017), One More Time with Feeling (Venice Film Festival 2016), and Sundance Best Director Winner 2016 for All These Sleepless Nights.

For us as a jury, the debates sparked by these films are riveting and expansive, and we are delighted in knowing they will undoubtedly catalyse important conversation. ~ Claudia Lee

Jurors

Laure Bonville

Alex Lancastle

Alex is a Film Production student and aspiring documentary cinematographer. He’s shot documentaries, comedy shorts, and commercials and was part of the 2016 Doc/Fest film crew.

BFI London Film Festival

Laure is a film programmer at BFI London Film Festival where she oversees the documentary and non-fiction films and contributes to the French selection.

Chris Middlehurst

Chris has a fascination with watching, making, writing, and talking about films and documentaries. He previously worked at the Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds.

Reggie Yates Broadcaster

Claudia Lee

Reggie is an award-winning broadcaster, writer and director who has established himself as an esteemed documentary maker for the BBC, with more quality programmes set to be filmed this year.

Claudia is an avid film enthusiast and aspiring director and editor. She hopes to create films that capture the essence of the human experience.

Fatima Handulleh

Born and raised in Sweden, Fatima is a law student who’s quickly grown to love the legal and political aspects of the documentary film industry.

Nominations Antúnez House

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Artemio

p.54

Übermensch

p.72

Uriel and Jade

p.63

White Mountain

p.98

You Are Still Somebody’s Someone

p.63

Parmida Mahalli

Parmida studies Film and Television Production. Born in Iran and raised in Dubai, with a strong interest in women’s rights, she has made documentaries about women around the world.

Nominations

Schedule Films

Julia Nottingham

Alternate Realities

Jurors

The notion that documentaries possess a unique political power couldn’t be more true in consideration of this year’s Youth Jury selection. In today’s turbulent political climate and despite their vastly differing locations, these films are united in their individual battles to communicate issues that have a tangible and undeniable relevance to today’s youth. From the Syrian refugee crisis, to racism in America, this year’s selection is composed of outstanding examples of documentary filmmaking, each pushing the boundaries of the genre.

69 Minutes of 86 Days

p.40

Rat Film

p.95

the bomb

p.88

The Road Movie

p.37

Jaha’s Promise

p.78

Talks & Sessions

This award discovers and showcases the future of documentary film, celebrating emerging talent that presents the world through new eyes and embodies fresh perspective, brilliance, and innovation.

Youth Jury Award

Marketplace & Talent

New Talent Award

Parties & Social

Awards

Awards & Prizes

Doc Audience Award

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

supported by Curzon Home Cinema Voted for by the Sheffield Doc/Fest cinema audiences, this award recognises the film that receives the highest audience vote during the Festival. Sheffield’s public audience and industry delegates have the chance to honour their favourite films and projects with the Doc Audience Award supported by Curzon Home Cinema and the Alternate Realities Audience Award. Dr Clifford Shaw, who passed away in 2015, was a great cinephile and supporter of Doc/Fest and the Sheffield film community. The Doc Audience Award is given in his honour. Past winners include The Look of Silence by Joshua Oppenheimer, 5 Broken Cameras by Emad Burmat, The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer, Still the Enemy Within by Owen Gower and most recently Presenting Princess Shaw by Ido Haar for Doc Audience Award, and New Dimensions in Testimony by Heather Maio and Home – An Immersive Spacewalk Experience by Kate Bartlett and Tom Burton for the Alternate Realities Audience Awards. To vote, look out for volunteers with tear-slips.

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

The winning filmmaker will be awarded a £1,000 cash prize.

Whicker’s World Funding Award Each year £80,000 will be awarded to a new director with the most promising pitch for an authored documentary which fulfils the core criteria of the foundation and can be completed for screening with this award. A second award of £15,000 will be granted to contribute to a film fund for a runner-up.

Whicker’s World Sage Award To help recognise a TV or audio professional who has come to air with an authored story for the first time, a prize of £5,000 will be awarded with a filmmakers with an over 50 qualification age.

Doc/Dispatch Prize supported by Deutsche Welle

The Doc/Dispatch Prize is a brand new initiative for producers and filmmakers of topical, urgent, and fast-turnaround stories from around the world. At the screening, audience members will vote to select the winner of the Doc/Dispatch Prize supported by Deutsche Welle worth £1,000.

Films

Queerama

Opening Night Film

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Director: Daisy Asquith

Part of the Doc/Love Strand Associated talk: Doc/Fest Exchange – Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Queerama (p.164) Producer: Catryn Ramasut Country: UK Year: 2017 Duration: 75 mins Format: Digital File Premiere: World

Director’s Filmography: Greatest Motherf***er (2017), After the Dance (2015), Velorama (2014), Crazy About One Direction (2013), Britain: My New Home (2011)

Sales Contact: Catryn Ramasut, ieie Email: catryn@ieieproductions.com

Parties & Social

Mining the jewels of the BFI archive, Queerama tells the story of an extraordinary century of gay experiences. Directed by Daisy Asquith with a soundtrack by Alison Goldfrapp, Hercules & Love Affair, and John Grant, the film takes us into the relationships, desires, fears, and expressions of gay men and women in the 20th century – a century of incredible change.

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Fri 09 June / 19:00 / City Hall Oval Hall

Films

Wed 14 June / 19:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Discussion

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Jo Cox: Death of an MP

Closing Night Film

The British MP Jo Cox was murdered just days before the EU referendum. Through the testimony of those closest to the crime – including Jo’s family, detectives who investigated the murder, and those who knew her attacker – this film reveals the complex set of circumstances that caused one man with extreme political views to commit an act of terrible violence.

Director: Toby Paton

Come together for refreshments before the screening at 5pm on Tudor Square for our Doc/Fest Great Get Together Inspired by Jo Cox (p. 212), and hold your own Get Together from 16-18 June when the Jo Cox Foundation leads a national celebration of what we have in common. www.greatgettogether.org Join us in the ITV Bar after the screening to mark the end of the Festival and new beginnings with our Closing Night Drinks (p. 212). Producer: Toby Paton Country: UK Year: 2017 Duration: 60 mins Format: DCP

Director’s Filmography: 24 Hours in A&E (2016), 24 Hours in Police Custody (2015), Motorway: Life in the Fast Lane (2014), How to Get a Council House (2013)

Sales Contact: Janet Smyth, Amos Pictures Email: janet@amospictures.co.uk

Films

Docs Til Dawn

HyperNormalisation Sat 10 June / 22:00 / Showroom 1

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Contemporary Color + True Stories Fri 09 June / 21:45 / Showroom 1

Schedule

Special Events

Photo: Bill Ross

We start with a truly colourful cult double-bill pairing the eye splurge, ear pop David Byrne concert documentary Contemporary Color with the musical maestro’s wild 1986 directorial debut True Stories, a hybrid of small town mockumentary and weirdo musical in the age of shopping malls… featuring a singing John Goodman. On Saturday 10 June, power, politics and post-truth are woven, debunked and seismically lumped into almost three hours of Adam Curtis’ mental stretches for an after-dark screening of HyperNormalisation.

Contemporary Color Directors: Turner Ross, Bill Ross Year: 2016

True Stories Director: David Byrne Year: 1986

HyperNormalisation Director: Adam Curtis Year: 2016

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Welcome to our new late-night binges of cool, cult and classic documentaries on the big screen.

Films

Sun 11 June / 15:00 / The Light Cinema 3

Tue 13 June / 18:30 / The Leadmill + Discussion

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Joe Cocker: Mad Dog With Soul

An evening with one of the city’s wildest souls. Sheffield-born soul singer Joe Cocker is the gifted yet troubled subject of John Edginton’s latest documentary that tracks the star’s musical career and difficult journey to sobriety. With live acoustic performances, this is a unique opportunity to see Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul within the iconic Leadmill where he frequently performed.

Director: John Edginton

Part of the Doc/Rhythm Strand

Producers: John Edginton, Peter Worsley Country: UK, USA Year: 2016 Duration: 90 mins Format: DCP

Director’s Filmography: Genesis: Sum of the Parts (2015), Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here (2013), Divorce Jewish Style (2009), Robyn Hitchcock: I Often Dream of Trains (2009), Mumia Abu Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt? (1969)

Sales Contact: Peter Worsley, Eagle Rock Entertainment Email: peter.worsley@eagle-rock.com

Films

Spookers

Sat 10 June / 19:00 / Abbeydale Picturehouse

Sun 11 June / 09:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4

Director: Florian Habicht

Part of the Doc/Adventure Strand

Producers: Nick Batzias, Suzanne Walker, Lani-rain Feltham, Virginia Whitwell Country: Australia, New Zealand Year: 2016 Duration: 82 mins Format: DCP Premiere: European

Director’s Filmography: Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets (2014), Woodenhead (2003), Kaikohe Demolition (2004)

Sales Contact: Nick Batzias, Madman Entertainment Email: batz@madman.com.au

Parties & Social

Get ready for the fright of your life as we transform a 1920s picture palace into a terrifying cavern of thrills. Will you make it out alive? Join us for an interactive, immersive cinema experience to coincide with the European Premiere of Spookers which follows a group of performers in the southern hemisphere’s largest ‘scream park’. Not suitable for children or the faint of heart.

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Wed 14 June / 21:15 / PBS America Showroom 3

Schedule

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Films

Sun 11 June / 18:15 / City Hall Irwin Mitchell Oval Hall + Q&A Wed 14 June / 20:30 / Showroom 1

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Whitney “Can I Be Me”

Special Events

Whitney Houston was a sure thing, or as sure as the music industry had ever seen. A transcendent talent with pedigree and mentorship to match, she was going to be the greatest female vocalist ever. For a time she was, and then she all-too-publicly fell short.

Directors: Nick Broomfield Rudi Dolezal

This special screening will be followed by a Q&A between Nick Broomfield and radio presenter Sarah Jane Crawford, followed by a live performance by singer Michelle John.

Part of the Doc/Rhythm Strand Associated talk: The BBC Interview: Louis Theroux meets Nick Broomfield (p.153) Producers: Nick Broomfield, Marc Hoeferlin Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 104 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK

Director’s Filmography: Tales of the Grim Sleeper (2014), Sex: My British Job (2013), Sarah Palin: You Betcha! (2011), Battle for Haditha (2007) Website: www.whitneyhoustonfilm.com

Sales Contact: Jonathan Ford, Content Film Email: jonathan.ford@contentmediacorp.com

Films in this strand —

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My Mother is Pink On the Edge of Freedom Ouaga Girls The Rabbit Hunt Railway Sleepers Raj and the Rebellion The Road Movie Spookers

p.35 p.36 p.36 p.39 p.37 p.39 p.37 p.38

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Artificial Sunshine Balloonfest Brimstone & Glory The Cage Fighter Clowns Deer Squad: The Movie DRIB Fish Story Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy

Films

Take a ride through thrilling tales, dramatic challenges, sports documentaries, and road trips.

Alternate Realities

Doc/Adventure

Schedule

Films

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Films

Brimstone & Glory

Doc/Adventure

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| Tue 13 June / 11:15 / Curzon 1 | Tue 13 June / 15:30 / The Light Cinema 3 Director: Viktor Jakovleski Producers: Kellen Quinn, Elizabeth Lodge Stepp, Dan Janvey Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 67 mins Format: DCP Premiere: European Director’s Filmography: Angst (2006)

Doc/Fest Art Doc Award Nominee

Through stunning cinematography, director Viktor Jakovleski takes us inside preparations for the annual pyrotechnic festival in Tultepec, Mexico. The job of making each exhibit bigger and better than before falls to local families who have been doing it for generations – often by trial and error. While the men strive for greater and greater glory, danger is never far away. ~ CN

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Sales Contact: Kellen Quinn Email: krquinn@gmail.com

Associated talk: Doc/Fest Exchange – About Last Night… daily review including Brimstone & Glory (p.165)

The Cage Fighter

Sat 10 June / 18:15 / The Light Cinema 8 + Q&A

| Mon 12 June / 09:15 / The Light Cinema 3 Director: Jeff Unay

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Sat 10 June / 21:15 / The Light Cinema 8 + Extended Q&A

Producers: Jeff Unay, James Orara Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 83 mins Format: DCP Premiere: International Website: www.thecagefighterfilm.com

This powerful vérité documentary tells the story of American Joe Carman. The 40-year-old blue collar worker gave up cage fighting years ago, but claims it’s the only arena where he feels confident. When he returns to fighting without the blessing of his wife and four daughters, his dangerous hobby soon threatens to tear the family apart. ~ CN

Sales Contact: Josh Braun, Submarine Entertainment Email: josh@submarine.com

Films

Doc/Fest Art Doc Award Nominee

DRIB is a fiction/documentary hybrid that re-enacts the story of a failed violent marketing scheme for a well-known energy drink. The film simultaneously exposes and revels in media manipulation as it explores the strange and painfully comic events of 2014 – with the person who ruined it all appearing in the role of himself. To avoid legal issues, the real energy drink brand has been replaced with a fictitious one: DRIB.

My Mother is Pink

Mon 12 June / 15:00 / The Light Cinema 8 + Q&A

Sales Contact: Sudan Wendt, TrustNordisk Email: susan@trustnordisk.com

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| Tue 13 June / 21:30 / The Light Cinema 3 Director: Cecilie Debell

Doc/Fest Art Doc Award Nominee

Performance artist Michael Richardt and his mother Malou are ready to go on a road trip around Denmark and Germany to rediscover each other. Cecilie Debell has created a touching, funny, and almost startlingly lively family story, where imagination has the first and last word. A cinematic letter about tolerance in a time that desperately needs it. Warning: This film contains flashing lights and may not be suitable for photosensitive epilepsy

Producer: Wenche Hugaas Jensen Country: Denmark Year: 2016 Duration: 75 mins Format: DCP Premiere: International Director’s Filmography: Cecile and Cecilie (2013) Sales Contact: Heidi Kim Andersen, Metronome Productions Email: heidi.kim@metronome.dk

Alternate Realities

Producers: Magne Lyngner, Riina Spørring Zachariassen Country: Norway Year: 2017 Duration: 90 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Internet Famous (2014), Whateverest (2013), Molo (2011)

Talks & Sessions

Director: Kristoffer Borgli

Films

Schedule

| Mon 12 June / 21:00 / The Light Cinema 8 + Q&A

Marketplace & Talent

Mon 12 June / 12:00 / Curzon 1

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Parties & Social

DRIB

Doc/Adventure

Films

Doc/Adventure

On the Edge of Freedom

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Schedule

Sat 10 June / 12:30 / The Light Cinema 8

Directors: Jens Lengerke Anita Mathal Hopland

Alternate Realities

Films

Producer: Søren Steen Jespersen Country: Denmark Year: 2017 Duration: 75 mins Format: DCP Premiere: International Sales Contact: Kim Christiansen, DR Sales Email: KIMC@dr.dk

Through urban exploring, many young Russians and Ukrainians have found a way to find their own identity through death defying stunts. By confronting fear, they seem to be taking control over their own lives. But the realities of the conflict-ridden post-Soviet era don’t go away just because you are 300 feet up above the city.

Ouaga Girls

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Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Sat 10 June / 09:30 / Showroom 1 + Q&A

Director: Theresa Traore Dahlberg

Photo: Momento Film

A group of young women from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso study at a girls school to become car mechanics. The class becomes their port of safety, joy and sisterhood, all while they go through the life changing transition into becoming adults in a country boiling with political changes.

Producers: David Herdies, Estelle Robin You Country: France, Sweden Year: 2017 Duration: 83 mins Format: Digital File Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Taxi Sister (2011) Sales Contact: David Herdies, Momento Film Email: david@momentofilm.se

Films

Doc/Adventure

Railway Sleepers

Producer: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Country: Thailand Year: 2016 Duration: 102 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Website: www.atatimepictures.com

Sompot Chidgasornpongse’s debut feature is a dreamy observation piece. A train departs from a station in rural Thailand on a twoday journey across the country. We are privy to the banter and introspection of our fellow passengers, which provide an intimate and often telling look at the (inter)personal behaviours of the different social classes. ~ SW

Director: Dmitrii Kalashnikov

Doc/Fest Youth Jury Award Nominee

In Dmitrii Kalashnikov’s mesmerising compilation of dash cam footage, we are spectators to a series of extraordinary moments. From reckless drivers and hammer wielding thugs, to extreme acts of nature and the occasional wild bear, this film is an eccentric portrait of contemporary Russia, as seen, all too briefly, through the front windscreen. ~ CN

Producer: Volia Chajkouskaya Country: Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Russia, Serbia Year: 2016 Duration: 67 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Film About Love (2015), Waiting for the Show (2015) Website: www.syndicado.com/menu/the-road-movie Sales Contact: Aleksandar Govedarica, Syndicado Email: aleksandar@syndicado.com

Talks & Sessions

| Sat 10 June / 14:45 / The Light Cinema 6

Marketplace & Talent

Fri 09 June / 12:30 / Showroom 1

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Parties & Social

The Road Movie

Sales Contact: Sompot Chidgasornpongse, At a Time Pictures Email: sompot.boat@gmail.com

Alternate Realities

Director: Sompot Chidgasornpongse

Films

Schedule

Tue 13 June / 12:00 / The Light Cinema 8 + Q&A

Films

Spookers

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| Sat 10 June / 14:45 / The Light Cinema 6 + Q&A

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Fri 09 June / 12:30 / Showroom 1

Doc/Adventure

Director: Florian Habicht

Doc/Fest Illuminate Award Nominee

As night falls at Spookers, dozens of seemingly ordinary people become freaks, zombies and chainsaw-wielding clowns. Every weekend, come rain, hail or shine, this diverse group of amateur performers unite to terrify punters at the southern hemisphere’s largest scream park, situated in a former psychiatric hospital. Director Florian Habicht reveals the transformative and paradoxically lifesaving power of belonging to a community that celebrates fear.

Producers: Nick Batzias, Suzanne Walker, Lani-rain Feltham, Virginia Whitwell Country: Australia, New Zealand Year: 2016 Duration: 82 mins Format: DCP Premiere: European Director’s Filmography: Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets (2014), Woodenhead (2003), Kaikohe Demolition (2004) Sales Contact: Nick Batzias, Madman Entertainment Email: batz@madman.com.au

Artificial Sunshine

Fish Story 

Conor Rollins | 18mins | UK | 2016 | World Premiere Email: conorrollins94@googlemail.com

Charlie Lyne | 13mins | UK | 2017 Email: charlie@thisisloop.com

Marketplace & Talent

Sat 10 June / 18:30 / The Light Cinema 6

Balloonfest 

Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy

Nathan Truesdell | 6mins | USA | 2016 | European Premiere Email: jamescgoncalves@gmail.com

Lewie Kloster | 4mins | USA | 2016 | European Premiere Email: ljk337@nyu.edu

Clowns 

The Rabbit Hunt 

Parties & Social

Talks & Sessions

Doc/Adventure Short Film Programme

Dana O’Keefe | 7mins | USA | 2017 | International Premiere Email: Bee@fieldofvision.org

Patrick Bresnan | 12mins | USA, Hungary | 2017 | UK Premiere Email: ivete@otislucas.com

Deer Squad: The Movie

Raj and the Rebellion 

Scott J. Ross | 5mins | USA | 2016 | UK Premiere Email: contact@scottjross.com

Nathan Reich | 16mins | USA | 2017 | World Premiere Email: nate.reich@gmail.com

Blackpool unfolds in a dream of kaleidoscopic neon. Its residents, history, and seductive promise collide against its pleasure dome of nostalgia and all that glitters. ~ SB

Mid-1980s Cleveland is excitedly gearing up for an event that will showcase the city: releasing 1.5 million balloons into the air. What could go wrong? ~ SB

Creepy clowns found a new lease of life in 2016, and spread like a pandemic across worldwide news. But who are the real monsters? ~ SB

Kelvin Peña, a charismatic 17-year-old from rural Pennsylvania, shares his story of going viral after befriending a group of wild deer in his backyard. ~ SB

Caspar Salmon recounts his grandma’s tale of a grand opening in Anglesey populated by fish-surnamed guests. The legend unfolds, despite a few red herrings. ~ SB

Inflation can lead to desperate measures. A playful assortment of animation styles brings to life Christine Choy’s transatlantic gamble, in her pursuit of a bargain. ~ SB

A tranquil dawn in Florida is disrupted by an urgent call. Following a century-old migrant farm worker tradition, a family rush to a flaming sugarcane field. ~ SB

The land of the free is losing its magic, but not for druids. Black and white photography captures vast landscapes... where dragons and curses reign. ~ SB

Films

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Hidden The Last Tape Love + Radio: The Land of Ghostly Schemata Mama Colonel More Dangerous Than a Thousand Rioters Nobody Speak: Trials Of The Free Press Officer Involved Out of Thin Air Radio Kobani Risk

p.52 p.52 p.45 p.45 p.52 p.46 p.52 p.46 p.47 p.47

Rubber Coated Steel Strike a Rock Strong Island The Trial: The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov Whose Streets? Wilders Winnie The Workers Cup Unspeakable Waiting for Hassana

p.52 p.48 p.48 p.49 p.49 p.50 p.50 p.51 p.52 p.52

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

69 Minutes of 86 Days Antúnez House Armed with Faith Best of Luck with the Wall City of Ghosts Death in the Terminal Doc/Dispatch The Earth Did Not Speak Elián The Fall of Lenin The Force Icarus Insha’Allah Democracy

Alternate Realities

Thrilling investigations exposing corruption, crime, and injustice, from frontlines to headlines.

Films

Schedule

Doc/Expose

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Films

69 Minutes of 86 Days

| Wed 14 June / 15:00 / Showroom 1

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Sun 11 June / 18:15 / Showroom 1 + Q&A

Doc/Expose

Director: Egil Håskjold Larsen

Doc/Fest Youth Jury Award Nominee

This hauntingly poetic documentary takes us into three-year-old Lean’s world as she makes her way from Syria to Sweden with her family. The gliding, observant camera catches only fragments of conversation in a bewildering, exhausting trek through nameless countries. Lean is often lost in a sea of legs, not knowing what tent she is headed to next. ~ CN

Producer: Tone Grøttjord Country: Norway Year: 2017 Duration: 70 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography Ad Astra (2016) Sales Contact: Irena Taskovski, Taskovski Films Email: sales@taskovskifilms.com

Antúnez House

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Mon 12 June / 09:45 / The Light Cinema 6

Director/Producer: Nora Niasari

Doc/Fest New Talent Award Nominee

The devastating Chilean earthquake of 2010 left many historic neighbourhoods in ruins, damaging over 370,000 homes. This is the story of one such house, and how its destruction reveals a divided family. Filmed over three years, this is a poetic homage to the psychological process of losing a childhood home.  Screening with: The Earth Did Not Speak (p.52)

Producer: Mandi Bialek-Wester Country: Australia, Chile Year: 2017 Duration: 53 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World Director’s Filmography Waterfall (2017), The Phoenix (2015), 17 Years and a Day (2014), Beirut, Under the Bridge (2011) Sales Contact: Nora Niasari Email: nniasari@gmail.com

Films

Doc/Expose

Armed with Faith

Website: www.armedwithfaith.com Sales Contact: Geeta Gandbhir, G2P2 Films Email: geeta@g2p2films.com

Associated session: Docs & Trauma: A Survivor’s Guide for 2017 (p.154)

City of Ghosts

Sat 10 June / 18:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4

| Mon 12 June / 12:15 / The Light Cinema 8 Director/Producer: Matthew Heineman

Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 90 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography Cartel Land (2015) Doc/Fest Grand Jury Award Nominee

The covert operation of the citizen journalist group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) pulsates with rage and danger in the latest feature by Matthew Heineman (Cartel Land). Intent on exposing the horrors of life under ISIS rule, a collective dispersed across Syria, Turkey, and Germany – brought together by the same unspeakable loss and pain – fight their war on terror using the only weapon they have: the media. ~ SW

Website: www.dogwoofglobal.com/city-of-ghosts Sales Contact: Ana Vicente, Dogwoof Email: ana@dogwoof.com

Films Alternate Realities

At the Afghan-Pakistani border of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where landmines and suicide bombings are frightfully commonplace, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir and Asad Faruqi shows that real war is still fought at home. She meets the local bomb squad, whose members describe different yet sadly identical scenes of pain and temerity, and whose families brim with anxiety that their loved ones will not make it back one day. ~ SW

Talks & Sessions

Producer: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Country: USA, Pakistan Languages: Pushto, Urdu, Seraiki Year: 2017 Duration: 80 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World Director’s Filmography Prison Dogs (2016), A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers (2015), Remembering the Artist Robert DeNiro Senior (2014)

Marketplace & Talent

Directors: Asad Faruqi Geeta Gandbhir

Schedule

| Mon 12 June / 15:15 / PBS America Showroom 3 + Q&A | Tue 13 June / 09:30 / Showroom 1 + Q&A

Parties & Social

Sun 11 June / 09:00 / Curzon 2

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Death in the Terminal

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Schedule

Mon 12 June / 15:00 / Showroom 1

Director/Producer: Tali Shemesh Asaf Sudry

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Producer: Alma Har’el Country: Israel Year: 2016 Duration: 53 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography The Prisoner (2008), Cemetery Club (2007)

On October 18, 2015, a gunman opened fire in an Israeli bus terminal, causing it to erupt in chaos. Swift reprisals are soon taken, with devastating consequences. Interweaving CCTV footage and powerful firsthand testimonials, Death in the Terminal forensically pieces together a modern terrorism attack and how the tragedy continues to haunt those caught up in it. ~ CN  Screening with: Rubber Coated Steel (p.52)

Doc/Dispatch

Mon 12 June / 17:00 / Curzon 1

Doc/ Dispatch A collection of incredibly new, urgent, and unfolding stories from around the world. Doc/Dispatch is a showcase for fast journalism from citizen reporters, investigative filmmakers and responsive news units.

Sales Contact: Amanda Lebow, CAA Email: amanda.lebow@caa.com

Films

Directors: Ross McDonnell Tim Golden Producer: Trevor Birney Country: UK, USA, Ireland, Canada Year: 2017 Duration: 108 mins Format: DCP Premiere: European Sales Contact: Jonathan Ford, Content Media Corporation Email: london@contentmediacorp.com

Tue 13 June / 12:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4

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| Wed 14 June / 18:00 / Showroom 1 Director: Pete Nicks

Producer: Linda Davis Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 93 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography The Waiting Room (2012), Danny and the Scatman (1999)

An unassuming, almost geeky figure, Chief Sean Whent lies at the heart of The Force (Sundance Documentary Best Director, 2017), an exposé of the Oakland Police’s halting departmental reform. Under his leadership, the staff make impressive headway to rebuilding relations with the community they serve. Yet chronic abuse of power is hard to unlearn and a scandal threatens to destroy the delicate foundation. ~ SW

Sales Contact: Jason Ishikawa, Cinetic Media Email: jason@cineticmedia.com

Talks & Sessions

The Force

Alternate Realities

In 2000, the plight of Elián González, a five-year-old Cuban boy plucked from the Florida Straits, sparked a flashpoint for simmering US-Cuban tensions. Featuring candid interviews and extraordinary news archive, Elián presents a gripping account of the boy’s remarkable survival. This is a story of family and the challenges of reconciliation; between divided relatives and two nations working towards healing old wounds.

Films

Schedule

| Mon 12 June / 12:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Q&A

Marketplace & Talent

Sat 10 June / 09:00 / Curzon 2

Parties & Social

Elián

Doc/Expose

Films

Doc/Expose

Icarus

| Mon 12 June / 09:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4

Schedule

Sat 10 June / 14:45 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Extended Q&A

Director/Producer: Bryan Fogel

Alternate Realities

Films

Producer: Dan Cogan Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 115 mins Format: DCP Director’s Filmography: Jewtopia (2012)

In this nonfiction thriller, director Bryan Fogel immerses himself into the world of performance enhancing drugs by trying them out for himself, only to stumble into the centre of Russia’s extensive state-sponsored doping programme. Exemplifying the special bond between filmmaker and subject, this is a vital portrait of the sacrifice some people will make to stand up for truth.

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Insha’Allah Democracy

Sun 11 June / 11:15 / Curzon 1

| Tue 13 June / 15:00 / PBS America Showroom 3 + Q&A Director/Producer: Mohammed Naqvi

Doc/Fest Tim Hetherington Award Nominee

In this personal exploration of the politics of turbulent post 9/11 Pakistan, filmmaker Mohammed Naqvi goes in search of a leader who can keep him safe in a climate of escalating terror attacks. He finds himself drawn to the exiled enigmatic General Musharraf, filming him over four years. The former president hopes to govern once again, but is soon accused of treason. ~ CN

Producer: Jared Ian Goldman Country: USA, Pakistan Year: 2017 Duration: 92 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World Director’s Filmography: Among the Believers (2015), Pakistan’s Hidden Shame (2014), Shabeena’s Quest (2012), Shame (2007), Terror’s Children (2003) Sales Contact: Mohammed Naqvi, 64th Street Media Email: mo.naqvi@gmail.com

Films

Doc/Expose

Love + Radio: The Land of Ghostly Schemata

Producer: Jacob McCleland, Ana Adlerstein, Steven Jackson, Jessi Carrier Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 50 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World

Films

Director/Producer: Nick van der Kolk

Schedule

Sun 11 June / 15:00 / Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square + Q&A

| Sun 11 June / 12:30 / Showroom 2 + Q&A Director/Producer: Dieudo Hamadi

Doc/Fest Tim Hetherington Award Nominee

Dieudo Hamadi’s observational documentary takes us to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following the work of ‘Mama Colonel’. Celebrated for her fierce protection of children and abuse survivors, she has just been assigned a new posting in Kisangani. As she sets out to admonish and inspire her new community to look after each other, she finds that the scars from a horrific 15-year-old war run deep. ~ CN

Producers: Kiripi Katembo, Christian Lelong Country: Democratic Republic of Congo, France Year: 2017 Duration: 72 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: National Diploma (2014), Atalaku (2013) Sales Contact: Stephan Riguet, Andana Films Email: contact@andanafilms.com

Talks & Sessions

Sat 10 June / 11:30 / Curzon 2

Marketplace & Talent

Mama Colonel

Sales Contact: Nick van der Kolk, Love + Radio Email: nick@loveandradio.org

Parties & Social

Doug Williams, a former cop-turned-crusader is against the use of a lie detector. He’s a complicated character, with a sympathetic cause, but whose devotion to it has caused him to develop some moral blind spots. He helped two federal agents posing as potential unsavory clients, and is now serving time in prison. Join director Nick van der Kolk for a special World Premiere of this Love + Radio podcast episode, presented to a blindfolded audience.

Alternate Realities

Website: www.loveandradio.org

Films

Doc/Expose

Nobody Speak: Trials Of The Free Press

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Schedule

Sat 10 June / 15:00 / Showroom 1

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Director: Brian Knappenberger

The trial of wrestler Hulk Hogan vs Gawker Media pitted privacy rights against freedom of the press, but ended up as a case study in how big money can silence media through legal means. Brian Knappenberger (The Internet’s Own Boy, We Are Legion) examines the perils and duties of the free press in an age of inequality.

Producer: Femke Wolting Country: USA Year: 2016 Duration: 96 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Ice Warriors: USA Sled Hockey (2014), The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Schwartz (2014), We are Legion: The Story of Hacktivists (2012)

Out of Thin Air

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Sun 11 June / 21:30 / Showroom 2

Director: Dylan Howitt

Doc/Fest Meet Market Pitched

In 1970s Iceland, six suspects confess to two murders, ending a national crisis in a small country with little violent crime. Decades later, after lengthy prison sentences, further investigation reveals that none of their accounts can be trusted, in this taut psychological thriller where nothing is as it seems. Associated session: BAFTA Masterclass: Making True Crime Docs & Series (p.161) Associated talk: Doc/Fest Exchange – Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Out of Thin Air (p.165)

Producers: Margret Jonasdottir, Andy Glynne Country: UK, Iceland Year: 2017 Duration: 85 mins Format: DCP Premiere: European Director’s Filmography: Matters of Life and Death (2014), Madhusan (2011), Sri Lanka School of Prosthetics and Orthotics (2011), Tree of Guns (2005), Robert Newman: Resistance Is Fertile (2001) Sales Contact: Andy Glynne, Mosaic Films Email: andy@mosaicfilms.com

Films

Doc/Expose

Radio Kobani

Schedule

Mon 12 June / 21:30 / The Light Cinema 3

Director: Reber Dosky

Sales Contact: Mark Stucke, Journeyman Pictures Email: mark@journeyman.tv

Risk

Alternate Realities

An intimate observational documentary following 20-year-old Dilovan as she returns to Kobani, a Syrian border town which has been brutally flattened by ISIS. As the town begins the gargantuan task of reconstruction, Dilovan and her friend set up a makeshift radio station. Soon they have become the voice of Kobani, emotionally documenting the scars of their violent past, whilst pushing towards a brighter future. ~ CN

Films

Producer: Jos de Putter Country: Netherlands Year: 2016 Duration: 70 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Meryem (2017), Yezidi Girls (2016), Horsepower (2015), One Happy Day (2015), The Sniper of Kobani (2015)

Doc/Fest Grand Jury Award Nominee

Photo: Praxis Films

The Academy Award-winning director of CITIZENFOUR turns her camera on WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. Risk continues Laura Poitras’ examination of controversial risk-takers. With unparalleled access over five years, Poitras offers an intimate portrait of Assange and the cypherpunk underground in an era of ever-increasing surveillance and secrecy.

Producers: Yoni Golijov, Brenda Coughlin Country: USA, Germany Year: 2016 Duration: 90 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: CITIZENFOUR (2014), The Oath (2010), My Country, My Country (2006) Sales Contact: Praxis Films Email: studio@praxisfilms.org

Marketplace & Talent

Director/Producer: Laura Poitras

Parties & Social

Sat 10 June / 21:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Discussion Sun 11 June / 18:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 / 18:15 | Tue 13 June / 18:00 / Showroom 1

Talks & Sessions

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Films

Doc/Expose

Strike a Rock

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Schedule

Sun 11 June / 09:30 / PBS America Showroom 3 + Q&A

Director/Producer: Aliki Saragas

Alternate Realities

Films

Producers: Anita Khanna, Rehad Desai, Liani Maasdorp Country: South Africa Year: 2017 Duration: 86 mins Format: DCP Premiere: International Director’s Filmography: Rise (2013), To My Daughter, Taika-Kuka (2012), Jozi: No Brakes (2012)

Two years after the Marikana Massacre left 37 mine workers killed, filmmaker Aliki Saragas finds that the women of Sikhala Sonke (“We Cry Together”) are still struggling for justice. “Ma” Primrose Sonti is the matriarchal founder of the group, who hopes to take the fight to parliament as a newly elected MP. Her close friend Thumeka must now continue the work at home, but will she be able to overcome her sense of trepidation?

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Strong Island

Sun 11 June / 21:30 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Q&A

Website: www.strikearock.co.za Sales Contact: Aliki Saragas, Elafos Productions Email: aliki.saragas@gmail.com

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| Tue 13 June / 09:30 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 Director/Producer: Yance Ford

Producer: Joslyn Barnes Country: USA, Denmark Year: 2016 Duration: 107 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Doc/Fest Tim Hetherington Award Nominee

Twenty-five years after director Yance Ford’s brother was murdered on Long Island, NY, the family scars run deep. In this stylish, searing, and accomplished film, Ford revisits the painful topic which he has so long avoided. Unflinching testimonials bear witness to decades of grief, exacerbated by the fact the police showed no interest in investigating the murder of a young black male. ~ CN Associated talk: Doc/Fest Exchange – About Last Night… daily review including Strong Island (p.165)

Website: www.strongislandfilm.com

Films

Doc/Expose

The Trial: The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov

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In 2014, Ukrainian activist and filmmaker Oleg Sentsov was being tried for allegedly planning a terrorist attack in the contested region of Crimea. Though the testimonies against him were spurious, it was clear that his case would not receive a fair trial. As he became an example of Russian state power, he nonetheless remained openly defiant, drawing public support from directors Wim Wenders and Alexander Sokurov. ~ SW

| Tue 13 June / 18:30 / The Light Cinema 8 Director/Producer: Sabaah Folayan Damon Davis Producers: Jennifer MacArthur, Chris Renteria, Flannery Miller Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 104 mins Format: DCP Premiere: European

Doc/Fest Tim Hetherington Award Nominee

An embedded account of protests in Ferguson, Missouri 2014, focusing the story on people who lived through them. Storyteller Sabaah Folayan, together with artist Damon Davis, turn our attention to the young local activists standing on the frontline. The filmmakers capture how a community’s collective indignation towards state-sanctioned racist violence erupts into a new civil rights movement. ~ SW  Screening with: Officer Involved (p.52)

Website: www.whosestreets.com Sales Contact: David Koh, Submarine Email: dk@submarine.com

Talks & Sessions

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Marketplace & Talent

Mon 12 June / 21:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Q&A

Sales Contact: Anja Dziersk, Rise and Shine Email: anja.dziersk@riseandshine-berlin.de

Parties & Social

Whose Streets?

Producers: Dariusz Jablonski, Izabela Wojcik, Maria Gavrilova, Max Tuula Country: Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland Year: 2017 Duration: 71 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Children 404 (2014), Leninland (2013), Winter, Go Away! (2012)

Alternate Realities

Director: Askold Kurov

Films

Schedule

Sat 10 June / 15:30 / Showroom 2 + Q&A

Films

Wilders

Doc/Expose

| Tue 13 June / 15:15 / The Light Cinema 6

Schedule

Mon 12 June / 11:45 / PBS America Showroom 3 + Discussion + Q&A

Directors: Nicholas Hampson Stephen Robert Morse

Alternate Realities

Films

Producer: Stephen Robert Morse Country: UK, USA, Germany, Netherlands Year: 2017 Duration: 82 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World Director’s Filmography: Amanda Knox (2016)

Winnie

Marketplace & Talent Parties & Social

Sales Contact: Andrew Herwitz, The Film Sales Company Email: andrew.herwitz@filmsalescorp.com

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| Tue 13 June / 09:00 / Curzon 1

Talks & Sessions

Sun 11 June / 11:45 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Q&A

Website: www.wildersfilm.com

Wilders follows right wing populist Geert Wilders as he runs for Dutch Prime Minister. The filmmakers obtained exclusive access to Wilders, who has lived under 24-hour security protection for the past 12 years due to threats on his life. This film unearths the man behind the media mask, providing many revelations about “The Dutch Donald Trump”.

Director: Pascale Lamche

Doc/Fest Meet Market Pitched Doc/Fest Tim Hetherington Award Nominee

Featuring interviews with Winnie Mandela herself, filmmaker Pascale Lamche depicts the activist and former first lady of South Africa as a deeply complex political figure in her own right. Dedicated to the liberation of black South Africans, she and her family, friends, and foe provide different perspectives on her deep yet problematic impact on the country’s struggle for racial justice. ~ SW

Producer: Christophe Jörg Country: France, Netherlands, South Africa Year: 2017 Duration: 98 mins Format: DCP Premiere: European Director’s Filmography: Stalingrad: Plus un pas en arrière (2010), Black Diamond (2007), Pakistan zindabad: Longue vie au Pakistan (2005), French Beauty (2004), Accused #1: Nelson Mandela (2004) Sales Contact: Leeya Mor, Cinephil Email: leeya@cinephil.com

| Mon 12 June / 18:15 / The Light Cinema 3 Director: Adam Sobel

Producer: Rosie Garthwaite Country: UK Year: 2017 Duration: 89 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Rocket to Danger (2009)

Adam Sobel’s incisive access-driven documentary hones in on Qatar, where thousands of foreign workers eke out an existence building the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup. Candid interviews reveal many feel trapped in a modern day form of slavery. The workers’ football tournament might be a PR exercise for management, but for some of the players, the stakes are much higher. ~ CN

Schedule

Sat 10 June / 21:00 / PBS America Showroom 3 + Discussion

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Films

The Workers Cup

Doc/Expose

Sales Contact: Youn Ji, Autlook Filmsales Email: youn@autlookfilms.com

Special Presentation: Princess Diana: In Her Own Words

Alternate Realities

Films

Sales Contact: Joanna Rowley Email: joanna.rowley@fox.com

On the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death, Doc/Fest is proud to present a special presentation of Princess Diana: In Her Own Words. Offering a uniquely personal perspective, the film unfolds using remarkable audio recordings – 75% of which have not been heard before – of the intimate reflections of Princess Diana to form a moving documentary from award-winning producer/director Tom Jennings.

Marketplace & Talent

Producer: 1895 Films Country: USA, UK Year: 2017 Duration: 112 mins Premiere: World

Parties & Social

Director: Tom Jennings

Talks & Sessions

Sun 11 June / 09:30 / The Light Cinema 8 + Q&A

Films

Doc/Expose

Doc/Expose Short Film Programme

Schedule

Tue 13 June / 18:15 / The Light Cinema 6

Waiting for Hassana 

Jessica tells the story of her friendship with Hassana, in Chibok. Reconstructions recount the horrific night that Boko Harem broke into their school and kidnapped 276 girls. ~ SB Ifunanya Maduka | 10mins | Nigeria | 2017| European Premiere Email: funa.maduka@gmail.com

More Dangerous Than a Thousand Rioters  Films

A shimmering, poetic ode to the activist Lucy Parsons. Animation illuminates Lucy’s fierce battles against injustice, from her birth on a Texas plantation, to Chicago and beyond. ~ SB

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Best of Luck with the Wall 

1,954 miles of border separating Mexico and America; the vastness is hypnotic and inconceivable. Disorientating surfaces mimic artist film textures, beneath which courses a political punch. ~ SB Josh Begley | 7mins | USA | 2016 | UK Premiere Email: mark@fieldofvision.org

Unspeakable 

In response to a recent UK government ruling about nonviolent extremism, this film experiments with identity and the effects of taking words out of context. ~ SB

Hidden

A mysterious force lurks in the trees and caves of the Yemeni Island of Soctra. The local men contemplate the spiritual phenomena coexisting within their landscape. ~ SB

Archive footage reveals a Ouija board summoning the spirit of Lenin and crowds regarding their leader with admiration. Monuments begin to topple as the USSR is exorcised. ~ SB Svitlana Shymko | 11mins | Ukraine | 2017 | International Premiere Email: svitlana.shymko@gmail.com

The Last Tape

Cyprien Clement-Delmas, Igor Kosenko | 12mins | Germany | 2017 | International Premiere Email: fabian@fabianfred.com

Oliver Wilkins | 8mins | UK, Yemen | 2017 | World Premiere Email: olliewilkins@hotmail.com

Doc/Expose Shorts screening with other films

Mon 12 June / 09:45 / The Light Cinema 6

Parties & Social

The Fall of Lenin 

As Artiom prepares to fight for the Ukrainian army, Anatoly, his 88-year-old foster-grandfather and war veteran, records their diminishing time together and questions his choice. ~ SB

Kate Stonehill | 22mins | UK | 2016 | World Premiere Email: kstonehill@gmail.com

The Earth Did Not Speak Inhabitants of Rio Negro, Guatamala were ordered to leave their homes for a Hydroelectric Dam to be built in 1976. The horror that followed is remembered. Javier Briones | 30 mins | USA | 2016| International Premiere Email: jrcbriones@gmail.com

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Kelly Gallagher | 6mins | USA | 2016 | European Premiere Email: kelly@purpleriot.com

Antúnez House (p.x40x)

Officer Involved

Mon 12 June / 21:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 Tue 13 Jun / 18:30 / The Light Cinema 8

Racing through a collage of skies, we peer upwards. 1,000 people were killed by police this year, each frame has been taken from one of these sites. ~ SB

Rubber Coated Steel Mon 12 June / 15:00 / Showroom 1

Visualised sound emerges from the darkness as a court case unfolds. Lawrence Abu Hamdan illustrates his investigation of the murder of two Palestinian teenagers. ~ SB

Lawrence Abu Hamdan | 21 mins Germany, Lebanon | 2016 | UK Premiere Email: lawrenceabuhamdan@gmail.com

 Screening with

Whose Streets? (p.49)

Death in the Terminal (p.42)

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Dream Boat Edith+Eddie For Ahkeem The Gaze of the Sea Half a Life Love and Hate Crime Motherland Mr Gay Syria Queerama

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Quest Radio Atlas: In a Relationship With... School Life Still Tomorrow Uriel and Jade Venus What’s a Girl Like You... You Are Still Somebody’s Someone You Have No Idea How Much I Love You

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Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

All That Is Alone Artemio Babe, I Hate To Go Bayard & Me Black Cap Drag The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson Dina

Alternate Realities

Pulsating, intimate stories celebrating the power of love, family, and friendship.

