Sheffield DocFest 2021 Industry Guide by Sheffield DocFest

Industry Guide

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Contents Introductions The MeetMarket The Arts Talent Market Industry Talks International & Regional Delegations

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Introductions

The future of film is one of Sheffield DocFest’s central commitments: we put our work and our imagination into creating the best conditions for supporting projects and talent, inspiring meaningful discussions, and promoting much-needed change. This year’s programme brings together a wide range of activities that look at opening access to the industry; to funding; and to expertise and knowledge, but also openly ask what about our sector can be better. Necessary and urgent questions are being raised about structures within the industry that are, by many, taken for granted: like the models of financing film, and how they are bound to certain norms of storytelling. In turn, ethical questions 5

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are being asked, too: who do these structures favour, and who do they exclude? We want to be part of this conversation as an organisation, and as a team, and we want to give our contribution to a fairer and more transparent environment. It is impressive to see the great partners that have come on board to organise panels and talks with us, having as a priority the most important topics for our industry today: from the links between journalism and creative documentary, to Brexit and strategies for building reciprocity in co-production. I want to thank each partner for their involvement in creating and shaping those sessions. It is also very inspiring to see different organisations coming back to Sheffield DocFest with their traditional pitching opportunities, and others coming for the first time with new opportunities. These are real and concrete occasions for films to get support, and thereby get closer to becoming a reality. My gratitude and appreciation goes to all the partners who are involved and interested in backing new projects. The impressive group of delegations coming for this year Sheffield DocFest Industry brings a diversity of projects, films and talent that makes us very proud and thankful to all the institutions that made them possible. Sheffield DocFest is a truly international platform that 6

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creates real space for different film cultures to meet and nourish each other. The MeetMarket and Arts Talent Market selection are also very open groups of projects and talents, bringing together a huge range of forms, territories and themes. I want to thank all the accessors and experts that helped put together this selection, and I hope the projects find rewarding opportunities within our Industry programme. Finally, I’d like to thank the Sheffield DocFest Industry team for their dedication and care to each project, each activity and detail. They have brought all this programme together in a way that allows for everyone to bring something positive from this festival. Every decision was made with real commitment and respect for each individual project and talent involved. We will continue inventing ways to support and inspire with greater passion and energy all the projects and talents that the festival engages with, and we hope to give our best for the future of film in the UK and in the world. — Cíntia Gil, Festival Director

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While preparing this year’s Industry Programme, we’ve felt a tremendous sense of momentum. In the face of lockdowns, travel bans, and borders shutting, our community is moving projects and ideas forward with more energy and urgency than ever. We’re excited to support so many brilliant works-in-progress and continue our part in creating spaces for this motion to flow, for global connections, and for critical, forward-thinking conversations. In this guide you can read about the projects selected for the MeetMarket (p. 12) and Arts Talent Market (p. 68). Our markets will showcase 77 projects encompassing 41 countries 8

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of production, matching the creative teams with over 300 industry partners to help with funding and finding their way to audiences worldwide. Huge thanks to the assessors whose considered input to the selection process was invaluable: Alyona Bocharova, Anja Dziersk, Ayman El Amir, Carmen Thompson, Charmian Griffin, Chris Harris, Delphine, Eoin Dara, Heejung Oh, Katayoun Dibamehr, Kirill Sorokin, María Vera, Stefan Kloos, Toni Bell, and Varadila Nurdin. We invite you to tune in to the Industry Sessions and Live Pitches to encounter a wide range of filmmakers and industry execs presenting and discussing new work and ways of working. There are plenty of sessions that are practicallyoriented, helping you to navigate the industry, learn from others, and clue-up on how to work with the major documentary channels in the UK and abroad. As much as our Industry Programme seeks to offer an abundance of practical knowledge and networking opportunities for makers of all levels, we are equally committed to exploring together, critically and constructively, key political and ethical issues at the heart of documentary filmmaking. Within this year’s programme you’ll find sessions that consider the ways in which background, experience and identity shape the stories we tell; the case for documentary funding at the policy level; the hegemony of 9

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classical narrative structures; as well as ways to navigate and tackle bullying and discrimination in the workplace. To all delegates, we hope you’ll take away many insights and share in this sense of momentum from this year’s online Industry Programme. And to our pitching teams and market participants, we wish you fruitful connections. — Patrick Hurley, Manon Euler, Harry Løvstrøm, Sophie Duncan, Juliet Moore, and Mathy Selvakumaran The Industry Programme Team

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The MeetMarket

The MeetMarket, now in its sixteenth edition, is one of the world’s largest documentary pitching forums, offering documentary makers the opportunity to meet with hundreds of international funders, broadcasters, platforms, distributors and exhibitors. DocFest offers a bespoke way to pitch new projects through matchmade meetings between filmmakers and industry

representatives for creative and financial discussions. Projects include features and series in varying stages of development/production. The Industry team will coordinate more than 1,000 meetings for 55 projects, selected with the involvement of an international assessment committee from over 570 submissions.