Films

Schedule

Doc/Love

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Films

Doc/Love

Artemio

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Director: Sandra Luz López Barroso

Producer: Karla Bukantz Country: Mexico Year: 2017 Duration: 48 mins Format: DCP Premiere: International Doc/Fest New Talent Award Nominee

 Screening with: You Are Still Somebody’s Someone (p.63)

Black Cap Drag

Sat 10 June / 12:00 / The Light Cinema 3 + Q&A

Director/Producer: Richard Benner

Parties & Social

Country: UK, USA Year: 1969 Duration: 42 mins Format: DCP Director’s Filmography Felicity’s Tormentor (1990), The Proof of the Pudding (1987), Too Outrageous, (1980), Happy Birthday, Gemini, (1977), Outrageous (1977)

Presented by the BFI National Archive, this is a rare surviving record of 1960s drag performance at Camden’s Black Cap pub, last screened in the UK more than 25 years ago. Drag queens Shane and Laurie Lee perform and discuss their craft in this home-made documentary by US-born filmmaker Richard Benner, who later made the Canadian drag feature Outrageous! (1977). With thanks to the San Francisco Media Archive. S creening with: What’s a Girl Like You… Part of Drag Double Bill (p.62)

Sales Contact: Caludia Prado, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica Email: claudia@elccc.com.mx

Anthropologist-filmmaker Sandra Luz López Barroso quietly observes ten-year-old Artemio as he joins his mother in Mexico. Born and raised in California, he is now far from everything he knows. But as long as his wonderfully strong-willed yet loving mother Coco is unable to obtain a visa, they must spend their days in the sleepy rural town of Cacalote, where time seems to have stood still. ~ SW

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Sun 11 June / 09:30 / The Light Cinema 6

Sales Contact: Simon McCallum, BFI Email: simon.mccallum@bfi.org.uk

Films

Doc/Love

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

Producer: L.A. Teodosio, Kimberley Reed Country: USA Year: 2016 Duration: 105 mins Format: DCP Premiere: International Director’s Filmography: How to Survive a Plague (2012)

Alternate Realities

Sales Contact: Annie Roney, RoCo Films Email: annie@rocofilms.com

Associated session: Celebrate the Queers: Making LGBTQ+ Docs (p.157)

Dina

Sun 11 June / 21:15 / The Light Cinema 8 + Q&A

| Mon 12 June / 21:00 / Showroom 1 + Q&A Director/Producers: Antonio Santini Dan Sickles

Doc/Fest Grand Jury Award Nominee

A groundbreaking observational documentary with the feel of an indie drama. Dina and her fiancé Scott, both neurodivergent, have moved in together to ready for their upcoming wedding, and have set about the messy business of forging lives. In increasingly intimate scenes, Dina is determined to let Scott know that her difficult past doesn’t stop her wanting a passionate future. ~ CN

Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 101 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Antonio Santini: Mala Mala (2014), Killer Tranny (2011) // I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast (2015), Mala Mala (2014) Website: www.dogwoofglobal.com/dina Sales Contact: Ana Vincente Email: ana@dogwoof.com

Talks & Sessions

David France (How to Survive a Plague) delivers another masterful archive-rich real life drama. Disturbed by the many unsolved murders of trans women in NYC, activist Victoria Cruz digs into one of the most high profile cases – the 1992 death of trans pioneer Marsha P. Johnson. Talking to many of Johnson’s colourful contemporaries, she uncovers an unsavoury trail of prejudice against this most marginalised of communities. ~ CN

Marketplace & Talent

Doc/Fest Grand Jury Award Nominee

Films

Director/Producer: David France

Schedule

| Tue 13 June / 12:15 / Showroom 1 + Q&A

Parties & Social

Mon 12 June / 15:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Q&A

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Films

Doc/Love

Dream Boat

Schedule

Sun 11 June / 21:00 / Showroom 1

Director: Tristan Ferland Milewski

Films

Producer: Kerstin Meyer-Beetz Country: Germany Year: 2017 Duration: 92 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Fett MTV (1998)

Alternate Realities

Photo: Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion

Once a year three thousand gay men travel from around the world to the Dream Boat for a week of bliss on the high sea. But there’s more to their baggage than outrageous costumes – many carry with them difficult tales of persecution and prejudice. In the sun and amongst family, they literally bare all in this revealing documentary. ~ CN

Sales Contact: Olivier Tournaud, Cinephil Email: olivier@cinephil.com

For Ahkeem

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Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Tue 13 June / 15:00 / The Light Cinema 8 + Q&A

Directors: Jeremy S. Levine Landon Van Soest Producer: Kerstin Meyer-Beetz Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 90 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Good Fortune (2009)

After a school fight lands 17-year-old Daje Shelton in a courtsupervised alternative high school, she’s determined to turn things around and make a better future for herself and her rough St. Louis neighbourhood. Through her intimate coming-of-age story, For Ahkeem illuminates challenges that many black teenagers face in America today, and witnesses the strength, resilience, and determination it takes to survive.

Sales Contact: Anaïs Clanet, Wide House Email: ac@widehouse.org

Films

Doc/Love

The Gaze of the Sea

Producers: Ingmar Trost, Julio Chavezmontes, Sumie Garcia Country: Mexico Year: 2017 Duration: 80 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Canícula (2012), Flores en el desierto (2009), Venus (2006)

Hortencia, a native woman from Tuxpan with a stormy past, journeys through sea and land to recover testimonies of the crew of a fishing boat that disappeared five years ago in Veracruz, Mexico. Gradually the journey becomes a reflection on the meaning of life and death, built around the mythologies and deepest yearnings of the people with whom she crosses.

Sales Contact: Andrea Castex, Piano Email: andrea@somospiano.com

Love and Hate Crime

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Alternate Realities

Director/Producer: Jose Álvarez

Films

Schedule

Sat 10 June / 09:45 / The Light Cinema 6

A young man is led into a Mississippi court and sentenced to life for the savage murder of the woman he loved. In prison, his story slowly unravels as his own past is unmasked. This is the story of a crime of passion and prejudice told by a man tortured by his own actions. A morality tale of modern America.  Screening with: Alone (p.63) Associated session: Craft Summit – The Art of the Doc Series (p.147)

Sales Contact: Jon Lindley, BBC Worldwide Email: jon.lindley@bbc.com

Marketplace & Talent

Doc/Fest Future Producer School Alumni

Producer: Victoria Musguin Country: UK, USA Year: 2016 Duration: 65 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World Director’s Filmography: The Children Who Beat Ebola (2015), Hunted: The War Against Gays in Russia (2014), Growing It (2010), Disease (2011), Remembering Mum (2006), The First World War (2003)

Parties & Social

Director: Ben Steele

Talks & Sessions

Sun 11 June / 13:45 / Curzon 1 + Q&A

Films

Motherland

Doc/Love

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| Wed 14 June / 09:30 / PBS America Showroom 3

Schedule

Tue 13 June / 18:00 / PBS America Showroom 3

Director/Producer: Ramona S. Diaz

There’s little space and even less equipment, but humanity abounds in Ramona Diaz’s masterful cinema vérité portrait of the Phillipines’ largest maternity hospital, where upwards of 100 babies are born each day. The efficient staff show new mothers how to care for preemies without incubators, at the same time dispensing often unwelcome advice on family planning. ~ CN

Mr Gay Syria

Parties & Social

Sales Contact: Luke Brawley, Dogwoof Email: luke@dogwoof.com

Sun 11 June / 09:00 / Curzon 1

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| Tue 13 June / 15:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Q&A Director: Ayse Toprak

In focusing his attention on the competitors of Mr Gay Syria, director Ayse Toprak shatters the one-dimensional meaning of “refugee”. Using the pageant as a means of escape from political persecution, the organiser Mahmoud – already given asylum in Berlin – hopes to offer the winner a chance to travel as well as bring international attention to the life-threatening situations faced by LGBT+ Syrians. ~ SW  Screening with: Bayard & Me (p.63) Associated session: Celebrate the Queers: Making LGBTQ+ Docs (p.157)

Website: www.motherland-film.com

 Screening with: All That Is (p.63) Associated talk: Doc/Fest Exchange – Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Motherland (p.165)

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Producer: Rey Cuerdo Country: USA, Philippines Year: 2017 Duration: 94 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey (2012), Imelda (2003), Spirits Rising (1996)

Producers: Ekin Çalısır, Christine Kiauk, Antoine Simkine Country: France, Germany, Turkey Year: 2017 Duration: 85 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World Director’s Filmography: The Cover Story (2015), Schools on the Edge (2013), Don’t Tell Us Fairytales (2013) Sales Contact: Robin Dittwald, Coin Film Email: info@coin-film.de

Films

Director: Daisy Asquith

Alternate Realities

Sales Contact: Catryn Ramasut, ieie Email: catryn@ieieproductions.com

Associated talk: Doc/Fest Exchange – Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Queerama (p.164)

Quest

Sun 11 June / 15:15 / PBS America Showroom 3 + Q&A

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| Mon 12 June / 09:00 / Curzon 2 Director: Jonathan Olshefski

Producer: Sabrina Schmidt Gordon Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 105 mins Format: DCP Premiere: European Website: www.quest-documentary.com

Filmmaker and photographer Jonathan Olshefski sensitively documents the daily lives of eponymous hip hop producer Quest and his family, who reside within the African-American enclave of North Philadelphia. Over a decade that coincides with the entirety of the Obama administration, the tight unit of four must overcome obstacles that are increasingly defined along fault lines of race and class. ~ SW

Sales Contact: Josh Braun, Submarine Email: josh@submarine.com

Talks & Sessions

Mining the jewels of the BFI archive, Queerama tells the story of an extraordinary century of gay experiences. Directed by Daisy Asquith with a soundtrack by Alison Goldfrapp, Hercules & Love Affair, and John Grant, the film takes us into the relationships, desires, fears and expressions of gay men and women in the 20th century – a century of incredible change.

Producer: Catryn Ramasut Country: UK Year: 2017 Duration: 75 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World Director’s Filmography: Greatest Motherf***er (2017), After the Dance (2015), Velorama (2014), Crazy About One Direction (2013), Britain: My New Home (2011)

Films

Schedule

| Sat 10 June / 09:30 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4

Marketplace & Talent

Fri 09 June / 19:00 / City Hall Oval Hall

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Parties & Social

Queerama

Doc/Love

Films

Doc/Love

Radio Atlas: In a Relationship With...

Schedule

Sun 11 June / 18:00 / The Light Cinema 3 + Q&A

Director/Producer: Krister Moltzen

Website: www.thirdear.dk

A documentary love story with more drama than a Hollywood romance. Radio Atlas presents a gripping story from one of Denmark’s most celebrated podcasts – Third Ear. Radio Atlas is an online platform for subtitled audio, designed to help you explore great documentaries and sound art created in languages you don’t necessarily speak.

School Life

Mon 12 June / 18:00 / PBS America Showroom 3 + Q&A

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| Wed 14 June / 15:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 Directors: Neasa Ní Chianáin David Rane

Parties & Social

Photo: Soilsiú Films

Sales Contact: Eleanor McDowall, Radio Atlas Email: eleanor@radioatlas.org

Associated sessions: How to Break Into the Industry (p.148) Art & Ethics of Audio Storytelling (p.151)

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Producer: Tim Hinman Country: Denmark Year: 2013 Duration: 66 mins Format: DCP

A year in the life of two passionate and inspirational teachers in the only primary-age boarding school in Ireland. For nearly half a century the couple have shaped thousands of minds but now they must start making preparations for their retirement. Will their intimate and caring cultivation of future generations live on, or will it vanish like so many community-centered practices?

Producer: David Rane Country: Ireland, Spain Year: 2016 Duration: 100 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: The Stranger (2014), Fairytale of Kathmandu (2007), Frank Ned & Busy Lizzie (2004), No Man’s Land (2001) Website: www.inlocoparentis.ie Sales Contact: Lorna Lee Sagebiel-Torres, Magnolia Pictures Email: international@magpictures.com

Films

Doc/Love

Still Tomorrow

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Director: Jian Fan

Producers: Zitao Xu, Hongmiao Yu Country: China Year: 2016 Duration: 88 mins Premiere: UK Format: DCP Director’s Filmography: My Land (2015), The Next Life (2011)

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Sat 10 June / 21:00 / The Light Cinema 6 + Q&A

Directors: Mette Carla Albrechtsen Lea Glob

Two female directors are auditioning women in Copenhagen to take part in an erotic film based on their own sexual experiences. The audition takes an unexpected turn as the women begin to take over the interviews with their deeply personal stories. Venus explores how a new generation of young women defines themselves as sexual beings.

Producers: Julie Leerskov, Anna J. Ljungmark, Kirstine Barfod Country: Denmark Year: 2017 Duration: 80 mins Premiere: UK Format: Blu-Ray Director’s Filmography: Mette Carla Albrechtsen: Vanilje (2014), Vilde Piger (2012), XY Anatomy of a Boy (2009) // Lea Glob: Olmo & The Seagull (2015), Mødet med min far Kasper Højhat (2011) Sales Contact: Ann Bodil Nielsen, Danish Film Institute Email: festivalkd@dfi.dk

Marketplace & Talent

Venus

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Sales Contact: Hongmiao Yu, Youku Tudou Email: yuhongmiao@youku.com

Parties & Social

At the heart of director Jian Fan’s filmic portrait lies the melancholy brilliance of poet Yu Xiuhua, a farmer living with cerebral palsy in rural China. In a social climate that is hostile to people with disabilities, she copes with her heartbreaking frustrations by writing poems. One of them, an unflinching portrayal of her sexuality, explodes on Chinese social media and changes the course of her life. ~ SW

Films

Schedule

Fri 09 June / 15:15 / Showroom 1

Films

Doc/Love

What’s a Girl Like You...

Schedule

Sat 10 June / 12:00 / The Light Cinema 3 + Q&A

Director/Producer: Charlie Squires

Films

Country: UK Year: 1969 Duration: 52 mins Format: DCP Director’s Filmography: Gardens (1975), Great Houses (1975), Cathedrals (1975), Castles (1975)

Charlie Squires’ scintillating documentary investigates the late-’60s drag renaissance at one of Britain’s oldest surviving gay venues – south London’s Royal Vauxhall Tavern, aka the “Palladium of Drag” – before heading up north to meet more anarchic queens on Manchester’s working men’s club circuit. Peppered with vox-pops and backstage bon mots, this is a valuable and timely rediscovery. Presented by The BFI National Archive.  Screening with: Black Cap Drag – Part of Drag Double Bill (p.54)

You Have No Idea How Much I Love You Sat 10 June / 18:00 / The Light Cinema 3 + Q&A

| Sun 11 June / 12:15 / PBS America Showroom 3 + Q&A Director/Producer: Paweł Łozinski

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Sales Contact: Nick Varley, Park Circus Email: nick.varley@parkcircus.com

Country: Poland Year: 2016 Duration: 80 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Werka (2014), Father and Son (2013), Chemo (2009), Taka historia (1999), Sisters (1999)

In Paweł Łozinski’s intense three-hander, mother Ewa and a daughter Hania haltingly explore their difficult relationship over a series of sessions with a gently probing psychotherapist. Composed entirely of tight shots of the three protagonists, this is an incisive exploration of familial love – and an often moving portrait of grief. ~ CN

Sales Contact: Maëlle Guenegues, CAT&Docs Email: maelle@catndocs.com

Films

Doc/Love

Doc/Love Short Film Programme

Uriel and Jade

Edith+Eddie 

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Choreographer Uriel has surrendered his transwoman identity, Jade, to the conservative spiritualism of his hometown Mezcala, Mexico, under the belief that he needs redemption. ~ SB

It was love at first sight when the octogenarians met playing the lottery in Virginia. Now in their mid-’90s, their happiness together is threatened by callous institutional forces. ~ SB

Eduardo Esquivel | Mexico | 2016 |16 mins | International Premiere Email: tardigrada.producciones@gmail.com

Laura Checkoway | 29 mins | USA | 2017 | European Premiere Email: tim@kartemquin.com

Nominated for New Talent Award

Nominated for Short Doc Award

Warning: This film contains flashing lights and may not be suitable for photosensitive epilepsy

Doc/Expose Shorts screening with other films

All That Is 

Bayard & Me

An intimate exploration of love in all its ecstasy, difficulty and doubt. Through a sequence of unusual portraits and poetic imagery, five individuals relate their experiences of this perennial yet mysterious subject.

In the 1980s, civil rights activist Bayard Rustin adopted his boyfriend Walter Naegle to obtain the legal protections of marriage. Walter looks back on a time when gay marriage was inconceivable.

Wessie du Toit, Camille Summers-Valli | UK | 2016 | 5 mins World Premiere | Email: wessiedutoit@gmail.com

Matt Wolf | USA | 2017 | 16 mins | Email: toddluoto@mac.com

Tue 13 June / 18:00 / PBS America Showroom 3 + Q&A Wed 14 June / 09:30 / PBS America Showroom 3

 Screening with Motherland (p.58)

Sun 11 June / 09:00 / Curzon 1 Tue 13 June / 15:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Q&A

 Screening with Mr Gay Syria (p.58)

Associated session: How to Break Into the Industry (p.148)

Alone 

Sun 11 June / 13:45 / Curzon 1

You Are Still Somebody’s Someone 

A young woman in New Orleans considers a marriage proposal from her incarcerated boyfriend, his sentence length unknown. The prison system devastates with turbulence and time. ~ SB

Darkness descends through the trees. Esther recalls her childhood in Lolland, Denmark. Echoes of memories resonate through the film, encircling a rupture that took her father away. ~ SB

Garrett Bradley | USA | 2016 | 13 mins | UK Festival Premiere Email: gbradleyster@gmail.com

Esther Wellejus | Denmark | 2017 | 25 mins | International premiere Email: mathilde@madeincopenhagen.dk

 Screening with Love and Hate Crime (p.57)

Nominated for New Talent Award

Sun 11 June / 09:30 / The Light Cinema 6

Alternate Realities

Andrew Moir | 19 mins | Canada, Jamaica | 2017 International Premiere | Email: sherienbarsoum@gmail.com

Talks & Sessions

Tamara Shogaolu | 12 mins | USA, Egypt, Netherlands | 2017 World Premiere | Email: tamara@adoatopictures.com

Thousands of Jamaicans depart for work on North American farms each year. Delroy prepares to leave his family, and strives to shield them from a shattering truth. ~ SB

Marketplace & Talent

Babe, I Hate To Go 

After a traumatic encounter, a young, gay Egyptian joins the LGBT+ rights movement. When his safety is jeopardised, he must choose whether to stay in the country he loves or seek asylum.

Parties & Social

Half a Life 

Films

Schedule

Sun 11 June / 15:15 / The Light Cinema 6

 Screening with Artemio (p.54) 63

Doc/Rhythm

Move to the rhythm with energetic portraits of dance, music, and contemporary culture.

Films in this strand — A Modern Man American Valhalla Bruk Out! Chavela Contemporary Color Even When I Fall Fares Give Me Future Joe Cocker: Mad Dog With Soul La Chana

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Films Films

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p.65 p.65 p.66 p.66 p.67 p.67 p.72 p.68 p.68 p.69

Long Strange Trip Lost in Vagueness Mada Underground The Man is the Music Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution Step Übermensch White Riot: London Whitney “Can I Be Me” Richard Twice

p.69 p.70 p.70 p.72 p.71 p.71 p.72 p.72 p.72 p.72

Films

Life seems good for Charlie Siem. One of Europe’s most accomplished classical violinists, he travels the globe playing to swooning audiences, and fronts glamourous ad campaigns for the likes of Boss and Armani. But beneath his smiling demeanour is a more troubled countenance, as the exacting Charlie admits that outward trappings still have not brought him inner peace. ~ CN

Tue 13 June / 18:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Q&A

| Wed 14 June / 21:30 / Showroom 2 Director: Joshua Homme Andreas Neumann Producer: Joss Crowley Country: UK, USA, France, Germany Year: 2017 Duration: 82 mins Premiere: World Format: DCP

In the stunning Californian desert, Iggy Pop joined forces with Joshua Homme to create what might be Pop’s final album. Codirected by Homme himself and photographer Andreas Neumann, this is the fascinating story of that collaboration, a musical adventure told with luminous visuals. A kaleidescope film about the creative process, this is also a thoughtful meditation on the inescapable fleetingness of time. ~ CN

Sales Contact: Peter Worsley, Eagle Rock Films Email: peter.worsley@eagle-rock.com

Talks & Sessions

American Valhalla

Sales Contact: Anja Dziersk, Rise and Shine Email: anja.dziersk@riseandshine-berlin.de

Films

Producers: Sidsel Lønvig Siersted, Stefan Kloos, Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær Country: Denmark, Germany Year: 2017 Duration: 84 mins Premiere: International Format: DCP Director’s Filmography: The Good Life (2010), Enemies of Happiness (2006)

Alternate Realities

Director: Eve Mulvad

Schedule

| Sun 11 June / 15:30 / The Light Cinema 8 + Q&A | Tue 13 June / 21:00 / Showroom 1

Marketplace & Talent

Sat 10 June / 09:00 / Curzon 1

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Parties & Social

A Modern Man

Doc/Rhythm

Films

Bruk Out!

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| Tue 13 June / 12:30 / The Light Cinema 3 + Q&A

Schedule

Mon 12 June / 18:00 / The Light Cinema 8 + Q&A

Doc/Rhythm

Director/Producer: Cori McKenna

Welcome to Dancehall, the raunchy dance craze from Jamaica. It attracts devotees from around the world, drawn to the scene for its fierce energy, all enveloping embrace and legendary twerking. We follow half a dozen women overcoming a host of issues to travel thousands of miles to Montego Bay for the biggest title in the land: International Dancehall Queen. ~ CN

Parties & Social 66

Website: www.brukoutmovie.com Sales Contact: Cori McKenna, Video Disco Email: cori@video-disco.com

Chavela

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Sat 10 June / 09:45 / PBS America Showroom 3

Directors: Daresha Kyi Catherine Gund

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Producers: Janet Ginsburg, Stacy Frankel, Jay Will Country: USA, Jamaica Year: 2016 Duration: 69 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World Director’s Filmography: What We Teach Girls (2015)

Producers: Agnes Gund, Pepita Serrano, Laura Pilloni, Laura Tatham Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 90 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Land Where My Fathers Died (1991), The Thinnest Line (1988)

Co-directors Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi interweave candid stories told by the Mexican ranchera singer Chavela Vargas and those closest to her in this multi-faceted biographical film. An incomparable performer, she was also a lesbian who defied all social norms. Among her admirers were Frida Kahlo and Pedro Almodóvar, the latter of whom revived her musical legacy in the 1990s. ~ SW

Website: www.chavelavargasfilm.com Sales Contact: Marta Hernando, Latido Films Email: festivals@latidofilms.com

Films

Doc/Rhythm

Contemporary Color Schedule

Fri 09 June / 21:45 / Showroom 1

Directors: Turner Ross Bill Ross

Films

Producers: David Byrne, Michael Gottwald, Josh Penn Country: USA Year: 2016 Duration: 97 mins Format: DCP Sales Contact: Jason Ishikawa, Cinetic Media Email: jason@cineticmedia.com

Even When I Fall

Sun 11 June / 21:15 / PBS America Showroom 3 + Q&A

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| Tue 13 June / 19:00 / Curzon 1 Directors: Sky Neal Kate McLarnon

Doc/Fest Meet Market Pitched Doc/Fest Future Producer School Alumni Doc/Fest Tim Hetherington Award Nominee

The incredible story of 13 young circus artists as they reclaim skills that once came at a high cost: they were slaves in Indian circuses – sold as children. Now freed, together they form Nepal’s first circus. An intimate, beautiful film that harnesses the visual power of circus to give a unique perspective into the complex world of human trafficking.

Producer: Elhum Shakerifar Country: UK Year: 2017 Duration: 90 mins Premiere: World Format: DCP Director’s Filmography: People and Power (2007)

Marketplace & Talent

Screening as part of Docs Til Dawn with True Stories (p.29)

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

In 2015, legendary musician David Byrne treated audiences to a performance spectacle unlike any other. Bringing ten of the best colour guard teams from across North America to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, they performed their synchronised dance routines (often involving flags, flips, tossed rifles, and swords) to music composed for their performances by musicians like St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Ad-Rock and Money Mark, Nico Muhly and Ira Glass, and Byrne himself, commissioned by BAM and Luminato Festival.

Website: www.evenwhenifall.com Sales Contact: Elhum Shakerifar, Postcode Flms Email: elhum@postcodefilms.com

Parties & Social

Photo: Bill Ross

Films

Give Me Future

Doc/Rhythm

| Wed 14 June / 12:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4

Schedule

Mon 12 June / 21:30 / PBS America Showroom 3

Director: Austin Peters

Alternate Realities

Films

Producers: Jay Peterson, Wesley Pentz, Jack Turnerl Country: USA, Cuba Year: 2017 Duration: 85 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Haim Forever (2012), The Phantom (1996)

In March 2016, dance music trio Major Lazer became one of the first major American acts to play in Cuba. Capturing exhilarating performance footage and authentic stories, this begins as a behindthe-scenes look at the historic concert and evolves into a masterful exploration of Cuba’s inspirational youth movement and a country on the brink of enormous change.

Joe Cocker: Mad Dog With Soul

| Tue 13 June / 18:30 / Leadmill + Discussion

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Sun 11 June / 15:00 / The Light Cinema 3

Sales Contact: Josh Braun, Submarine Email: josh@submarine.com

Director: John Edginton

Sheffield’s very own blues and soul singer Joe Cocker is the charming yet troubled subject of John Edginton’s latest documentary feature. Through concert footage and interviews with family and bandmates, the life of the singer lauded by Billy Joel as one of the best in rock history crests and troughs through a heady mixture of drugs, music, and ultimately love ~ SW

Producers: Peter Worsley, John Edginton Country: UK, USA Year: 2016 Duration: 90 mins Format: DCP Director’s Filmography: Genesis: Sum of the Parts (2015), Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here (2013), Divorce Jewish Style (2009), Robyn Hitchcock: I Often Dream of Trains (2009), Mumia Abu Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt? (1969) Sales Contact: Peter Worsley, Eagle Rock Entertainment Email: peter.worsley@eagle-rock.com

Films

Doc/Rhythm

La Chana

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Producer: Deirdre Towers Country: USA, Iceland, Spain Year: 2016 Duration: 82 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Sales Contact: Catherine le Clef, CAT&Docs Email: cat@catndocs.com

Alternate Realities

She was one of the greatest stars in the flamenco world, captivating audiences worldwide with her innovative style and breathtaking use of rhythm in the 1960s and 1970s. But at the peak of her career, La Chana disappeared from the scene. She’s now returning to the stage to give a final seated performance after a break of two decades.

Films

Director/Producer: Lucija Stojevic

Schedule

Fri 09 June / 19:30 / Showroom 1

Long Strange Trip

Associated session: Music Makes the World Go Round: Making Music Docs (p.149)

Sales Contact: Michael Cummings, Amazon Studios Email: mcmmng@amazon.com

Marketplace & Talent

The 30-year odyssey of the Grateful Dead was the most unlikely success story in rock and roll history. Famously averse to publicity, seemingly incapable of recording radio-friendly hits, they flouted music-industry convention by giving their live music away to a global network of tape traders, becoming the highest-grossing concert act in America, on word of mouth alone.

Producers: Eric Eisner, Nick Koskoff, Alex Blavatnik, Justin Kreutzmann, Ken Dorstein Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 238 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: The Tilman Story (2010), My Kid Could Paint That (2007), Happy Valley (2014)

Parties & Social

Director/Producer: Amir Bar-Lev

Talks & Sessions

Sun 11 June / 15:45 / Curzon 1 + Q&A

Films

Doc/Rhythm

Lost in Vagueness

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Schedule

Sat 10 June / 12:30 / PBS America Showroom 3 + Q&A

Director: Sofia Olins

Alternate Realities

Films

Producer: Christopher Hird Country: UK Year: 2017 Duration: 84 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World Director’s Filmography: Knit Me Some Happiness (2015)

The film of Roy Gurvitz, creator of Lost Vagueness, at Glastonbury Festival and who, as Michael Eavis says, reinvigorated the festival. The decadence of 1920s Berlin, but all in a muddy field. A story of the dark, self-destructive side of creativity and the personal trauma behind it.

Sales Contact: Sofia Olins Email: sofia@olinski.net

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Mada Underground

Fri 09 June / 12:00 / Showroom 2

Directors: Denis Sneguirev Philippe Chevallier Producer: Stephanie Roussel Country: France Year: 2016 Duration: 55 mins Format: DCP Premiere: International Director’s Filmography: Bolchoï, une renaissance (2011)

As respected local rapper Naty says, a group of young people are intent on “leaving a trace” in the history of Madagascar. From the gifted slam poet Caylah to the crew of entrepreneurial skaters, co-filmmakers Philippe Chevallier and Denis Sneguirev capture a generation of youth who are making space for unlikely creative possibilities, who, despite poverty and their country’s legacy of colonisation, are inspiringly defiant. ~ SW

Sales Contact: Stephanie Roussel, Arturo Mio Email: info@arturomio.com

Films

Doc/Rhythm

Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution

Director: Yony Leyser

Producer: Nina Berfelde Country: Germany Year: 2017 Duration: 83 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World Director’s Filmography: Desire Will Set You Free (2015), William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)

| Mon 12 June / 09:30 / The Light Cinema 8 Director: Amanda Lipitz

Producer: Steven Cantor Country: USA Year: 2016 Duration: 83 mins Format: DCP Premiere: European Website: www.press.foxsearchlight.com/step

In inner city Baltimore, an all girls high school step dance team is chasing their ultimate dream: to win a step championship and to be accepted into college. Many will be the first in their family to attend. Emotionally inspiring, Step embodies the true meaning of sisterhood through a story of courageous young women worth cheering for.

Sales Contact: Graham Fulton, Park Circus Email: graham@parkcircus.com

Talks & Sessions

Sat 10 June / 18:15 / PBS America Showroom 3 + Q&A

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Marketplace & Talent

Step

Sales Contact: Catherine Le Clef, CAT&Docs Email: cat@catndocs.com

Alternate Realities

In the mid 1980s, two 20-year-old punks, Bruce LaBruce and GB Jones, created a movement known as Homocore, later known as Queercore. Unhappy with the Gay Rights Movement’s conformist thrust and the aggressiveness of punk, they decided to create their own revolution from their bedrooms. The radical gay farce spread to film, music, zines, performance and activism, and became a rebellious international underground movement.

Films

Schedule

| Wed 14 June / 12:15 / PBS America Showroom 3

Parties & Social

Mon 12 June / 21:15 / The Light Cinema 6 + Q&A

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Films

Whitney “Can I Be Me”

Doc/Rhythm

| Wed 14 June / 20:30 / Showroom 1

Schedule

Sun 11 June / 18:15 / City Hall, Irwin Mitchell Oval Hall

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Directors: Nick Broomfield Rudi Dolezal

Website: www.whitneyhoustonfilm.com Sales Contact: Jonathan Ford, Content Film Email: jonathan.ford@contentmediacorp.com

Doc/Rhythm Short Film Programme

Sat 10 June / 12:15 / The Light Cinema 6

White Riot: London 

The Man is the Music 

Rubika Shah | UK | 2017 9 mins | UK Premiere Email: edinkgibbs@gmail.com

Maris Curran | USA | 2016 19 mins | European Premiere Email: mariscurran@gmail.com

East London, 1977, the height of punk. The Temporary Hoarding zine was set up in response to the racist violence whitewashed by mainstream press, and the fight isn’t over. ~ SB

Richard Twice

Hallucinogenic hand-drawn animation tells the story of talented musician Richard Atkins. After recording the psych-folk record “Richard Twice” in 1968, he disappeared. ~ SB Matthew Salton | USA | 2016 10 mins | European Premiere Email: m@matthewsalton.com

Prolific artist, musician and lover of Mother Earth, Lonnie Holley of Alabama treasures the discarded. Nurturing the neglected, he finds healing in the transformative power of art. ~ SB

Associated session: Music Makes the World Go Round: Making Music Docs (p.149)

Übermensch 

Fares 

Jesper Dalgaard | Denmark | 2016 22 mins | World Premiere Email: moonblood@jesperdalgaard.com

Thora Lorentzen | Denmark | 2016 21 mins | UK Premiere Email: thoralorentzen@gmail.com

Clouds gather as a pair of youths prepare a ritual in a vacant coastal church in Denmark. These teen goths explore their angst and pursue their own personal Jesus. ~ SB

Nominated for New Talent Award

Producers: Nick Broomfield, Marc Hoeferlin Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 104 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Tales of the Grim Sleeper (2014), Sex: My British Job (2013), Sarah Palin: You Betcha! (2011), Battle for Haditha (2007)

Young friends Fares and Aziz hang out on the shore of Tunisia, playing for dangerous thrills. A breakdance school and dreams of Europe offer escape. ~ SB

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Geek Girls Jaha’s Promise The Last Animals Lifespan Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2 Oink Politics, An Instruction Manual Rage Scrap Soldier Stranger in Paradise

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Thank You for the Rain The Third Option Trophy Unrest Unseen Enemy Wasted! The Story of Food Waste The Work Venus Wolfe

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...When You Look Away A River Below Bedside Manner Bending the Arc Chasing Coral Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas Dirty Girls The Departure Erica: Man Made The Fourth Kingdom Freedom for the Wolf

Alternate Realities

Intriguing new ways of seeing and thinking about the world – from politics to science to philosophy.

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Mon 12 June / 18:00 / Showroom 1 + Q&A

Director: Phie Ambo

Producer: Malene Flindt Pedersen Country: Denmark Year: 2017 Duration: 84 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Good Things Await (2014), Free the Mind (2012), Mechanical Love (2007)

Doc/Fest Illuminate Award Nominee

In this filmic experiment, Phie Ambo (Family, Gambler) wonders if consciousness exists outside our body. After all, she has dabbled enough in quantum physics to know that nothing is as it seems. Setting herself some rules for filming – including not steering the direction of the film by seeking out characters – she embarks on a thought-provoking journey of discovery. ~ CN

A River Below

Sun 11 June / 18:30 / Showroom 2 + Q&A

Sales Contact: Catherine LeClef, CAT&Docs Email: cat@catndocs.com

| Tue 13 June / 15:30 / Curzon 1 Director: Mark Grieco

Doc/Fest Environmental Award Nominee

A River Below follows a TV star and a renowned marine biologist as they each attempt to save the Amazon pink river dolphin from being hunted to extinction. The result is a completely unexpected film that captures the Amazon in all its complexity as it examines the actions of environmental activists using the media in an age where truth is a relative term.

Producer: Torus Tammer Country: Columbia Year: 2016 Duration: 85 mins Format: DCP Premiere: European Director’s Filmography: Marmato (2014) Sales Contact: Benjamin Weiss, Paradigm Talent Agency Email: filmsales@paradigmagency.com

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Website: www.impactpartnersfilm.com/ films/bending-arc Sales Contact: Jeffrey Winter, The Film Collaborative Email: jeffrey@thefilmcollaborative.org

Chasing Coral

Mon 12 June / 18:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Q&A

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| Tue 13 June / 09:30 / Showroom 2 Director/Producer: Jeff Orlowski

Doc/Fest Environmental Award Nominee

In this thrilling ocean adventure, Jeff Orlwoski (Chasing Ice) investigates why coral reefs are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. Shot over three years and aided by footage from volunteers from 30 countries, a team of divers, photographers, and scientists set out on a voyage of discovery to reveal the underwater mystery to the world. See Chasing Coral: The VR Experience in the Alternate Realities Exhibition (p.133) Associated session: Climate Change: The Greatest Story of Our Time? (p.160)

Producers: Jeff Orlowski, Larissa Rhodes Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 93 mins Format: DCP Director’s Filmography: Chasing Ice (2012)

Alternate Realities

The story of improbable heroes who came together 30 years ago to fight entrenched diseases, politics, bureaucracy, and the charityindustrial complex itself, forcing the international community to embrace healthcare as a basic human right.

Producers: Cori Shepherd Stern, Kief Davidson Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 102 mins Format: DCP Premiere: International Director’s Filmography: Kief Davidson: The Ivory Game (2016), A Lego Brickumentary (2014), Open Heart (2013), Kassim the Dream (2008), The Devil’s Miner (2005) Pedro Kos: Soleá (2014)

Talks & Sessions

Directors: Kief Davidson Pedro Kos

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| Tue 13 June / 18:00 / Showroom 1

Marketplace & Talent

Mon 12 June / 09:30 / Showroom 1

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Website: www.chasingcoral.com

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Bending the Arc

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Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas

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Mon 12 June / 15:15 / Showroom 2 + Q&A

Director: Joakim Demmer

Doc/Fest Environmental Award Nominee

Hoping for export revenues, Ethiopia’s government leases millions of hectares of farmland to foreign investors. But the dream of prosperity has a dark side, where the World Bank plays a very questionable role. An investigation into land grabbing and its impact on people’s lives. Pursuing the truth, we meet investors, development bureaucrats, persecuted journalists, struggling environmentalists, and evicted farmers deprived of their land.

The Departure

Fri 09 June / 12:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Q&A

Website: www.deaddonkeysfearnohyenas.com Sales Contact: Heino Deckert, Deckert Distribution Email: heino@majade.de

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| Sat 10 June / 18:15 / Showroom 2 + Q&A Director/Producer: Lana Wilson

Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 87 mins Format: DCP Premiere: European Director’s Filmography: After Tiller (2013) Doc/Fest Illuminate Award Nominee

Emmy-award winning director Lana Wilson (After Tiller) chronicles one Zen Buddhist priest’s difficult emotional labour of suicide prevention. A former tearaway youth with nihilistic tendencies, Ittetsu Nemoto feels a natural kinship with the people he counsels. But it has come at the cost of his own mental and physical health, both of which rapidly deteriorate as he is unable to detach from the deep yet morbid bonds he strikes at work. ~ SW Associated talk: Doc/Fest Exchange – About Last Night… daily review including The Departure (p.164)

Producers: Margarete Jangård, Heino Deckert, John Webster Country: Finland, Germany, Sweden Year: 2017 Duration: 80 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: In The Land of the Sami (2016), The King of Sund (2014), Anna Lindh and her Murderer (2004), Tarifa Traffic (2003)

Website: www.dogwoofglobal.com/the-departure Sales Contact: Ana Vincente, Dogwoof Email: ana@dogwoof.com

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| Tue 13 June / 13:15 / Curzon 1 Schedule

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Director: Rupert Russell

Producers: Patrick Hamm, Camilla Hall Country: Germany Year: 2017 Duration: 91 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World Director’s Filmography: Uber Lives: LA (2015)

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Freedom for the Wolf

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| Mon 12 June / 09:00 / Curzon 1 Director: Gina Hara

Producer: Michael Massicotte Country: USA, Canada, Japan Year: 2017 Duration: 84 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World Director’s Filmography: Orison (2014), Rei (2012), Waning (2011)

A geek girl herself, filmmaker Gina Hara is keen to celebrate the world of anime songs, fictional characters, and escapist games. But while a few geek girls are willing to share their journeys, Hara finds that most are unwilling to be identified. A nuanced exploration of the dark side of a subculture all too often dominated by misogyny, online harassment, and ostracisation. ~ CN

Website: www.geekgirlsfilm.com Sales Contact: Michael Massicotte Email: info@geekgirlsfilm.com

Talks & Sessions

Geek Girls

Marketplace & Talent

Associated talk: Doc/Fest Exchange – About Last Night… daily review including Freedom for the Wolf (p.165)

Parties & Social

Sales Contact: Patrick Hamm, Bulldog Agenda Email: ph@bulldogagenda.com

Alternate Realities

Website: www.freedomforthewolf.com

In an attempt to understand what ‘freedom’ means in different cultural contexts, sociologist-turned-filmmaker Rupert Russell traverses the globe to find out how people – particularly the younger generations – are fighting for it. Sensitively researched, the documentary features interviews with key counter-political players around the world as well as commentary from today’s most eminent scholars. ~ SW

Screening with Dirty Girls (p.86)

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Jaha’s Promise

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| Wed 14 June / 09:45 / Showroom 1

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Sat 10 June / 15:15 / PBS America Showroom 3 + Discussion

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Director/Producers: Kate O’Callaghan Patrick Farrelly

Doc/Fest Youth Jury Award Nominee

Co-directors Patrick Farrelly and Kate O’Callaghan follow female genital mutilation activist Jaha Dukureh on her mission to bring awareness to – and ultimately stop – this millennia old practice. Now living in America, the native Gambian has already brought the issue to the attention of former president Barack Obama and, despite widespread conservatism, is taking her message back to her home country. ~ SW

Country: USA, Ireland, UK Year: 2017 Duration: 82 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Patrick Farrelly: Nuala: A Life and Death (2011), Left of the Dial (2005) // Kate O’Callaghan: Nuala: A Life and Death (2011), Voices from the Grave (2010), Left of the Dial (2005) Website: www.jahaspromise.com Sales Contact: Gitte Hansen, First Hand Films Email: gitte.hansen@firsthandfilms.com

The Last Animals

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Sat 10 June / 18:00 / Showroom 1

Director/Producer: Kate Brooks

Doc/Fest Environmental Award Nominee

Originally intending to make a film that explores the link between the wars in Central Africa and the extinction of species there, photojournalist Kate Brooks uncovers instead a far more complex story of corroboration that ties together market, terrorism, and environmental catastrophe. With a focus on elephant and rhino poaching, conservationists are fighting against time as much as they are an intricate web of dealers and armies. ~ SW

Producers: Stephanie Soechtig Country: UK, USA, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Czech Republic, Kenya, Myanmar, Singapore, Vietnam Year: 2016 Duration: 87 mins Format: DCP Premiere: European Director’s Filmography: Honk (2011) Website: www.thelastanimals.com Sales Contact: Liesl Copland, William Morris Entertainment Endeavors Email: LCopland@wmeentertainment.com

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Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2

Director: Florent Vassault

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Tue 13 June / 11:45 / PBS America Showroom 3 + Q&A

Director: Angus Macqueen

Producers: Angus Macqueen Country: UK, China, Denmark, Germany Year: 2017 Duration: 87 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World Director’s Filmography: A Perfect Day (2015), Refugiados (2013), Sabina (2011), Amador (2010), Mondays in the Sun (2002)

Oink explores man’s relationship to pigs – the confused mix of violence and sentimentality from factory farming to having pigs as pets. Veering from a talking baby pig to live xenotransplantation, Ralph Steadman’s cartoons for Animal Farm to wild hogs being machine-gunned from a helicopter, Oink is a mad journey from China via Brooklyn to Wiltshire reflecting on who we are and how we deal with the world around us.

Sales Contact: India Woods,Yaddo Email: india@yaddo.com

Talks & Sessions

Oink

Alternate Realities

Sales Contact: Anaïs Clanet, Wide House Email: ac@widehouse.org

Marketplace & Talent

For 20 years, Lindy lived with an unbearable feeling of guilt and no one in the Republican and Protestant community understood her distress. Finding her 11 fellow jurors since they sentenced a man to death, Lindy-Lou, Juror Number 2 questions the profound impact this experience had on their lives.

Producers: Jean-Baptiste Legrand Country: France Year: 2017 Duration: 85 mins Format: DCP Premiere: European Director’s Filmography: Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty (2014), Our Drugs War (2010), Hostage in the Jungle (2010), Cocaine: Leo and Ze (2004), Gulag (2000)

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| Mon 12 June / 12:00 / Showroom 2 + Q&A

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Fri 9 June / 17:20 / Showroom 1 + Q&A

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Politics, An Instruction Manual

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Sun 11 June / 21:00 / The Light Cinema 3

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Director/Producer: Fernando León de Aranoa

Fernando León de Aranoa shows how a mixture of brilliant malcontents brought together by the 2011 social and economic crisis in Spain dared to challenge the country’s bipartisan system by starting a new party from the ground up. Palpitating with a vital energy that defines moments of great change, the film is an inside look at the exhilarating and frustrating work of movement-building worthy of the party’s name: Podemos, “We Can”. ~ SW

Producers: Fernando León de Aranoa, Jaume Roures Country: Spain Year: 2016 Duration: 120 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: A Perfect Day (2015), Sabina (2011), Amador (2010) Sales Contact: Jason Ishikawa, Cinetic Media Email: jason@cineticmedia.com

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Rage

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Tue 13 June / 18:00 / The Light Cinema 3

Directors: Guy-Marc Hinant Dominique Lohlé

How to talk about Acid Music? This documentary essay eschews traditional storytelling, employing instead an organic exploration taking us from theories of anarchy to the inner working of the TB303 synthesiser, to shadowed discussions of its skinhead origins, to full on strobing immersive sensory sequences. It’s about rave parties, violence, disorder and the pure pleasure of losing yourself to the music. ~ CN Warning: This film contains flashing lights and may not be suitable for photosensitive epilepsy

Producer: Julien Sigalas Country: Belgium Year: 2017 Duration: 131 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Guy-Marc Hinant: Birobidjan (2015), Ghost of Silence (2014), Whisky Time, un portrait de Charlemagne Palestine (2014) / Dominique Lohlé: Ghost of Silence (2014), Whisky Time, un portrait de Charlemagne Palestine (2014) Website: www.rage303.com Sales Contact: Thierry Detaille, CBA Email: mail@cbadoc.be

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A cinematic portrait of a young Argentinian man who decides to join the army to make his mother happy. He also becomes the drummer in the band. His everyday life is now a combination of performing military training, band practice and banal duties. What is the purpose of the army, 40 years after the dictatorship? What is the role of a soldier in a country without wars?

Sales Contact: Gema Juárez Allen, Gema Films Email: gema@gemafilms.com

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Producers: Gema Juárez Allen, Alejandra Grinschpun Country: Argentina Year: 2017 Duration: 72 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Among Us (2015), Escort (2014)

Alternate Realities

Director: Manuel Abramovich

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Mon 12 June / 12:15 / Showroom 1

Producers: Frank van den Engel Country: Netherlands Year: 2016 Duration: 72 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Eye of the Storm (2015)

In a classroom in Sicily, just inside the walls of Fortress Europe, recently arrived refugees receive lessons from a seemingly unbalanced teacher. Operating at the intersection of documentary and fiction, Stranger in Paradise investigates the power relations between Europe and refugees, weaving an unflinching narrative of the mechanisms through which Europe tackles the refugees’ desire for happiness.

Sales Contact: Catherine Le Clef, CAT&Docs Email: cat@catndocs.com

Marketplace & Talent

Director: Guido Hendrikx

Parties & Social

Mon 12 June / 09:30 / PBS America Showroom 3

Talks & Sessions

Stranger in Paradise

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Thank You for the Rain

| Tue 13 June / 09:45 / The Light Cinema 3

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Sat 10 June / 21:15 / Showroom 2 + Q&A

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Director: Julia Dahr

Doc/Fest Meet Market Pitched Doc/Fest Environmental Award Nominee

Seven years ago, Norwegian filmmaker Julia Dahr set out to make a film that would foreground the human dimension of global warming. When she met Kisilu Musya, she found an eager collaborator: a farmer from Kenya, a husband, and father of seven. As he takes his community’s story to the 2012 Globalisation Conference in Norway, he also confronts the hypocrisy of international power politics. ~ SW

Co-director: Kisilu Musya Producers: Hugh Hartford Country: UK Year: 2017 Duration: 90 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Michael Berger: A Hysteria (2010), Das Gelb ohne Zebra (2005) Website: www.thankyoufortherain.com Sales Contact: Salma Abdalla, Autlook Film Sales Email: salma@autlookfilms.com

Associated sessions: Climate Change: The Greatest Story of Our Time? (p.160) The Craft Summit: The Art of Directing (p.146)

The Third Option

Tue 13 June / 12:15 / The Light Cinema 6 + Q&A

Director: Thomas Fuerhapter

Doc/Fest Illuminate Award Nominee

This visually striking, thought-provoking essay dissects the ethical quagmire posed by the latest prenatal testing. Through carefully composed shots we watch as ‘normal’ Austrians engage in a wide array of physical pursuits; meanwhile a variety of unnamed narrators tackle the myriad implications of allowing parents the ‘third option’ – ending a pregnancy if their foetus tests outside the norm. ~ CN

Producers: Johannes Rosenberger Country: Austria Year: 2017 Duration: 78 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Narco Cultura (2013) Website: www.diedritteoption.at Sales Contact: Michaela Lajkova, Taskovski Email: festivals@taskovskifilms.com

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Trophy

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| Wed 14 June / 09:30 / Showroom 2 Schedule

Sun 11 June / 14:45 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Discussion

Directors: Shaul Schwarz, Christina Clusiau

Doc/Fest Environmental Award Nominee Doc/Fest Future Producers Pitched

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Producers: Lauren Haber, Julia Nottingham Country: UK, USA, Qatar Year: 2017 Duration: 108 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Website: www.trophythefilm.com

Unrest

Fri 9 June / 17:15 / PBS America Showroom 3

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| Sun 11 June / 15:15 / Showroom 2 + Q&A Director/Producer: Jennifer Brea

Doc/Fest Future Producers Pitched Doc/Fest Meet Market Pitched Doc/Fest Illuminate Award Nominee

Struck by a debilitating, leaden tiredness after a bout of high fever, filmmaker Jennifer Brea took to her camera to make sense of what she was going through. With many questions left unanswered by medical experts, Brea turns to the internet and finds not only that her condition has a name – myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) – but along with it a supportive community of sufferers. ~ SW

Producers: Lindsey Dryden, Patricia E. Gillespie Country: UK, USA Year: 2017 Duration: 96 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: No Place on Earth (2012), Juvenile Justice (2001) Website: www.unrest.film Sales Contact: Kevin Iwashina, Preferred Content Email: kevin@preferredcontent.net

Marketplace & Talent

Associated session: Craft Summit – The Art of Cinematography (p.147)

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Sales Contact: Lauren Haber Email: laurenpeblerhaber@gmail.com

Parties & Social

Facing a catastrophic decline in wild animals, big game hunters and conservationists often make uneasy bedfellows, as highlighted in this gripping documentary. South African rhino breeder John is convinced that legalising the sale of rhino horns will save the species from extinction. Meanwhile, American hunter Philip ventures to the remote wilderness of Nambia and Zimbabwe in his personal quest to hunt the “big five” in their natural environment.

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Unseen Enemy

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Sun 11 June / 12:00 / Showroom 1

Director/Producer: Janet Tobias

Doc/Fest Future Producers Pitched Doc/Fest Illuminate Award Nominee

Producers: Janet Tobias, Rogger Lopez Country: USA, Germany Year: 2016 Duration: 90 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Sales Contact: Leeya Mor, Cinephil Email: leeya@cinephil.com

The names alone can send us into panic: Ebola, SARS, AIDS, Zika. But there’s no time to bury our heads in the sand, argue a host of experts in this absorbing documentary. In an age of ever increasing globalisation, countries must figure out how to use our connectedness for good to stop deadly microbes in their tracks. ~ CN

Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

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Tue 13 June / 21:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Q&A

Directors: Nari Kye, Anna Chai

A huge contributor to the environmental crisis is food waste, which co-filmmakers Anna Chai and Nari Kye demonstrate in a documentary that provides an altogether more constructive – and delicious – perspective than we normally see. With Anthony Bourdain as Executive Producer, the focus is on ingenious food waste processing as well as on progressive foodie approaches like the avant-garde soup kitchen set up by Massimo Bottura. ~ SW

Producers: Nari Kye, Joe Caterini, Lydia Tenaglia, Christopher Collins, Anthony Bourdain Country: UK, South Korea Year: 2017 Duration: 90 mins Format: DCP Premiere: International Director’s Filmography: Sea Nation (2010), Renzo Gracie: Legacy (2008), How Low Can You Go? (2005-2007) Website: www.wastedfilm.com Sales Contact: Shane Riley, Cinetic Email: shane@cineticmedia.com

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The Work

A powerful observational documentary set inside a single room in Folsom Prison, The Work follows a four-day group therapy retreat. The raw and revealing process offers a rare look past the cinder block walls, steel doors and the dehumanising tropes in our culture to reveal a movement of change and redemption that transcends what we think of as rehabilitation.

Website: www.theworkfilm.com Sales Contact: Ana Vincente, Dogwoof Email: ana@dogwoof.com

Films Alternate Realities

Doc/Fest Grand Jury Award Nominee

Producers: Miles McLeary, Eon McLeary, Angela Sostre, Jairus McLeary, Alice Henty Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 87 mins Format: DCP Premiere: International Director’s Filmography: Mein Hauptbahnhof (2008)

Talks & Sessions

Directors: Jairus McLeary Gethin Aldous

Marketplace & Talent

Sun 11 June / 18:30 / PBS America Showroom 3 + Q&A | Tue 13 June / 09:15 / PBS America Showroom 3 Wed 14 June / 09:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4

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Mon 12 June / 15:15 / The Light Cinema 6

Scrap

Lifespan 

A metallic cacophony resounds as Eric hunts for, and labours through, abandoned scrap. The sun beats down as his pick-up truck rumbles through the day.

What would happen if human life expectancy expanded significantly? Lifespan dreams of a revolutionary restructuring of expectations and community. ~ SB

Chris Filippone | 6 mins | USA | 2016 | UK Premiere Email: chrisflp@stanford.edu

Jessica Bishopp | 3 mins | UK | 2016 Email: jsbishopp@gmail.com

The Fourth Kingdom

Wolfe 

In a recycling centre in New York, the residents navigate their fortresses of plastic and connection with alienation. The pursuit of happiness, to infinity and beyond. ~ SB

Nick’s childhood imaginary friend was Mister Wolfe. But as he entered his teens, Wolfe wouldn’t go away. Nick’s memories are animated as he speaks with courage and candour. ~ SB

Alex Lora, Adán Aliaga | 14 mins | UK | 2017 | UK Premiere Email: mailukifilms@gmail.com

Claire Randall | 16 mins | Australia | 2017| UK Premiere Email: MortonLachlanfilm@gmail.com

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Bedside Manner 

In Kyoto, Erica the Android is learning about human desire and needs, as her creator Dr Hiroshi Ishiguro explores the boundaries of humanity and artificial intelligence. ~ SB Ilinca Calugareanu | 14 mins | UK, USA | 2017 | World Premiere Email: charlie.phillips@theguardian.com

Doctors training with medical actors is an uncanny sight. Neurologist Dr Alice Flaherty explores the act of sickness and health, the performance of truth and empathy. ~ SB Corinne Botz | 18 mins | USA | 2016 | International Premiere Email: corinnebotz@gmail.com

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Venus Dimilo’s drag is a liberating platform, not confined by gender. Her own experiences of prejudice dissipate when she has the freedom to be herself onstage. ~ SB Faye Carr-Wilson | 5 mins | UK | 2016 Email: fayecw95@gmail.com

Doc/Think Shorts screening with other films

Dirty Girls

Sun 11 June / 12:00 / The Light Cinema 6 + Q&A Mon 12 June / 09:00 / Curzon 1 In the Spring of 1996, filmmaker Michael Lucid documented a group of 8th grade girls who were notorious for their crass behaviour and allegedly bad hygiene. ~ LW Michael Lucid | USA | 2000 | 18 mins Email: michael.lucid@gmail.com

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The Fish The Flying Proletarian Ghost Hunting If Only There Were Peace In Time to Come Leonora Carrington – The Lost Surrealist The Oweds Playback Exhibition Rat Film

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Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder Spettacolo Ulysses in the Subway Undo Studies on the Ecology of Drama War Memorial White Mountain

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Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Beuys the bomb Brasilia: Life After Design Brexitannia Casting JonBenet City of the Sun Commodity City Do Donkeys Act? Dries Electro-Pythagoras: A Portrait of Martin Bartlett

Alternate Realities

Open your eyes to inspiring, radical artists, and bold cinematic visions.

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Beuys

| Tue 13 June / 21:00 / The Light Cinema 6

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Sat 10 June / 15:15 / The Light Cinema 3

Doc/Visions

Director: Andres Veiel

Films

Producer: Thomas Kufus Country: Germany Year: 2017 Duration: 107 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: If Not Us, Who? (2011), 24 Hours Berlin (2009), Der Kick (2006), Addicted to Acting (2004), Black Box BRD (2001)

Thirty years after his death, the German artist Beuys is now seen as a visionary. Employing a congenial montage of countless, previously untapped visual and audio sources, director Andreas Veiel and his team have created a one-of-a-kind chronicle. Beuys is not a portrait in the common sense but an intimate look at a human being, his art, and his world of ideas.

the bomb

Sat 10 June / 10:00 / The Light Cinema 8

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Sales Contact: Dirk Schürhoff, Beta Cinema Email: dirk.schuerhoff@betacinema

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| Sun 11 June / 18:30 / The Light Cinema 8 + Q&A | Mon 12 June / 19:30 / Curzon 1 Directors: Eric Schlosser Smriti Keshari Kevin Ford

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Photo: Zero One Film / Klophaus

Through the use of experimental montage and atmospheric film scoring, the trio of filmmakers (including author of Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser) presents an alarmingly bleak impression of humanity under atomic threat. With a focus on the decades before and after the nuclear attacks in Japan, the film shows how global military hubris repeatedly endangers life on earth as we know it. ~ SW

Producers: Eric Schlosser, Smriti Keshari Country: USA Year: 2016 Duration: 61 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Directors’ Filmography: Eric Schlosser: – Smriti Keshari: Capture: A Waves Documentary (2010) // Kevin Ford: Drowned (2016), By the River (2016), Legs (2015), Windows (2015), Stone Barn Castle (2015) Sales Contact: Ryan Kampe, Visit Films Email: info@visitfilms.com

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Brasilia: Life After Design

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Fri 09 June / 15:15 / PBS America Showroom 3

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| Tue 13 June / 21:15 / Showroom 2 + Q&A Director/Producer: Timothy George Kelly

Producers: Pavel Karykhalin, Alyona Bocharova, Kirill Sorokin Country: UK, Russia Year: 2017 Duration: 80 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: A City Is an Island (2014)

Following the referendum that saw the UK vote to leave the EU by a small margin, filmmaker Timothy George Kelly travels up and down the British isles to meet with people from both sides of the ballot. Supplemented by thoughtful observations that take into account complexities of race, labour, and the environment, an uncomfortable image of Britain today emerges. ~ SW Associated session: What does Brexit Look Like? (p.160)

Sales Contact: Aleksandar Govedarica, Syndicado Email: aleksandar@syndicado.com

Alternate Realities

Sales Contact: Aimara Reques, Aconite Productions Email: aimara@aconiteproductions.co.uk

Talks & Sessions

Brexitannia

Website: www.brasilialifeafterdesign.com

Marketplace & Talent

A meditation on living in one of the most planned cities on earth. Brasília is unlike any other: a concrete utopia designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer and urbanist Lúcio Costa that spawned out of the desert. Featuring a haunting, intimate score and images that take us deep into the city, this documentary brings a human face to the utopian ideal.

Producers: Lucie Tremblay, Aimara Reques Country: UK, Canada Year: 2017 Duration: 86 mins Format: Digital File Premiere: World Director’s Filmography: Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2012), Bananas!* (2009), Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures (2007), The Corporation (2004)

Parties & Social

Director: Bart Simpson

Films

Schedule

Sat 10 June / 12:00 / Showroom 1 + Q&A

Films

Doc/Visions

Casting JonBenet

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Schedule

Tue 13 June / 21:15 / The Light Cinema 8

Director/Producer: Kitty Green

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Producers: James Schamus, Scott Macaulay Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 80 mins Format: DCP Director’s Filmography: The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul (2015), Ukraine Is Not a Brothel (2013)

A sly and stylised exploration of the world’s most sensational childmurder case: the unsolved death of six-year-old American beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey. After twenty years of media speculation and public hysteria, Casting JonBenet presents audiences with a hybrid of fiction and non-fiction filmmaking that examines the macabre legacy of this tiny starlet.

City of the Sun

Sun 11 June / 12:30 / The Light Cinema 8 + Q&A

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| Mon 12 June / 12:30 / The Light Cinema 6 + Q&A Director/Producer: Rati Oneli

Doc/Fest Art Doc Award Nominee

In this award-winning documentary, filmmaker Rati Oneli looks at what remains amid the detritus of a small mining town in Georgia. Moving seamlessly between fact and fiction, landscapes and dreamscapes, he zooms in on the joys and toils of four different sets of lives: a group of pensioners, a music teacher, a pair of young athletes, and a miner. ~ SW

Producer: Dea Kulumbegashvili Country: USA, Georgia, Netherlands, Qatar Year: 2017 Duration: 104 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Leitmotif (2012), Theo (2011) Website: www.oneli.org Sales Contact: Aleksandar Govedarica, Syndicado Email: aleksandar@syndicado.com

A hybrid documentary the likes of which you’ve never seen before, this “ethno-poetic-animal-fiction” promotes the stubborn donkey to the role of leading man. Poetic reflections voiced by Willem Dafoe serves as the backdrop for a series of dramatic performances by a group of rescued donkeys as we’re asked to “step into their shade, listen closely” and re-examine our notion of the dumb beast. ~ CN

Website: www.carnivalesquefilms.com Sales Contact: Ashley Sabin, Carnivalesque Films Email: carnivalesquefilm@gmail.com

Dries

Sat 10 June / 15:45 / Curzon 1

Director/Producer: Reiner Holzemer

Country: Belgium, Germany Year: 2017 Duration: 90 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Magnum Photos: The Changing of a Myth (1999) Website: www.dogwoofglobal.com/dries

Dries Van Noten allows a filmmaker to accompany him in his creative process and rich home life. For an entire year, Reiner Holzemer documents the precise steps that Dries takes to conceive of four collections. This film offers an insight into the life, mind, and creative heart of a master fashion designer who has remained independent in a landscape of fashion consolidation and globalisation.

Sales Contact: Ana Vincente, Dogwoof Email: ana@dogwoof.com

Films

Doc/Fest Art Doc Award Nominee

Producers: Dale Smith, Deborah Smith Country: UK, Canada, Ireland Year: 2017 Duration: 72 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Ashley Sabin: Choreography (2014), Night Labor (2013), Kingdom of Animal (2012), Downeast (2012), Girl Model (2011) // David Redmon: Niege (2015), No Exit (2014), Choreography (2014), Night Labor (2013), Girl Model (2011)

Alternate Realities

Directors/Producers: David Redmon Ashley Sabin

Schedule

| Tue 13 June / 18:15 / Showroom 2 + Q&A

Talks & Sessions

Fri 09 June / 21:00 / Showroom 2

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Marketplace & Talent

Do Donkeys Act?

Doc/Visions

Parties & Social

Films

Doc/Visions

Electro-Pythagoras: A Portrait of Martin Bartlett

Schedule

Sat 10 June / 13:15 / Curzon 1 + Q&A

Luke Fowler pays tribute to the work and musical ideas of Martin Bartlett, a proudly gay Canadian composer who, during the 1970s and 1980s, pioneered the use of the ‘microcomputer’. Bartlett was particularly interested in handmade electronics where, as he states in one of his performances, “the intimacy of handcraftedness softens the technological anonymity creating individual difference making each instrument a topography of uncertainties with which we become acquainted through practice”.

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Country: UK Year: 2016 Duration: 45 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: For Christian (2016), Deposition (2014), To The Editor Of Amateur Photographer (2014), The Poor Stockinger, the Luddite Cropper and the Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott (2012), All Divided Selves (2011) Sales Contact: Matt Carter, LUX Email: distribution@lux.org.uk

Screening with: The Flying Proletarian (p.92) & Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder (p.98)

The Flying Proletarian Sat 10 June / 13:15 / Curzon 1 + Q&A

Director/Producer: Phillip Warnell

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Director/Producer: Luke Fowler

Country: UK Year: 2017 Duration: 36 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Ming of Harlem (2014), I first saw the light (2012), Outlandish: Strange Foreign Bodies (2009), The Girl with X-ray Eyes (2008)

The third film collaboration between filmmaker Phillip Warnell and philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy explores ideas on the land, the stranger, and the open, with a surge of space-race animality. Screening with: Electro-Pythagoras: A Portrait of Martin Bartlett (p.92) & Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder (p.98)

Sales Contact: Phillip Warnell, Big Other Films Email: info@phillipwarnell.com

Doc/Visions

Ghost Hunting

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Sales Contact: Arnaud Bélangeon-Bouaziz, UDI – Urban Distribution International Email: sales@urbangroup.biz

In Time to Come

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Mon 12 June / 15:30 / The Light Cinema 3

Director/Producer: Pin Pin Tan

Doc/Fest Art Doc Award Nominee

Bookended with the opening and the sealing of two separate time capsules, there lies in between them a rich assortment of people, places, and textures visually preserved by award-winning Singaporean director Pin Pin Tan. Honing in on the gaps that are spent in wait, in limbo, or at rest, she invites us to slow down and re-evaluate the banal, often forgotten details of ritual, habit, and daily life. ~ SW

Country: Singapore Year: 2017 Duration: 62 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: To Singapore, with Love (2013), Invisible City (2007), Singapore GaGa (2005) Website: www.intimetocome.com Sales Contact: Pin Pin Tan, BFG Media Email: pin@tanpinpin.com

Alternate Realities

In an effort to grapple with his incarceration at an infamous Israeli interrogation centre, Raed Andoni seeks to recreate the specifics of space and experience from memory. A recruited cast of former Palestinian detainees are summoned to help, but they soon begin to question the director’s method of provoking and role-playing. ~ SW

Talks & Sessions

Doc/Fest Grand Jury Award Nominee

Producers: Palmyre Badinier, Nicolas Wadimoff, Philippe Coeytaux Country: France, Palestine, Qatar, Switzerland Year: 2017 Duration: 94 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: FIX ME (2010)

Marketplace & Talent

Director/Producer: Raed Andoni

Films

Schedule

Sat 10 June / 15:00 / The Light Cinema 8 + Extended Q&A | Sun 11 June / 18:15 / The Light Cinema 6 + Q&A Wed 14 June / 12:15 / Showroom 2

Parties & Social

Films

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Films

Doc/Visions

Leonora Carrington – The Lost Surrealist

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Schedule

Tue 13 June / 09:30 / The Light Cinema 8

Alternate Realities

Films

Director: Teresa Griffiths

The extraordinary life of British-Mexican artist Leonora Carrington is chronicled by director Teresa Griffiths in this study of the “lost” surrealist. Interspersed with experimental animation and tableaux, the film celebrates a woman whose artistic contribution has been historically overlooked. Struggling against misogynistic pressures at home, she eventually found a spiritual kinship in Mexico. ~ SW

Producer: Rachel Hooper Country: UK Year: 2016 Duration: 60 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World Director’s Filmography: Miranda’s Letter (2016), Tales from the Golden Age (2011), The Last Aztec (2006), Benjamin Britten: The Hidden Heart (2002) Sales Contact: Elina Kewiz, NewDocs Email: elina.kewitz@newdocs.de

The Oweds

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Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Mon 12 June / 18:30 / Showroom 2

Director/Producer: Hannah Catherine Jones (aka Foxy Moron) Country: UK Year: 2017 Duration: 45 mins Format: Live Performance Premiere: World Website: www.foxymoron.co.uk Sales Contact: Hannah Catherine Jones Email: hannah.jones@chch.ox.ac.uk

Hannah Catherine Jones (aka Foxy Moron) will perform a selection of her Oweds (theremin, vocals and video projections). The Oweds exist as a multidisciplinary ongoing series of works exploring decolonisation and ancient and contemporary ‘myths’. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, radio presenter (NTS), composer, conductor, and founder of Peckham Chamber Orchestra and is a DPhil candidate at Oxford University. ~ SW

Films

Doc/Visions

Playback Exhibition

Fri 09 June / 12:00 – 19:00 / Showroom Café | Sat 10 June / 09:00 – 19:00 / Showroom Café

Schedule

Sun 11 June / 09:00 – 19:00 / Showroom Café | Mon 12 June / 09:00 – 19:00 / Showroom Café

Alternate Realities

Films

Tue 13 June / 09:00 – 19:00 / Showroom Café | Wed 14 June / 09:00 – 15:00 / Showroom Café

Playback brings together short films made by emerging talent spanning a range of art forms and topics, from an animated take on the refugee crisis to the dark dreamscape of a zombie apocalypse.

Director: Theo Anthony

Doc/Fest Youth Jury Award Nominee

Rats are seen both as a real and allegorical pest in Theo Anthony’s multilayered study of Baltimore’s historically racist urban planning. By way of observation and monologue, the city’s struggle with rat infestation draws intriguing parallels between different narratives – actual versus virtual realities that forefront the rat as a social nuisance and as a lab subject of cruel human curiosity. ~ SW

Producer: Sebastian Pardo Riel Roch-Decterhttps Country: USA Year: 2016 Duration: 82 mins Format: DCP Director’s Filmography: Coffin Maker (2014), Chop My Money (2014) Sales Contact: Ryan Kampe, Visit Films Email: info@visitfilms.com

Talks & Sessions

| Sun 11 June / 21:30 / The Light Cinema 6 + Q&A | Tue 13 June / 10:00 / The Light Cinema 6

Marketplace & Talent

Sat 10 June / 09:30 / The Light Cinema 3

Parties & Social

Rat Film

Films

Doc/Visions

Spettacolo

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| Tue 13 June / 15:15 / Showroom 2 + Q&A

Schedule

Fri 09 June / 15:30 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Q&A

Directors/Producers: Chris Shellen Jeff Malmberg

Films

Producer: Matt Radecki Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 91 mins Format: DCP Premiere: European Director’s Filmography: Marwencol (2010)

Alternate Realities

Website: www.spettacolofilm.com

As the amateur theatre of Montichiello teeters towards an uncertain future, filmmakers Jeff Malmberg (Marwencol) and Chris Shellen capture what is quite possibly the group’s final production in the making. Over the years, the theatre has served as a community and artistic meeting place for the town to play out its most pressing concerns. The sumptuous Tuscan setting belies the death of Italy’s rural life in the face of modern politics. ~ SW

Sales Contact: Jeff Malmberg, Open Face Email: jeffmalmberg@gmail.com

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Ulysses in the Subway

Sat 10 June / 18:15 / Curzon 1 + Q&A

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| Tue 13 June / 21:30 / Curzon 1 + Q&A | Sat 10 June / 11:30 / Curzon 1 Directors: Ken Jacobs Flo Jacobs Paul Kaiser Marc Downie

A journey through the NYC subway is rendered into a 3D sensory experience in this experimental documentary. Using a sound analysis algorithm to illuminate the audio journey, it brings to the fore the fleeting nature of our daily lives. A collaboration between husband and wife team Ken and Flo Jacobs and digital artists Paul Kaiser and Marc Downie, this film employs a flicker effect. ~ CN Warning: This film contains flashing lights and may not be suitable for photosensitive epilepsy

Producer: Paul Kaiser Country: USA, France Year: 2016 Duration: 60 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Saccades (2014), All Sides of the Road (2012), Seeking the Monkey King (2011), After Ghostcatching (2010), Tom Tom the Piper’s Son (1969) Sales Contact: Paul Kaiser, OpenEndedGroup Email: paul@openendedgroup.com

Films

Doc/Visions

Undo

Films Alternate Realities Talks & Sessions

Screening with: If Only There Were Peace (p.98)

Sales Contact: Majed Neisi, Majed Neisi Productions Email: majed.neisi@gmail.com

Marketplace & Talent

Two men are spending a sunny day biking together in Khorramshahr, Iran. Although much of the landscape is barren, it holds many memories. It emerges that they were both photographers during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s – but for opposite sides. Now they struggle to make sense of their terrible shared history. ~ CN

Producer: Sebastian Pardo Riel Roch-Decterhttps Country: Iran Year: 2016 Duration: 39 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: The Black Flag (2015),Orange Bombs (2015), Rusty People (2015), The Camp Speicher Massacre (2015), A True Story (2012), Glass Life (2009), Revolution (2009)

Parties & Social

Director/Producer: Majed Neisi

Schedule

Sun 11 June / 12:45 / The Light Cinema 3

Films

Doc/Visions

Doc/Visions Short Film Programme

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Mon 12 June / 18:30 / The Light Cinema 6

The Fish 

Studies on the Ecology of Drama 

Jonathas de Andrade | USA, Brazil | 2016 | 23 mins | UK Premiere Email: luizaramosh@gmail.com

Eija-Liisa Ahtila | Finland | 2017 | 26 mins | UK Premiere Email: pohjola@crystaleye.fi

Gliding along the São Francisco River and sea northeast of Brazil, rich 16mm film captures the athletic physiques of fishermen and a surreal, tender ritual. ~ SB

Nominated for Short Film Award

White Mountain 

War Memorial

Emma Charles | UK | 2016 | 20 mins | UK Premiere Email: emmavictoriacharles@gmail.com

Steve Hawley | India, Myanmar | 2016 | 27 mins | World Premiere Email: lode5tone@outlook.com

Nominated for New Talent Award

Nominated for Short Film Award

A mysterious subterranean structure resides 30 metres below the Earth’s surface, an architectural paean to science fiction. This data centre has hosted clients including WikiLeaks and PirateBay. ~ SB

A montage of surreal and moving messages from WWII soldiers stationed in India and Burma. Between the staged, chirpy goodbyes are intimate portraits of waiting and uncertainty. ~ SB

Associated session: Playtime with Archive (p.148)

Doc/Think Shorts screening with other films

Commodity City 

If Only There Were Peace 

A glimpse inside the cavernous belly of capitalism’s bilious overproductivity, Yiwu Market in China is five miles long. Buried in gaudy goods, tempers flare and boredom reigns. ~ SB

A film production company – comprised of Turks, Kurds, Iraqi refugees and former soldiers of the Free Syrian Army – spend a day in the Turkish countryside, shooting a melodrama about the KurdishTurkish conflict.

Mon 12 June / 15:30 / The Light Cinema 3

Jessica Kingdon USA, China | 2016 | 10 mins | UK Premiere Email: jessica.kingdon@gmail.com

 Screening with In Time to Come (p.93)

This film expands upon the issues of ecological moving image narrative – the focus being on presentation, imaging and imagination in the context of the moving image.

Sun 11 June / 12:45 / The Light Cinema 3

Carmine Grimaldi, Deniz Tortum USA, Turkey | 2017 | 30 mins International Premiere Email: cbgrimaldi@gmail.com

 Screening with Undo (p.97)

Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

Sat 10 June / 13:15 / Curzon 1 + Q&A

In Upstate New York, a hand is creeping. Ambiguous textures, layers of sound, meaning, and signifiers collide in a vibrant flare of imagery and disruption. ~ SB Fern Silva | USA | 2017 | 9 mins | UK Premiere Email: fernsilva860@gmail.com

 Screening with Electro-Pythagoras: A Portrait of Martin Bartlett (p.92) The Flying Proletarian (p.92)

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Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Dispute: Round 1 and 2 Far from Vietnam Festival! Portrait of Jason Silent Revolution / Black Liberation Tonite Lets All Make Love in London Warrendale What’s Happening?

Films

1967: Discover cult and classic documentaries and restored archive treasures.

Alternate Realities

Doc/Retro

Schedule

Films

Still from What’s Happening?, p.103 99

Films

Doc/Retro

Dispute: Round 1 and 2

Schedule

Mon 12 June / 14:30 / Curzon 1

Alternate Realities

Films

Directors: Paul Watson Ken Ashton Jack Gold

Dispute Round 1 and 2 is a work of radical television from a year of radical socio-political change. This BBC documentary film shows, for the first time anywhere, the actual unfolding events of both sides of a genuine industrial conflict. The labour dispute is shown exactly as it happened; there was no preparation or rehearsal.

Producer: Jack Gold Country: UK Year: 1967 Duration: 100 mins Format: DVD Director’s Filmography: Architecture on TV (2016), Southcliffe (2013), Playhouse Presents - Care (2012), Drunken Butterflies (2014), Outsiders (2012), Song for Marion (2012) Sales Contact: Matthew Harle, BFI Email: matthew.harle@bfi.org.uk

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Far from Vietnam

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Tue 13 June / 09:15 / Showroom 1

Director: Chris Marker, Jean-Luc Godard Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Alain Resnais

Initiated and edited by Chris Marker, Far from Vietnam is an epic 1967 collaboration between cinema greats Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, and Alain Resnais, in protest of American military involvement in Vietnam – made, per Marker’s narration, “to affirm, by the exercise of their craft, their solidarity with the Vietnamese people in struggle against aggression”.

Producer: Catherine Winter Country: France Year: 1967 Duration: 115 mins Format: DCP Director’s Filmography: The Case of the Grinnning Cat (2004), Level Five (1997), Sans Soleil (1983), A Grin Without a Cat (1977), La Jetée (1962) Sales Contact: Claire Winter, Sofra Email: sofraproduction@gmail.com

Films

Doc/Retro

Festival!

A remastered cinematic synthesis of four Newport Folk Festivals in the 1960s in which the art of folk music is pictured in transition during its most crucial years. The festivals were hugely influential and this film records for posterity the pivotal moment when Bob Dylan “went electric” performing “Mr Tambourine Man”. Other legendary artists performing include Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Donovan, and Pete Seeger.

Sales Contact: Peter Worsley, Eagle Rock Films Email: peter.worsley@eagle-rock.com

Films

Producer: Catherine Winter Country: USA Year: 1967 Duration: 98 mins Format: Digital File Director’s Filmography: Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (2007), Message to Love (1997), From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China (1979)

Alternate Realities

Director/Producer: Murray Lerner

Schedule

Fri 09 June / 18:00 / Showroom 2

Producer: Catherine Winter Country: USA Year: 1967 Duration: 105 mins Format: DCP Director’s Filmography: Ornette: Made in America (1984), Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel with the World (1963), The Connection (1961)

Portrait of Jason plays with complexities; while it was shot in a cinema vérité style, the film’s subject is a man who readily admits to deceiving everyone – and may be lying to the camera. Regarded as one of the “most fascinating films of all time”, Shirley Clarke presents Jason, a young black homosexual and male sex worker, in kaleidoscopic fashion.

Website: www.projectshirley.com/portraitofjason Sales Contact: Amy Heller, Milestone Films Email: aahellerdoros@gmail.com

Marketplace & Talent

Director/Producer: Shirley Clarke

Parties & Social

Sun 11 June / 15:00 / Showroom 1

Talks & Sessions

Portrait of Jason

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Doc/Retro

Silent Revolution / Black Liberation

Schedule

Sat 10 June / 10:00 / Showroom 2 + Q&A

Director: Edouard De Laurot

Alternate Realities

Films

Producer: Solange Marcin Country: USA Year: 1967 Duration: 35 mins Format: Digital File Director’s Filmography: Maynard Dixon: Art and Spirit (2007)

Made with the direct participation of Malcolm X and narrated by Ossie Davis, this work of political cinema offers an intense, incendiary vision of black revolution across America. From radical filmmaker, theorist and founder of ‘Cinema Engagé’ Édouard (Yves) De Laurot.

Sales Contact: Elen Carysfort, Moving Pictures Email: eldorado@springmail.com

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Tonite Lets All Make Love in London

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Sat 10 June / 21:00 / Curzon 1

Director/Producer: Peter Whitehead

Named after an Allen Ginsberg poem, Peter Whitehead’s psychedelic “pop concerto” is propelled by such sounds as Pink Floyd’s “Interstellar Overdrive”. It presents meditations on swinging London nightlife – from revolution to sex – by such iconic figures as Mick Jagger, Julie Christie, Michael Caine, Lee Marvin, and includes footage of rioting audiences interrupting a 1966 Rolling Stones concert in the Royal Albert Hall.

Country: UK Year: 1967 Duration: 70 mins Format: Digital File Director’s Filmography: The Rolling Stones: Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965 (2012), Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts (2009), The Fall (1969), Pink Floyd London ‘66-’67 (1967) Sales Contact: Erik Liknaitzky, Contemporary Films Email: eric@contemporaryfilms.com

Films

Doc/Retro

Warrendale

Producer: Patrick Watson Country: Canada Year: 1967 Duration: 100 mins Format: DVD Director’s Filmography: Dying at Grace (2003), Termini Station (1989), Silence of the North (1981) Sales Contact: Amanda Gordon, Allan King Films Email: mail@allankingfilms.com

Alternate Realities

In a fascinating feature-length debut, Allan King ventures into to a home for disturbed young people. With an intimate, insider’s view, the camera captures 12 fascinating children and their caregivers as they present the full spectrum of human emotion to a sensitive camera. For its significant merits, Warrendale won the Prix d’art et d’essai at Cannes and a special documentary award from the National Society of Film Critics.

Films

Director/Producer: Allan King

Schedule

Mon 12 June / 21:15 / Curzon 1

Producer: Patrick Watson Country: USA, Italy Year: 1967 Duration: 93 mins Format: Digital File Director’s Filmography: Storia di Filomena e Antonio: Gli anni ‘70 e la droga a Milano (1976), Seize the Time (1970)

Through the lens of the experiences of Beat and pop artists, What’s Happening serves up an irreverent view of 1960s America during the Vietnam war – ridden with complexity, contradiction, and tension, but pervaded with youthful anticipation for the future. Features Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Marie Benois, and more.

Sales Contact: Aurora Palandrani, Fondazione AAMOD Email: apalandrani@aamod.it

Marketplace & Talent

Director/Producer: Antonello Branca

Parties & Social

Sun 11 June / 21:15 / Curzon 1

Talks & Sessions

What’s Happening?

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Focus/India

An insightful and beautiful trip to India through the latest documentary films.

Films

Schedule

Films Films

A Suitable Girl An Insignificant Man Around India with a Movie Camera Ask the Sexpert Daughters of Destiny - Episodes 1 & 2

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

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The Moderators Professional Foreigner Riders of the Well of Death Singing with Angry Bird

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Films

Focus/India

A Suitable Girl

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Sun 11 June / 09:30 / Showroom 1 + Q&A

Directors/Producers: Sarita Khurana Smriti Mundhra

Website: www.asuitablegirldoc.com Sales Contact: Orly Ravid, The Film Collaborative / Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp Email: orly@thefilmcollaborative.org

An Insignificant Man

Directors/Producers: Khushboo Ranka Vinay Shukla Producer: Anand Gandhi Country: India Year: 2016 Duration: 96 mins Format: DCP Director’s Filmography: Right to Pray (2016), Bureaucracy Sonata (2011), Victory (2009), Continuum (2006)

Emerging from the 2012 anti-corruption protests, the formation and rise of the Aam Aadmi Party (Common Man’s Part, AAP) was an explosive, yet unexpected, result that filmmakers Vinay Shukla and Khushboo Ranka inadvertently documented. As its frontman Arvind Kejriwal gains greater political prominence, they were given total access to the agony, heartbreak, and euphoria of a new people’s movement. ~ SW

Website: www.insignificantman.com Sales Contact: Vinay Shukla, Memesys Culture Lab Email: info@aimthemovie.com

Marketplace & Talent

Sat 10 June / 21:30 / The Light Cinema 3

Talks & Sessions

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Parties & Social

A Suitable Girl follows three young women in India struggling to maintain their identities and follow their dreams amid intense pressure to get married. Documenting the arranged marriage and matchmaking process in vérité over four years, the film examines the women’s complex relationship with marriage, family, and society.

Alternate Realities

Films

Producer: Jennifer Tiexeria Country: USA, India Year: 2017 Duration: 90 mins Format: DCP Premiere: International

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Films

Focus/India

Around India with a Movie Camera

Schedule

Sun 11 June / 10:30 / The Light Cinema 3 + Q&A

Directors: Various

Sales Contact: Ros Cranston, BFI National Archive Email: Ros.Cranston@bfi.org.uk

A matchless collection of films shot in pre-independence India, from the beautiful Panorama of Varanasi (1899), showing the holy city from the perspective of a river boat, to the glorious Tins for India (1941) directed by one of Indian cinema’s greatest directors, Bimal Roy, which finds poetry in the kerosene can. All newly digitised by the BFI National Archive. Associated session: Playtime with Archive (p.148)

Ask the Sexpert

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Sat 10 June / 12:15 / Showroom 2 + Q&A

Director/Producer: Vaishali Sinha

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Producer: Various Country: India Year: 2017 Duration: 60 mins Format: Blu Ray Premiere: World Director’s Filmography: Timeshift (2013)

In a country where talk of sex is stifled by social and cultural conventions, filmmaker Vaishali Sinha focuses on a rare but hugely popular instance of open honesty. Wry, non-judgmental, and most of all practical, the sex advice column penned by 91-year-old retired gynaecologist Mahinder Watsa has been a staple for readers (and ruffled moralists too, apparently) for the Mumbai Mirror since 2005. ~ SW

Producer: Mridu Chandra Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 75 mins Format: DCP Premiere: European Director’s Filmography: P.O.V. - Tough Love (2015), My Kashmir (2013), Made in India (2010), Beyond Our Differences (2008), Red Roses (2006) Sales Contact: Vaishali Sinha, Coast to Coast Films Email: sinha.vaishali@gmail.com

Films

Focus/India

Daughters of Destiny – Episodes 1 & 2

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Wed 14 June / 12:00 / Showroom 1

Director/Producer: Vanessa Roth

Films

Country: USA Year: 2017 Duration: 120 mins Format: DCP

Fri 09 June / 12:00 / PBS America Showroom 3

Director/Producer: Hyewon Jee

Producer: Sunah Kim Country: South Korea Year: 2016 Duration: 88 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Sales Contact: Youn Ji, Autlook Filmsales Email: youn@autlookfilms.com

A popular Korean opera singer started the Banana Children’s Choir in Pune, India. His quick temper earned him thr nickname “Angry Bird”. Frustrated by the lack of support from the parents, Angry Bird decides to train the parents to sing for a joint concert with their children, probably the toughest challenge of his life. A journey full of tears and laughters.

Marketplace & Talent

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Parties & Social

Singing with Angry Bird

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

In 1996, Dr Abraham George, an American businessman born in India, was determined to change the rampant poverty in his home country. Nearly 20 years later, The Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project has produced a generation of engineers, lawyers, scientists, and journalists. Daughters of Destiny follows a unique group of Shanti Bhavan kids, born into the most discriminated against and impoverished families on earth, as they grow up. Daughters of Destiny is an exploration of their lives, of global poverty and opportunity, and the human longing for purpose and meaning.

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Films

Focus/India

Focus/India Short Film Programme

Schedule

Fri 09 June / 15:00 / Showroom 2

The Moderators

Gliding along the São Francisco River and sea northeast of Brazil, rich 16mm film captures the athletic physiques of fishermen and a surreal, tender ritual. ~ SB

Films

Ciaran Cassidy, Adrian Chen USA, India, Ireland | 2016 | 19 mins International Premiere Email: mark@fieldofvision.org

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Professional Foreigner 

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A journey behind the scenes of Bollywood exploring India’s fascination with white skin through the bizarre opportunities available to foreigners. Catherine Harte UK | 2016 | 31 mins | World Premiere Email: catherinemharte@yahoo.com

Riders of the Well of Death  Cinematic visions of male fairground workers in northern India riding a hypnotic road between deathly danger, and the spectacle of wonder. Erik Morales UK, Spain | 2016 | 15 mins Email: communication@lawebdecanada.com

Focus/UK

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Jo Cox: Death of an MP Neverland Clan Pride in Rags The Rise and Fall of Geoffrey Matthews Tower XYZ Unspeakable

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Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Accidental Anarchist Agents of Change Almost Heaven Artificial Sunshine Carnage – Swallowing the Past Forbidden Games

Alternate Realities

Films

Extraordinary new films from UK filmmakers and powerful contemporary UK stories.

Schedule

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Accidental Anarchist

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Tue 13 June / 12:00 / Showroom 2 + Q&A

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Director/Producers: John Archer Clara Glynn

Doc/Fest Meet Market Pitched

After 14 years at the highest levels of the British Foreign Service, Carne Ross resigned over his country’s lies about the Iraq war. He embarked on an extraordinary search for new forms of social and political organisation in America, Europe and, most remarkably, Syria. An inspiring journey into the possibilities of a better society.

Country: UK Year: 2017 Duration: 84 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace (2015), Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise (2015), Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland (2015), The Carer (2016), The End of the Game (2017) Website: www.AccidentalAnarchist.net Sales Contact: John Archer, Hopscotch Films Email: john@hopscotchfilms.co.uk

Almost Heaven

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Sun 11 June / 10:00 / Showroom 2 + Q&A

Director/Producer: Carol Salter

Carol Salter’s beautifully judged observational documentary follows Ying Ling, a 17-year-old, who like many other Chinese teenagers, must find work hundreds of miles from home. Ying Ling is not convinced that training to become a mortician is the right thing to do. After all, as she confides to her friend and co-worker, she’s still afraid of ghosts. ~ CN

Producer: Elhum Shakerifar Country: UK Year: 2017 Duration: 72 mins Format: DCP Premiere: UK Director’s Filmography: In His Shoes (2008), Steel Homes (2008), Unearthing the Pen (2009), The Moo Man (2013) The Line (2014) Website: www.almost-heaven-film.com Sales Contact: Irena Taskovski, Taskovski Films Email: sales@taskovskifilms.com

Films

Focus/UK

Carnage – Swallowing the Past

Forbidden Games

Sat 10 June / 12:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Q&A

Director/Producers: Adam Darke Jon Carey

Doc/Fest Future Producer School Alumni

Rich archive and emotional interviews are at the core of this telling of the turbulent life of British footballer Justin Fashanu. His coming out in an age of widespread homophobia not only damaged his football career, but led to the demise of his relationship with the brother with whom he shared a painful early history and a lifelong rivalry. ~ CN

Producer: Leo Pearlman Country: UK Year: 2017 Duration: 81 mins Format: DCP Premiere: European Director’s Filmography: The Crazy Gang (2014), Walk On (2014), An Ordinary Hero: The Mike Hailwood Story (2014) Sales Contact: Jon Carey, Black Sun Media Email: joncareyedit@gmail.com

Films Alternate Realities

Sales Contact: Janet Lee, BBC Email: janet.lee@bbc.co.uk

Talks & Sessions

Simon Amstell’s very funny star-studded mockumentary is set in a vegan Britain of 2067, where citizens look back in unchecked horror on their meat-eating past. Bringing a vast range of absurd British television (and some animal cruelty footage) to tell the story of the “time before empathy”, Carnage provides food for thought for even the most hardcore burger lover. ~ CN

Producer: Daniel O’Connor Country: UK Year: 2017 Duration: 65 mins Format: Digital File Premiere: Festival Director’s Filmography: Sir Peter Wright at 90 (2016), Film 2017 - 5 episodes (2017), Britain at War: Imperial War Museums at 100 (2017), Carnage: Swallowing the Past (2017), When Lynn Barber Met Phyllia Barlow (2017)

Marketplace & Talent

Director/Producer: Simon Amstell

Schedule

| Wed 14 June / 15:00 / PBS America Showroom 3

Parties & Social

Tue 13 June / 21:00 / PBS America Showroom 3

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Focus/UK

Jo Cox: Death of an MP

Schedule

Wed 14 June / 19:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom 4 + Discussion

Director/Producer: Toby Paton

The British MP Jo Cox was murdered just days before the EU election. Through the testimony of those closest to the crime – including Jo’s family, detectives who investigated the murder, and those who knew her attacker – this film reveals the complex set of circumstances that caused one man with extreme political views to commit an act of terrible violence.

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Sales Contact: Janet Smyth, Amos Pictures Email: janet@amospictures.co.uk

Associated session: What does Brexit Look Like? (p.160)

The Rise and Fall of Geoffrey Matthews Mon 12 June / 09:30 / Showroom 2

Director/Producer: Morgan Matthews

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Country: UK Year: 2017 Duration: 60 mins Format: DCP Director’s Filmography: 24 Hours in A&E (2016), 24 Hours in Police Custody (2015), Motorway: Life in the Fast Lane (2014), How to Get a Council House (2013)

A profoundly personal film from one of Britain’s most talented documentary directors. To establish a better rapport, Morgan Matthews begins filming his dad, and carries on for a decade. Once a high flyer, Geoffrey lives precariously with his eccentric partner Anna. As revealed in very intimate scenes, Geoffrey has more than a few regrets, not least his emotional distance from his six children. ~ CN

Country: UK Year: 2017 Duration: 84 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World Director’s Filmography: My Granny the Escort (2014), Kicked Out Kids (2015), Breaking into Britain: The Lorry Jumpers (2015), Miss Transgender: Britain’s New Beauty (2016), Lagos to London: Britain’s New Super-Rich (2016) Sales Contact: Clare Voyce, Minnow Films Email: hannah@minnowfilms.co.uk

Films

Focus/UK

Focus/UK Short Film Programme

Neverland Clan 

Pride in Rags

Bafic | UK | 2016 | 4 mins | World Premiere Email: sarah.boardman@pulsefilms.co.uk

Tom Whitaker | UK | 2017 | 30 mins | World Premiere Email: tom_whitaker@hotmail.co.uk

This is a film about Neverland Clan. This film is more about doing what you want in life and overcoming external factors, than it is about rapping or making music.

Racial tension runs high in Dewsbury, Yorkshire. The decline of the textile industry, and rising unemployment has fuelled jealousy and prejudice against the large Muslim community. ~ SB

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Wed 14 June / 15:15 / Showroom 2

Blackpool unfolds in a dream of kaleidoscopic neon. Its residents, history, and seductive promise collide against its pleasure dome of nostalgia and all that glitters. ~ SB Conor Rollins | UK | 2016 | 18 mins Email: conorrollins94@googlemail.com

Agents of Change 

The elite are wreaking havoc and squeezing the life out of society. Through the physics of a beautiful metamorphosis, Josh Virasami expresses how people can empower themselves. ~ SB Alice Russell | UK | 2017 | 4 mins Email: alicerussell@protonmail.ch

 Screening with Doc/Adventure Shorts (p.38)

Tower XYZ 

In this poetic meditation on notions of ghetto life and dreams of the future, three girls meander through London. ~ SB Ayo Akingbade | UK | 2016 | 3 mins Email: ayoeakingbade@gmail.com

Unspeakable

Also showing: Tue 13 June / 18:15 / The Light Cinema 6 Wed 14 June / 15:15 / Showroom 2 In response to a recent UK government ruling about non-violent extremism, this film experiments with identity and the effects of taking words out of context. ~ SB Kate Stonehill | UK | 2016 | 22 mins | World Premiere Email: kstonehill@gmail.com

 Screening with Doc/Expose Shorts (p.52)

 Meet the Filmmakers presented by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Together with The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, we welcome you to grab a drink and a chat with the filmmakers behind this year’s programme (p.210).

Marketplace & Talent

Also Showing: Sat 10 June / 18:30 / The Light Cinema 6 Wed 14 June / 15:15 / Showroom 2

Parties & Social

Artificial Sunshine

Talks & Sessions

Associated session: What does Brexit Look Like? (p.160)

Sun 11 June / 19:00 – 20:30 / Curzon Bar and Terrace 113

Focus/Industry Explore and discuss secret works in progress, and prize-winning films.

Films in this strand — Bobby Sands: 66 Days Brothers Cameraperson City 40

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

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Films

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Focus/Industry

Whicker’s World Foundation Funding Award Winner

Website: www.grammar-productions.com

Focus Industry: Work in Progress Screenings

The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid

The Dread Pirate Roberts  Mon 12 June / 11:30 / Curzon Screen 2

The Disappeared 

An isolated farmer living on the fringes of mainstream society has his world turned upside down as forces conspire to remove him from his house and land.

The story of the largest online manhunt in history: the search for the creator of the billion dollar online drug cartel known as Silk Road. A thrilling cat-and-mouse crime story for the digital age.

Bassel was a hacker; Paolo a priest. Both active in the Syrian revolution, both were forcibly disappeared. The Disappeared is a personal look at the strategic use of disappearance as a weapon of war in Syria.

Director: Feargal Ward Producer: Luke McManus Country: Ireland Contact Email: luke@fsefilms.com

Directors: Mark Lewis, Emily James Producers: Poppy Dixon, Lucy King Country: UK, USA Contact Email: dmitri@raw.co.uk

NB: Due to sensitive nature of content, further information about this title may not be shared outside the screening

Sun 11 June / 11:15 / Curzon Screen 2

Tue 13 June / 11:00 / Curzon Screen 2

Director: Yasmin Fedda Producers: Elhum Shakerifar, Hugh Hartford Country: UK Contact Email: elhum@postcodefilms.com

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Sales Contact: Harriet Armston-Clarke, TVF International Email: harriet.armstonclarke@tvf.co.uk

Parties & Social

Alex Bescoby presents an industry exclusive preview screening of We Were Kings, recipient of the 2016 Whicker’s World Foundation £80,000 Funding Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest. This documentary portrays a unique rediscovery of Burma’s lost royal family. Deposed and exiled by Britain, they’re now emerging from the shadows in a country experiencing seismic change, and on an unusual quest to bring their family – past and present – back together.

Films

Producer: Max Jones Country: UK, Myanmar Year: 2017 Duration: 56 mins Format: DCP Premiere: World Preview

Alternate Realities

Director: Alex Bescoby

Schedule

Mon 12 June / 12:00 / The Light Cinema 3

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Free Outdoor Screens

The Light Cinema Free Screen on Howard Street

Schedule

Fri 9 June

12:00 Shorts: Stop & Play Fun films for children... and inner children.

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

14:00 Shorts: Yorkshire Mix – First Course A mix of Sheffield’s sublime untold stories about artists, makers, and local talent.

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Sat 10 June 10:00 Docsercise – Warm Up & Step Out Join in level 1 – An introduction to Docsercise starting with the basics, helping you lay the foundation for a more exciting, advanced reality.

16:00 Shorts: Wild Visions Cast your gaze to the wild and wondrous horizon.

12:00 Shorts: Yorkshire Mix – Second Course Part 2 of Sheffield’s local heritage mix, exploring the stories behind some of our favourite architectural gems.

18:00 Shorts: Protest! Sit down and protest with this collection of shorts.

14:00 Shorts: Other Worldly Where the real and the more-than-real collide.

20:00 Friday Night – Free Movie! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.

16:00 Shorts: Spectrum A prism through which to understand the diversity of experiences in our contemporary landscape.

Free Screen on Tudor Square

18:00 Shorts: Power & Change These films focus on challenges to power, and the power to challenge.

12:00 Shorts: Age / Sex / Location A fine selection of short films depicting the identities of local communities and the individuals who make them. 14:00 Shorts: Manifest A selection of shorts exploring the complexities of image and identity. 16:00 Shorts: Made in Cuba! Havana good time? A collection of shorts providing a window into Cuban life. 18:00 The Pengest Munch – Wings ‘n’ Dat Part 1 of a compilation of films from the chief of wings: The Chicken Connoisseur, a food critic for mandem’s finest chicken spots. 20:00 Friday Night – Free Movie! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.

20:00 Saturday Night – Free Movie! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.

Free Screen on Tudor Square

10:00 Docsercise – Mambo & Helicopter Join in level 2 – Low impact aerobics that is sure to stretch some truth and get your body moving. 12:00 Shorts: Animated Objects Animated documentaries that trace the lines and contours of contemporary life. 14:00 Shorts: Matterreality Short sharp matters of form and reality. 16:00 Shorts: Stop & Play Fun films for children... and inner children. 18:00 The Pengest Munch – Extra Wing$ Part 2 of the Pengest Munch to enjoy with your lunch – more wings from London’s Chicken Connoisseur. 20:00 Saturday Night – Free Movie! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.

Films

Free Outdoor Screens

The Light Cinema Free Screen on Howard Street

12:00 Shorts: Animated Objects Animated documentaries that trace the lines and contours of contemporary life.

12:00 Shorts: Stop & Play Fun films for children... and inner children.

18:00 Shorts: Matterreality Short sharp matters of form and reality. 20:00 Sunday Night – Free Movie! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.

Free Screen on Tudor Square

10:00 Docsercise – Jumps & Splits Join in level 4 – Aerobics that encompass a wide variety of exercises, used to target the camera lifting muscles. 12:00 Shorts: Spectrum A prism through which to understand the diversity of experiences in our contemporary landscape. 14:00 Shorts: Yorkshire Mix – First Course A mix of Sheffield’s sublime untold stories about artists, makers, and local talent. 16:00 Shorts: Wild Visions Cast your gaze to the wild and wondrous horizon.

18:00 Shorts: Wild Visions Cast your gaze to the wild and wondrous horizon. 20:00 Monday Night – Free Movie! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.

Free Screen on Tudor Square

10:00 Docsercise – Diagonal Around the World Join in level 6 – Aerobics ‘on reels’, designed for a superior reality total body workout. 12:00 Shorts: Yorkshire Mix – Second Course Part 2 of Sheffield’s local heritage mix, exploring the stories behind some of our favourite architectural gems. 14:00 The Pengest Munch – Wings ‘n’ Dat Part 1 of a compilation of films from the chief of wings: The Chicken Connoisseur, a food critic for mandem’s finest chicken spots. 16:00 Shorts: Other Worldly Where the real and the more-than-real collide.

18:00 Shorts: Cross the Line Raucous rebels, riots, and headlines.

18:00 Shorts: Power & Change These films focus on challenges to power, and the power to challenge.

20:00 Sunday Night – Free Movie! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.

20:00 Monday Night – Free Movie! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.

Schedule Films

16:00 The Pengest Munch – Extra Wing$ Part 2 of the Pengest Munch to enjoy with your lunch – more wings from London’s Chicken Connoisseur.

Alternate Realities

16:00 Shorts: Age / Sex / Location A fine selection of short films depicting the identities of local communities and the individuals who make them.

14:00 Shorts: Manifest A selection of shorts exploring the complexities of image and identity.

Talks & Sessions

14:00 Shorts: Made in Cuba! Havana good time? A collection of shorts providing a window into Cuban life.

10:00 Docsercise – Horseshoe Join in level 5 – The ultimate body-shaping, documentary training class designed to burn more calories and develop killer legs.

Marketplace & Talent

10:00 Docsercise – Hopping & Tapping Join in level 3 – An energetic, upbeat aerobics class and great workout for all levels of fact and fitness enthusiasts.

Mon 12 June

Parties & Social

Sun 11 June

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Films

Free Outdoor Screens

The Light Cinema Free Screen on Howard Street

12:00 Shorts: Super Experimental We’re taking it to the next level with this shorts selection.

12:00 Shorts: Other Worldly Where the real and the more-than-real collide.

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Tue 13 June

10:00 Docsercise – Warm Up & Step Out Join in level 1 – An introduction to Docsercise starting with the basics, helping you lay the foundation for a more exciting, advanced reality.

14:00 The Pengest Munch – Wings ‘n’ Dat Part 1 of a compilation of films from the chief of wings: The Chicken Connoisseur, a food critic for mandem’s finest chicken spots.

16:00 Shorts: Protest! Sit down and protest with this collection of shorts.

16:00 Shorts: Power & Change These films focus on challenges to power, and the power to challenge.

18:00 Shorts: Spectrum A prism through which to understand the diversity of experiences in our contemporary landscape.

Free Screen on Tudor Square

20:00 Tuesday Night – Free Movie! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.

10:00 Docsercise – Jumps & Splits Join in level 4 – Aerobics that encompass a wide variety of exercises, used to target the camera lifting muscles.

Free Screen on Tudor Square

12:00 Shorts: Yorkshire Mix – Second Course Part 2 of Sheffield’s local heritage mix, exploring the stories behind some of our favourite architectural gems.

10:00 Docsercise – Mambo & Helicopter Join in level 2 – Low impact aerobics that is sure to stretch some truth and get your body moving. 12:00 Shorts: Age / Sex / Location A fine selection of short films depicting the identities of local communities and the individuals who make them.

Marketplace

16:00 Shorts: Matterreality Short sharp matters of form and reality. 18:00 Shorts: Made in Cuba! Havana good time? A collection of shorts providing a window into Cuban life. 20:00 Tuesday Night – Free Movie! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.

Parties & Social

10:00 Docsercise: Hopping & Tapping Join in level 3 – An energetic, upbeat aerobics class and a great workout for all levels of fact and fitness enthusiasts.

14:00 Shorts: Yorkshire Mix – First Course A mix of Sheffield’s sublime untold stories about artists, makers, and local talent.

14:00 Shorts: Animated Objects Animated documentaries that trace the lines and contours of contemporary life.

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Wed 14 June

14:00 Shorts: Manifest A selection of shorts exploring the complexities of image and identity. 16:00 The Pengest Munch – Extra Wing$ Part 2 of the Pengest Munch to enjoy with your lunch – more wings from London’s Chicken Connoisseur.

Hit the streets of Sheffield and discover two new pop-up venues, our immersive VR Portal on Tudor Square and the VR Campfire at Upper Chapel, where you can find thought-provoking stories from around the world. Follow stories from the Film Programme into the Alternate Realities Programme to experience documentaries in new and visceral ways, from coral conservation (p.133) to the effects of M.E. (p.132). Join us in the gallery space for regular chances to meet the makers of the artworks. You’ll find details of these sessions on our website. In this year’s Alternate Realities Summit, we bring you a day of illuminating and vital conversations, talks, and demonstrations. The nature of the digital human is explored with storytellers, technologists, and artists revealing how their documentary work can help us better understand who we are and encourage social innovation.

Dan Tucker

Curator, Alternate Realities Sheffield Doc/Fest

The Summit morning will focus on digital experiences that help us learn about our own identity and values. The Summit afternoon explores how virtual reality and immersive experiences give us a better understanding of the lives of others. Beyond the Summit and the Exhibition, look out for other Alternate Realities sessions and events throughout the city. In particular, DOOM ROOM (p.128), from cutting-edge interactive makers Makropol.

Schedule Films Alternate Realities Talks & Sessions

For 2017, we bring you a magical, factual feast of experiences at our hub, Millennium Gallery. Share an intimate moment in VR with a stranger (p.131). Play with an interactive model of a rebuilt city (p.131). See the world through the eyes of a baby (p.130), or lead a clandestine wartime mission to decide the fate of the world and uncover secrets from WWII (p.138).

Marketplace & Talent

Welcome to Alternate Realities, Sheffield Doc/Fest’s programme of virtual reality experiences, interactive documentaries and inspiring talks and sessions. This year we invite Festival-goers to bravely step into new worlds, where interaction and immersion make you a part of the story.

Parties & Social

Alternate Realities

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Alternate Realities Summit Welcome from Alternate Realities Curator and Co-Hosts Anagram

Play Like You Mean It

Sun 11 June / 10:10 / Crucible Studio

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Sun 11 June / 10:00 / Crucible Studio

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We welcome you to the Crucible Studio for an insightful day of talks and discussions with the international digital storytelling community.

Speakers

Amy Rose (Anagram)

Phil Stuart, Creative Director of Preloaded and leader of Games with Purpose, takes us on a tour of the new generation of mesmerising, meaningful games for grown-ups, and explains how games are changing the way we think about ourselves and others. Speaker

Phil Stuart (Preloaded)

Dan Tucker (Sheffield Doc/Fest) May Abdalla (Anagram)

It’s a Family Affair: Small Stories, Big Meaning

Sun 11 June / 10:40 / Crucible Studio The values, traditions, history, and language of our family help to shape our identity, but are also ours to look after. How do digital storytellers use technology to preserve stories of heritage and home? Verity McIntosh chairs a panel discussion that looks at family history through digital innovation, preservation, and play.

Chair

Verity McIintosh (Pervasive Media Studio)

Speakers

Alex Pearson (RedThread.Media / creator Future Aleppo, p.131) Genaro Vallejo Reyes (prod. Borders, p.137) Jen Brea (dir. Unrest, p.83 / creator Unrest VR, p.132)

EYE YAM MEE with Anagram

Sun 11 June / 11:30 / Crucible Studio Throughout the day our co-hosts, Anagram, will generate a portrait of our digital selves; the distorted persona of us represented by our online activities, obsessions, and habits. Look out into the audience and there is a sea of strangers. Are you curious enough to burrow past the banal and find what makes each person uniquely human? Speakers

Amy Rose (Anagram) May Abdalla (Anagram)

Sun 11 June / 12:00 / Crucible Studio The choices we make in our lives create our journey and shape our evolving identity. Agency in documentary is still a new concept and a complex challenge. Games journalist Holly Nielsen chairs a panel examining the role of the audience as co-storyteller and the impact of agency on our understanding and investment in factual stories.

Chair

Holly Nielsen (Games journalist)

Speakers

David Oppenheim (National Film Board of Canada / prod. The Space We Hold, p.138)

Sharing Our Imagination

Sun 11 June / 14:00 / Crucible Studio New and immersive technology is often labelled as isolating, but some digital artists are using tech to create imaginative and engaging communal experiences. Robin McNicholas, Creative Director of Marshmallow Laser Feast, shares his insights on how they use tech such as light cameras, artificial intelligence and haptics to build virtual worlds that encourage us to connect as a collective. Speaker

Robin McNicholas (Marshmallow Laser Feast / co-creator Future Aleppo, p.131)

Schedule

Choose Your Own Misadventure

Sun 11 June

Films

Alternate Realities Summit

Michelle Feuerlicht (KEO Films)

Sun 11 June / 14:35 / Crucible Studio New technology empowers us to express our opinions and protest the injustices we see around us. 2017 has seen VR, social media, augmented reality and web documentaries charged with political meaning. Virtual reality director and journalist Charlotte Mikkelborg chairs a panel exploring the political power of interactive and immersive stories. Chair

Charlotte Mikkelborg (VR Director / Journalist)

Speakers

Ali Eslami (Artist / creator DeathTolls Experience, p.130) Anna Ridler (Artist / creator Wikileaks: A Love Story, p.139) Ché Ramsden (Amnesty International UK) Darren Emerson (VR City / East City Films)

HOO R UZZ? with Anagram

Sun 11 June / 15:30 / Crucible Studio Anagram return to reflect on the portrait that has been collectively constructed by the audience. If there was one thing in the world that this group of people could achieve, what would it be? With silly games involving awkward questions and deflating balloons, we ask, in this temporary community of curious humans, “who are we together?” Speakers

Amy Rose (Anagram) May Abdalla (Anagram)

Marketplace & Talent

Join the Resistance

Parties & Social

Vassiliki Khonsari (Ink Stories)

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Mike Orwell (BBC / creator Tell Me Your Secrets, p.138)

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Closing Remarks

Sun 11 Jun / 16:30 / Crucible Studio

In 1977, NASA commissioned Carl Sagan and his team to create the Golden Record – a message from the human race to life beyond our solar system. Forty years after its launch, Google’s Jessica Brillhart presents a special preview of an ambitious new project – VOYAGER – which aims to re-imagine this content in virtual reality. Speaker

Jessica Brillhart (Google / creator Beethoven’s Fifth, p.134 & Navajo Nation, p.134)

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Sun 11 Jun / 16:00 / Crucible Studio

Sun 11 June

 Alternate Realities Exhibition Lates

Join us for late-night openings in Millennium Gallery, for a chance to meet the sponsors and partners behind the Exhibition, and engage with the latest in immersive VR and interactive artworks. See pages 208 – 210 for more information.

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We wrap up this day of digital storytelling discoveries with our closing remarks on the Summit.

Awards

Interactive Award

This award celebrates virtual reality documentary as a flourishing creative genre awarding the project that displays excellence in factual storytelling as well as technical ingenuity.

Jurors

This award honours the project that exhibits originality in its approach to form, storytelling and delivery. One of only a few such awards in the documentary world, Sheffield Doc/Fest is dedicated to recognising new forms of interactive storytelling.

Jurors Michelle Feuerlicht Head of Digital / Keo Films

Lili Blumers

Currently the Head of Digital at Keo Films, Michelle is an award-winning digital executive working across traditional media production and digital innovation.

Lili is a commissioning editor in ARTE France’s web department. She is in charge of interactive programmes (fiction, documentaries and games).

Resh Sidhu

Creative Director of VR / Framestore

Phil Stuart

Resh Sidhu is the award-winning Creative Director of Virtual Reality within Framestore.

Phil is Creative Director of Preloaded, the UK’s leading ‘Games with Purpose’ studio. He also sits on the BAFTA Games Committee.

Munduruku: The Fight to Defend the Heart of the Amazon

Nominations

Chasing Coral: The VR Experience

p.133

DeathTolls Experience

p.130

First Impressions

p.130

Future Aleppo (Festival Commission)

Step to the Line

p.136

p.131

Trafficked

p.132

Fossil Hunting in the Gobi

p.135

Unrest VR

p.132

In My Shoes: Intimacy

p.131

Yeh Ballet

p.136

Mamie’s Dream

p.135

p.131

Planet

p.133

Spirit Robot

p.135

Audience Award Voted for by the Sheffield Doc/Fest exhibition audience, this award recognises the Alternate Realities work that receives the highest audience vote during the Festival.

Borders

p.137

Lawren Harris: Where The Universe Sings

p.137

My Grandmother’s Lingo

p.137

The Space We Hold

p.138

Tell Me Your Secrets

p.138

These Memories Won’t Last p.138 White Spots

p.139

Wikileaks: A Love Story

p.139

The World in Ten Blocks

p.139

 To vote, look out for tear-slips Join us at the Awards Ceremony as we reveal the Audience Award winner, chosen by you (p212).

Marketplace & Talent

p.130

Sarah Ellis is an award-winning producer currently working as Director of Digital Development for the Royal Shakespeare Company to explore new artistic initiatives and partnerships.

Parties & Social

Solomon, Director of Content at Creative England, has a 20+ year track record of developing programme ideas and spotting new markets and formats for innovative creative visual content.

Talks & Sessions

Sarah Ellis

Director of Digital Development / Royal Shakespeare Company

Alternate Realities

Creative Director / Preloaded

Director of Content / Creative England

Blindfold

Films

Commissioning Editor / ARTE France

Solomon Nwabueze

Nominations

Schedule

Virtual Reality Award

Tue 13 June / 20:00 / Crucible Theatre 127

Alternate Realities

Sat 10 June / 20:00 – 23:00 / Theatre Delicatessen Sun 11 June / 11:00 – 14:00 & 17:00 – 22:00 / Theatre Delicatessen Mon 12 June / 11:00 – 14:00 / Theatre Delicatessen

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

DOOM ROOM

Special Events

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Photo: Micella Bredahl

A boundary-defying virtual reality experience and live performance. In the depths of an abandoned department store, you are invited to put on a blindfold and begin a guided meditation where you are transported to the afterlife. Part technological wizardry, part heart-stopping live event, DOOM ROOM is not to be missed. Contains scenes of an extreme graphic nature that some viewers may find disturbing.

Producer: Mads Damsbo Country: Denmark Year: 2016 Duration: 65 mins Format: Live Performance/Virtual Reality Premiere: UK

Director’s Filmography: Übermensch (2016, p.72), The Valley of Gods (2016), WELTSCHMERZ (2017) Website: www.doomroom.dk

Director: Jesper Dalgaard

Contact: Mads Damsbo Email: mads@makropol.dk

Special Events

SPECIAL PREVIEW: ‘8 Minutes’ Performance Alexander Whitley Dance Company

Photo: Johan Persson Design: Joe Walkling

Choreographed by Alexander Whitley, with a stunning installation of high-definition imagery from BAFTA Award-winning visual artist Tal Rosner, and a specially created score by the electroacoustic music innovator Daniel Wohl, 8 Minutes uses dance, film, and music to investigate our relationship to the star that gives us life. Doc/Fest is thrilled to present a Special Preview of 8 Minutes, allowing privileged access to Alexander Whitley’s work-in-progress ahead of its Sadler’s Wells, London World Premiere.

Artistic Director: Alexander Whitley

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Mon 12 June / 18:45 / Octagon Centre

Schedule

Alternate Realities

Producer: Donna Meierdiercks Country: UK Year: 2017 Duration: 65 mins Format: Live Performance Premiere: Special Preview

Contact: Donna Meierdiercks, Alexander Whitley Dance Company Email: donna@alexanderwhitley.com

Parties & Social

Includes introduction by Alexander Whitley with Wellcome’s Iain Dodgeon.

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Alternate Realities Immersive VR at Millennium Gallery Fri 9 Jun 12:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

Sat 10 Jun 10:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

Sun 11 Jun 11:00 – 16:00 & 18:00 – 21:00

Mon 12 Jun 10:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

Blindfold

Doc/Fest Virtual Reality Award Nominee

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

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Alternate Realities

Remove your blindfold to find yourself in Iran’s Evin Prison. Navigate moral choices in this visceral interactive experience that unveils the ever present human rights violations against journalists.

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Warning: Distressing Content Associated talks: Alternate Realities Summit: Reflections (p.124)

DeathTolls Experience

Doc/Fest Virtual Reality Award Nominee

A virtual journey from the refugee crisis in Europe to the bloodbath in Syria, placing the dry ‘data reality’ of the news in an emotional perspective.

Tue 13 Jun –Wed 14 Jun 10:00 – 20:00

Creators: Navid Khonsari Vassiliki Khonsari

Producers: Andres Perez-Duarte, Sam Butin Country: USA Year: 2017 Format: Virtual Reality Installation Premiere: World Contact: Andres Perez-Duarte, iNK Stories NYC Email: andres@inkstories.com

Creator/Producer: Ali Eslami

Country: Iran, Netherlands Year: 2016 Format: Virtual Reality Installation Premiere: UK Contact: Ali Eslami, Alllesss Email: alless91@gmail.com

Associated talks: Alternate Realities Summit: Togetherness (p.125)

First Impressions

Doc/Fest Virtual Reality Award Nominee

Using the latest research in neural development and colour vision in infants, First Impressions allows you to experience and interact with the world from the point of view of a baby.

Creators: Francesca Panetta Nicole Jackson

Producer: Anetta Jones Country: UK Year: 2016 Format: Virtual Reality Installation Premiere: World Contact: Anetta Jones, The Guardian Email: anetta.jones@theguardian.com

Festival Commission

Doc/Fest Virtual Reality Award Nominee

As bombs fell on Aleppo, 13-year-old Mohammed lovingly built paper versions of his city’s fallen landmarks. Explore Mohammed’s interactive paper model, or enter VR to walk the streets of a lifesize version of the model, enriched with recordings of Mohammed’s stories and memories of the city. A Sheffield Doc/Fest commission, in partnership with FACT, supported by Arts Council England Associated talks: Alternate Realities Summit: Reflections (p.124) & Togetherness (p.125)

In My Shoes: Intimacy

Doc/Fest Virtual Reality Award Nominee

A 360° experience (for two people) which explores human connection. Put aside your inhibitions and let strangers guide you through their impromptu, unconventional, and intense moments of intimacy.

Munduruku: The Fight to Defend the Heart of the Amazon

Doc/Fest Virtual Reality Award Nominee

Combining cutting edge virtual reality filmmaking and multi-sensory storytelling, immerse yourself in the lives and struggle of the Munduruku indigenous people deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.

Creators: Alex Pearson Marshmallow Laser Feast Producers: Alex Pearson, Eleanor Whitley, Zahra Mackaoui Country: UK, Turkey Year: 2017 Format: Virtual Reality Installation Premiere: World Website: www.futurealeppo.com Contact: Alex Pearson, RedThread.media Email: alex@redthread.media

Creator/Producer: Jane Gauntlett

Country: UK Year: 2017 Format: Virtual Reality Installation Premiere: World Website: www.janegauntlett.com/ inmyshoesproject

Schedule

Tue 13 Jun –Wed 14 Jun 10:00 – 20:00

Films

Mon 12 Jun 10:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

Alternate Realities

Future Aleppo

Sun 11 Jun 11:00 – 16:00 & 18:00 – 21:00

Talks & Sessions

Sat 10 Jun 10:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

Contact: Jane Gauntlett Email: jane.gauntlett@gmail.com

Creators: Grace Boyle James Manisty

Producer: Pete Speller Country: UK, Brazil Year: 2017 Format: Virtual Reality Installation Premiere: European Contact: Pete Speller, Greenpeace Email: pete.speller@greenpeace.org

Marketplace & Talent

Fri 9 Jun 12:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

Parties & Social

Alternate Realities Immersive VR at Millennium Gallery

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Alternate Realities Immersive VR at Millennium Gallery Fri 9 Jun 12:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

Sat 10 Jun 10:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

Sun 11 Jun 11:00 – 16:00 & 18:00 – 21:00

Trafficked

Doc/Fest Virtual Reality Award Nominee

Based on interviews conducted with ‘Maria’, a woman who spent eight years in forced prostitution after being taken from her home in Nicaragua, Trafficked allows you to step into Maria’s shoes and face the reality of trafficking and forced prostitution first hand.

Unrest VR

Doc/Fest Alternate Realities Market Pitched Doc/Fest Virtual Reality Award Nominee

Struck with a debilitating illness and unable even to sit in a wheelchair after a bout of high fever, filmmaker Jennifer Brea took to her camera to make sense of what she was going through. With many questions left unanswered by medical experts, Brea turns to the internet and finds not only that her condition has a name – myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) – but along with it a supportive community of sufferers. ~ SW

Tue 13 Jun –Wed 14 Jun 10:00 – 20:00

Creators: Owain Rich Charlie Newland

Producer: Lourdes Heredia Country: UK, Mexico Year: 2016 Format: Virtual Reality Installation Premiere: UK Contact: Charlie Newland, BBC World Service Email: charlie.newland@bbc.co.uk

Creators: Jennifer Brea Amaury La Burthe

Producers: Jennifer Brea, Arnaud Colinart, Lindsey Dryden Country: UK, USA, France Year: 2017 Format: Virtual Reality Installation Premiere: UK Contact: Lindsey Dryden, Little by Little Films Email: lindsey.dryden@gmail.com

See Unrest in the Film Programme (p.83) Associated talks: Alternate Realities Summit: Reflections (p.124)

Parties & Social

Mon 12 Jun 10:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

 Meet the Makers

Join us in Millennium Gallery for opportunities to meet the artists behind the projects and learn about the development of their work. See www.sheffdocfest.com for times and details

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Photo: The Ocean Agency / XL Catlin Seaview Survey / Christophe Bailhache

This adventurous underwater VR experience by filmmaker Jeff Orlowski follows Zackery Rago, a passionate scuba diver and researcher, as he documented the unprecedented 2016 coral bleaching event at the Great Barrier Reef.

Contact: Larissa Rhodes, Exposure Labs Email: larissa@exposurelabs.com

See Chasing Coral in the Film Programme (p.75) Associated talk: Climate Change: The Greatest Story of Our Time? (p.160)

Planet

∞

Doc/Fest Virtual Reality Award Nominee

In a world in ruins, only fungi and mold grow in the middle of gigantic dried insects bodies. When a weather change occurs, rain irrigates the arid planet and floods it gradually. In the water springs an ecosystem, populated by giant carnivorous tadpoles.

Films

Producers: Larissa Rhodes, Jeff Orlowski Country: USA Year: 2016 Format: Virtual Reality Premiere: European Website: www.chasingcoral.com

Creator: Momoko Seto

Producers: François Martin Saint Léon, Country: France Year: 2017 Format: Virtual Reality Premiere: World Contact: François Martin Saint Léon, Barberousse Films Email: francois@barberousse-films.com

 Meet the Makers

Join us at Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square for opportunities to meet the artists behind the projects in the Virtual Reality Portal, and learn about the development of their work.

Talks & Sessions

Doc/Fest Virtual Reality Award Nominee

Creator: Jeff Orlowski

Marketplace & Talent

Chasing Coral: The VR Experience

Alternate Realities

Sat 10 Jun – Wed 14 Jun 10:00 – 20:00

Parties & Social

Fri 9 Jun 12:00 - 20:00

Schedule

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Fri 9 Jun 12:00 - 20:00

Sat 10 Jun – Wed 14 Jun 10:00 – 20:00

Beethoven’s Fifth

Alternate Realities Talks & Sessions Marketplace & Talent Parties & Social

A journey into interstellar space with a performance of Beethoven’s “Fifth Symphony, First Movement” by the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Contact: Jessica Brillhart, Google Email: brillhart@google.com

Associated talk: Alternate Realities Summit: Togetherness (p.126)

Navajo Nation

Featuring four vignettes of Navajo life, each extends from a scene of a sunrise over Monument Valley. Associated talk: Alternate Realities Summit: Togetherness (p.126)

 Alternate Realities Summit

Join us for a day of talks and demonstrations from the world’s best interactive and virtual reality makers, including a keynote from Jessica Brillhart, creator of Beethoven’s Fifth and Navajo Nation, on Sunday 11 June. For more details, see p.126

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Creator: Jessica Brillhart

Producers: Lauren Simpson, Todd Shaiman, Chazz Carfora Country: UK, USA Year: 2017 Format: Virtual Reality Premiere: World

Films

Schedule

Alternate Realities Virtual Reality Portal on Tudor Square

Creator: Jessica Brillhart

Producers: Lauren Simpson, Todd Shaiman, Rachid El Guerrab, Karen Dufilho-Rosen Country: USA Year: 2017 Format: Virtual Reality Premiere: World Contact: Jessica Brillhart, Google Email: brillhart@google.com

Mamie’s Dream

Doc/Fest Virtual Reality Award Nominee

Filmed in Sierra Leone, Mamie narrates her struggle against forced Female Genital Mutilation.

Spirit Robot

Doc/Fest Virtual Reality Award Nominee

Spirit Robot captures the dynamism and ambition of the Chale Wote Street Art Festival in Accra. The festival is driving an art renaissance in the city’s public spaces.

Contact: Erin Chapman, American Museum of Natural History Email: echapman@amnh.org

Creator: Mary Matheson

Producers: Richard Stegman, Erfan Saadati, James Headley Country: Sierra Leone Year: 2016 Format: Mobile VR Premiere: UK Contact: Mary Matheson, Surround Vision Email: mary.matheson@gmail.com

Creator: Jonathan Dotse

Producers: Steven Markovitz, Ingrid Kopp Country: Ghana Year: 2017 Format: Mobile VR Premiere: UK Contact: Stanford Gibson, Electric South Email: stanford@electricsouth.org

Alternate Realities

Set out across the sands of Asia’s largest desert with legendary explorer Roy Chapman Andrews. This documentary transports viewers back to the 1920s through the unique use of archival material.

Producer: Erin Chapman Country: USA Year: 2016 Format: Mobile VR Premiere: UK

Talks & Sessions

Doc/Fest Virtual Reality Award Nominee

Creators: Erin Chapman Jason Drakeford

Marketplace & Talent

Fossil Hunting in the Gobi

Films

Sat 10 Jun – Wed 14 Jun 10:00 – 20:00

Parties & Social

Fri 9 Jun 12:00 - 20:00

Schedule

Alternate Realities Virtual Reality Campfire at Upper Chapel

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Fri 9 Jun 12:00 - 20:00

Alternate Realities Talks & Sessions Marketplace & Talent Parties & Social

Doc/Fest Virtual Reality Award Nominee

Shot entirely on location in maximum security prisons, Step to the Line aims to provoke a transformation in the spectator’s eyes about prisoners, the prison system, and even themselves.

Yeh Ballet

Doc/Fest Virtual Reality Award Nominee

Ballet isn’t only for the rich. Discover two boys from Mumbai following their dreams of being the principal ballet dancers in big American companies, which take them from the slums of India to the USA. See Focus/India (p.104)

 Meet the Makers

Join us at Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square for opportunities to meet the artists behind the projects in the Virtual Reality Campfire, and learn about the development of their work. See www.sheffdocfest.com for times and details

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Sat 10 Jun – Wed 14 Jun 10:00 – 20:00

Step to the Line

Films

Schedule

Alternate Realities Virtual Reality Campfire at Upper Chapel

Creator: Ricardo Laganaro

Producers: Amy Seidenwurm, Paula Cuneo, Joanne Sprague, Fernando Alcantara Country: USA, Brazil Year: 2017 Format: Mobile VR Premiere: European Contact: Ricardo Laganaro, O2 Films Email: rlaganaro@gmail.com

Creator: Sooni Taraporevala

Producer: Khushboo Ranka Country: India Year: 2017 Format: Mobile VR Premiere: World Contact: Zain Memon, Memesys Culture Labs Email: zain@memesyslab.com

Doc/Fest Interactive Award Nominee

A political art game simulating the dangers Mexican immigrants face crossing the border. Death is permanent, leaving behind a skeleton in the Mexican desert for future players to see. Associated talk: Alternate Realities Summit: Reflections (p.124)

Lawren Harris: Where the Universe Sings

Doc/Fest Interactive Award Nominee

Peel back the layers of Lawren Harris’s paintings to reveal the places and processes that led to the creation of his most prominent artwork, all through the lens of augmented reality.

My Grandmother’s Lingo

Doc/Fest Interactive Award Nominee

An online interactive documentary that uses voice-activated technology, animation, and gaming to tell the story of Angelina Joshua, a young Aboriginal woman from Northeast Arnhem Lan.

Creator: Gonzalo Alvarez

Producers: Genaro Vallejo Reyes, Jon DiGiacomo Country: USA Year: 2016 Format: Game Premiere: World Website: www.gonzzink.itch.io/borders Contact: Gonzalo Alvarez, Gonzzink Email: gonzaloalvarez.artist@gmail.com

Creator: Marty Flanagan

Producers: Sabrina Saccoccio, Ashlee Lougheed Country: Canada Year: 2016 Format: Augmented Reality Installation Premiere: European Contact: Amanda Anderton, Secret Location Email: amanda@secretlocation.com

Creators: Gina McKeon Boris Etingof Angelina Joshua Jake Duczynski Producer: Gina McKeon Country: Australia Year: 2016 Format: Game Premiere: European Contact: Gina McKeon, SBS Australia Email: ginamck@gmail.com

Schedule

Borders

Tue 13 Jun –Wed 14 Jun 10:00 – 20:00

Films

Mon 12 Jun 10:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

Alternate Realities

Sun 11 Jun 11:00 – 16:00 & 18:00 – 21:00

Talks & Sessions

Sat 10 Jun 10:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

Marketplace & Talent

Fri 9 Jun 12:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

Parties & Social

Alternate Realities Interactive at Millennium Gallery

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Marketplace & Talent

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Alternate Realities Interactive at Millennium Gallery

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Fri 9 Jun 12:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

Sat 10 Jun 10:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

Sun 11 Jun 11:00 – 16:00 & 18:00 – 21:00

Mon 12 Jun 10:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

The Space We Hold

Doc/Fest Interactive Award Nominee

A direct provocation to bear witness to the testimonies of three grandmothers – former “comfort women” who are among the oldest living survivors of militarised sexual violence in the world today.

Tue 13 Jun –Wed 14 Jun 10:00 – 20:00

Creators: Patricia Lee Chris Kang Tiffany Hsiung Producers: Patricia Lee, David Oppenheim Country: Canada Year: 2017 Format: Interactive Story Premiere: World Contact: Tammy Peddle, National Film Board of Canada Email: t.peddle@nfb.ca

Associated talks: Alternate Realities Summit: Reflections (p.125)

Tell Me Your Secrets

Doc/Fest Interactive Award Nominee

An interactive graphic novel that describes a desperate scientific mission during WWII which started Britain’s enduring alliance with the USA. Tell Me Your Secrets imagines the consequences had the meetings ended differently.

Creator: Michael Orwell

Producer: Diarmuid Mitchell Country: UK Year: 2016 Format: Interactive Story Premiere: World Contact: Michael Orwell, BBC Email: mike.orwell@bbc.co.uk

Associated talks: Alternate Realities Summit: Reflections (p.125)

These Memories Won’t Last

Doc/Fest Interactive Award Nominee

Interactive webcomic, These Memories Won’t Last tells the true story of an ageing grandfather who suffers from dementia. As his memories of the past and present blur, he questions the value of memory altogether.

Creator/Producer: Stu Campbell

Country: Australia Year: 2015 Format: Interactive Story Premiere: UK Website: www.thesememorieswontlast.com Contact: Stu Campbell, Sutu Eats Flies Email: sutu@sutueatsflies.com

Doc/Fest Alternate Realities Market Pitched Doc/Fest Interactive Award Nominee

Visualise the invisible electromagnetic cloud that we live in and find a way out through the White Spots app or use the White Spots world map to travel to places off the grid near you.

Wikileaks: A Love Story

Doc/Fest Interactive Award Nominee

Mining WikiLeaks to find an unlikely story of love in the workplace, this installation uses data from real emails between two people to construct a romance from being in love to falling apart.

Creators: Jacqueline Hassink Richard Vijgen

Producer: Mariska Schneider Country: Netherlands Year: 2016 Format: Interactive Documentary Premiere: UK Website: www.white-spots.net Contact: Bregtje van der Haak, VPRO Email: bregtje@xs4all.nl

Creator/Producer: Anna Ridler

Country: UK Year: 2016 Format: Instalaltion Premiere: World Website: www.annaridler.com/wikileaks-a-love-story Contact: Anna Ridler Email: anna.ridler@gmail.com

Associated talk: Alternate Realities Summit: Togetherness (p.125)

The World in Ten Blocks

Doc/Fest Interactive Award Nominee

An interactive web documentary that explores the diversity of Toronto’s Bloorcourt neighbourhood through the stories of its immigrant small business owners.

Schedule

White Spots

Tue 13 Jun –Wed 14 Jun 10:00 – 20:00

Films

Mon 12 Jun 10:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

Creator/Producer: Robinder Uppal Marc Serpa Francoeur

Country: Canada Year: 2016 Format: Interactive Story Premiere: International Website: www.theworldintenblocks.com Contact: Marc Serpa Francoeur, Lost Time Media Email: marc@losttimemedia.com

Alternate Realities

Sun 11 Jun 11:00 – 16:00 & 18:00 – 21:00

Talks & Sessions

Sat 10 Jun 10:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

Marketplace & Talent

Fri 9 Jun 12:00 – 17:00 & 18:00 – 20:00

Parties & Social

Alternate Realities Interactive at Millennnium Gallery

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Nigel Fischer

Head of Talks & Sessions Sheffield Doc/Fest

We celebrate everything from the art of the epic feature documentary to uncovering the secrets of how to make responsive and urgent online content. Our new Craft Summit offers a day of panels dedicated to the production journey from start to finish (p.146-157). And our Alternate Realities Summit offers a day of talks and demonstrations about the virtual reality and interactive experiences in this year’s programme (p.124-126). Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square is once again the home for further illuminating speakers, as filmmakers, writers and scientists explore topics inspired by the Festival (p.164-165).

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Sessions cover the full spectrum of industry topics for all durations and all platforms, from feature length films to series to online shorts. Sessions range from funding to access, craft, distribution, and on-screen talent, and include a focus on the latest models for financing, creating online content, the making of crime, health, and environmental documentaries, and fantastic knowledge-share discussions between new voices and established talents.

Talks & Sessions

Nick Broomfield returns to chat to Louis Theroux about his new film Whitney “Can I Be Me” (p.153). Exciting new talent Elijah Quashie aka ‘The Chicken Connoisseur’ will discuss how he is bypassing the established routes for creating and distributing content (p.164) and Stacey Dooley will inspire new talent with her rise to global investigative filmmaker (p.149).

Marketplace & Talent

We love talking documentaries, so it’s wonderful to welcome the world’s most brilliant talent to Sheffield – star filmmakers and emerging voices – to share their inspirations and tackle the big questions arising in today’s fast changing landscape.

Parties & Social

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Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

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Craft Summit presented by Documentary Campus

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Sat 10 June / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

“All art is a kind of exploring... To discover and reveal is the way every artist sets about his business.” ~ Robert Flaherty

This year’s new Craft Summit: The Art of Documentary Filmmaking presented by Documentary Campus will spotlight the creative minds behind our most thought-provoking nonfiction films. Six curated masterclass sessions will reveal the processes, methods, and magic behind documentary story development, directing, shooting, editing, composing, and new serialised formats.

The Art of Story

Sat 10 June / 10:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A “We never really know what’s around the corner when we’re filming – what turn a story will take, what a character will do or say to surprise us, how the events in the world will impact our story.” ~ Barbara Kopple We open the Craft Summit with international story development guru Fernanda Rossi. Together, we will explore the principles of storytelling and story structure, both traditional and new. After this session, you will have expanded your storytelling toolkit and will find solutions to your story that are true to your vision.

The Art of Directing

Sat 10 June / 11:15 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A “A great director gives life to a work of art, gives it a heartbeat… a pulse… opens its eyes to the world.” ~ A.D. Posey Award-winning director Jihan El-Tahri will take us through the highlights of her impressive international career as well as the most difficult decisions she had to make as a director. Together with director Julia Dahr, who’s film Thank You for the Rain is screening at the Festival (p.82), they will explore different approaches to the art of documentary film directing.

Chair

Elizabeth Klinck (E. Klinck Research)

Chair

Elizabeth Klinck (E. Klinck Research)

Speakers

Fernanda Rossi (Writer / Speaker)

Speakers

Jihan El-Tahri (Second Sister Productions) Julia Dahr (differmedia / dir. Thank You for the Rain, p.82)

Our distinguished international directors/ cinematographers will reveal their secrets and successes (and failures) of shooting a variety of natural history and investigative documentaries. How do they artistically construct scenes, interviews, and observation shots to create memorable films?

Join legendary editor Walter Murch (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, The Conversation) as he discusses his body of work with Taghi Amirani. Universally acknowledged as a master of picture editing and sound design, Murch will examine the techniques and artistic skill of post-production.

Elizabeth Klinck (E. Klinck Research)

Chair

Taghi Amirani (Amirani Media)

Speakers

Shaul Schwarz (Real Peak Films / dir. Trophy p.83)

Speakers

Walter Murch (Editor / Sound Designer)

Alternate Realities

Chair

Egil Håskjold Larsen (dir. 69 Minutes of 86 Days, p.40)

The Art of the Musical Score

Sat 10 June / 15:45 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A “The film composer choreographs the emotional currents swirling among the images on the screen. When it is done properly, the audience feels rather than hears the music…” ~ Barry Morrow A well-crafted musical score can make a profound difference in a film. The right chemistry between a filmmaker and composer can help achieve the visceral cinematic experience that we all yearn for as audience members. Join composers Nainita Desai and Balz Bachmann’s conversation on the art of film scoring.

The Art of the Doc Series

Sat 10 June / 16:30 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A “We realized that the important thing was not the film itself but that which the film provoked.” ~ Fernando Solanas Serialised storytelling has become a major part of the documentary landscape and a top priority for broadcasters and SVOD platforms. Lately serialised documentaries have not only been on everyone’s minds but also winning awards. We look at what makes a good project by talking to two people who have excelled in the making of documentary series.

Chair

Elizabeth Klinck (E. Klinck Research)

Chair

Elizabeth Klinck (E. Klinck Research)

Speakers

Balz Bachmann (Film Composer)

Speakers

Ben Steele (dir. Love and Hate Crime, p.57)

Nainita Desai (Film Composer / Soundology)

Schedule

“Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.” ~ Walter Murch

Films

“I don’t really believe in the mystery of cinematography – what happens in the camera is what the cinematographers create and all that nonsense.” ~ Roger Deakins

Sat 10 June / 14:15 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

Charlotte Cook (Field of Vision) Join us for Craft Summit Drinks presented by Documentary Campus (p.208)

Talks & Sessions

Sat 10 June / 12:15 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

The Art of Editing & Sound Design

Marketplace & Talent

The Art of Cinematography

Talks & Sessions

Parties & Social

Craft Summit

Sat 10 June / 17:30 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

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Talks & Sessions Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Schedule

Sat 10 June

Films

13:30 Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Queerama (p.27) 16:00 What’s Their Story?... Elijah Quashie aka ‘The Chicken Connoisseur’ (p.116-117)

Sat 10 June How to Break Into the Industry

Sat 10 June / 10:00 / Crucible Studio A selection of short presentations from creative professionals on how they made their first forays in the film and TV industry. A must-attend session for new talent seeking advice on how first time directors and producers get their films made and seen, as well as tips on making initial steps into the industry. Chair

Catherine Bray (Channel 4, Random Acts)

Speakers

Camille Summers-Valli (dir. All That Is, p.63)

18:00 In Conversation… with Walter Murch (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now)

Dominic Sivyer (BBC) Eleanor McDowall (dir. Radio Atlas: In a Relationship With…, p.60)

For more information, see p.164

Simran Hans (Bechdel Test Fest)

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Wessie Du Toit (dir. All That Is, p.63)

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Playtime with Archive

Sat 10 June / 10:00 / Crucible Adelphi From the most experienced to new emerging talent, archive is an essential tool in the documentarian’s toolbox. A panel of filmmakers who remix, reinterpret, and play with both old and recent archive film discuss how they source archive, how they manage the complicated rights issues, and explore the reasons behind the different approaches taken to working with archive.

Sh*t Creek: The Hypothetical Paddle Game Sat 10 June / 12:00 / Crucible Studio

When you’re filming, the ethical, legal, journalistic, and security decisions you make could put you – and your collaborators and subjects – in court, hospital, or jail. Experienced film professionals will play out some classic ‘oh sh*t!’ scenarios. The audience is invited to participate and develop a whole new enthusiasm for smart risk management. Featuring Peter Dale and surprise guests.

Session Producer

Ben Taylor (Creative Scotland)

Session Producer

Lynn Nwokorie (BRITDOC)

Chair

Paul Bell (Archive Producer)

Chair

Peter Dale (BRITDOC)

Speakers

Simon McCallum (BFI, Archive Consultant for Around India with a Movie Camera, p. 106 & Queerama, p.27) Steve Hawley (dir. War Memorial, p.98)

Session Producer

Marta Jelec (True Vision)

Speaker

Stacey Dooley

Session Producer

John O’Rourke (BBC)

Chair

Jan Younghusband (BBC)

Speaker

Amir Bar-Lev (dir. Long Strange Trip, p.69) Francis Whately (Producer / Director) Julia Nottingham (Pulse Films) Peter Worsley (Eagle Rock Entertainment) Rubika Shah (dir. White Riot: London, p.72)

Oliviero Toscani: The Master of Photography

Sat 10 June / 15:00 / Crucible Studio Oliviero Toscani, world renowned Italian photographer, is best known for designing controversial advertising campaigns for Italian brand Benetton and is one of the judges for the Sky Arts series Master of Photography. Oliviero comes to Doc/Fest to talk about the latest series of the show, dissect in detail a number of the winning pieces, and discuss the synergies between photography and film.

The New Leaders: Working Towards an Equal & Inclusive Industry

Sat 10 June / 16:30 / Crucible Adelphi The Film and TV industries may have made some progress to improve diversity, but is still “not going a good enough job” (Ofcom’s Sharon White). Are the issues being explored in the right way? This is a panel about inclusion, with views that do not follow a company line, but the ethos of making real impact for representation both on and off screen.

Session Producer

Tracey Schawsmidth (True North Productions)

Chair

Jacqueline Shepherd (What’s Up TV)

Speaker

Fraser Ayre (TriForce Creative Network) Lyle Ahsun (BBC) Bob Clark (MAMA Youth Project)

Speaker

Oliviero Toscani

Schedule Films

Music documentaries have undergone something of a renaissance in recent years, clocking up critical acclaim and huge audiences. But as the rights behind recordings become increasingly complex, how can filmmakers stay on top of their game? In this discussion, chaired by BBC Music’s Commissioning Editor for Television Jan Younghusband, we hear from leading directors from the broadcast and theatrical sectors, award-winning producers, and global music distributors.

Alternate Realities

The admired documentarian and journalist Stacey Dooley returns to Sheffield Doc/Fest to discuss the art of uncovering shocking stories, along with her campaigning work and latest slate of films for BBC Three.

Sat 10 June / 14:30 / Crucible Adelphi

Talks & Sessions

Sat 10 June / 12:30 / Crucible Studio

Music Makes the World Go Round: Making Music Docs

Marketplace & Talent

Stacey Dooley Talks…

Sat 10 June

Parties & Social

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Olly Alexander talks Documentary

Films

Schedule

Sat 10 June / 17:30 / Crucible Studio Doc/Fest are thrilled to welcome Olly Alexander, frontman of the British electronica trio Years, and Years to the Festival to discuss the making of his first documentary Olly Alexander: Growing Up Gay (working title). Produced by Antidote Productions, the film screens on BBC Three later this year as part of the BBC’s Gay Britannia season, marking the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 that partially decriminalised homosexual acts in England and Wales. In the documentary, Olly explores why the gay community is more vulnerable to mental health issues as he opens up about his own long-term battles with depression. Speaker

Sat 10 — Sun 11 June Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square Sun 11 June

Join a series of events discussing and showcasing the extraordinary talent, films, and projects across the Doc/Fest universe, developed with Wellcome. 11:00 About Last Night… daily review including Brimstone & Glory (p.34) 13:30 Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Out of Thin Air (p.46) 16:30 What’s Their Story?... Francis Lee (filmmaker) 18:00 In Conversation… with a surprise guest For more information, see p.165

Olly Alexander (Years and Years)

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Leila Monks (Antitode Productions)

Alternate Realities Summit: Reflections Sun 11 June / 10:00 / Crucible Studio

Join the world’s leading interactive and immersive storytellers to find out how they use the latest digital technology to create experiences that examine who we are. From games to graphic novels and VR, the stories in the morning summit sessions are exceptional journeys of discovery and reflection.

Speakers Include

Alex Pearson (RedThread.Media / creator Future Aleppo, p.131) Genaro Vallejo Reyes (prod. Boarders, p.137)

Parties & Social

Mike Orwell (BBC)

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Phil Stuart (Preloaded) See p.124–125 for full details

Whicker’s World Foundation Pitch Sun 11 June / 11:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

Who will win the coveted £80,000 documentary prize? Five finalists, five judges, and the spirit of one legendary broadcaster – but only one winner. Come and support the nominees, be your own armchair judge and bear witness as the legacy of Alan Whicker brings another brilliant documentary idea to life.

Session Producer

Jane Mote (Whicker’s World Foundation) Megan O’Hara (Whicker’s World Foundation)

Chair

Paul Pauwels (EDN)

Selection Panel

Harriet Armston-Clarke (TVF International) Liz McIntyre (Sheffield Doc/Fest) Mak CK (Filmmaker) Richard Klein (IWC Media) Seyi Rhodes (Presenter / Journalist)

Sun 11 June / 11:00 / Crucible Adelphi Anita Rani chairs a panel on the 70th anniversary of the 1947 Partition of India and creation of Pakistan. She is joined by a British Partition survivor and the team behind the forthcoming BBC One Partition series to discuss the challenge of retracing four extraordinary stories from the largest and bloodiest forced migration ever recorded. Session Producer

Leo Burley (Wall to Wall)

Chair

Anita Rani (Presenter)

Speakers

Fatima Salaria (BBC)

Chicken & Egg Accelerator Lab Live Pitch Sun 11 June / 12:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B

The Accelerator Lab brings together ten nonfiction projects helmed by first- or second- time women directors, with a special focus on underrepresented voices. For the first time, Accelerator Lab participants will pitch their projects in Sheffield to a live audience and will receive feedback from key international Decision Makers and buyers.

Schedule

Me, My Family, and Partition: 1947

Sun 11 June

Films

Talks & Sessions

Five filmmakers have been shortlisted for The Mix’s live pitch event, where two winners will walk away with a £5,000 commission to create short, characterdriven documentaries exploring how members of the Baby Boomer Generation really think. The industry panel will decide live which filmmakers will best create bold, distinctive short documentaries that challenge stereotypes and present fresh insights about British Boomers in 2017.

Sun 11 June / 13:00 / Crucible Adelphi How do we evaluate what stories we tell? Are we dispassionate journalists, or listener surrogates, curious, peering behind someone else’s curtains with you… Our panel of innovative audio producers and curators unpick the ethics, narrative tricks, and tropes of personal storytelling. Exploring the borders between investigation and voyeurism, art and entertainment, alongside issues of power, purpose, and public service. Session Producers Eleanor McDowall (Falling Tree / dir. Radio Atlas: In a Relationship With…, p.60) Chair

Helen Zaltzman (Radiotopia)

Speakers

Laurence Grissell (BBC, The Untold and Wireless Nights) Nick van der Kolk (dir. Love+Radio, p.45) Nina Garthwaite (In the Dark) Tim Hinman (Third Ear)

Marketplace & Talent

Sun 11 June / 13:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

Art & Ethics of Audio Storytelling

Parties & Social

The Mix Boomer Pitch

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Leo Burley (Wall to Wall)

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Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities Summit: Togetherness

The Sound Effect: High Impact Storytelling

Join the world’s leading interactive and immersive storytellers in an exploration of how reality-bending media is uniting us in both the virtual and real world. From tree hugging in VR, to finding secrets in augmented reality, the afternoon summit sessions celebrate the makers and experiences that bring us closer together.

Whether it be a feature film, TV drama, comedy, or documentary, sound is an extremely influential storytelling weapon that can often be overlooked. The panel explores the effect of sound, ways to approach the sound for your project with the aim to give you a greater understanding of the potential of sound, and how to use it creatively to tell your story.

Schedule

Sun 11 June / 14:00 / Crucible Studio

Films

Speakers Include

Ché Ramsden (Amnesty International UK) Darren Emerson (VR City / East City Films)

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Jessica Brillhart (Google / creator Beethoven’s Fifth, p.134 & Navajo Nation, p.134)

Marketplace & Talent

Sun 11 June Sun 11 June / 15:00 / Crucible Adelphi

Session Producer and Chair

Jay Price (Halo Post)

Speakers

Simon Hill (Halo Post)

Robin McNicholas (Marshmallow Laser Feast / creator Future Aleppo, p.131) Anna Ridler (Artist / creator Wikileaks: A Love Story, p.139) See p.125–126 for full details

Korean Pitching Day

Sun 11 June / 15:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A Korean Pitching Day is back at Sheffield Doc/Fest, offering participants of the Korean Delegation the chance to pitch documentary ideas to a host of international Decision Makers. The event will feature seven projects in total, with each project receiving feedback from key international Decision Makers and buyers. This event is open to all international delegates.

How to Get Your Film Oscar-Ready Sun 11 June / 15:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B

Is your film eligible for the world’s most coveted award? Tom Oyer, Manager of the Feature Documentary and Shorts category at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, gives tips on how to get your film Oscarready, and demystifies the eligibility rules and deadlines, using the 2017 Oscar-winning short film, The White Helmets, as a case study. Supported by Molinare, who carried out full post production on the film. Session Producer and Chair

Tom Oyer (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

Speakers

Joanna Natasegara (Violet Films)

Parties & Social

Orlando von Einsiedel (Grain Media)

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The BBC Interview: Louis Theroux meets Nick Broomfield Sun 11 June / 15:30 / Crucible Theatre

Sir Lenny Henry in Conversation with June Sarpong MBE

Sun 11 June / 18:00 / Crucible Theatre Doc/Fest and Sky are delighted to welcome the comedian, actor, blues singer, and co-founder of Comic Relief Sir Lenny Henry to discuss his film and TV career, and the best ways to campaign for change through humour.

Juliet JulietRiddell Riddell(Caravan (CaravanMedia) Media)

Speaker

Nick Broomfield (dir. Whitney “Can I Be Me”, p.32)

Chair

June JuneSarpong Sarpong MBE

Speaker

Sir SirLenny LennyHenry Henry

Peter Greenaway CBE: Where Next for Storytelling?

Sun 11 June / 18:30 / Crucible Studio Acclaimed director and artist Peter Greenaway CBE is widely regarded as one of the most important innovators of our time. Peter discusses his work – including his documentary about the life of the German theologian Martin Luther – and explores the forms that art takes when responding to social and political change.

Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square Mon 12 June

Join a series of events discussing and showcasing the extraordinary talent, films, and projects across the Doc/Fest universe, developed with Wellcome. 11:00 About Last Night… daily review including Strong Island (p.48) 13:30 Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Motherland (p.58) 16:00 What’s Their Story?... Anand Partwardan (filmmaker) 18:00 In Conversation… with a surprise guest For more information, see p.165

Speaker

Peter Greenaway CBE

Talks & Sessions

Session producer

Marketplace & Talent

Louis Theroux

Parties & Social

Chair

Alternate Realities

Films

Nick Broomfield is one of the most influential documentary makers of our time. He returns to Doc/Fest with the much anticipated Whitney “Can I Be Me”. Louis Theroux interviews Nick in what promises to be a highlight of this year’s Festival.

Sun 11 — Mon 12 June

Schedule

Talks & Sessions

153

Talks & Sessions

Commissioner Question Time: Feature Length for All Platforms

How do different commissioners define a feature documentary? Is it based on viewer expectations, the importance of the central issues, or simply its duration? With feature documentaries available to consumers from an ever-increasing number of sources, what new opportunities does this offer to producers? And with linear TV and its duration restrictions put aside, could the definition of “feature documentary” disappear?

Talks & Sessions Marketplace & Talent Parties & Social 154

Canadian Creative Collaborations: VR & Interactive

Mon 12 June / 10:00 / Crucible Adelphi Join a host of Canadian VR and interactive makers, funders, and exhibitors including NFB, Hot Docs and Phi Centre, as they discuss the wealth of opportunities in working with Canadian talent and partners. The session will be followed by a celebratory brunch event open to all. Come meet the Canadian delegation in Sheffield.

Session Producer

Tom Gorham (Discovery Networks International)

Session Produce & Chair

Liz Rozenthal (Power to the Pixel)

Chair

Paul Ashton (Creative England)

Speakers

Speaker

Al Brown (VICE)

David Oppenheim (National Film Board of Canada) Myriam Achards (Phi Centre)

Hajnal Molnar-Szakcs (Sundance Documentary Institute)

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Mon 12 June / 10:00 / Crucible Theatre

Mon 12 June

Sarafina DiFelice (Hot Docs)

Kate Townsend (BBC Storyville) John van Wyck (Cinereach)

How To Make Love on the Television

Mon 12 June / 10:00 / Crucible Studio They started as mere television, but are the new crop of successful dating and mating shows taking Tinder to task and giving Plenty of Fish a run for their money by providing proper quality match-making for singles in search of the perfect partner? Are dating shows becoming the new dating apps? Can love actually be found on the television? Simon Dickson, Creative Director of Label 1 and former Executive Producer of First Dates will chair a lively discussion.

Docs & Trauma: A Survivor’s Guide for 2017 Mon 12 June / 10:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

In the new fake news world, the pressure on documentary makers to get the real stories out there is greater than ever. But how can they best look after themselves and vulnerable contributors in highly delicate and sometimes dangerous situations? A panel of worldrenowned filmmakers and trauma experts discuss the best ways of working.

Benjamin (Channel 4)

Session Producer and Chair

Sacha Mirzoeff (Bivouac Productions)

Session Producer Chair

Simon Dickson (Label 1)

Speakers

Barnaby Coughlin (First Dates)

Gill Moreton (DART Centre for Journalism and Trauma)

Madonna Benjamin (Channel 4) Trish Powell (Married at First Sight) Vivienne Molokwu (Channel 4)

Henry Singer (Sandpiper Films) Kim Longinotto (Filmmaker) Asad Faruqi (dir. Armed with Faith, p.41)

Cormac O’Brian (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Chair

Liz Mermin (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Speaker

Charlie Phillips (The Guardian)

Session Producer

Maegen Tillock (October Films)

Chair

Solomon Rogers (REWIND)

Speakers

Francesca Panetta (The Guardian / creator First Impressions, p.130) Jon Wadelton (Foundry)

Charlotte Cook (Field of Vision)

Maria Rakusanova (Raindance)

David Alter (Economist Films)

Mitch Turnbull (Bramble Media)

Dorothy Byrne (Channel 4)

Extreme Factual: No Pain No Gain?

Mon 12 June / 12:00 / Crucible Adelphi With The Island, SAS: Who Dares Wins, Levison Wood’s Walks and Mutiny, Channel 4 has put extreme factual at the heart of their schedule. But what are the secrets of its success? How much further can it go? And what justifies pushing contributors to the limit?

Session Producer

Alfred Lawrie (Channel 4)

Speakers

Kelly Webb-Lamb (Channel 4)

Commissioner Question Time: Arts Documentary for All Platforms

Mon 12 June / 12:00 / Crucible Theatre At times of political unease, the arts often act as a source of respite. Now is a good time to ponder: are we on the cusp of a new boom in the arts, and how will this translate into content? How can commissioners bring the changing face of the arts to audiences? Do broadcasters have a responsibility to preserve the arts in times of socio-political turmoil?

Session Producer

Rob Holloway (Discovery Networks International)

Colin Barr (Minnow)

Chair

Anna Higgs (Nowness)

David Dugan (Windfall Films)

Speakers

Phil Edgar-Jones (Sky Arts) John Hay (Channel 4) Mark Bell (BBC) Linda Brusasco (ABC)

Schedule Films

Session Producer

In 2016 the BAFTA Virtual Reality Advisory Group was created to explore and help articulate the impact that VR storytelling will have on the current landscape of the film, television, and games industries. Six months on, members of the advisory group (VR producers, commissioners, and exhibitors) will explore and share their initial findings on supporting the VR community and connecting creators to commissioning and funding opportunities.

Alternate Realities

In these strange times, there’s an urgent need for trustworthy storytelling – and documentary filmmakers are increasingly a part of this. How are the big names in journalism combining the demands of documentary with the need for objectivity and fairness? How do editors make sure they aren’t commissioning “fake news”? What demands do editors make of filmmakers to ensure they get rigorous journalism, and not just good stories?

Mon 12 June / 12:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

Talks & Sessions

Mon 12 June / 10:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B

BAFTA and Virtual Reality

Marketplace & Talent

How to Make Fast Turnaround Docs

Mon 12 June

Parties & Social

Talks & Sessions

155

Talks & Sessions

BBC Northern Docs Pitch

The University of Sheffield Presents: How to Pitch Your Academic Idea Mon 12 June / 12:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B

Five filmmakers from the North of England will pitch in front of a live audience and panel of executives and commissioners in Sheffield for a chance to win a commission with BBC Three. The winning pitch will be housed with a UK indie and make their film for broadcast on BBC.

Films

Schedule

Mon 12 June / 12:00 / Crucible Studio

Mon 12 June

In this live pitch, producers and broadcasters offer guidance to six shortlisted academics from the University of Sheffield who showcase their fields of expertise. They will feed back on their areas of study to determine whether they have potential as a possible TV format or segment whilst also offering advice on how to present effectively to documentary producers and commissioners. Session Producer

Adam Jacobs (Woodcut Media)

Selection Panel

Carolyn Payne (National Geographic) Claire Birks (Oxford Scientific Films) Kirstie McLure

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Paul Wooding (Spark TV)

156

Commissioner Question Time: Specialist Factual for All Platforms

Channel 4 First Cut Pitch

Mon 12 June / 14:30 / Crucible Studio

Mon 12 June / 14:30 / Crucible Theatre Should specialist factual be a genre that takes more risks? With broadcast giants like Netflix and Amazon changing the landscape of TV, taking risks and winning big, how should terrestrial and cable channels be responding? Is it time for specialist factual to serve a different purpose?

Session Producer

Oliver Wilson (Discovery Networks International)

Chair

Ninder Billing (Freelance Producer)

Speaker

Ed Sayer (Discovery Networks International) Hamish Mykura (National Geographic) John Hay (Channel 4) Lucy Willis (Channel 5) Tom McDonald (BBC)

Five shortlisted directors will vie to prove they are ready to take on the challenge of an hour-long, post watershed documentary for Channel 4 by presenting a three-minute documentary film that answers an editorial brief. Each director will show and discuss their films in front of the audience and a panel of executive producers, established directors, and Rita Daniels, Commissioning Editor for First Cut. Session Producer

Janine Thomas (Channel 4)

Selection Panel

Dan Reed (Amos Pictures) Liesel Evans (Century Films) Madonna Benjamin (Channel 4) Rita Daniels (Channel 4)

Session Producer and Chair

Zoe Davies (Calibrate Films)

Speakers

Anne Sommerfield (Director)

Chair

Catherine Allen

Speakers

Eleni Sharp (BBC VR Labs / BBC Taster) Greg Ivanov (Google Daydream)

Ayse Toprak (dir. Mr Gay Syria, p.58)

Richard Knockles (Sky VR)

Danny Horan (BBC)

Tilman Scheel (DDD60 / Reelport)

Mon 13 June / 16:30 / Crucible Studio

Deputy Chief Creative Officer Ralph Lee talks to the multi-award-winning directors about their ambitious drama documentary hybrid project and explores how their past work led them to this point. Nick Holt is the BAFTA-winning director of The Murder Trial for Channel 4, the first time a criminal trial had been broadcast on British television. Kath Mattock comes from drama, but has always had a fascination with factual television and borrowed from it for her BAFTA- winning series Murder. Together they will look at the differing approaches to documentary and scripted storytelling and unpack examples of where the two disciplines meet and cross over. Session Producer

Amy Flanagan (Channel 4)

Chair

Ralph Lee (Channel 4)

Speakers

Nick Holt Kath Mattock

Alternate Realities

David France (dir. The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, p.55)

The Channel 4 Interview: Nick Holt & Kath Mattock (The Trial: A Murder In the Family)

Schedule

Virtual reality creators, distributors, and exhibitors tackle the biggest challenge that faces the industry – distributing to audiences. What are the platforms that are succeeding? Is a VR Spotify or Netflix around the corner, or will we continue to see more independent distribution? If there is no clear pathway to distributing content, how will this affect the production and exhibition of virtual reality storytelling?

Films

Queer representation in factual programming has taken great strides over the past five years. We celebrate some groundbreaking LGBTQ+ documentaries that have birthed new talent both in front of and behind the camera with some trailblazers in the world of queer documentary. A drag show performance by drag queen Martha D’Arthur will follow the session in the Doc/Fest Exchange.

Mon 12 June / 14:30 / Crucible Adelphi

How Do You Reach The Other 99%? The New Opportunities for Documentaries Online

Mon 12 June / 16:30 / Crucible Adelphi Viewing of quality factual TV has exploded online recently, with UK documentaries attracting millions of viewers from around the world. For producers, this means that however well your film does on linear broadcast, it’s only reaching a tiny percentage of its potential audience. Why are UK documentaries such an online hit and how can this help you now?

Session Producer

Alex Hryniewicz (Little Dot Studios)

Chair

Brian Wood (True Vision)

Speakers

Jamie Balment (BBC) Hamish Mykura (National Geographic Global Networks) Andy Taylor (Little Dot Studios)

Talks & Sessions

Mon 12 June / 14:30 / Crucible Adelphi

Exploring the Future of Virtual Reality Distribution

Marketplace & Talent

Celebrate the Queers: Making LGBTQ + Docs

Mon 12 June

Parties & Social

Talks & Sessions

157

Talks & Sessions

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

The Guardian Documentary Pitch in association with IBT Mon 12 June / 16:30 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

The Guardian is back at Sheffield Doc/Fest, offering filmmakers selected from an open submission the chance to pitch ideas for short documentaries to premiere on The Guardian website. This time they are looking for documentaries about climate change, have joined forces with IBT (the International Broadcasting Trust) for its first themed film pitch. They have selected five filmmakers, taking a fresh and interesting approach to engaging a global audience with one of the most urgent subjects of our time, who will pitch live for a £7,500 prize. Session Producer

David Alamouti

Chair

Charlie Phillips (The Guardian)

Panel

José F. Rodriquez (Tribeca Film Institute)

Parties & Social

Exploring the American Markets Mon 12 June / 16:30 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B

Continuing the recent trend of aggressive merging and acquisitions activity, streaming giants Netflix and Amazon snapped up a wealth of documentary content at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. With the USA still a major export territory for UK content producers, what do these continued shifts in commissioning sources and distribution platforms mean for the UK industry?

Session Producer and Chair

Mark Leaver (Department for International Trade)

Speakers

Ben Braun (Submarine) Marie Nelson (PBS) Simon Chinn (Lightbox) Molly Thompson (A+E IndieFilms)

Lindsay Poulton (The Guardian) Mark Galloway (IBT) Sarah Mosses (Together Films)

The Real Full Monty with Alexander Armstrong and Ashley Banjo

Mon 12 June / 18:00 / Crucible Theatre For the 20th anniversary of The Full Monty, the legendary iconic Sheffield-based film, ITV have commissioned The Real Full Monty, which follows a cast of celebrities as they prepare to perform their own ‘Full Monty’ to raise awareness of men’s cancers. Join presenters Alexander Armstrong and Ashley Banjo, along with members of the cast and crew for a special preview screening of the ITV film, followed by a talk with both Alex and Ashley. Speakers

Alexander Armstrong (Presenter) Ashley Banjo (Dancer / Presenter) Nick Bullen (Spun Gold)

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Mon 12 June

Kevin Mundye (Spun Gold)

Charles Hazlewood: Exploring My Own Beatles Black Album Mon 12 June / 18:30 / Crucible Theatre

A passionate advocate for a wider audience for orchestral music, conductor Charles Hazlewood has worked with musicians including Wyclef Jean, Professor Green, Goldie, and Nigel Kennedy, and was the first conductor to headline with an orchestra at Glastonbury Festival. In his revealing documentary for Sky, Charles Hazlewood: My Own Beatles Black Album, Charles examines the break-up of the world’s greatest pop group, and curates his own Beatles’ “Black Album”. Charles will discuss making the documentary, along with clips and musical accompaniment. Session Producer

Michael McAvoy (STV)

Speaker

Charles Hazlewood

Talks & Sessions

Tue 13 June Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square Join a series of events discussing and showcasing the extraordinary talent, films, and projects across the Doc/Fest universe, developed with Wellcome.

Schedule

Tue 13 June

11:00 About Last Night… daily review including Freedom for the Wolf (p.77)

16:00 What’s Their Story?... Mette Hofmann Meyer (Executive Producer at The Why Foundation) 18:00 In Conversation… with a surprise guest

With TV schedules and streaming services filled with long form content, shorts are easy to overlook. However, with the emergence of social media, the form has been given a platform that promotes the rapid ingestion of shorter content – but does it come at a cost? Have artful shorts been replaced by clickbait? Are commissioners making room specifically for shorts in their wider content strategy? Session Producer

Alexander Rowe (Discovery Networks International)

Chair

Pegah Farahmand

Speakers

Charlie Phillips (The Guardian) Eloise King (VICE) Jim Sayer (Red Bull TV) Lindsey Crouse (New York Times Op Docs) Max Godarty (BBC Three)

Tue 13 June / 10:00 / Crucible Studio Ground-breaking filming techniques, unprecedented access to hidden worlds, and sensitive real life stories are explored in this panel session focused on intimate access documentaries. The panel will discuss how to secure and manage access – and how to be true to it on screen.

Session Producer

Rich Turner (Channel 5)

Chair

Krish Majumdar (Me + You Productions)

Speakers

Amy Flanagan (Channel 4) Danny Horan (BBC) Guy Davies (Channel 5) Malcolm Brinkworth (Brinkworth Films)

Marketplace & Talent

Tue 13 June / 10:00 / Crucible Theatre

Sensitive Access Commissions with Channel 5

Parties & Social

Commissioner Question Time: Shorts for All Platforms

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

For more information, see p.165

Films

13:30 Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Icarus (p.44)

159

Talks & Sessions

Climate Change: The Greatest Story of Our Time?

Schedule

Tue 13 June / 10:00 / Crucible Adelphi It’s a hugely important topic, but one which has always been a creative challenge for filmmakers. Leading producers and directors talk about their experience of telling the climate change story. What have they learnt, and do they believe that films about climate change have the power to change the way we think, debate, and act?

Talks & Sessions Marketplace & Talent Parties & Social 160

David Alamouti Mark Galloway (International Broadcasting Trust)

Situation Critical: Making Stark Reality Hospital Docs Tue 13 June / 10:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

Gripping series like Hospital are changing the paradigm for medical films. With unflinching narratives and forensic analysis of the stark reality of the NHS, are traditional feel-good portrayals obsolete, and what impact can the new style documentaries have on healthcare operations? Filmmakers discuss how to win access, whiles representatives of the hospitals explain why they choose to show their true inner workings.

Chair

Celia Taylor

Session Producer and Chair

Carol Nahra

Speakers

Ash Potterton (Arrow)

Speakers

Roger Graef (Roger Graef Productions)

Jeff Orlowski (dir. Chasing Coral, p.75 & creator Chasing Coral: The VR Experience, p.133)

Alternate Realities

Films

Session Producer

Tue 13 June

Simon Dickson (Label 1) Spencer Kelley (The Garden Productions) Michelle Dixon (Imperial College Healthcare)

Julia Dahr & Kisilu Musy (dir. Thank You for the Rain, p.82)

Grace Reynolds (Two Four)

Joe Smith (The Open University) Will Anderson (KEO Films)

What Does Brexit Look Like?

Tue 13 June / 10:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B Filmmakers and commissioners discuss the impact of Brexit on documentary making in Britain. A year after the UK voted to leave Europe, we ask how best to represent the voices of those on both sides of the divide, and whether what we see on our screens will change as a result of the triumph of the Brexiteers.

Youth in Revolt: Making Docs Post-YouTube Tue 13 June / 12:00 / Crucible Adelphi

Now that YouTube and iPhones have not only democratised content generation, but actively diverted youth viewers from traditional providers, how do professional documentary makers avoid being left behind? What kind of independence is more important: freedom from commissioners, or from branding and bias? Does budget ruin authenticity? With a unique cross-generational panel, we’ll tackle a seismic shift in who is watching what.

Session Producer

Zoe Jewell

Session Producer

Hannah Madsen (Angel Sharp Media)

Speakers

Timothy George Kelly (dir. Brexitannia, p.89)

Chair

Eloise King (VICE)

Speakers

Hannah Madsen (Angel Sharp Media)

Toby Paton (dir. Jo Cox: Death of an MP, p.28) Tom Whitaker (dir. Pride in Rags, p.113)

Liz Warner (Producer) Tom Shennan (Vlogger / Filmmaker) Ayo Akingbade (dir. Tower XYZ, p.113)

Session Producer

Charlotte Reid (Discovery)

Session Producer

Abigail Berry (Directors UK)

Chair

Krish Majumdar (Me & You Productions)

Chair

Louise Say (Directors UK)

Speakers

Greg Barnett (Channel 5)

Speakers

Amanda Richardson (Atticus Productions) Bruce Goodison

Ed Sayer (TLC / Discovery Networks International)

Dan Reed (Amos Pictures)

Alternate Realities

David Brindley (BBC)

Kate Teckman (ITV) Kelly Webb-Lamb (Channel 4) Marvyn Benoit (Sky)

BAFTA Masterclass: Making True Crime Docs & Series Tue 13 June / 12:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

From blue flashing crime scenes to tense interrogations, the thirst for true crime is insatiable. So how do content creators keep one of the longest running documentary genres fresh and exciting? How do USA crime documentaries compare to the UK? How do you navigate press teams, consent, and full open access from those trying to make our cities safe? Session Producer

Amy Richardson (True Vision)

Chair

Siobhan Sinnerton (Channel 4)

Speakers

Andy Glynne (prod. Out of Thin Air, p.46) Anna Hall (True Vision) Colin Barr (Minnow) Stuart Blaik (Thames Valley Police) Ursula Macfarlane (Filmmaker)

Schedule

How can directors utilise their individual skills to make outstanding television that will leave an impression? With decades worth of experience between them, the panel will discuss the aspects of how they have been able to creatively input into shows, and what methods they have used to get their own distinctive directorial voice heard within the constraints of factual TV.

Films

In a year of political uncertainty, 2017 been hailed as the year of entertainment, with the promise that for those who get it right, the rewards are huge. Does this mean there’s plenty of business to be had? Where do our line up of top factual entertainment commissioners think they’ll find the new big hitters? And do super formats come from super indies, or can the smaller producers prevail in this climate?

Tue 13 June / 12:00 / Crucible Adelphi

Doc/Question Time: Is the Media Failing to Reflect the Real Opinions of the People? Tue 13 June / 13:30 / Crucible Theatre

A distinguished panel from the world of film, media and politics discuss the rise of populism, ‘echo chambers’, and question how open we all are to contrary points of view in today’s media. This session will be an opportunity to make your voice heard and contribute to a conversation on one of the biggest editorial issues affecting audiences in the UK and beyond. Dedicated to the memory of broadcaster, journalist and former Doc/Fest Chair, Steve Hewlett (1958 – 2017), who was a rigorous and interrogative moderator of many such previous debates at Doc/Fest. Session Producer

Derren Lawford (Woodcut Media)

Chair

William Horsley (Centre for Freedom of the Media)

Speakers

Martin Durkin (Wag TV) Sara Ramsden (Channel 4) Trevor Phillips OBE

Talks & Sessions

Tue 13 June / 12:00 / Crucible Studio

Standing Out from the Crowd: The Director’s Voice in Factual TV

Marketplace & Talent

Commissioner Question Time: Factual Entertainment for all Platforms

Tue 13 June

Parties & Social

Talks & Sessions

Jolyon Rubinstein (Satirist)

161

Talks & Sessions

Films

Schedule

Going Further: Working with National Geographic Tue 13 June / 14:00 / Town Hall Reception Room A

National Geographic has embarked on a bold new strategy of premium programming, investing more into innovative factual and drama content than ever before. In this session, we speak to Hamish Mykura, EVP of Programming and Development, and Commissioning Editor Carolyn Payne, along with suppliers who have recently had programmes commissioned. Hear what it takes to work with National Geographic in the era of ‘fewer, bigger, better’ programmes and what the network is doing to push boundaries. Session Producer

Francesca Johnson (National Geographic)

Speakers

Carolyn Payne (National Geographic)

Tue 13 — Wed 14 June Documentaries on Channel 5: Exclusive Preview

Tue 13 June / 14:00 / Crucible Studio Join us for an exclusive sneak peek into forthcoming Channel 5 documentaries followed by a Q&A with their creators and commissioner Guy Davies. Channel 5 is gaining a reputation for thought-provoking and critically acclaimed documentaries exploring serious and topical issues in society. This session will offer a first look at Inside the Sex Business, Me and My Face, and The Accused II.

Speakers

Natalie Von Hurter (Knickerbockerglory) Paul Blake (Maroon Productions)

Hamish Mykura (National Geographic)

Rob McCabe (Brinkworth Films)

Alternate Realities Talks & Sessions Marketplace & Talent

Listen to Britain – Again!

Tue 13 June / 14:00 / Crucible Adelphi 75 years since Humphrey Jennings’ wartime masterpiece Listen To Britain, BBC Four and BFI called out to emerging filmmakers for short film ideas which listen to Britain today. Twelve are now in production. So what made the winning pitches stand out? What do younger filmmakers make of the original film? And just how do you reflect Britain in these divided times?

Chair

Deborah Lee (Wingspan Productions)

Speakers

Listen To Britain – Again! Filmmakers

Guy Davies (Channel 5)

Ian Hislop & Jolyon Rubinstein: Post-Truth & Satire

Tue 13 June / 17:30 / Crucible Theatre Ian Hislop, Editor of the satirical and current affairs news magazine Private Eye since 1986 and regular on Have I Got News for You, will be in conversation with the BAFTA-winning actor and writer Jolyon Rubinstein (The Revolution Will be Televised, Revolting). They will discuss the important role that satire (and humour) play in documenting our world, getting to the truth, and how the medium reflects upon an increasing unstable political landscape that includes living, breathing caricatures.

Parties & Social

Cassian Harrison (BBC)

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Emma Cahusac (BBC) Archie Baron (Wingspan Productions)

Chair

Jolyon Rubinstein (Satirist)

Speaker

Ian Hislop (Private Eye)

13:30 Digging Deeper… Alternate Realities 16:00 What’s Their Story?... with a surprise guest For more information, see p.165

Chair

Katie Puckrik (Journalist / Presenter)

Speaker

Bruce Parry

Schedule Films

11:00 About Last Night… Doc/Fest Awards round up (p.212)

BAFTA-winner Bruce Parry returns to Sheffield to discuss his new feature length documentary Tawai – A Voice from the Forest, due for release in cinemas this autumn, the result of five years work by Bruce who went back to visit the Penan of Borneo. His time with this extraordinary group led him to re-evaluate his views on human nature. Bruce will discuss the making of this ground-breaking film and explore how humankind relates to the natural world.

Alternate Realities

Join a series of events discussing and showcasing the extraordinary talent, films, and projects across the Doc/Fest universe, developed with Wellcome.

Wed 14 June / 17:30 / PBS America Showroom 3

Talks & Sessions

Wed 14 June

Bruce Parry: From the Forests of Borneo to the Isle of Skye

Marketplace & Talent

Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Wed 14 June

Parties & Social

Talks & Sessions

163

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Doc/Fest Exchange, developed with Wellcome, houses a series of daily talks inspired by ground-breaking Doc/Fest films and interactive and immersive storytelling. Films in focus include Out of Thin Air, which explores crime and false memory, and When You Look Away, a study of consciousness. Guests include legendary film editor Walter Murch (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now), as well as award-winning filmmakers Daisy Asquith, Lana Wilson, and Yorkshire-born filmmaker Francis Lee. Acclaimed Indian documentarian Anand Patwardhan, YouTube sensation Elijah Quashie aka ‘The Chicken Connoisseur’ and documentary mogul, Mette Hofmann Meyer share their stories.

About Last night…

Tune in to filmmakers and creatives as they discuss the previous day’s highlights.

Digging Deeper…

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Get under the skin of key themes of some of the best Festival films and interactive projects.

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What’s Their Story?…

Hear from film and documentary luminaries from across the Doc/Fest universe and beyond.

In Conversation…

Chats with surprise special guests. Check the Doc/Fest website and social media channels for details.

Sat 10 June

09:30 Breakfast Reception 11:00 About Last Night… daily review including The Departure (p.76)

Beth Hewitt, Director of Nations and Regions Media Conference hosts Charlie Phillips of The Guardian in conversation with Award-winning filmmaker, Lana Wilson, director of The Departure.

13:30 Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Queerama (p.27)

Acclaimed filmmaker Daisy Asquith is joined by Mike Nicholls, CampbellX, and sexual dissidence historian Dr Lucy Robinson to explore the representation of gay rights and desires in TV and cinema.

16:00 What’s Their Story?... Elijah Quashie aka ‘The Chicken Connoisseur’ (p.116–118)

YouTube sensation The Chicken Connoisseur discusses his hugely popular YouTube series The Pengest Munch and his future plans with BBC 1xtra presenter Mim Shaik.

Daily Schedule Fri 9 June

09:30 Breakfast Reception

Breakfast is on us. Fuel up for the day on great coffee and croissants, and connect with the Doc/Fest Researchers attending the Festival.

19:30 Tudor Square by Night

Special evening surprises await alongside street food, a fully stocked bar, and music.

18:00 In Conversation… with Walter Murch

In a career spanning more than 40 years and three Oscar wins, legendary film editor Walter Murch credits include The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, The Conversation and The English Patient. Walter will discuss his own Doc/Fest highlights with Erinma Ochu (Doc/Fest Exchange Curator).

19:30 Tudor Square by Night: Tales of Whatever

Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square 09:30 Breakfast Reception

09:30 Breakfast Reception

11:00 About Last Night… daily review including Brimstone & Glory (p.34)

11:00 About Last Night… daily review including Strong Island (p.48)

We are delighted to welcome filmmaker Francis Lee, whose debut feature God’s Own Country stormed this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and whose documentary The Last Smallholder premiered at Doc/Fest 2014.

18:00 In Conversation… with a surprise guest Tudor Square by Night: Doc/Pub Quiz 19:30

Join Doc/Fest to flex your documentary trivia muscles.

Delve deeper into cultural themes related to Motherland, a film at the heart of the planet’s busiest maternity hospital. Speakers include fetal imaging expert Dr Elspeth Whitby, a senior lecturer at the University of Sheffield.

16:00 What’s Their Story?... Anand Partwardan (Doc/Fest Grand Juror)

Acclaimed Indian filmmaker, activist, and Doc/Fest Grand Juror Anand Partwardan has fought and won many battles to screen his essential documentaries. He will discuss both his own work and his Doc/Fest highlights.

18:00 In Conversation… with a surprise guest 19:30 Tudor Square by Night

Pre-party drinks and special evening surprises await alongside street food, a fully stocked bar, and music.

Tue 13 June

Wed 14 June

09:30 Breakfast Reception

11:00 About Last Night… daily review including Freedom for the Wolf (p.77)

11:00 About Last Night… Doc/Fest Awards Roundup

13:30 Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Icarus (p.44)

12:30 The Great Get Together: Inspired by Jo Cox

Join Rajesh Thind, filmmaker and writer, in conversation with Rupert Russell, sociologist and director of Freedom for the Wolf.

Join journalist Carol Nahra to delve deeper into the politics behind doping in sport with drug testing expert Dr Tom Bassindale and bioethicist and future media expert Professor Andy Miah.

16:00 What’s Their Story?… Mette Hofmann Meyer

Join Charlie Phillips of The Guardian to explore why The Why matters with documentary mogul, Mette Hofmann Meyer.

18:00 In Conversation… with a surprise guest Tudor Square by Night 19:30

Pre-award drinks and special evening surprises await alongside street food, a fully stocked bar, and music.

Films

16:30 What’s Their Story?... Francis Lee (filmmaker)

13:30 Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Motherland (p.58)

Doc/Fest Juror Sophie Monks Kaufman, Contributing Editor of Little White Lies, discusses the Doc/Fest Awards, including the Illuminate Award.

Join us in celebrating the life of Jo Cox before the World Premiere of Jo Cox: Death of an MP (p.28) with a picnic street party on Tudor Square. Be inspired to host your own Great Get Together 16 – 18 June when the Jo Cox Foundations leads a national celebration of what we have in common – www.greatgettogether.org

13:30 Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Alternate Realities

Join future media expert Professor Andy Miah to examine the philosophy behind ground-breaking interactive and virtual reality projects from Doc/Fest’s Alternate Realities Exhibition.

16:00 What’s Their Story?... with a surprise guest

Alternate Realities

Exec Producer Andy Glynne joins journalist Carol Nahra and psychologists Dr Linda Dubrow-Marshall and Prof. Rod Dubrow-Marshall to delve into the strangest criminal investigation in Icelandic history.

Talks & Sessions

13:30 Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Out of Thin Air (p.46)

Join cultural observer and poet Naana Orleans Amissah in conversation with Yance Ford, director of Strong Island.

Marketplace & Talent

Join Charlie Phillips of The Guardian in conversation with Viktor Jakovleski, director of Brimstone & Glory.

Schedule

Mon 12 June

Parties & Social

Sun 11 June

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Speakers

Al Brown

Alex Pearson

Films

Schedule

Head of Film and Television / VICE As Head of Film and Television, Al is part of the senior management team within VICE in the UK. Al is experienced in managing multi-million pound programming and creatively overseeing commissioning, development, and the production of hundreds of hours of content for digital and linear channels as well as working with some of the world’s largest brands.

Producer / RedThread.Media (creator Future Aleppo, p.131)

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Feature Length for All Platforms (p.154)

Ali Eslami

Alternate Realities Talks & Sessions Marketplace & Talent Parties & Social 166

Session:

Alternate Realities Summit – It’s A Family Affair: Small Stories, Big Meaning (p.124)

Amanda Richardson

Artist (creator DeathTolls Experience, p.130) Ali is award-winning computer artist and researcher based in Tehran, Iran. He has been working with virtual reality since 2014. He develops and designs VR experiences to explore new pathways. Interested in human perception and cognitive science, he tries to approach them experimentally in VR.

Alex is a London-based creative producer. Graduating from the London Film School, Cass Film Business Academy, and the Media Business School, Alex migrated from the film industry to multiplatform in 2012, before committing fully to interactive storytelling thereafter. Alongside his production work, Alex teaches transmedia practice at a number of international film festivals.

Filmmaker / Atticus Productions

Session:

Alternate Realities Summit – Join the Resistance (p.125)

Amanda is an award-winning producer/ director and shooting PD. She has produced, directed, and shot intimate observational documentaries for BBC One, BBC Two, and BBC Four including the series Once a Soldier and Breaking Point & Maternity, and single films Girls Allowed, Daisy’s Secret, and the iconic presenter-led Child of Our Time. She is the winner of a Grierson award for best documentary on a contemporary issue.

Amir Bar-Lev

Amy Rose

Amir is the acclaimed documentary director of Happy Valley, 12.12.12: The Concert for Sandy Relief, Re:Generation, The Tillman Story, and My Kid Could Paint That, which have collectively garnered him some of the film industry’s highest honours and widespread critical praise. He also served as co-producer on the Academy Award-nominated documentary Trouble the Water.

Amy is one half of Anagram. In an effort to engage the body as well as the mind, she has made intimate character films for quiet passive observation, documentary theatre about the power of music to heal the mind, and created Door Into the Dark which recently won the Storyscapes Award at Tribeca.

Filmmaker (dir. Long Strange Trip, p.69)

Session:

Standing Out from the Crowd: The Director’s Voice in Factual TV (p.161)

Interactive & Documentary Director / Anagram

Session:

Music Makes the World Go Round: Making Music Docs (p.149)

Anand Patwarden

Andy Taylor

Anand is an Indian documentary filmmaker known for his socio-political, human rights-oriented films. Notable films include Bombay: Our City (Hamara Shahar) (1985), In Memory of Friends (1990), In the Name of God (Ram ke Nam) (1992), Father, Son, and Holy War (1995), A Narmada Diary (1995), War and Peace (2002) and Jai Bhim Comrade (2011), which have won national and international awards.

Andy has held several senior positions in media and has been a pioneer in online video. He was Managing Director of Victoria Real during the launch of Big Brother in 2000 when online live streaming from the Big Brother House changed television forever. Prior to Little Dot Studios, Andy was the Managing Director of Digital at Channel 4.

Filmmaker

Session:

Alternate Realities Summit (p.124-126)

Founder and CEO / Little Dot Studios

Session:

Doc/Fest Exchange – What’s Their Story?... Anand Patwarden (p.165)

Session:

How Do You Reach The Other 99%? The New Opportunities for Documentaries Online (p.157)

Speakers

A—B

Anna Hall

Anna Higgs

Anna has made numerous films for primetime for the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4. She is best known for Britain’s Sex Gangs and The Hunt For Britain’s Sex Gangs, which won numerous awards including the RTS Journalism Award for Current Affairs and the AIB for Best Investigative Documentary.

Anna is an award-winning producer and creative executive who leads groundbreaking work at the intersection of film and digital storytelling. Previously at Channel 4, Anna is now Creative Director at NOWNESS, a global culture channel celebrating the best in short form storytelling, with the best of emerging and established filmmaking voices.

Session:

BAFTA Masterclass: Making True Crime Docs & Series (p.161)

Anna Ridler

Anne Sommerfield

Anna is an artist, researcher, and technologist whose practice usually involves working with existing collections of information or data. Anna is currently studying Information Experience Design at the Royal College of Art, and has degrees from Oxford University and University of Arts London.

Anne is an award-winning producer/ director specialising in factual programming. She began her TV career by writing and producing 11 episodes of the Emmy-nominated Meerkat Manor (BBC and Animal Planet). Her latest work includes the landmark, bluechip series Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough for BBC One.

Session:

Celebrate the Queers: Making LGBTQ+ Docs (p.157)

Ash Potterton

Creative Director / Wingspan Productions

Executive Producer / Arrow Media

Session:

Listen to Britain – Again! (p.162)

Ash is an experienced executive producer and trained journalist with a dual expertise in hands-on programmemaking and getting projects greenlit. Ash has spent over seven years running development teams, with commissions ranging from The Great British Bake Off to Filthy Rich and Homeless.

Ayşe Toprak

Filmmaker (dir. Mr Gay Syria, p.58)

Balz Bachmann

Ayse is a filmmaker from Istanbul. She received a BFA in Film & TV from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and an MA from the Media Studies department at The New School. After almost 15 years living, studying, and working in New York, London, and Doha, Qatar, Ayse returned to Turkey in 2011 to produce social and political documentaries throughout her country and the region.

Composer and musician Balz, born in Zurich, studied contrabass at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern. He has been writing music for motion pictures and documentary films, theatre, arts, and TV. Balz has won several awards such as the Film Music Prize from the SUISA Foundation of the Locarno Film Festival 2003 for his score for Little Girl Blue (directed by Anna Luif), and was nominated twice for the Swiss Film Prize Quarz.

Session:

Climate Change: The Greatest Story of Our Time? (p.160)

Composer

Session:

Celebrate the Queers: Making LGBTQ+ Docs (p.157)

Session:

Craft Summit – The Art of the Musical Score (p.147)

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities Summit – Join the Resistance (p.125)

Marketplace & Talent

Session:

Alternate Realities

Filmmaker / BBC

Archie Baron

Archie is Creative Director at Wingspan Productions. Previously Archie co-ran Takeaway Media, having spent 12 years moving from Production Trainee to Series Producer at the BBC. Archie has won British and international awards and nominations for films as varied as Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights to the format-defining first series of Who Do You Think You Are?

Commissioner Question Time: Arts Documentary for All Platforms (p.155)

Parties & Social

Artist (creator Wikileaks: A Love Story, p.139)

Session:

Schedule

Creative Director / NOWNESS

Films

Director / True Vision

167

Speakers

B—C

Barnaby Coughlin

Ben Steele

Films

Schedule

Series Producer / Director An experienced series producer and director, Barnaby has worked on numerous factual series for all the major broadcasters including BBC and Channel 4. His credits include First Dates, Posh People: Inside Tatler and Phone Shop Idol.

Filmmaker (dir. Love and Hate Crime, p.57)

Session:

How To Make Love on the Television (p.154)

Bob Clarke

Alternate Realities Talks & Sessions Marketplace & Talent Parties & Social 168

Session:

Craft Summit – The Art of the Doc Series (p.147)

Bradley Crooks

Founder & CEO / MAMA Youth Project Bob has been a professional editor for over 20 years, and personally funded the first two years of MAMA Youth Project’s operation. Bob started his television career in 1982 as a Video Tape Operator for Humphries Video Services. Following BBC training, Bob became a freelance editor and worked at various facilities in London before setting up the MAMA Youth Project.

Ben is an award-winning director with over ten years experience working with HBO, Channel 4, Discovery, BBC, National Geographic & ITV. His acclaimed documentaries include The Trouble with Working Women, Remembering Mum, From Scratch and Gods and Monsters.

Head of Digital Entertainment and Games / BAFTA

Session:

The New Leaders: Working Towards an Equal & Inclusive Industry (p.149)

Bradley is an experienced games and entertainment industry professional with experience in TV, film, game,s and advertising, and a speciality in digital platforms and disruptive technologies such as VR, augmented reality, crossmedia delivery and live streaming. Bradley was previously Head of Digital Entertainment and Games at BBC Worldwide.

Brian Woods

Bruce Goodinson

In 1995, Brian started True Vision with his wife, Deborah Shipley. The company’s first production, The Dying Rooms, was nominated for two BAFTAs and won numerous other awards. Brian has since produced and directed numerous international documentaries tackling human rights and social issues; shown in over 80 countries, they have garnered awards including seven Emmys, three Peabodies, and seven BAFTAs.

Bruce is one of the country’s leading drama directors. He is the lead director for series as diverse as RTS- and BAFTA-nominated Our World War, ITV’s hit series Home Fires and BBC One’s Doctor Foster. Bruce has won two RTS awards, a BAFTA, a Broadcast Award, and a Grierson.

Director / True Vision

Session:

BAFTA and Virtual Reality (p.155)

Filmmaker

Session:

How Do You Reach The Other 99%? The New Opportunities for Documentaries Online (p.157)

Bruce Parry

Camille Summers-Valli

Bruce is an explorer and BAFTA Award-winning documentary presenter famous for his unpatronising style of investigation into difficult subjects in extremely remote and testing locations.

Camille is a filmmaker and photographer based in London. She makes documentary films and directs commercial content.

Filmmaker

Session:

Standing Out from the Crowd: The Director’s Voice in Factual TV (p.161)

Filmmaker (dir. All That Is, p.63)

Session:

Bruce Parry: From the Forests of Borneo to the Isle of Skye (p.163)

Session:

How to Break Into the Industry (p.148)

Speakers

CampbellX

Catherine Allen

Doc/Fest Exchange – Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Queerama (p.164)

Catherine Bray

Carol Nahra

Catherine is commissioning editor for Channel 4’s Random Acts arts strand. Previously, she worked across digital for Film4 for seven years, most recently as Editorial Director. Prior to this, she was a regional commissioning editor for Channel 4’s 4Talent Central.

Carol is an American journalist and documentary producer based in London. In addition to writing about the documentary industry, she has worked as a producer and as a film copy writer for Sheffield Doc/Fest. Carol also teach courses in documentary film and digital media for Syracuse University’s London programme.

How to Break Into the Industry (p.148)

Session:

Situation Critical: Making Stark Reality Hospital Docs (p.160)

Cassian Harrison

Commissioning Editor / National Geographic

Channel Editor / BBC Four

Session:

The University of Sheffield Presents: How to Pitch Your Academic Idea (p.156) Going Further – Working with National Geographic (p.142)

Cassian is Channel Editor of BBC Four, responsible for maintaining and building BBC Four’s singular and innovative voice. Prior to this, he was a Commissioning Editor for Science, Natural History and History. His commissions included Penguins – Spy in the Huddle, Meet the Romans with Mary Beard, and David Attenborough’s First Life.

Celia Taylor

Freelance Producer

Charles Hazlewood

Now a freelance producer, Celia was previously Head of NonScripted Commissioning at Sky Entertainment. Whilst at Sky, her commissions included Pineapple Dance Studios and Ross Kemp’s Extreme World. She won Emmy Awards for 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy, Scientology Going Clear and the Prison of Belief, and BAFTAs for Flying Monsters 3D with Sir David Attenborough and A League of Their Own.

A passionate advocate for a wider audience for orchestral music, Charles has worked with musicians including Wyclef Jean, Professor Green, Goldie, and Nigel Kennedy, and was the first conductor to headline with an orchestra at Glastonbury Festival. Charles has authored and conducted the music in BBC films on Mozart, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky as well as a series exploring the birth of British music.

Session:

Listen to Britain – Again! (p.162)

Conductor

Session:

Climate Change: The Greatest Story of Our Time? (p.160)

Session:

Charles Hazlewood: Exploring My Own Beatles Black Album (p.158)

Talks & Sessions

Session:

Alternate Realities

Filmmaker

Carolyn Payne

Carolyn has been an Executive Producer at National Geographic since 2011. She has Executive Produced hit series such as Car SOS, Nazi Megastructures, Time Scanners and singles such as Comet Encounter and Preppers UK: Surviving Armageddon. Previous freelance series producer credits include the International Emmy-winning Worlds Strictest Parents and Children’s BAFTA-winning Election.

Exploring the Future of Virtual Reality Distribution (p.157)

Marketplace & Talent

Editor / Random Acts, Channel 4

Session:

Schedule

Session:

Catherine is a consultant, producer, and director for immersive media. Her most recent project is No Small Talk, a 360° talk show for the BBC. She also produced one of the BBC’s first VR documentaries, Easter Rising: Voice of a Rebel (Doc/Fest 2016). Previously, she worked at Touch Press, winning a BAFTA and Apple’s App of the Year for Disney Animated (Doc/ Fest 2015).

Parties & Social

Campbell is the award-winning filmmaker behind BlackmanVision Film Productions, and wrote and directed the LGBT+ indie feature film Stud Life which is on DVD and is distributed by Peccadillo Pictures in the UK, Wolfe Video in the USA, and Busk Films internationally. Campbell is on the Rainbow List for the Independent for contributions to queer filmmaking in the UK.

Producer/Director

Films

Filmmaker / BlackmanVision Film Productions

169

Speakers

C—D

Charlie Phillips

Charlotte Cook

Charlie is the Head of Documentaries at The Guardian, commissioning and acquiring new short documentaries from all around the world. Charlie was previously Deputy Director at Sheffield Doc/Fest for seven years before joining The Guardian in 2014. Prior to that, he was Editor of FourDocs for Channel 4.

Charlotte is the Co-creator and Executive Producer of Field of Vision, a film unit that commissions and assigns short form and episodic creative visual journalism. In addition to her work at Field of Vision, Charlotte is currently a programmer at CPH:DOX.

Films

Schedule

Head of Documentaries / The Guardian

Filmmaker & Curator / Field of Vision & CPH:DOX

Session:

How to Make Fast Turnaround Docs (p.155), The Guardian Documentary Pitch in association with IBT (p.150) Commissioner Question Time: Shorts for All Platforms (p.159)

Charlotte Mikkelborg

Ché Ramsden

Lauded by VICE as one of the “female filmmakers revolutionizing how we see the world”, Charlotte is a British director who first gained recognition as a BBC foreign correspondent. She has more recently become known for her work directing gripping character-driven nonfiction film and virtual reality.

Ché is the Innovations Manager at Amnesty International UK. She is responsible for embedding innovation in the organisation to ensure Amnesty International UK is creative and innovative to achieve ambitious human rights change. She also leads and advises specific projects, including virtual reality. She previously managed The Children’s Society’s innovation process.

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Film and VR Director / Picture This Productions

170

Craft Summit – The Art of the Doc Senes (p.147), How to Make Fast Turnaround Docs (p.155)

Innovations Manager / Amnesty International UK

Session:

Alternate Realities Summit – Join the Resistance (p.125)

Clare Birks

Session:

Alternate Realities Summit – Join the Resistance (p.125)

Daisy Asquith

Chief Executive / Oxford Scientific Films Clare has spent her career working in the production, co-production, and distribution business. She has run Oxford Scientific Films since 2004, transforming the business into a company with a reputation for creative excellence and innovation combined with commercial acumen.

Session:

Filmmaker (dir. Queerama, p.27)

Session:

The University of Sheffield Presents: How to Pitch Your Academic Idea (p.156)

Daisy is a documentary filmmaker with 20 years experience making films for the BBC, Channel 4, BFI, Irish Film Board, and Sheffield Doc/Fest, among others. She has won many awards for her work including the Royal Television Society Best Documentary Series twice (The Decision and 15), a Grierson, and a BAFTA nomination. Daisy is a part-time Senior Lecturer at Goldsmiths and convenes MA in Filmmaking Screen Documentary.

Danny Horan

Dan Korn

Danny joined the Documentaries Commissioning team last September and his focus is BBC Two and BBC Three. He’s recently commissioned a new series with Louis Theroux, two drama documentaries, and an ambitious series about the NHS. Before joining the BBC, Danny was an executive producer at Voltage TV and The Garden.

As Vice President of Programming, Dan sources and schedules all content for A+E UK’s portfolio of pay TV channels. Prior to this, Dan worked as the Creative Director at STV Productions and spent ten years as SVP of Programming at Discovery Networks UK & Europe, overseeing programming and production across 24 channel brands in 30 countries.

Commissioning Editor, Documentaries / BBC

Session:

Doc/Fest Exchange – Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Queerama (p.164)

Vice President, Programming / A+E Networks UK

Session:

Sensitive Access Commissions with Channel 5 (p.159)

Session:

The University of Sheffield Presents: How to Pitch Your Academic Idea (p.156)

Speakers

Dan Reed

Filmmaker / Amos Pictures

Darren Emerson

Dan is a triple BAFTA-winning documentary filmmaker and drama director renowned for thought-provoking, high-quality documentaries for Channel 4, HBO, BBC, and PBS. Dan founded independent production company Amos Pictures in 2013. The company’s first three films were critically acclaimed, with The Paedophile Hunter and Terror at the Mall receiving three BAFTA nominations.

Darren is a producer, director and co-founder of production companies VR City and East City Films. Over the last 15 years, he has produced everything from music videos to documentaries. Darren is Producer/Director of VR documentaries Witness 360: 7/7 and Invisible, the latter winning the first ever Alternate Realities commission at Sheffield Doc/Fest in 2016.

Standing Out from the Crowd: The Director’s Voice in Factual TV (p.161)

David Alter

David Brindley

David is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with two decades of experience producing and directing programmes for broadcasters across the globe. In 2015 he joined The Economist as Director of Programmes to spearhead the publication’s move into online video. During its first year, Economist Films has premiered four original series.

David joined the BBC as Head of Popular Factual and Factual Entertainment in January 2017. His team work across BBC One and Two. Prior to joining the BBC, he was a documentaries commissioning editor at Channel 4 (Royal Navy School, The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis and Angry, White and Proud) as well as an Emmy Award-winning director and producer (Educating Yorkshire, One Born Every Minute and Beautiful Young Minds).

Commissioner Question Time: Factual Entertainment for All Platforms (p.161)

David Oppenheim

Director / 72 Films

Producer / National Film Board of Canada

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Specialist Factual for All Platforms (p.156)

Deborah Lee

David is a producer at the National Film Board of Canada’s Ontario Studio where his recent credits include Draw Me Close, an immersive theatre production made in collaboration with the National Theatre (UK) and the Webby award-winning Universe Within, the final chapter of the NFB’s HIGHRISE project.

Session:

Alternate Realities Summit – Choose Your Own Misadventure (p.125), Canadian Creative Collaborations: VR & Interactive (p.154)

Dominic Sivyer

Development Producer / Wingspan Productions Deborah has been a producer, series producer, and executive producer across a range of acclaimed arts and history documentaries. As a producer/director she worked on the RTS Award-winning series The Genius of Photography and made single films such as Armando Iannucci’s Tale of Charles Dickens.

Session:

Filmmaker

Session:

Listen to Britain – Again! (p.162)

Dominic is a self-shooting documentary director/producer. He has received two commissions from The Guardian and he has recently completed two films for Streetwise Opera. Dominic is currently filming a feature-length documentary on Dementia for BBC One.

Session:

How to Break Into the Industry (p.148)

Talks & Sessions

How to Make Fast Turnaround Docs (p.155)

Marketplace & Talent

Session:

Alternate Realities

Factual Commissioner / BBC

David Glover

David is widely acknowledged as one of the most creative and original programme-makers in British television. Prior to setting up the independent production company 72 Films, David was head of Specialist Factual at Channel 4. During his time, the division became Channel 4’s most successful department with shows such as Gogglebox, Inside Nature’s Giants, The Plane Crash, and the Live From Space season.

Alternate Realities Summit – Join the Resistance (p.125)

Parties & Social

Director of Programmes / Economist Films

Session:

Films

Session:

Schedule

CCO and Co-Founder / VR City and East City Films

171

Speakers

D—E

Dorothy Byrne

Dylan Howitt

Films

Schedule

Head of News & Current Affairs / Channel 4 Dorothy was appointed Head of News & Current Affairs in September 2003, having previous edited Dispatches. During her tenure, the channel’s news and current affairs programmes have won numerous BAFTA, RTS, Emmy Awards, and others. She is a former World In Action producer and editor of ITV’s The Big Story.

Filmmaker (dir. Out of Thin Air, p.46)

Session:

How to Make Fast Turnaround Docs (p.155)

Ed Sayer

Alternate Realities Talks & Sessions Marketplace & Talent Parties & Social 172

Doc/Fest Exchange – Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Out of Thin Air (p.165)

Producer / Falling Tree (dir. Radio Atlas: In a Relationship With…, p.60)

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Specialist Factual for All Platforms (p.156)

Eleni Sharp

Eleanor works at Falling Tree Productions where she makes BBC Radio 4’s home for adventurous short documentaries, Short Cuts. In 2016, she received Special Commendations at the Prix Europa for her documentary A Dancer Dies Twice and Radio Atlas – the platform she built for subtitled audio in her spare time.

Session:

How to Break Into the Industry (p.148)

Elijah Quashie aka The Chicken Connoisseur

Executive Product Manager / BBC Eleni is Product Manager of BBC Taster and responsible for its development, definition, and design. Eleni has previously held positions in awardwinning agencies, working with clients ITV, BBC, Channel 4, Arts Council, Argos, and ghd.

Session:

Eleanor McDowell

Vice President Production and Development, Factual / Discovery Networks International Ed is Vice President Production and Development, Factual for Discovery Networks International, a division of Discovery Communications. He joined the team in October 2015 and oversees, commissions, and creates factual content, including series and specials in the male-skewing genres.

Dylan is a highly experienced producer/ director, cameraman, and editor of documentaries and current affairs programmes, with credits for BBC, Channel 4 and Five, Discovery, NHK, and Community Channel including BAFTAand RTS- nominated series.

Vlogger and Restaurant Critic

Session:

Exploring the Future of Virtual Reality Distribution (p.157)

Elijah Quashie, also known as The Chicken Connoisseur, is an internet celebrity and fried chicken restaurant critic known for his viral YouTube video series The Pengest Munch.

Eloise King

Elizabeth Klinck

Eloise is an established producer/director who specialises in producing the highest quality observational documentaries for major broadcasters tackling social issues and human-interest on topics. Her documentary production credits span across several international territories including: MTV, Channel 4, E4, BBC, BBC New York, ITV, The Fine Living Channel US, Al Jazeera English, and VICE.

Elizabeth has worked as producer, researcher, and clearance specialist on hundreds of international documentary films that have garnered Emmy, FOCAL, Peabody, and Oscar awards. She has led workshops at international film festivals and universities. Elizabeth previously served on the board of WIFT Toronto and currently FOCAL International, and is the founding chairperson of the Visual Researchers’ Society of Canada.

Executive Producer / VICE

Session:

Doc/Fest Exchange – What’s Their Story?... Elijah Quashie aka The Chicken Connoisseur (p.164)

Visual Researcher / E Klinck Research

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Shorts for All Platforms (p.159),Youth in Revolt: Making Docs Post-YouTube (p.160)

Session:

Craft Summit (p.146-147)

Commissioning Executive Producer – Arts, Music and Events / BBC

Creative Director / Squirrel Nation & Curator of Doc/Fest Exchange

Emma Cahusac

Erinma Ochu

Emma has worked both within the BBC and in the independent sector, in vancus roles including Editor for Arts Commissioning at Channel 4, Executive Producer and Head of Development at Oxford Films, and Series Producer on The Culture Show with Andrew GrahamDixon, shaping the magazine programme live specials and the half-hour arts documentary strand.

Erinma is Creative Director of Squirrel Nation and a lecturer in transmedia and science communication. Squirrel Nation develop and produce interactive projects ranging from games to artistic installations and live events. Trained originally as a neuroscientist, she made the transition to working in broadcast and interactive with support from NESTA and Wellcome.

Session:

Listen to Britain – Again! (p.162)

Fatima Salaria

Commissioning Editor / BBC Factual

Francis Lee

Fatima works on the BBC’s commissioning team for history, business, religion, and science. Previously, she was a producer/director and later current affairs series producer at BBC. Past credits include BBC Two’s Britons Jihadi Brides, the controversial series The Riots: In Their Own Words, The 70’s with Dominic Sandbrook, and BAFTA-winning series History of Modern Britain in 2007.

Francis initially trained as an actor before working extensively in theatre, television, and film. He has directed a number of awarding-winning shorts films including The Farmer’s Wife and The Last Smallholder, which had its World Premiere at Doc/Fest 2014. His first feature, God’s Own Country, received its World Premiere at Sundance 2017, where he was awarded the Jury Award for Directing.

Session:

Schedule

E—G

Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square (p.164-165)

Films

Speakers

Fraser Ayre

Francis is a highly experienced producer, director, and series producer with a very successful and diverse track record in TV production and management. His work includes high-profile BBC landmark films such as Andrew Marr’s BAFTA Awardwinning The History of Modern Britain, the acclaimed BBC Two series Soul Deep and David Bowie: The Last Five Years.

Fraser is a multi-award-winning actor/ writer/director, and CEO and co-founder of The TriForce Creative Network, an organisation set up to promote equal opportunities in the entertainment industry. Ayres’s acting career highlights include The Guardian’s Top Performers of 2013, Time Out Best Performer, several The Stage Best actor nominations and appearances in The Smoking Room, Midsomer Murders, and NBC’s international miniseries, AD.

Filmmaker

Doc/Fest Exchange – What’s Their Story?... Francis Lee (p.165)

Director / TriForce Creative Network

Session:

Music Makes the World Go Round: Making Music Docs (p.149)

Genaro Vallejo Reyes

Gill Moreton

After years working as a veterinarian in Mexico, Genaro decided to follow his dreams and become a game developer. Now based in New York, Genaro is a fully-fledged game designer and project manager, and one of the lead developers and key collaborator on Gonzzink’s game Borders (p.137).

Gill is a therapist at the Rivers Centre for Traumatic Stress in Edinburgh and has worked alongside people affected by trauma for 20 years. She is in the board of the UK Psychological Trauma Society and the Dart Centre Europe which provides training and support for journalists and filmmakers dealing with trauma.

Games Developer / Prod. Borders, p.137

Session:

The New Leaders: Developing an Equal & Inclusive Industry (p.149)

Psychological Therapist / NHS (UK Psychological Trauma Society)

Session:

Alternate Realities Summit – It’s A Family Affair: Small Stories, Big Meaning (p.124)

Session:

Docs & Trauma: A Survivor’s Guide for 2017 (p.154)

Talks & Sessions

Francis Whately

Session:

Marketplace & Talent

What Does Brexit Look Like? (p.160)

Parties & Social

Session:

Alternate Realities

Filmmaker

173

Speakers

G—H

Greg Ivanov

Guy Davies

Greg leads rollout of Daydream across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia (EMEA). Prior to this, Greg was a Strategic Partner Lead for Mobile Partnerships EMEA at Google. Before joining Google, Greg was the Head of Digital for Project Syndicate where he worked on international content partnerships in regards to proprietary digital products.

Guy is Commissioning Editor: Factual at Channel 5, Prior to this he, was Head of Documentaries at ITN, Senior Executive Producer at Wall to Wall, and was a freelance Executive Producer for three years working for a range of companies including Blast! Films, Darlow Smithson, and Firecracker, working for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Discovery.

Films

Schedule

Business Development, Daydream and Android / Google

Commissioning Editor: Factual / Channel 5

Session:

Exploring the Future of Virtual Reality Distribution (p.157)

Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs

Hamish Mykura

Hajnal oversees the grant-making activities of the Sundance Documentary Film Program, awarding between $1-2 million annually to cinematic, non-fiction films from around the world. Hajnal also serves as a panelist, nominator, and industry advisor for international film festivals and pitch forums.

Hamish has been the Head of International Content for National Geographic Channels International at National Geographic Ventures since 2012 and serves as its Head of Global Development for London and Executive Vice President. Previously, he served as Head of Documentaries of Channel 4.

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Film Fund Manager / Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program

174

Session:

Sensitive Access Commission with Channel 5 (p.159)

EVP Programming and Development / National Geographic

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Feature Length for All Platforms (p.154)

Hannah Madsen

Director / Angel Sharp Media

Harriet Armston-Clarke

Hannah founded digital indie Angel Sharp Media in 2002, producing award-winning youth-orientated documentaries and online content for universities, museums and libraries. She transformed the way Oxford University used web video to appeal to young potential applicants and is passionate about the fundamental need for transparency and editorial independence in branded content.

Harriet is Head of Sales at TVF International, the world’s leading independent distributor of nonscripted content. The TVF International catalogue encompasses everything from factual entertainment and lifestyle series to exceptional award-winning documentaries, representing some of the most innovative and creative content makers from across the globe.

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Specialist Factual for All Platforms (p.156), Going Further – Working with National Geographic (p.162)

Division Head / TVF International

Session:

Youth in Revolt: Making Docs Post-YouTube (p.160)

Helen Zaltzman

Henry Singer

Helen is an English podcaster, broadcaster and writer. She is best known for her work with longtime collaborator Olly Mann, with whom she presents the comedy podcast Answer Me This!.

Henry is a BAFTA- and Emmy- nominated director and producer. He is best known for the award-winning 9/11: The Falling Man, The Blood of the Rose, Planet Twelve: The Secret Life of 12-Year-Olds and his more recent Wootton Bassett: The Town that Remembers.

Radiotopia

Session:

Whicker’s World Foundation Pitch (p.150)

Filmmaker

Session:

Art & Ethics of Audio Storytelling (p.151)

Session:

Docs & Trauma: A Survivor’s Guide for 2017 (p.154)

Speakers

H—J

Holly Nielsen

Ian Hislop

Holly is a historical researcher and a freelance journalist specialising in video games, writing for publications such as The Guardian, The Telegraph, VICE, and International Business Times. She has lectured at King’s College London, the National Film and Television School, and the V&A, and will continue her own research on British board games from 1800 – 1920 at the University of Cambridge later this year.

Ian is a writer, editor, and broadcaster. He has been the Editor of Private Eye since 1986 and is a regular team captain on the BBC show Have I Got News for You. Ian has received numerous awards including Channel 4 Political Award, Liberty Human Rights Award, Best Comedy Programme, and many more.

Session:

Alternate Realities Summit – Choose Your Own Misadventure (p.125)

Jacqueline Shepherd

Ian Hislop & Jolyon Rubinstein: Post-Truth & Satire (p.162)

Jan Younghusband

Jay Price

Jess Search

Jay is a supervising sound editor, designer, and fx recordist with a passion for creative storytelling. He is based in London, working on film, TV drama, documentary projects and is currently the Head of Sound Editorial at Halo Post Production. His credits include Les Miserables, The Missing (ITV) and Brian Cox: Forces of Nature.

Jess is the Chief Executive of BRITDOC. Before that, she was a Commissioning Editor at Channel 4 and a founder of Shooting People, the online filmmakers network. She is also a board member of the UK think tank IPPR and has an MBA from Cass Business School. Jess likes to moderate for IDFA, the Skoll World Forum, the Trust Women conference, and BRITDOC’s Good Pitch.

Head of Sound Editorial / Halo Post Production

Session:

Music Makes the World Go Round: Making Music Docs (p.149)

Chief Executive / BRITDOC

Session:

The Sound Effect: High Impact Storytelling (p.152)

Jessica Brillhart

Jihan El-Tahri

Jessica is an American filmmaker and tech influencer whose longtime interest has been exploring the intersection of media and technology. She is widely known for her pioneering efforts in virtual reality theory and for her growing body of live-action VR work at Google.

Jihan is an award-winning producer, director, writer, and visual artist from Egypt and France. She has produced documentaries for the BBC, PBS, and ARTE since 1990. She mentors and teaches documentary production at various institutions and served as Treasurer of the Guild of African Filmmakers in the Diaspora, and Regional Secretary of the Federation of Pan African Cinema.

Principle VR Filmmaker / Google (creator Beethoven’s Fifth, p.134 & Navajo Nation, p.134)

Session:

Sh*t Creek: The Hypothetical Paddle Game (p.148)

Filmmaker

Session:

Alternate Realities Summit – Of Worlds and Visitors (p.126)

Session:

Craft Summit – The Art of Directing (p.146)

Talks & Sessions

The New Leaders: Developing an Equal & Inclusive Industry (p.149)

Marketplace & Talent

Session:

Jan joined the BBC in 2009 and has since commissioned live events, concerts, documentaries, and seasons across TV, radio, and online including The Opera Season, Frankenstein’s Wedding Live in Leeds, David Bowie: Five Years; The Sound of Cinema, and many more. Before joining the BBC, Jan was Head of Arts and Performance at Channel 4 for ten years.

Alternate Realities

Head of Commissioning / Music on BBC

Parties & Social

Presenter / What’s Up TV

From social affairs to entertainment and much more, Jacqueline takes presenting in her stride and is recognised for her warm, sincere style. Anchor of Sky1’s What’s Up TV and new host of Team GB and Aldi’s ‘Get Set to Eat Fresh’ campaign, Jacqueline is a fun, credible and engaging host.

Session:

Schedule

Editor / Private Eye

Films

Journalist

175

Speakers

Jim Sayer

Joanna Natasegara

Jim joined Red Bull TV as Head of Programming UK in February this year to oversee the commissioning of original and live programming for the global television channel. Prior to this, Jim was CEO of Maverick Television, a multiaward-winning television and digital production business in the UK and US.

Joanna is an Academy Award-winning, BAFTA-nominated producer and CEO of Violet Films. She produced the Oscar-nominated Virunga and the Oscarwinning The White Helmets.

Films

Schedule

Head of Content / Red Bull

Producer and CEO / Violet Films

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Shorts for All Platforms (p.159)

Professor Joe Smith

Alternate Realities Talks & Sessions Marketplace & Talent Parties & Social 176

How to Get Your Film Oscar-Ready (p.152)

John Hay

Interdisciplinary Environmental Research / The Open University Joe’s work seeks to promote better understanding of – and action on – global environmental change issues. Joe’s research practice includes the history of environmental politics, public engagement and the media, and the politics of consumption. He writes popular materials has consulted on numerous broadcast projects on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four and Radio 4.

Session:

Head of Specialist Factual / Channel 4

Session:

Climate Change: The Greatest Story of Our Time? (p.160)

John’s team’s commissions include Guy Martin’s and Levison Wood’s series, Mutiny, Man-Made Planet: Earth from Space, The Secret Life of 4 and 5 Year Olds, SAS: Who Dares Wins, and Interview with a Murderer. He also commissions Channel 4’s arts programming, including Grayson Perry, Random Acts, Our Gay Wedding: The Musical, The Vote and Western Flag.

John van Wyck

Jolyon Rubinstein

John’s primary role at Cinereach is to identify projects and filmmakers for support. He previously served as Cinereach’s Operations Manager and Distribution Associate, overseeing the organisation’s administrative activities and helping manage the distribution of Cinereach productions, including Tom Gilroy’s The Cold Lands.

Jolyon is an actor, writer, producer, and director best known for the BAFTA Award-winning satirical comedy The Revolution Will be Televised. Jolyon’s most recent series, Revolting, is estimated to have reached of 75 million Facebook profiles with it’s lead sketch The Real Housewives Of ISIS hitting 30 million views and becoming a global news story.

Creative Executive / Cinereach

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Arts Documentary for All Platforms (p.155) Commissioner Question Time: Specialist Factual for All Platforms (p.156)

Satirist

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Feature Length for All Platforms (p.154)

Jon Wadelton

Julia Dhar

Since becoming CTO at the end of 2014, Jon’s remit has expanded to include all IP at The Foundry, both existing in their current product range and beyond into R&D. Jon has over 20 years experience in software leadership roles within the media production and telecom industries.

Julia is a multi-award-winning documentary director and producer, and creator of intimate and engaging stories on human rights, social justice, and environmental issues. Julia has won the One World Media Award, been nominated for best student film for the Grierson Awards, and her films have been used by more than 30 NGOs and screened at the UN Climate Conference.

Chief Technology Officer / The Foundry

Session:

Ian Hislop & Jolyon Rubinstein: Post-Truth & Satire (p.162) & Doc/Question Time... (p.161)

Filmmaker (Thank You for the Rain, p.82)

Session:

BAFTA and Virtual Reality (p.155)

Session:

Craft Summit – The Art of Directing (p.146)

Filmmaker (prod. Trophy, p.83)

TV Presenter

Julia Nottingham

June Sarpong MBE

Julia runs the feature documentary slate at Pulse Films. Her most recent film, Trophy, premiered in the US Documentary Competition at Sundance in 2017. Prior to that, All These Sleepless Nights premiered at Sundance 2016 and won the Best Director Prize and The Possibilities Are Endless, premiered at SXSW 2014. Julia joined Pulse Films after a distinguished career in UK & US television.

June is an established television presenter. She has interviewed and introduced some of the world’s biggest names including HRH Prince of Wales, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Bono, George Clooney, and 50 Cent. This year she will be co-presenting The Art Show, offering a global perspective on human creativity, and release her first book, Diversify: Six Degrees of Integration.

Session:

Music Makes the World Go Round: Making Music Docs (p.149)

Kate Teckman

Head of Factual Entertainment / ITV

Kate Townsend

Prior to joining ITV, Kate was Commissioning Editor at Channel 4. Her commissions have included Realscreen winner and BAFTA-nominated George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces, Three in a Bed and Four in a Bed, Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic, It Was Alright in the ‘70s, Thelma’s Gypsy Girls, Shed of the Year, For the Love of Cars, and Ugly House to Lovely House.

Kate is Commissioning Editor for BBC’s international documentary strand, Storyville. Kate is responsible for developing and delivering commissions for Storyville, both from the UK and throughout the world. Kate has directed and produced a wide range of factual programmes, including Paddington Green and Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekend.

Session:

Schedule

J—K

Sir Lenny Henry in Conversation with June Sarpong MBE (p.153)

Films

Speakers

Producer / Touchpaper TV

Kelly Webb-Lamb

Kath joined Touchpaper TV after producing The Queen’s Sister for Channel 4. With a strong background in theatre, Kath moved into TV drama where she worked on the awardwinning BBC series The Cops, before producing Channel 4’s acclaimed drama serial Buried for Tony Garnet’s World Productions. In 2012, Kath produced BAFTA Award-winner Murder: Joint Enterprise.

As Head of Entertainment, Kelly oversees Factual Entertainment output across Channel 4, developing established brands, overseeing ambitious upcoming projects, and driving forward the strategy of delivering innovative and entertaining shows which offer a fresh perspectives on contemporary issues. Prior to this, Kelly worked as the Managing Director at Shine.

Commissioner Question Time: Feature Length for All Platforms (p.154)

Head of Factual Entertainment / Channel 4

Session:

The Channel 4 Interview: Nick Holt & Kath Mattock (The Trial: A Murder In the Family) (p.157)

Kim Longionotto

Krish Majumdar

Kim is an award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker, best known for her unobtrusive observational style and focus on female subjects crossing a multitude of international boundaries. Noted works include Dreamcatcher (Doc/Fest 2015), Pink Saris, Sisters in Law, and Shinjuku Boys.

Krish is an award-winning producer and director. He was trained on the BBC Production Trainee scheme, the ITN News Trainee scheme, and the BBC Drama Series Directors Academy. He is the co-founder of independent production company Me + You Productions, which develops factual, comedy, and drama projects.

Filmmaker

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Factual Entertainment for All Platforms (p.161)

Founder / Me + You Productions

Session:

Docs & Trauma: A Survivor’s Guide for 2017 (p.154)

Session:

Sensitive Access Commissions with Channel 5 (p.159)

Talks & Sessions

Kath Mattock

Session:

Marketplace & Talent

Commissioner Question Time: Factual Entertainment for All Platforms (p.161)

Parties & Social

Session:

Alternate Realities

Commissioning Editor / BBC Storyville

177

Speakers

Laurence Grissell

Sir Lenny Henry

Laurence started his career in BBC local radio after completing a politics degree, before moving to BBC Radio 4, where he worked as a researcher, as well as producing occasional documentaries. He moved to the BBC Radio Documentaries Unit in 2004, making feature documentaries including An Interior Life, Document: A Very British Coup, Lives in a Landscape and Wireless Nights with Jarvis Cocker.

Lenny’s career has spanned more than three decades. He has risen from being a cult star on children’s television to becoming one of the UK’s best known comedians, as well as a writer, producer, and award-winning actor. In 2015, he was awarded a Knighthood for services to charity and drama.

Films

Schedule

Producer / Radio 4

Comedian/Actor/Television Presenter

Session:

Art & Ethics of Audio Storytelling (p.151)

Liesel Evans

Lindsay Crouse

Liesel is a Director of Programmes at Century, an award-winning independent company with a reputation for producing high quality distinctive documentaries. As a producer/director, series producer, and executive producer Liesel has a proven track record in making high-profile and high-rating documentaries, winning awards both in the UK and internationally.

Lindsay has been with Op-Docs since the series was launched by the opinion section of The New York Times in 2011. She has worked on roughly 200 short documentaries and interactive and virtual reality films, which have won two Emmy Awards, a Peabody, and most recently, an Oscar nomination.

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Director of Programmes / Century Films

178

Sir Lenny Henry in Conversation with June Sarpong MBE (p.153)

Coordinating Producer / Op-Docs, New York Times

Session:

Channel 4 First Cut Pitch (p.156)

Lindsey Poulton

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Shorts for All Platforms (p.159)

Liz Mermin

Producer and Director / The Guardian Lindsay is an award-winning filmmaker who is passionate about innovation in digital storytelling and new platforms. Since joining The Guardian eight years ago, she has produced a wide range of documentaries and multimedia interactive works, including The Shirt on Your Back, A Global Guide to the First World War, and The Seven Digital Deadly Sins.

Session:

Director of Visual / Thomson Reuters Foundation

Session:

The Guardian Documentary Pitch in association with IBT (p.158)

Liz is a documentary filmmaker (director, editor, DOP, producer) and writer, now running the multimedia/documentary department at the Thomson Reuters Foundation. She started her career in New York and came to London 2006. Liz has directed seven documentary features and many TV hours, as well as online shorts and series, promos, and public service announcements.

Liz Rozenthal

Liz Warner

An early advocate and pioneer of digital distribution and filmmaking, Liz is a digital film and media expert. She advises international media companies, film financing organisations, filmmakers, and film festivals about using cutting-edge distribution and production techniques and new film business models.

Liz is the Founder of television production company Betty, one of the UK’s top 30 independent companies. Under tenure, Betty won the Edinburgh Innovation Award, two BAFTA nominations and an Emmy. She has previously worked as commissioning editor at Channel 4, responsible for the first Grand Designs, River Cottage, and the first Big Brother, as well as campaigns on literacy, women’s health and sexual health.

Founder / Power to the Pixel

Session:

How to Make Fast Turnaround Docs (p.155)

CEO / Comic Relief

Session:

Canadian Creative Collaborations: VR & Interactive (p.154)

Session:

Youth in Revolt: Making Docs Post-YouTube (p.160)

Speakers

L—M

Louise Say

Louis Theroux

Louise has 20 years experience as a factual series producer and producer/ director. Her work includes Prison: First & Last 24 Hours and Air Ambulance ER for Sky 1 – both recommissioned – and Robson Green Extreme Fisherman, How the Universe Works, feature film with CGI What’s the Earth Worth? and episode one of Stephen Hawking’s Brave New World for Channel 4.

Louis is a documentary filmmaker and broadcaster, best Known for Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends, When Louis Met... and his recent feature My Scientology Movie (Doc/Fest 2016). He has received two British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Society Television Award for his work.

Session:

Standing Out from the Crowd: The Director’s Voice in Factual TV (p.161)

Lucy Robinson

Lucy Willis

Lucy studies at Sussex University for her DPhil research ‘Gay Men and the Revolutionary Left in Britain since 1957 – Tracing the Development of Identity Politics’, which was awarded in 2003 and published in 2007. She is currently teaching and conducting research on the History of the 1980s.

At Channel 5, Lucy commissions factual programming across the channel, including history and specialist factual. Prior to this she was Head of UK Factual and Multiplatform at Raw Television for eight years, where she executive produced a range of programmes for the BBC, Channel 5, and Channel 4. She has also worked at Channel 4 as Acting Commissioning Editor, Education.

The BBC Interview: Louis Theroux meets Nick Broomfield (p.153)

Lyle Ashun

Filmmaker & MAMA Youth Alumni

Madonna Benjamin

Lyle is currently a Research Trainee at the BBC. He has supported the commission of BBC Three documentary Bodyhack: Metal Gear Man and marketing the BBC Black and British Season. Lyle completed the 13 week MAMA Youth training course in 2015.

Madonna has worked as an executive producer on One Born Every Minute, The Hotel and 24 Hours in A+E, overseeing the editing process for each series. Previously, Madonna worked as a journalist for Vogue Magazine.

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Specialist Factual for All Platforms (p.156)

Commissioning Executive / Channel 4 Documentaries

Session:

The New Leaders: Developing an Equal & Inclusive Industry (p.149)

Mak CK

Malcolm Brinkworth

With over a decade of experience working in television, Mak has filmed in 28 countries across five continents. He has directed and produced over 30 factual TV series and documentaries for international broadcasters including Fox International Channels Asia (National Geographic Channel and Star World), A+E Networks Asia (History, Lifetime and BIO), Discovery Networks AsiaPacific, Disney Channel Asia, MTV Asia.

Malcolm is a highly respected executive producer with many prestigious series and singles for British and international broadcasters to his credit. With over 30 years experience in the industry, Malcolm spent many years as an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing and directing acclaimed programmes for premier rimetime slots.

Director/Producer

Session:

How To Make Love on the Television (p.154)

Managing Director / Brinkworth Films

Session:

The New Leaders: Developing an Equal & Inclusive Industry (p.150)

Session:

Sensitive Access Commissions with Channel 5 (p.159)

Talks & Sessions

Doc/Fest Exchange – Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Queerama (p.164)

Marketplace & Talent

Session:

Alternate Realities

Commissioning Executive / Channel 5

Parties & Social

Senior Lecturer in History (Centre for the Study of Sexual Dissidence) / Sussex University

Session:

Schedule

Filmmaker

Films

Series Producer

179

Speakers

Marie Nelson

Mark Bell

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Vice President / News & Public Affairs

180

As Vice President at News & Public Affairs, Marie is responsible for collaborating with executive producers of PBS news and public affairs series, as well as independent producers to develop and direct innovative approaches to engage audiences in current events across these programmes and platforms.

Head of Commissioning for Arts / BBC

Session:

Exploring the American Markets (p.158)

At the BBC, Mark commissions over 150 hours annually. As well as strands including Imagine... and Arena, he looks after series including The Big Painting Challenge, The Face of Britain with Simon Schama, Let Us Entertain You and The Story of Women and Art with Amanda Vickery. Recent single documentaries include Ted Hughes: Stronger than Death, Lucian Freud: Painted Life, London: The Modern Babylon and Hockney.

Mark Galloway Director / IBT

Mark Leaver

Mark is Director of IBT, an educational charity which works on a range of projects to promote media coverage of global issues. Previously, he was Channel 4 Commissioning Editor for Education and Features and a documentary director. Mark has made films for ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC, and has won more than a dozen national and international awards.

Mark is an independent consultant concentrating on the development of projects combining creative media and digital technologies, with a specific focus on making strategic connections to international markets. His current projects include Creative Industries Specialist for the Department for International Trade.

Commissioner Question Time: Arts Documentary for All Platforms (p.155)

Independent Consultant / Department for International Trade

Session:

The Guardian Documentary Pitch in association with IBT (p.158)

Martha D’Arthur

Martin Durkin

As a performer with a background in comedy, theatre, and musical theatre, Martha is an amalgamation of the many divas and starlets she’s worked with over the years and she prides herself on a warm, welcoming, and fun attitude.

Martin is a TV producer and documentary film director. He is Founder and CEO of Wag TV, which produces shows for various US and international broadcasters, including Discovery, National Geographic, TLC, Science Channel, Travel Channel, Weather Channel, Military Channel, Channel 4 and 5, as well as Spanish language programming for Latin American broadcasters.

Performer

Session:

Exploring the American Markets (p.158)

Founder and CEO / Wag TV

Session:

Celebrate the Queers: Making LGBTQ+ Docs (p.157)

Matt Jeffery

Session:

Doc/Question Time: Is the Media Failing to Reflect the Real Opinions of the People? (p.161)

May Abdalla

Head of Digital Games / Rebellion Matt is responsible for VR development at Rebellion. He has over 15 years of in-depth experience working within the digital computer games industry and was part of the award-winning team who developed Battlezone, a Playstation VR launch title.

Session:

Documentary Director and Interactive Producer / Anagram

Session:

BAFTA and Virtual Reality (p.155)

May is one half of Anagram. She has made documentaries for BBC, Channel 4 and Al Jazeera about architecture, revolution, and punk music. She has made interactive sound sculptures to get people to sing without noticing, an interactive theatre show about our relationship with Syria, and a video game about the history of a building that you play on the side of a house.

Session:

Alternate Realities Summit (p.124-126)

Speakers

M—N

Max Gogarty

Michael Orwell

Max is Content Editor at BBC Three, the first linear broadcaster in the world to make the move to a digital-first content proposition. He runs the new in-house content team and short form programming. Max is also a filmmaker, having made the critically-acclaimed CHEMSEX at VICE last year.

Michael is a development editor for the BBC. He specialises in creating interactive storytelling experiences that use data, game mechanics, scientific research, and narrative drama. He was editorial lead for BBC Lab UK, creating interactive video experiences, and the BBC Class Calculator. More recently, he developed the WWII interactive graphic novel Tell Me Your Secrets (p.138)

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Shorts for All Platforms (p.155)

Mike Nichols

Mim Shaikh

Mike is a director and cinematography whose most recent film Karma to Calamity, follows Culture Club’s recent reunion, recording their new album and preparing for a UK/US tour. Mike has made films for the BBC, Channel 4, and Channel 5.

Mim is a radio presenter, comedian, actor, and burgeoning online personality with the charm, wit, and conviction to back-up each pursuit. He has been granted awards by The Guardian Student Media Awards and the Broadcast Journalism Training Council. Mim can be found every week on BBC Asian Network bringing together the hottest new urban music and panel debates.

Alternate Realities Summit – Choose Your Own Misadventure (p.125)

Mitch Turnbull

Factual Producer/Director

Myriam Achards

Mitch is an award-winning factual TV, digital, and live events producer/director with over 20 years experience in the US and the UK. She has made films and media content for BBC, BBC Worldwide, Disneynature, National Geographic, Discovery, NHK, Channel 4, the UN, and The Royal Foundation (The Duke of Cambridge), amongst others. Recent projects include two VR/360° experiences for BBC Earth.

Myriam has more than 20 years of experience in communications, public relations, and press relations. She worked at Spectra where she was in charge of press relations for major Montreal events including the Jazz Festival, the Francofolies, and Montréal en lumière. She has also worked at Berlin International Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival.

Session:

Doc/Fest Exchange – What’s Their Story?... Elijah Quashie aka ‘The Chicken Connoisseur’ (p.164)

Director of Public Relations and Communications / Phi Center

Session:

BAFTA and Virtual Reality (p.155)

Nainita Desai Composer

Natalie Von Hunter

Nainita is one of the UK’s leading composers, having scored hundreds of films for major broadcasters. Her projects have won or been nominated for Academy Awards, BAFTAs, Emmys and RTS awards, including an RTS Best Music nomination for BAFTA-nominated film The Day Kennedy Died, and a 2016 Music and Sound Best Feature Score nomination for The Confessions of Thomas Quick (Doc/Fest 2015).

Natalie has worked for both the BBC and many of the industry’s finest independents, in both development and production. Her credits include Flight 587, Moscow Theatre Siege, Killer Dinosaurs, Gordon Ramsay’s The F-Word, Jamie’s Eat to Save Your Life, Britain’s Deadliest Addictions, and Emmy-nominated 9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers.

Session:

Canadian Creative Collaborations: VR & Interactive (p.154)

Executive Producer / Knickerbockerglory

Session:

Craft Summit – The Art of the Musical Score (p.147)

Session:

Documentaries on Channel 5: Exclusive Preview (p.162)

Talks & Sessions

Doc/Fest Exchange – Digging Deeper… exploring ideas behind Queerama (p.164)

Marketplace & Talent

Session:

Alternate Realities

Radio Presenter

Parties & Social

Filmmaker

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Schedule

Digital Editor / BBC

Films

Editor / BBC Three

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Neil Smith

Nick Broomfield

Films

Schedule

Joint Managing Director / Betty Neil is the Joint Managing Director at Betty, where he oversees production and development. Betty makes high quality, primetime programmes across all popular factual genres including The Undateables, Bear Grylls: Mission Survive, Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners, Heston’s Great British Food and The Autistic Gardener.

Filmmaker (dir. Whitney “Can I Be Me”, p.32)

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Factual Entertainment for All Platforms (p.161)

Nick Fraser

Nick Holt

Nick founded the online documentary platform Yaddo in 2016. Prior to this, Nick had been Editor of Storyville since it started in 1997. After graduating from Oxford, he worked as a reporter, television producer, and editor. Storyville films have won more than 200 awards, including four Oscars, a Sundance Grand Jury Prize and several Griersons, Emmys, and Peabodys.

Nick’s a BAFTA-, Grierson-, and RTSwinning director. He has self-shot films for Channel 4’s Cutting Edge (A Very British Storm Junkie, Ninety Naps a Day) and the BBC Storyville strand (Cage Fighting Women). In 2013 The Murder Trial (Channel 4) became the first High Court trial filmed in its entirety for British television.

Nick van der Kolk

Nina Garthwaite

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Editor and Producer / Yaddo

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Nick is a British filmmaker best known for his award-winning documentaries. His previous work includes Kurt & Courtney, Biggie & Tupac, Tales of the Grim Sleeper, Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer, The Leader, His Driver and the Driver’s Wife, and Battle for Haditha, which dramatised the Haditha massacres in Iraq.

The BBC Interview: Louis Theroux meets Nick Broomfield (p.153)

Director / Dragonfly TV

Director / Love + Radio (The Land of Ghostly Schemata, p.45) Nick van der Kolk is a radio producer, sound designer, events organiser, and the host and creator of the critically acclaimed Love + Radio podcast. His work has appeared on This American Life, The New York Times, Snap Judgment, and numerous radio outlets worldwide.

Session:

The Channel 4 Interview: Nick Holt & Kath Mattock (The Trial: A Murder In the Family) (p.157)

Founding Director / In the Dark

Session:

Art & Ethics of Audio Storytelling (p.151)

Nina began her career working in television but has always harboured a love of radio. In 2010 she created In the Dark to open up a space where radio from around the world could be heard, enjoyed, and discussed.

Oliviero Toscani

Orlando Von Einsiedel

Oliviero is internationally renowned as the creative force behind some of the world’s most successful brands including Esprit, Chanel, and Fiorucci. He has been awarded four Lions d’Or at Cannes Film Festival, the Unesco Grand Prix, two Grand Prix d’Affichage, and several Art Directors Club Awards. He is one of the judges on the Sky Arts series Master of Photography.

Orlando is the multi-award-winning director of the Oscar-winning Netflix short documentary The White Helmets. His first feature, the BAFTA- and Academy Award- nominated documentary Virunga won over 50 international awards including an Emmy, a Peabody, a Grierson, and a duPont-Columbia Award for outstanding journalism.

Photographer

Session:

Art & Ethics of Audio Storytelling (p.151)

Director / Grain Media

Session:

Oliviero Toscani: The Master of Photography (p.149)

Session:

How to Get Your Film Oscar-Ready (p.152)

Speakers

Paul Ashton

Paul Bell

As the Senior Film Executive, Paul is responsible for realising filmmaking talent through short film production and feature film development, including new regional talent and emerging Englandwide talent. Previously, Paul was Development Producer at BBC Writers Room.

After studying acting, screenwriting and art history, Paul earned a degree in Visual Theory in the mid ‘90s. Bell focuses his efforts on archive documentary filmmaking and produced two of the most successful UK documentaries of recent years: Senna and Amy. He wishes to continue making archive-based factual films, but with a greater emphasis placed on art and drama.

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Feature Length for All Platforms (p.154)

Paul Pauwels

Now a freelance producer, Pegah previously worked at Channel 4 as Editor of its short form arts strand, Random Acts. Prior to Channel 4, she worked for VICE, where she spent ten years producing and directing documentaries with talent such as Spike Jonze, Jonathan Glazer, and Sally Potter, as well overseeing the content from VICE’s many brand partnerships.

Peter founded Rare Day in 2008 after a decade at Channel 4. In 1980, he directed his first documentary for the BBC One Everyman series and went on to produce BBC documentaries for the following 18 years. In 1998, he moved to Channel 4 as Head of Documentaries. In 2005, he conceived and launched More4, Channel 4’s third digital channel.

The University of Sheffield Presents: How to Pitch Your Academic Idea (p.156)

Director / Rare Day

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Shorts for All Platforms (p.159)

Peter Greenaway CBE

Session:

S*it Creek: The Hypothetical Paddle Game (p.148)

Peter Worsley

Artist

Music Documentary Producer / Eagle Rock Entertainment

Session:

Peter Greenaway CBE: Where Next for Storytelling? (p.153)

As well as heading up Eagle Rock Films, Peter is also MD Digital, Theatrical and Production at Eagle Rock Entertainment and was previously Head of Factual distribution at Alliance Atlantis. Before that, he worked in rights consultancy with Altitude Rights Consultancy and with Europe Images International in Paris.

Session:

Music Makes the World Go Round: Making Music Docs (p.149)

Talks & Sessions

Peter Dale

Producer

Session:

Marketplace & Talent

Whicker’s World Foundation Pitch (p.150)

Parties & Social

Session:

As a factual executive producer for more than ten years, Paul has worked for all five terrestrial channels in primetime and daytime, Discovery and National Geographic channel in the US and Europe, History Channel, PBS, and BBC Three, as well as producing for many multinational coproductions.

Alternate Realities

Factual Executive Producer / Freelance

Pegah Farahmand

Peter is a British director, screenwriter, and artist. He was awarded a CBE in 1990 and a BATFA in 2014 for his services to cinema. Known as one of the most original and important filmmakers of our time, Peter’s work includes The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, and most recently multimedia installations involving the original paintings of Rembrandt’s Night Watch in Amsterdam.

Playtime with Archive (p.148)

Paul Wooding

Director / EDN

Before becoming EDN’s Director, Paul was Managing Director for the Belgium production company Congoo. Paul has almost 30 years experience working with international documentary coproductions from both a commissioning and production point of view. Previous appointments include Managing Director of the media academy ETMA and Commissioning Editor for the Belgian public service broadcaster VRT.

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Schedule

Filmmaker

Films

Senior Film Executive / Creative England

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Phil Edgar-Jones Director / Sky Arts

Phil Stuart

Phil is responsible for driving the vision and strategy Sky Arts. He joined Sky as Head of Entertainment in 2012 and was appointed Director of Sky Arts in 2014. He oversees all entertainment series in production across Sky’s channels and commissioned a wealth of successful programmes for Sky Arts including Portrait Artist of the Year, Talks Music and Parkinson’s Masterclasses.

Phil is a creative director, product owner and game designer. He specialises in the creation of original game IP and the development of playful experiences for non-entertainment purposes. Over the past 17 years, Phil has built Preloaded to become the UK’s leading ‘Games with Purpose’ studio. He also sits on the BAFTA Games Committee.

Creative Director & Co-founder / Preloaded

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Arts Documentary for All Platforms (p.155)

Ralph Lee

Richard Ladkani

Ralph is Deputy Chief Creative Officer at Channel 4, where he has been a Factual Commissioning Head since 2008. He commissions documentaries and specialist factual programmes including Gogglebox, 24 Hours in A+E and Guy Martin’s Speed. He also leads the channel’s short form commissioning for digital platforms and oversees the Creative Diversity and Nations and Regions teams.

Richard is an award-winning Austrian director and cinematographer. He has completed over 50 documentaries for cinema and TV and has directed a feature length drama and a great number of commercials for international clients. His latest film The Ivory Game won the Golden Panda Award at Wild Screen Festival and was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary 2017.

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

CCO / Channel 4

184

Alternate Realities Summit – Play Like You Mean It (p.147)

Filmmaker

Session:

The Channel 4 Interview: Nick Holt & Kath Mattock (The Trial: A Murder In the Family) (p.157)

Richard Nockles

Rita Daniels

Richard founded the UK’s first specialist 360° film production company Surround Vision in 2011 and has been at the cutting edge of 360° & VR innovation for over six years. Prior to this, Richard directed and produced drama, observational documentaries, comedy, and commercials for UK broadcast, winning a Best Film Award at the Porto Film Festival for The Other Half.

Rita is an Executive Producer in Channel 4’s Documentaries Department. She is across a variety of returning series including 24 Hours in A+E, One Born Every Minute and First Dates. She’s worked as a series producer for BBC Three’s Emmy-awardwinning series World’s Strictest Parents and prior to this she spent ten years as a producer/director across innovative series such as Cutting Edge, Jamie’s Ministry of Food and Faking It.

Founder and CEO / Surround Vision

Session:

Craft Summit The Art of Cinematography (p.147)

Executive Producer / Channel 4

Session:

Exploring the Future of VR Distribution (p.157)

Rob McCabe

Session:

Channel 4 First Cut Pitch (p.156)

Robin McNicholas

Director

Over the last two decades, Rob has directed, series directed, series produced, and filmed more than 50 hours of factual television for all the major broadcasters. Rob work includes The Accused, Inside the Portland; Britains Biggest Primary School, The Crane Gang, and The Railway: Keeping Britain On Track.

Session:

Co-founder and Creative Director / Marshmallow Laser Feast (co-creator Future Aleppo, p.131)

Session:

Documentaries on Channel 5: Exclusive Preview (p.162)

Robin is Co-founder & Creative Director at Marshmallow Laser Feast. He has lived and worked within digital arts since the CD-ROM. Starting his career at the BBC, he has worked with a wide range of people, organisations and brands including Aphex Twin, U2, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Royal Opera House.

Session:

Alternate Realities Summit – Sharing Our Imagination (p.125)

Speakers

R—S

Roger Graef

Filmmaker / Roger Graef Productions

Rubika Shah

Roger is one of the world’s leading documentary makers, renowned for his pioneering work focusing on criminality and social issues and empowering emerging talent. He is well known for gaining access to closed institutions. He is the only documentary maker to be given a BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Fellowship and was given the Sheffield Doc/Fest Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.

Rubika is a director, writer, and journalist. She has directed a number of documentary shorts for the BBC which explore the works of Spike Lee, Gore Vidal, and others. Her documentary short about David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” music video and MTV’s birth screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Hot Docs, and BFI London Film Festival.

Situation Critical: Making Stark Reality Hospital Docs (p.160)

Sacha Mirzoeff

Sarah Mosses

Sacha is an award-winning director who runs Bivouac Productions in the UK, a documentary company that specialises in social issue films. He also works for the BBC and many other international broadcasters. Credits include Protecting Our Children, Charles Darwin and The Tree of Life, Witch Child and Shooting Under Fire.

Sarah is a UK-based film strategist who helps film industry professionals craft impact distribution campaigns to increase their social impact, audience reach, and revenue potential. She is an award-winning producer and has worked across several European markets as a mentor.

Session:

The Guardian Documentary Pitch in association with IBT (p.158)

Seyi Rhodes

Associate Director of Programming / Hot Docs

Presenter and Journalist

Session:

Canadian Creative Collaborations: VR & Interactive (p.154)

Seyi is a reporter for Channel 4’s critically-acclaimed Unreported World and Dispatches series. Originally from South London, Seyi has reported from danger zones all over the world, from favelas in Brazil and Guatemala to war zones in Ivory Coast and Libya, and undercover in Zimbabwe and Burma.

Shaul Schwarz

Simon Chinn

Shaul is an award-winning photojournalist based in Brooklyn, NY. His debut documentary, Narco Cultura, premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2013. Shaul is a regular photographic contributor to TIME and National Geographic and has directed content for Discovery Channel, History Channel and CNN. In 2016, he directed the Emmynominated web series A Year in Space, Shaul is the founder of Reel Peak Films.

Simon is a double Academy Awardwinning producer who has been responsible for some of the most successful feature documentaries of recent years, known for their high production values, powerful narratives and innovative blending of documentary and fiction techniques, including Man On Wire and Searching for Sugar Man.

Filmmaker (dir. Trophy, p.83)

Session:

Whicker’s World Foundation Pitch (p.150)

Co-Founder / Lightbox

Session:

Craft Summit – The Art of Cinematography (p.147)

Session:

Exploring the American Markets (p.158)

Talks & Sessions

Docs & Trauma: A Survivor’s Guide for 2017 (p.154)

Marketplace & Talent

Session:

Alternate Realities

Founder / Together Films

Sarafina DiFelice

Sarafina is the Associate Director of Programming at Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary film festival, conference, and market. She oversees a team of curators and programmes films for the annual festival, as well as Hot Docs’ national and international programming initiatives and interdisciplinary media strands.

Music Makes the World Go Round: Making Music Docs (p.149)

Parties & Social

Executive Producer / BBC Bristol

Session:

Films

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Schedule

Filmmaker (dir. White Riot: London, p.72)

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Schedule Films

Speakers

CEO / Label 1

Curator / BFI Mediatheques

Simon Dickson

Simon McCallum

Simon set up Label 1 in 2015 for big-scale popular factual television for the UK and international market. As an executive producer, his credits include The Plane Crash and First Dates, as well as multi-camera rig shows One Born Every Minute and The Hotel, both of which he also commissioned as Deputy Head of Documentaries at Channel 4. Simon is the Co-creator of 24 Hours in A+E.

Simon programmes the BFI’s network of Mediatheques around the UK, offering free public access to highlights from the BFI National Archive – among the largest and most diverse film and TV archives in the world. Simon also programmes the BFI’s archive channel on YouTube and is currently lead curator for several projects within the major Unlocking Film Heritage initiative.

Session:

Situation Critical: Making Stark Reality Hospital Docs (p.160), How to Make Love on the Television (p.154)

Simran Hans

Siobhan Mulholland

Simran is a writer and film programmer with a special interest in African diaspora cinema. Her writing has appeared in BuzzFeed, Little White Lies, Pitchfork, and Sight & Sound magazine among others. She now writes for The Observer. She has curated and hosted live events for the Barbican, BFI, Independent Cinema Office and the Tate.

Siobhan commissions for Sky 1, Sky Atlantic, Sky Arts and Pick. Her commissions include Emmy-winning 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy, David Attenborough’s Conquest of the Skies, Ross Kemp’s Extreme World, and Dogs Might Fly. Before joining Sky, Siobhan was a writer and journalist, series produced factual shows at the BBC.

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Film Programmer / The Bechdel Test Fest

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Playtime with Archive (p.148)

Commissioning Editor Factual / Sky Entertainment

Session:

How to Break Into the Industry (p.148)

Siobhan Sinnerton

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Arts Documentary for All Platforms (p.155)

Solomon Rogers

Commissioning Editor for News and Current Affairs / Channel 4 Before coming to Channel 4, Siobhan spent four years at the award-winning Quicksilver Productions, was a producer/ director on both Unreported World and Dispatches, and worked at ITV/Granada making a wide range of documentaries and current affairs. Last year she took a secondment to make the award-winning Walking Wounded for Minnow Films in Afghanistan.

Session:

Director / REWIND

Session:

BAFTA Masterclass: Making True Crime Docs & Series (p.161)

Sol founded REWIND, an immersive content agency, in 2011. Prior to this, he was a University Senior Lecturer in Digital Animation, Visual Effects, and Emerging Technology. REWIND delivers groundbreaking VR, augmented reality, animation, digital out of home, VFX and 360° projects for some of the world’s largest brands including Sony, BBC, Red Bull, Microsoft, and Lexus.

Spencer Kelly

Stacey Dooley

Spencer is the presenter of the BBC’s technology programme Click, broadcast on the BBC World News and BBC News Channel. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Technology by Coventry University.

Stacey is one of Britain’s most loved documentary presenters. She is best known for BBC Three series Stacey Dooley Investigates, a series of documentaries looking at current affairs affecting young people around the world. Stacey’s latest projects Gun Girls and ISIS, Canada’s Lost Girls, and Young Sex for Sale in Japan have all been the most watched documentaries on BBC iPlayer.

Presenter / BBC

Session:

BAFTA and Virtual Reality (p.155)

Presenter and Journalist

Session:

Situation Critical: Making Stark Reality Hospital Docs (p.160)

Session:

Stacey Dooley Talks… (p.149)

Filmmaker / (dir. War Memorial, p.98)

Filmmaker

Steve Hawley

Taghi Amirani

Steve is an artistic filmmaker who has worked in the industry since 1981. His art has reached national and international audiences, broadcasted on Channel 4 and won awards at Ann Arbor Film Festival, Amen ICA Cinema, and Vancouver Videopoem Festival. His archive project Calling Blighty was the subject of a 2016 Channel 4 documentary, reviving footage of WWII.

Taghi is an Iranian filmmaker known for being the director of the documentary Redlines and Deadlines and the film We Are Many (Doc/Fest 2014). His next documentary, Coup 53, is set to be released in 2017 and tells the story of Operation Ajax – a covert operation in 1953 by the CIA to overthrow the Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh. Taghi also runs his own production company, Amirani Media.

Session:

Playtime with Archive (p.148)

Tilman Scheel

Filmmaker (dir. Jo Cox: Death of an MP, p.28)

Session:

What Does Brexit Look Like? (p.160)

Tom McDonald

Toby is an experienced documentary maker with credits on a number of BAFTA-nominated series, including 24 Hours in Police Custody and Educating Essex. Toby’s most recent film, Jo Cox: Death of an MP, tells the story of the murder of Jo Cox during last year’s EU referendum campaign.

Session:

What Does Brexit Look Like? (p.160)

Tom Oyer

Head of Commissioning / BBC

Awards Manager / Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Session:

Commissioner Question Time: Specialist Factual for All Platforms (p.156)

Tom is a Membership and Awards Manager at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences where he manages all aspects of the documentary and short film categories, including rules, submissions, voting, and member engagement and outreach.

Session:

How to Get Your Film Oscar-Ready (p.152)

Talks & Sessions

Art & Ethics of Audio Storytelling (p.151)

Toby Paton

Filmmaker (dir. Brexitannia, p.89)

Tom is the head commissioner of Natural History and Specialist Factual content at the BBC. He has commissioned programmes such as Galapagos and The World According to Kids, as well as worked as an executive producer on BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?

Session:

Marketplace & Talent

Exploring the Future of Virtual Reality Distribution (p.157)

Parties & Social

Session:

Tim has been working with sound for more than 20 years, taking a well-tried route through total failure in attempted rock stardom. At Danish National Radio, he worked as a producer and editor of dozens of experimental audio productions. Since founding the Third Ear podcast in 2009, Tim has exclusively produced his own and other’s work, winning a few awards along the way.

Alternate Realities

Director / Third Ear (prod. Radio Atlas: In a Relationship With…, p.60)

Timothy George Kelly

Timothy is a filmmaker and visual artist who has shown work across Europe, Asia, and North America. He has completed the seven-part short documentary series Big Small and several music videos for artist such as Grimes and Miracle Fortress.

Craft Summit – The Art of Editing & Sound Design (p.147)

Tim Hinman

CEO / Reelport

In 2004, Tilman founded Reelport, an online submission platform for short films, which has been used by over 92,000 filmmakers and 300 festivals around the world. In 2008, Tilman founded Picturepipe, the leading VoD service for the film and TV industry. Tilman is currently leading the VR distribution research project DDD60 in collaboration with Sheffield Doc/Fest.

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Schedule

S—T

Films

Speakers

187

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Films

Schedule

Speakers

188

T—V

Tom Shennan

Filmmaker & Vlogger

Tom Whitaker

Tom is a Liverpudlian writer and producer. He recently left YouTube company Diagonal View to create his own channel Why Complex – an educational entertainment series about ideas, objects, and science. Originally, Tom studied Physics at Oxford University, followed by a Masters in Film at Edinburgh College of Art.

Originally from Leeds, Tom is a selfshooting producer/director whose past films have screened as part of the BAFTA New Talent Showcase and Sheffield Doc/Fest. He recently graduated from the documentary course at The National Film and Television School, having made a film about the town of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire.

Filmmaker (dir. Pride in Rags, p.113)

Session:

Youth in Revolt: Making Docs Post-YouTube (p.160)

Trevor Phillips OBE Writer & Broadcaster

Trish Powell

Mark Trevor Phillips, OBE is a British writer, broadcaster and former politician. Trevor is a former chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and television presenter and executive. He has written, produced, and presented for Channel 4 including Things We Won’t Say About Race That Are True and Has Political Correctness Gone Mad?.

Trish has executive produced for most major UK broadcasters as well as US broadcasters on everything from single documentary series to reality and construct series, live politics and chat shows, and even a quiz. She was Executive Producer on the ratings winner Benefits Street as well as Married at First Sight and The Old People’s Home for 4-year-olds.

What Does Brexit Look Like? (p.160)

Executive Producer

Session:

Doc/Question Time: Is the Media Failing to Reflect the Real Opinions of the People? (p.161)

Vassiliki Khonsari

Session:

How To Make Love on the Television (p.154)

Verity McIntosh

Executive Producer / iNK Stories Vassiliki is a producer/director across multiple screens, including film, games, installations, and virtual reality. Co-founder of iNK Stories, she creates entertaining, impact forward immersive stories for global audiences. Her work has broadcast in more than 20 countries, on Netflix, Sundance Channel, ESPN, Discovery, TLC, and at cinemas and film festivals all around the world (Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW).

Session:

Pervasive Media Studio Managing Producer / Watershed Media Centre

Session:

Alternate Realities Summit – Choose Your Own Misadventure (p.125)

Verity is the Studio’s Managing Producer at Watershed’s multidisciplinary R&D lab, the Pervasive Media Studio. She curates a vibrant mix of projects and events and works closely with a community of over 100 studio residents, including artists, creative companies, technologists, and academics.

Viktor Jakovleski

Vivienne Molokwu

Viktor attended the German Film and Television Academy, spent time as a Hollywood personal assistant and driver, worked with Benh Zeitlin as a co-producer and assistant director on the short film Glory at Sea, and produced LenaLove. His documentary feature Brimstone & Glory was produced with the Court 13 Collective.

Vivienne started her TV career as a broadcast management trainee for Channel 5 before moving to cut her teeth in production, working with some of the UK’s biggest independents including Mentorn, Monkey Kingdom, Tiger Aspect, and Twenty Twenty. She has worked on shows for all major UK broadcasters and credits include Big Brother, My Family’s Crazy Gap Year and The Virgin Diaries.

Session:

Alternate Realities Summit – It’s A Family Affair: Small Stories, Big Meaning (p.124)

Senior Producer

Filmmaker (dir. Brimstone & Glory, p.34)

Session:

Doc/Fest Exchange – About Last Night… daily review including Brimstone & Glory (p.165)

Session:

How To Make Love on the Television (p.154)

Sound Editor

Filmmaker (dir. All That Is, p.63)

Walter Murch

Wessie Du Toit

Walter has worked as a sound editor since 1969. Working on industry greats such as The Godfather Part I / Part II and American Graffiti, Walter won his first Academy Award in 1974 with Apocalypse Now and his second for Best Sound and Best Film Editing for The English Patient in 1996. Alongside George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, Walter is also the Founding Member of Northern California Cinema.

Wessie is a writer living in South London. He has written about art and culture for various magazines, as well as published poetry. He got into film by writing treatments and developing concepts for a number of projects. All That Is, a short film premiering at Sheffield Doc/Fest, is his debut as a director.

Session:

Craft Summit – The Art of Editing & Sound Design (p.117), Doc/Fest Exchange – In Conversation… a Doc/Fest luminary (p.164)

Will Anderson

How to Break Into the Industry (p.148)

William Horsley

Yance Ford

Zoe Davis

Yance is a recipient of the Creative Capital Award, a MacDowell Colony Fellowship, a Sundance Documentary Film Program Fellowship, and was among Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2011. For ten years, Yance worked as Series Producer for the PBS showcase POV, where his curatorial work helped garner more than 16 Emmy nominations.

Before founding Calibrate Films, Zoe was an award-winning editor of documentaries, commercials, and branded content. Highlights include the 2006 launch of the Al Jazeera English channel in Qatar, winning First Place at the National Headliner Awards for Secrets in the Ice, and being invited to join BAFTA Crew.

Filmmaker (dir. Strong Island, p.48)

Session:

Doc/Question Time: Is the Media Failing to Reflect the Real Opinions of the People? (p.161)

Director / Calibrate Films

Session:

Doc/Fest Exchange – About Last Night… daily review including Strong Island (p.165)

Session:

Celebrate the Queers: Making LGBTQ+ Docs (p.157)

Talks & Sessions

Climate Change: The Greatest Story of Our Time? (p.160)

Marketplace & Talent

Session:

William is an experienced journalist with over 30 years of industry experience with the BBC. He has presented for BBC World and News 24, authored books on the freedom of media, and written articles for The Economist and The Listener. William is currently a Media Freedom representative of the International Association of European Journalists (AEJ) and chair of their UK section.

Alternate Realities

International Director / The Centre for Freedom of the Media

Parties & Social

Creative Director / KEO Films At KEO films, Will is dedicated to innovative, purposeful, and ethical broadcasting that engages with the definitive issues of our age. To name a couple, Will has worked as Executive Producer on The Last Miners, a BBC documentary about the North Yorkshire mining industry, and on Hugh and the Ivory War, a documentary on Elephant poaching across the African continent.

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Schedule

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Patrick Hurley

Head of Marketplace & Talent Sheffield Doc/Fest

Karolina Lidin

Marketplace Executive Producer Sheffield Doc/Fest

Marketplace also offers a wide range of mentoring opportunities for new talent. Market Mentors, in partnership with EDN, pairs emerging filmmakers with experienced executive producers. Reggie Yates will host a Doc/Dinner with emerging filmmakers. Our Future Producer School culminates in the Marketplace to launch the careers of 15 creative documentary producers. Look out too for On-Screen Talent initiatives. Anyone seeking advice can ask our Switchboard mentors in the Marketplace Café all day on Monday and Tuesday. So if you’re looking to launch a new documentary project, you’ve come to the right place. We look forward to welcoming new and familiar faces from the international documentary community to Cutlers’ Hall and wish everyone pitching at this year’s Marketplace the best of luck!

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Alongside eight live pitches, Marketplace hosts Talks & Sessions, Round Tables and 10-Minute Meets with leading industry professionals. Come to Sales & Distribution Day (Sunday) to meet the folks who can help deliver new documentaries to audiences worldwide.

Alternate Realities

MeetMarket offers a special pitching opportunity for selected projects through matchmade one-to-one meetings with industry Decision Makers. Alternate Realities Market facilitates commissions, distribution, advice, and partnerships for interactive, augmented reality, and virtual reality projects.

Talks & Sessions

Each year we welcome over 300 international Decision Makers including commissioners, distributors, sales agents, funders, mentors, and producers from theatrical, broadcast, and new digital platforms.

Marketplace & Talent

Welcome to Marketplace, a leading funding, sales, and distribution platform designed to unlock UK and international market opportunities and facilitate creative collaborations. Marketplace is proudly open to anyone with a Festival Pass and is designed to cater for the needs of everyone from the first-time filmmaker through to highly established talent.

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Pitches

Whicker’s World Foundation Pitch

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Sun 11 June / 11:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

Session Producer

Sun 11 June / 12:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B

The Accelerator Lab brings together ten non-fiction projects helmed by first- or second- time women directors, with a special focus on underrepresented voices. For the first time, Accelerator Lab participants will pitch their projects in Sheffield to a live audience and will receive feedback from key international Decision Makers and buyers.

Jane Mote (Whicker’s World Foundation) Megan O’Hara (Whicker’s World Foundation)

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Chicken & Egg Accelerator Lab Live Pitch

Chair

Paul Pauwels (EDN)

Selection Panel

Harriet Armston-Clarke (TVF International) Liz McIntyre (Sheffield Doc/Fest) Mak CK (Filmmaker) Richard Klein (IWC Media) Seyi Rhodes (Presenter & Journalist)

The Mix Boomer Pitch

Sun 11 June / 13:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A Five filmmakers have been shortlisted for The Mix’s live pitch event, where two winners will walk away with a £5,000 commission to create short, characterdriven documentaries exploring how members of the Baby Boomer Generation really think. The industry panel will decide live which filmmakers will best create bold, distinctive short documentaries that challenge stereotypes and present fresh insights about British Boomers in 2017.

Korean Pitching Day

Mon 12 June / 12:00 / Crucible Studio Five filmmakers from the North of England will pitch in front of a live audience and panel of executives and commissioners in Sheffield for a chance to win a commission with BBC Three. The winning pitch will be housed with a UK indie and make their film for broadcast on BBC.

Channel 4 First Cut Pitch

Mon 12 June / 14:30 / Crucible Studio Five shortlisted directors will vie to prove they are ready to take on the challenge of an hour-long, post watershed documentary for Channel 4 by presenting a three-minute documentary film that answers an editorial brief. Each director will show and discuss their films in front of the audience and a panel of executive producers, established directors, and Rita Daniels, Commissioning Editor for First Cut. Session Producer

Janine Thomas (Channel 4)

Selection Panel

Dan Reed (Amos Pictures)

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BBC Northern Docs Pitch

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Liesel Evans (Century Films) Madonna Benjamin (Channel 4)

The Guardian is back at Doc/Fest, offering filmmakers the chance to pitch ideas for short documentaries and receive £7,500 towards their film and an online premiere on The Guardian website. This year, The Guardian has joined forces with IBT (the International Broadcasting Trust) for its first themed film pitch – a fresh way of engaging with one of the most urgent subjects of our time – climate change. Session Producer

David Alamouti

Chair

Charlie Phillips (The Guardian)

Panel

José F. Rodriquez (Tribeca Film Institute) Lindsay Poulton (The Guardian) Mark Galloway (IBT) Sarah Mosses (Together Films)

Marketplace & Talent

Mon 12 June / 16:30 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

Parties & Social

The Guardian Documentary Pitch in association with IBT

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Rita Daniels (Channel 4)

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Initiatives MeetMarket

Alternate Realities Market

MeetMarket is one of the world’s largest documentary pitching forums offering filmmakers the opportunity to meet with hundreds of international funders, broadcasters, distributors, and exhibitors. Doc/Fest offers a unique way to pitch your projects through matchmade meetings between filmmakers and Decision Makers for creative and financial discussions. Each year 65 projects are selected from over 500 submissions.

Alternate Realities Market is the key place to forge partnerships and secure international funding for interactive, immersive, and virtual reality projects within the documentary or hybrid genre. The Market is a forum for exploring the creation, funding, distribution, exhibition, and marketing of digital projects. Meetings are matchmade and one-to-one and run parallel to the MeetMarket. Each year 25 projects are selected from open submissions.

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Mon 12 & Tue 13 June / 09:30 – 18:00 / Cutlers’ Hall, Main Hall

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Round Tables & 10-Minute Meets

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Mon 12 June / 09:30 – 18:00 / Cutlers’ Hall, Main Hall

On-Screen Talent Market

Mon 12 & Tue 13 June / 09:30 – 18:00 / Cutlers’ Hall, Old Banqueting Hall

Wed / 14 June / 09:30 – 15:00 / Marketplace Café

Delegates are invited to meet with Decision Makers through informal group discussions (Round Tables) and one-to-one consultations (10-Minute Meets). Each session will reflect a contemporary theme in the industry. Open to all Festival Pass Holders but places are limited. Please visit the Doc/Fest website to view which companies are taking part and apply to take part in these meetings. A standby queue will be in operation on the door.

The On-Screen Talent Market is the place to connect subject-specialists with producers, commissioners, and other Decision Makers looking for fresh faces for their programmes. 18 experts from various disciplines were selected through open submissions and will come to the Market having been pitched trained by The Academic Ideas Lab.

All Year Training

Market Mentors

Doc/Fest is proud to offer All Year training for new and emerging talent. Future Producer School is a six-month initiative in association with Bungalow Town Productions supported by Creative Skillset, in which ambitious producers receive mentoring from some of the most exciting industry influencers. Doc/Next offers one-to-one support and training to help emerging talent across all platforms move up in their career. This year-long initiative is supported by Sheffield City Council and by the Yorkshire Screen Industries Consortium, delivered in partnership with Screen Yorkshire, with support from the BFI’s Creative Clusters Fund.

Market Mentors is a unique opportunity for new and emerging documentary filmmakers to connect with experienced Executive Producers and industry experts for mentoring and advice about a specific film project. Coordinated by the European Documentary Network (EDN), successful applicants will be given pitch-training and paired with an experienced industry mentor for project-specific feedback and pointers on development, where to go next, and how to improve your chances of securing funding and distribution.

Sales and Distribution Day

Sales and Distribution Day: How to Market & Build an Audience Sun 11 June / 13:00-14:00 / Cutlers’ Hall, Hadfield Hall

Meet the Sales Agents

Sun 11 June / 15:00 – 16:00 / Cutlers’ Hall, Hadfield Hall

‘If you build it, they will come’ ain’t necessarily so. Often seen as the fifth act in producing a film, publicity and marketing play a vital role in reaching an audience. This session will explore the ins-and-outs of engaging with press and formulating an effective marketing strategy on a budget. Our panel will give examples from recently successful documentary campaigns and discuss what filmmakers can do to help get their work seen.

International sales agents can help a film find distribution partners in markets worldwide, often inputting into marketing and festival strategy. In this session, executives from a range of international sales companies will introduce themselves, explain their approach to acquisitions – what they’re looking for – and share examples of films they have recently worked on. Following the presentations, there will be time for filmmakers to connect with sales agents and exchange business cards.

Meet the Distributors

Marketplace Drinks

A chance to find out more about how distributors handle a film’s delivery to the audience by managing and marketing its journey through the various exhibition platforms. In this session, we invite executives from different distribution companies to introduce themselves, explain how they work with filmmakers and comment on the kinds of documentaries they are seeking with reference to recent examples. Following the presentations, there will be time for filmmakers to connect with distributors and exchange business cards.

Rounding off Sales & Distribution Day and kicking off a new week of industry activity, Marketplace Drinks offers an opportunity to get to know Decision Makers and fellow filmmakers better. The event welcomes everyone involved in Sales & Distribution Day, MeetMarket, Alternate Realities Market, Doc/Player and all Marketplace initiatives. The Marketplace & Talent team will be present so do come by for a drink, say hello and tell us about your documentary projects – we’re here to help get them made!

Sun 11 June / 16:00 – 17:00 / Cutlers’ Hall, Hadfield Hall

Alternate Realities

Digital distribution is an enormous and growing means for documentaries to find audiences worldwide. In this session, a panel of industry professionals will explain the options and opportunities for online distribution.

Talks & Sessions

Effective sales and distribution are essential for a film to reach its audience, yet these stages remain mysterious to many filmmakers. What’s more, the ways in which films are sold and distributed are constantly changing in response to industry developments. This session is designed to demystify sales and distribution in a ‘no assumed knowledge’ and ‘no questions are stupid’ environment. Our Head of Marketplace & Talent, Patrick Hurley, will lead the discussion, explaining how filmmakers can work with sales agents and distributors and how to best navigate the marketplace.

Sun 11 June / 12:00 – 13:00 / Cutlers’ Hall, Hadfield Hall

Marketplace & Talent

Sun 11 June / 11:00 – 12:00 / Cutlers’ Hall, Hadfield Hall

Online Distribution

Sun 11 June / 17:00 – 19:00 / Cutlers’ Hall, Old Banqueting Hall

Parties & Social

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sales and Distribution but Were Afraid to Ask

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Come to the Marketplace at Cutlers’ Hall on Sunday to learn about how sales agents and distributors are working with filmmakers to deliver new films to audiences worldwide. The packed day includes sessions on marketing and online distribution opportunities. In the afternoon, industry representatives will be present to introduce themselves and give an overview of what they’re looking for. Bring your business cards!

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Sun 11 June / 11:00 – 16:00 / Cutlers’ Hall, Hadfield Hall

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Global in our outlook, we are delighted to welcome 11 International Delegations to the Festival in 2017. Filmmakers, producers and industry representatives from around the world come to Sheffield for networking receptions, Marketplace meetings, and worldclass mentoring opportunities.

Abu Dhabi Delegation

Canadian Delegation

Chilean Delegation

Coordinated by High Commission of Canada In partnership with the High Commission of Canada, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Confederation, we are delighted to welcome a delegation of Canadian filmmakers, creatives and makers from across the documentary, VR and interactive industries to attend Sheffield Doc/Fest. Come and meet the delegation at Canadian Celebration Brunch, p.210 Mon 12 Jun / 11:15 – 12:30 / Crucible Bar

Indian Delegation

Coordinated by DocEdgeKolkata In the UK-India Year of Culture, together with DocedgeKolkata, Doc/Fest is delighted to welcome five Indian filmmakers to Sheffield in 2017. All participants have taken part in DocedgeKolkata; a platform for independent storytellers to develop and substantiate their creative energies in finding international co-production partners and audiences.

Coordinated by Image Nation Abu Dhabi Executives and filmmakers from Image Nation Abu Dhabi, one of the leading media and entertainment companies in the Arabic-speaking world, are delighted to come to Doc/Fest 2017. The company aims to build a sustainable film and television industry in Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates.

Coordinated by ChileDoc Chilean filmmakers and industry players come to Doc/Fest to establish new connections in the British and European film industry through co-productions, sales, and networking. Supported by ChileDoc, who aim to improve the distribution and promotion of Chilean documentaries throughout the world, give them international exposure, and promote their commercial development.

Irish Delegation

Coordinated by the Irish Film Board With support from the Irish Film Board, the Irish Delegation of producers, directors, and Decision Makers come to Sheffield to connect with international audiences, co-producers, and financiers. Recent Irish documentary successes include It’s Not Yet Dark, The Farthest and Forever Pure, with the European Premiere of Elián (p.43) and UK Premiere of School Life (p.60) at Doc/Fest 2017. Come and meet the delegation at Irish Delegation Reception, p.211 Mon 12 Jun / 20:00 – 21:30 / Winter Garden

Come and meet the delegation at Korean Pitching Day, p.152 Sun 11 June / 15:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

Coordinated by Nordisk Panorama A group of filmmakers from across the Nordic countries come to Sheffield Doc/Fest in conjunction with Nordisk Panorama, a film festival that proudly showcases and encourages the production of quality Nordic films by Nordic filmmakers, and provides an industry platform in the Nordisk Panorama Market and Forum. Come and meet the delegation at Nordic Vodka Hour during Guilty Pleasures Party, p.212 Tue 13 June / 22:00 – 02:00 / Plug

Scottish Delegation

Coordinated by Creative Scotland Scottish talent come to Doc/Fest supported by Creative Scotland, the public body supporting the Scottish arts, screen, and creative industries. Their funding supports emerging and established film and television talent producing distinctive and engaging work. Additional support provided by the Scottish Documentary Institute, specialising in documentary training, production and distribution. Come and meet the delegation at Scottish Delegation Drinks, p.209 Tue 13 June / 22:00 – 02:00 / Plug

Palestinian Delegation

Coordinated by Filmlab: Palestine and British Council Palestine Filmlab: Palestine aims to establish international links, introduce emerging Palestinian talents and to strengthen their filmmaking capacities. Filmlab: Palestine, in partnership with the British Council, is honoured to present the Palestinian Delegation at Sheffield Doc/Fest. The delegation at this year’s festival includes three Palestinian filmmakers.

USA Delegation

Coordinated by Chicken & Egg Doc/Fest welcomes the 2017 participants selected for Chicken & Egg Pictures’ Accelerator Lab, which brings together ten nonfiction projects helmed by women directors making their first or second films. Over a year, programme participants receive a $35,000 grant and tailored mentorship, and attend retreats providing masterclasses, workshops, and networking. Come and meet the delegation at Chicken & Egg Accelerator Lab Live Pitch, p. 151 Sun 11 June / 12:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B

Alternate Realities

Nordic Delegation

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Coordinated by the Korea Communications Agency South Korean filmmakers gather in Sheffield, supported by the Korea Communications Agency (KCA), celebrating powerful Korean documentaries that have entered the international market with strong results. KCA will host the Korean Pitching Day event in Doc/Fest 2017, inviting you to meet with promising Korean filmmakers.

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Korean Delegation

Talks & Sessions

Coordinated by the Royal Film Commission Jordan Emerging filmmakers, selected from a filmmaking workshop at the Royal Film Commission (RFC) Jordan in collaboration with the British Council Jordan, are excited to attend Doc/Fest with additional mentoring through the Doc/Fest Marketplace. The delegation is supported by the RFC Jordan, encouraging Jordanians to tell their stories in an international market.

Marketplace & Talent

Jordanian Delegation

Parties & Social

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This year Doc/Fest is thrilled to announce a new initiative – UK Talent Delegations – bringing new, diverse voices from around the country to the Festival for creative inspiration, industry networking, and explorations on pushing non-fiction storytelling in bold, original directions.

Doc/Fest Researchers

FLAMIN Delegation

Listen to Britain Delegation

Coordinated by Wellcome Supported by Wellcome, the Doc/Fest Researchers delegation group includes five postdoctoral scientists and researchers from around the UK. Doc/Fest Researchers will attend the Festival to connect with the documentary industry. Come meet the delegation at the Doc/Fest Exchange Breakfast Receptions, p.208-211 Friday 09 – Tuesday 13 / 09:30 – 11:00 / Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

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Marketplace

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

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Coordinated by Film London Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN) supports artists working in moving image in all its forms. The UK Talent group attending Doc/Fest are members of New Approaches, an artist feature development programme funded by Creative Skillset, offering selected projects bespoke support to unify the worlds of contemporary art and cinema.

Coordinated by BBC, BFI, and Wingspan 75 years since Humphrey Jennings’ wartime masterpiece Listen to Britain, BBC Four and BFI offered the next generation of filmmakers an exciting opportunity to pitch short film ideas, which listened to Britain today. 12 filmmakers with films in production will attend Sheffield Doc/Fest in 2017.

Come meet the Listen to Britain Delegation at Listen to Britain – Again!, p.162 Tue 13 June / 13:30 / Crucible Adelphi

The New Leaders: Working Towards an Equal & Inclusive Industry

Coordinated by MAMA Youth Project Doc/Fest welcomes seven individuals from MAMA Youth Project, an organisation that aims to equip young people with the skills and experience to secure longterm, fulfilling employment in the TV and media industry. They particularly focus on young people from under-represented groups and those with limited educational or employment opportunities, including unemployed graduates. Come meet the MAMA Youth Project Delegation at The New Leaders: Working Towards an Equal and Inclusive Industry, p.149 Sat 10 June / 16:30 / Crucible Adelphi

Lisa Brook

Head of Marketing & Events, Live Cinema UK

We’re starting each day early on Tudor Square where you can wake up with an outdoor Docsercise class, or a free breakfast courtesy of Wellcome at the Doc/Fest Exchange. Tudor Square by Night features daily shenanigans curated for pre-party vibes including a live storytelling show (p.209), the Doc/Pub Quiz (p.210) and more surprises nightly from 7.30pm. Plus, all day long there’s a curated selection of delicious street food from Sheffield darlings Peddler, plus great tunes and a bar (of course), at the hub of the Festival, in the heart of the city. Mine’s a Doc/Fest Ale.

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Get cosy with faces old and new at our networking events, wind down post-pitch with the BFI at local favourite Tamper (p.211), where we are also delighted to be partnering with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to celebrate filmmakers in our 2017 programme at the Meet the Filmmakers drinks (p.210). Join us for brunch with the Canadians marking the 150th anniversary of Canada’s confederation (p.210), and drop by our new venue at Graves Gallery for drinks with Discovery (p.210).

Alternate Realities

Your Festival Pass is your ticket to get loud and proud at all our parties, including our Queerama Opening Night Party with LGBTQ+ club legend Jonny Slut (p.208), and the Resisdance Saturday Night Party with guest DJ set from Cate Le Bon (p.209). Join Channel 4 to do things a bit differently at new venue Code (p.211), and of course join DJ hero Sean Rowley and his cohort of beautiful creatures for the biggest documentary party of them all: Guilty Pleasures (p.212).

Talks & Sessions

Our parties and socials aren’t just world famous: they’re infamous.

Marketplace & Talent

Ain’t no party like a Doc/Fest party…

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Doc/Fest Exchange Breakfast Reception

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Fri 9 June / 09:30 – 11:00 / Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Breakfast is on us at the Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square. Fuel up for the day on great coffee and croissants, and connect with the Doc/Fest Researchers attending the Festival from across the UK (p.202).

Alternate Realities Exhibition – Lates presented by FACT

Parties & Social

Marketplace & Talent

Talks & Sessions

Alternate Realities

Fri 9 June / 18:00 – 20:00 / Millennium Gallery

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FACT presents a special late opening of the Alternate Realities Exhibition, featuring the latest in immersive VR and interactive artworks from emerging and established artists. Join us to celebrate the World Premiere of Future Aleppo (p.131), this year’s winner of the Doc/Fest Alternate Realities commission, in partnership with FACT and supported by Arts Council England.

The Queerama Opening Night Party

Fri 9 June / 21:45 – 01:00 / City Hall Ballroom

Following the World Premiere of our 2017 Opening Night Film Queerama which documents the UK’s rollercoaster journey towards sexual equality (p.27), join us as we celebrate the progress that’s been made and acknowledge the work that still remains. Catch up with Doc/Fest friends old and new, and celebrate queer culture with music from Nag Nag Nag LGBTQ+ club night legend Jonny Slut on decks.

Fri 9 – Sat 10 June Shooting People Welcome Drinks Reception Fri 9 June / 17:00 – 18:30 / Curzon Bar and Terrace

Kick off the Festival with independent filmmaker community Shooting People at their annual Doc/Fest shindig at the lovely Curzon Bar and Terrace. Connect with local filmmakers, industry guests, and fellow documentary lovers at the first drinks of the Festival.

Tudor Square by Night

Fri 09 June / 19:30 – 23:00 / Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Special evening surprises await alongside street food, a fully stocked bar and music each night at the Doc/Fest Exchange.

Doc/Fest Exchange Breakfast Reception Sat 10 June / 09:30 – 11:00 / Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Craft Summit Drinks presented by Documentary Campus

New Talent Drinks presented by the University of Hertfordshire

The Documentary Campus team invites you to the Art of Networking to conclude the Craft Summit. Mingle with speakers and colleagues, new and old (p.146-147.

Join us at Curzon’s Bar and Terrace and kick off your Saturday night with drinks courtesy of University of Hertfordshire. It’s a fantastic chance to connect with new and upcoming talent, industry guests, local film makers, and fellow documentary lovers.

Sat 10 June / 17:15 – 18:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

Sat 10 June / 17:30 – 19:00 / Curzon Bar and Terrace

To celebrate Scottish talents present in Sheffield, join us and meet the Scottish Delegation of producers, filmmakers, Creative Scotland’s Director of Screen Natalie Usher, and Executives to hear more about our films and about Scotland as a first-class place for documentary filmmaking and co-production. Creative Scotland is the national funder for film in Scotland.

Tudor Square by Night: Tales of Whatever

Resisdance: Saturday Night Party

What’s Your Story? Join Tales of Whatever for a night of drinks and storytelling. Named among The Guardian’s top ten UK storytelling nights, Manchester’s Tales of Whatever have seen guests come from as far afield as Buenos Aires, Gauteng, and NYC to share experiences of being shipwrecked, finding bodies, marrying pantomime horses, and ghostbusting with GCSE chemistry.

Sat 10 June / 22:00 – 02:00 / O2 Academy

Extraordinary elections are rocking the world. Liberal snowflakes and ‘nasty women’ unite and embrace your inner riot grrrl for a night of drinks, dancing, and DIY culture. Special guest Cate le Bon joins us for a very special post-punk DJ set, plus badge and banner making, and a live queercore set, inspired by Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution (p.71).

Doc/Fest Exchange Breakfast Reception

Marketplace Drinks

Rounding off Sales & Distribution Day (p.199) and kicking off a new week of industry activity, Marketplace Drinks offers an opportunity to get to know Decision Makers and fellow filmmakers better. The event welcomes everyone involved in Sales & Distribution Day, MeetMarket, Alternate Realities Market, Doc/Player and other Marketplace initiatives.

Molinare Networking Drinks Reception

British Council Drinks Reception

Sun 11 June / 09:30 – 11:00 / Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Sun 11 June / 16:15 – 17:15 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

Continue the Oscar-ready conversation with Molinare’s team on hand to advise on how to realise your film, and use post-production to achieve a cinematic result. Molinare projects include the Oscar-winning The White Helmets and, from this year’s Doc/Fest programme, Even When I Fall (p.67), The Last Animals (p.79), and Love and Hate Crime (p.57).

Sun 11 June / 17:00 – 19:00 / Cutlers’ Hall, Old Banqueting Hall

Sun 11 June / 18:00 – 19:30 / Tamper

Come and meet British Council Film and the leading international documentary film professionals we have brought from around the world to attend this year’s edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest.

Alternate Realities

Sat 10 June / 19:30 – 23:00 / Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Films

Igloo presents a special late opening of the Alternate Realities Exhibition. Join us for a buzzing gathering and another chance to engage with the latest in immersive VR and interactive artworks from emerging and established artists in the Exhibition.

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Sat 10 June / 19:00 – 20:30 / Winter Garden

Talks & Sessions

Sat 10 June / 18:00 – 20:00 / Millennium Gallery

Scottish Delegation Drinks

Marketplace & Talent

Alternate Realities Exhibition – Lates presented by Igloo Vision

Sat 10 – Sun 11 June

Parties & Social

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The Grierson Trust New Talent Drinks Reception

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Sun 11 June / 18:30 – 20:00 / Winter Garden

Come and join the members of The Grierson Trust board for a convivial get together and the opportunity to meet the talented young filmmakers who are part of the 2017 Grierson DocLab and Mentoring Scheme.

Alternate Realities Talks & Sessions Marketplace & Talent Parties & Social

Meet the Filmmakers presented by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Sun 11 June / 19:00 – 20:30 / Curzon Bar and Terrace

Together with The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Doc/Fest welcomes you to raise a glass to the talented directors and producers behind this year’s Doc/Fest Film Programme. Share stories, connect with the Doc/Fest Film Programme team, and make new friends from across the industry.

Alternate Realities Lates presented by Daydream

Tudor Square by Night: Doc/Pub Quiz

Following the Alternate Realities Summit (p.124–126), Google’s Daydream team presents a special late opening of the Alternate Realities Exhibition. Join us for a chance to engage with the latest in immersive VR and interactive artworks from emerging and established artists in the Exhibition.

Everyone loves a pub quiz, right? Join the Doc/Fest Film team and special guests to flex your documentary trivia muscles over drinks.

I Will Always Love Docs Party

Doc/Fest Exchange Breakfast Reception

Celebrate the kings and queens of R’n’B and soul following the UK Premiere of Nick Broomfield’s Whitney “Can I Be Me” (p.32). It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay to be the Queen of the Night, so if you Wanna Dance with Somebody, I’m Your Baby Tonight!

Canadian Celebration Brunch

Discovery Drinks Reception

Join the Canadian Delegation in celebrating Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation. Following the Canadian Creative Collaborations session, meet with session panellists from NFB, Hot Docs, and Phi Centre, along with representatives of the Canadian Delegation for a brunch at Sheffield’s Crucible.

Join fellow filmmakers and industry colleagues for cocktails and conversation, hosted by Discovery Networks International.

Sun 11 June / 19:00 – 21:00 / Millennium Gallery

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Sun 11 – Mon 12 June

Sun 11 June / 22:00 – 02:00 / Fahrenheit

Mon 12 June / 13:30 – 15:00 / Crucible Bar

Sun 11 June / 19:30 – 23:00 / Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Mon 12 June / 09:30 – 11:00 / Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Mon 12 June / 16:00 – 18:00 / Graves Gallery

ITV Drinks

Mon 12 Jun / 19:30 – 20:30 / Crucible Bar

Tudor Square by Night

Following ITV’s session presenting The Real Full Monty with Alexander Armstrong and Ashley Banjo, delegates are welcome to join ITV’s factual team for a drink at Crucible Bar.

Pre-party drinks and special evening surprises await alongside street food, a fully stocked bar and music each night at the Doc/Fest Exchange.

Irish Delegation Reception

The Channel 4 Party

The Irish Film Board (Bord Scannán na hÉireann) is delighted to invite you to the Irish Reception at Sheffield Doc/Fest to celebrate the Irish work screening, and allow you to meet and network with the large Irish delegation of filmmakers in attendance.

This year Channel 4 are doing things a bit differently. Join us for drinks and dancing till the early hours.

Doc/Fest Exchange Breakfast Reception

Real Stories Drinks Reception

Real Stories is the home of compelling and award-winning documentary content from across the world, reaching over a million viewers every day. Join Real Stories for drinks, meet the Real Stories’ acquisitions and commissioning team, and find out about the global opportunities for distributing documentaries on digital platforms.

Mon 12 June / 20:00 – 21:30 / Winter Garden

Tue 13 June / 09:30 – 11:00 / Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

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Come and join the BFI for drinks to celebrate their documentary offerings showcased in this year’s Festival in the lovely surroundings of Tamper.

Mon 12 June / 19:30 – 23:00 / Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Mon 12 June / 22:00 – 02:00 / Code

Tue 13 June / 17:45 – 19:15 / Crucible Bar and Terrace

Alternate Realities

Last year, DIT helped well over 500 UK creative industries companies win over £630 million worth of export business in 74 export markets. Join the DIT team to meet other filmmakers and international guests, and learn how DIT can help your business expand and succeed globally.

Mon 12 June / 18:00 – 19:30 / Tamper

Talks & Sessions

Mon 12 June / 17:45 – 18:45 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A

BFI Film Fund Pitch Drinks Reception

Marketplace & Talent

Department for International Trade Drinks Reception

Mon 12 – Tue 13 June

Parties & Social

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Parties & Social

BFI Film Audience Network Drinks

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Tue 13 June / 18:00 – 19:30 / Tamper

Alternate Realities

Tue 13 June / 18:30 – 20:00 / Winter Garden

Join Image Nation Abu Dhabi (He Named Me Malala, Every Last Child) at the beautiful Winter Garden for an event to celebrate the UK/UAE Year of Culture. Come and meet with representatives of the documentary industry from the United Arab Emirates.

Tudor Square by Night

Sheffield Doc/Fest Awards Ceremony

Pre-party drinks and special evening surprises await alongside street food, a fully stocked bar, and music each night at the Doc/Fest Exchange.

Guilty Pleasures Party: Power to the People Tue 13 June / 22:00 – 02:00 / Plug

Marketplace & Talent

Doc/Fest favourite DJ Sean Rowley brings back the biggest, boldest, and brashest night out in Sheffield, for the first time this year with world-famous Masseoke. There’s no dreaded karaoke spotlight here – we’re all singing together with words on screen and a euphoric atmosphere. Plus, join Film Kontakt Nord and our Nordic filmmakers from 10pm for free vodka to kick the night off with Nordic Vodka Hour. Will there be hot pants? Will there be glitter? A stage invasion? Spoiler alert: yes.

Closing Night Drinks

Parties & Social

Talks & Sessions

Image Nation Abu Dhabi Celebrates the UK/UAE Year of Culture

The BFI Film Audience Network (FAN) is a UK-wide network dedicated to encouraging people to build a lifelong relationship with film, with more people enjoying film, more often. FAN invites you to join them for a drink and meet their delegation of members including cinema exhibitors, programmers, and festival organisers, and to find out more about BFI 2022 and the future of the Network.

Tue 13 June / 19:30 – 23:00 / Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Join us to raise a glass and celebrate the Festival finale, reflecting on the themes of resistance and change through documentary, and sharing your personal highlights from the past six days. Here’s to next June!

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Tue 13 – Wed 14 June

Wed 14 June / 20:45 – 23:00 / ITV Showroom Bar

Tue 13 June / 20:00 / Crucible Theatre

As Doc/Fest’s 2017 Edition draws to a close, we honour the very best of the Festival, including the reveal of our Audience Award winner as chosen by you. This year we’re thrilled to welcome BBC Radio Sheffield’s Paulette Edwards as our host.

The Great Get Together: Inspired by Jo Cox Wed 14 June / 17:00 – 18:30 / Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Come together for refreshments before assembling in the Showroom for a discussion about Jo’s legacy, followed by a screening of Jo Cox: Death of an MP + Discussion (p.28). www.greatgettogether.org

Staff and Contributors Festival Team

Ailsa Ferrier (Doc/Player Coordinator) Alastair Hastie (Alternate Realities Programme Assistant, Trainee) Alex Downie (Events Assistant) Alice Smith (Delegations Assistant, Trainee) Amy Benjamin (Assistant Accountant) Andrea Horakh (Film Programme Consultant) Becky Sliwa Webb (Marketplace & Talent Coordinator) Bianca Manu (Doc/Fest Exchange Assistant Producer) Cassie Fletcher (Assistant Accountant) Corrigan Lowe (Delegate Centre Assistant) Dan Tucker (Curator, Alternate Realities) David Chang (Festival Photographer) David Edgar (Alternate Realities Summit Producer) Donna Taberer (Skills & Training Consultant) Elaine Wong (Alternate Realities Market Coordinator) Elizabeth McIntyre (CEO & Festival Director) Ellie Robinson (Alternate Realities Manager) Emily Charlton (Talks & Sessions Assistant) Erinma Ochu (Doc/Fest Exchange Curator & Producer) Fiona Outram (Finance Manager) Francis Chan (Registration Assistant, Trainee) Gerry Maguire (Tudor Square Site Manager) Hannah McHaffie (Administrative & Executive Assistant) Harry Løvstrøm (Publications & Marketing Assistant) Hayley Holden (Hospitality Assistant) Hayley Willis (Festival Publicist) Jacqui Bellamy (Festival Photographer) Jade Desumala (Marketing & Events Manager) James Lowe (Publications Layout Designer) 216

Jay Arnold (Marketing & Events Consultant, Live Cinema UK) Jenni Tuovinen (Marketplace Sessions Coordinator) Joe Cutts (Film & Alternate Realities Programme Coordinator) Joe Newberry (Volunteer Assistant, Trainee) Karolina Lidin (Marketplace Executive Producer) Kate Nicholson (Hospitality Coordinator) Katy Driscoll (Festival Publicist) Lauren Parker (Production Coordinator) Lena Moss (Marketing & Press Assistant) Lisa Brook (Head of Marketing & Events, Live Cinema UK) Luke W Moody (Director of Film Programming) Maeve Armstrong (Box Office Manager) Maria Stoneman (Operations & HR Manager) Mat Steel (Head of Production) Matt Sturdy (Video Coordinator & Editor) Melanie Iredale (Deputy Director) Nia Childs (Events Producer) Nigel Fischer (Head of Talks & Sessions) Owen Jones (Film Programme Assistant, Trainee) Patrick Hurley (Head of Marketplace & Talent) Paul Hayes (Showroom Production Coordinator) River Ferris (Marketing Coordinator) Samantha Armstrong (Assistant Accountant) Sarah Dawson (Film Programme Manager) Sarah Harvey (Head of Press) Saul Holmes (Operations Assistant) Serena Williamson (Volunteer Coordinator) Sylvia Bednarz (Director of Partnerships & Development) Vicki Wildbore (Ticketing & Registration Coordinator)

Staff and Contributors Contributors

Board of Directors

Alex Graham Chair Brian Woods (True Vision Productions) Celia Taylor Derren Lawford (Woodcut Media) Helen Scott (Clear Focus Productions) Ian Wild (Sheffield Media & Exhibition Centre) Jo Clinton-Davis (ITV) Lizzie Francke (British Film Institute) Mary Burke (British Film Institute) Patrick Holland (BBC) Paula Le Dieu (Freelance) Peter Armstrong (Harbottle & Lewis) Ralph Lee (Channel 4) Richard Klein (IWC Media) Shirani Sabaratnam (Freelance) Siobhan Mulholland (Sky)

Honorary President Nick Fraser

(Yaddo)

Advisory Committee

Adam Gee André Singer (Spring Films) Andy Glynne (Mosaic Films) Ashok Prasad Carol Nahra Carolyn Payne (National Geographic International) Cat Cooper (Elfin Productions) Catherine McCarthy (Medical Aid Films) Charlie Phillips (The Guardian) Christina Burnett (Wide Eye Pictures) Danny Horan (BBC) Dick Fontaine (National Film and Television School) Elizabeth Wood (DocHouse) Emily Renshaw-Smith Iyare Igiehon (S.O.U.L.) James Quinn (Maverick) Jan Bednarz (Buzz Films) Jeanie Finlay (Glimmer Films) Jolyon Rubinstein Liesel Evans (Century Films) Lina Prestwood Liz Mermin Lucy Baxter (Mandrake Films) Martin Rosenbaum (Lone Star Productions) May Abdalla (Anagram) Nick Crossland (Joi Polloi)

Oli Harbottle (Dogwoof) Pegah Farahmand Rachel Wexler (Bungalow Town Productions) Rajesh Thind (Open Circuit) Roger Graef (Roger Graef Productions) Sam Anthony (Sun Dog Pictures) Simon Chinn (Red Box Films / Light Box) Sue Sudbury (Sequoia Films) Taghi Amirani (Amirani Films) Victoria Noble (Discovery Networks International)

Film Previewers

Aga Baranowska (BFI / ICA) Anna Parker (Producer / Programmer) Chloë Roddick (Programmer / Morelia International Film Festival) Daniel Dylan Wray (Arts Journalist) Elena Lazic (Film Critic) Henry Worger (AFIDOCS) Isla Badenoch (Filmmaker / ValstedBrask) Jannet Nuñez (ITVS) Jenni Tuovinen (Creative Facilitator / Film Festival Professional) Josh O’Brien (Cinephile) Katarina Hedren (Critic / Programmer) Leanne Hayman (Filmmaker) Mark Bristow (Writer / Graphic Designer) Matt Turner (Journalist / Shooting People) Niki Harman (Film and Event Programmer / Nottingham Contemporary) Niren Tolsi (Journalist / Filmmaker) Paul Ridd (London Cinemas and Acquisitions Coordinator / Picturehouse UK) Sophie Brown (Film Programmer / Writer)

Catalogue Writers

Carol Nahra (Journalist / Documentary Lecturer) Sunshine Wong (Doctoral Researcher / Writer) Sophie Brown (Film Programmer / Writer)

Festival Assistants Agnieszka Michalik Andrew Drummond Camilla Brokenshire Charlotte Butler Edward Brooks Edward Haynes Edward Weller Francesca Eastment Jade Harrison

Katie Cale Lewis Goode Lucy MacEwan Michael Thorpe Robin Chapman Romy Heritage-Willis Ryan Oldham Sean Harrison-Fox Yolanda Moyo

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Thanks

Doc/Fest would like to thank the following people — Claire Aguilar

Sarah-Jane Meredith British Film Institute

Christine Bardsley British Council

Agnieszka Moody Creative Europe

Mark Atkin Crossover Labs

Amy Basil MUBI

Dan Bates Sheffield Theatres

Andy Beecroft

Paul Billington Sheffield City Council

Simon Bladen Hawsons Chartered Accountants Kat Chirnside

Iain Dodgeon Wellcome

Kate Dore & the Sheffield Culture Consortium Greg Dyke

Richard Eyre Sheffield City Council

Simon Green Sheffield City Council

Annabel Grundy Film Hub North Helen Hanson Channel 4 Oli Harbottle Dogwoof

Edward Highfield Sheffield City Council Sharna Jackson Seahorse

Nic Jones & the team at Über Sally Joynson Screen Yorkshire Yung Kha Dogwoof

Jez Lewis Bungalow Town Productions

Rebecca Lichtenfeld Bertha Foundation Ben Luxford British Film Institute

Sparkle Marple Bertha Foundation Will Massa British Council

Lucy McDowell Wellcome

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Catherine Mitchell Arts Council England John Mothersole Sheffield City Council Lynn Nwokorie BRITDOC

Gregory M Oldfield University of Sheffield Anna Parker

Colin Pons Sheffield Hallam University Ben Roberts British Film Institute Tilman Scheel Reelport Jess Search BRITDOC

Laura Sillars Site Gallery Sarah Steele Google

Nicola Strafford University of Sheffield

Kim Streets & the team at Millennium Gallery Mike Stubbs FACT

Tony Tabatznik Bertha Foundation

Professor Vanessa Toulmin University of Sheffield Kate Townsend BBC Storyville

Chloe Trayner Bertha DocHouse Lucy Vernall Academic Ideas Lab Donata von Perfall

Documentary Campus

Rachel Wexler Bungalow Town Productions

Ian Wild & the team at Showroom Workstation Manuela Winkler Documentary Campus

David Wright & the team at RED61 Ayan Yusuf BRITDOC

Krzysztof Zylawy & the team at X8

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