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A Distant Call

In a country that increasingly threatens the safety of LGBTQ people, an ancient way of life that celebrates five genders survives in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Expressing their sexuality freely, men, women, transmen, and trans-women are shepherded by the fifth gender, the gender-fluid ‘Bissu’. This film follows the intertwining stories of two of the last remaining Bissu, as their roles are being forgotten and their inclusive way of life is slipping away. Countries of Production: Indonesia, United Kingdom Countries of Filming: Indonesia Genres: Anthropology / Ethnography, Gender / Women’s Rights, Social Issue Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: May 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 85’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £117,899 Total Budget (Euros): €135,036 Total Budget (USD): $163,766 Total in Place (GBP): £4,510 Total in Place (Euros): €5,165 Total in Place (USD): $6,265 Confirmed Project Financiers: Tanakhir Films (Co-Production)/ Docs By The Sea (Donation) Please note: budget is currently based on Indonesian production and post-production costs. Project Team Director(s): Andrea Suwito Producer(s): Finbar Somers Co-Producer: Mandy Marahimin Contact: Finbar Somers Company: Umbra Motion Picture Company Ltd. Email: finbar@finbarsomers.com

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A Game of Secrets

In a Lisbon courtroom, a young man stands accused of having stolen thousands of confidential documents to expose professional football’s deepest secrets. Through the trial his spectacular revelations unfold, giving new insights into the hidden forces that control a sport turned billion-dollar industry – where 700-percent profits and parties on private islands are part of the business model. Cast with Kazakh oligarchs, private detectives, and globetrotting agents, the story of Football Leaks reads as a true crime thriller while posing moral questions to an audience way beyond football fans. Countries of Production: Denmark Countries of Filming: Portugal, United Kingdom, Hungary Genres: Crime, Politics & Economics, Sports Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: August 2022 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 60’ / 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £587,000 Total Budget (Euros): €675,000 Total Budget (USD): $818,000 Total in Place (GBP): £117,300 Total in Place (Euros): €134,500 Total in Place (USD): $163,100 Confirmed Project Financiers: MEDIA Slate / Danish Broadcasting Corporation / DR Sales / Drive Studios Project Team Director(s): Niels Borchert Holm Producer(s): Peter Engel Broadcaster(s): Anders Bruus / Erling Groth, Danish Broadcasting Corporation Sales Agent(s): Kim Christiansen, DR Sales Contact: Peter Engel Company: Wingman Media Email: engel@wingman.dk

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A Good Bad Guy (W/T)

In his first letter to me, Scott Dozier makes it clear that he prefers execution to life in prison. But four years of sharing music, swapping artwork, and discussing Scott’s legacy can’t prepare me for his suicide. His death sends me trawling through our correspondence, road tripping to people and places from his past, and asking how Scott can help us imagine abolitionist futures. Photographed on 16mm across geographies of memory and inside Ely State Prison, this personal documentary contemplates the violences of capital punishment and the ethics of collaboration across prison bars. Countries of Production: United States Countries of Filming: United States Genres: Crime, Experimental / Art, Point of View Project Status: Post-Production Estimated Completion Date: January 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 75’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £288,151 Total Budget (Euros): €328,197 Total Budget (USD): $397,004 Total in Place (GBP): £73,606 Total in Place (Euros): €84,526 Total in Place (USD): $102,120 Confirmed Project Financiers: In addition to significant in-kind contributions, we have received support from the following grants: LEF Moving Image Fund (5000 USD) / Harvard Film Study Center Fellowship (5000 USD) / Puffin Foundation / Artist Grant (1450 USD) / Duke University Dean’s Research Award (1000 USD) / Pristo Filmmaking Award (1500 USD) / Flies Collective Film Grant (7500 USD) Project Team Director(s): Alex Morelli Producer(s): Daniel Garber Executive Producer(s): Sierra Pettengill Contact: Alex Morelli Email: amorelli25@gmail.com

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A Night of Knowing Nothing

Details to be announced. For more information, please contact the producers. Countries of Production: France, India Countries of Filming: India Genres: Activism, Human Rights, Politics & Economics Project Status: Rough Cut Estimated Completion Date: September 2021 Slots: Feature Length, Online or Other Platforms Final Length Details: 90’, 52’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £132,000 Total Budget (Euros): €185,000 Total Budget (USD): $223,000 Total in Place (GBP): £98,000 Total in Place (Euros): €138,000 Total in Place (USD): $166,000 Confirmed Project Financiers: Sundance Documentary Institute (30k$) / IDFA Bertha Fund (17,5K€) / CNC (40K€) / Nouvelle Aquitaine (40K€) / Ciclic (13K€) Project Team Director(s): Payal Kapadia Producer(s): Thomas Hakim Contact: Thomas Hakim Company: Petit Chaos Email: hakimthomas@gmail.com

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Brotherhood (W/T)

Antek, 22, grows up in the conservative, right-wing and homophobic society of contemporary Poland. The Brotherhood is one of many groups of like-minded young men who demonstrate together against gay pride and hold survival camps in the forest, and Antek is their leader. But he is at the same time driven by general curiosity and in the end, it is through the women in his life, the tender, difficult, exciting relationships with them, that teach Antek to truly be a man. Where does Antek belong, what is ultimately his home: nation, brotherhood, or love? Countries of Production: Switzerland, Poland Countries of Filming: Poland, Ukraine Genres: Personal & Human Interest, Politics & Economics, War & Conflict Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: October 2021 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 90’, 52’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £219,000 Total Budget (Euros): €250,000 Total Budget (USD): $303,000 Total in Place (GBP): £70,000 Total in Place (Euros): €80,000 Total in Place (USD): $97,000 Confirmed Project Financiers: Federal Office of Culture (national fund): CHF 30000 / Zurich Film Fund (regional): CHF 20000 Project Team Director(s): Hanka Maciag Producer(s): Esther van Messel Editor(s): Michal Poddenbniak DOP: Milosz Kasiura Distributor(s): Esther van Mester, First Hand Films Sales Agent(s): Esther van Mester, First Hand Films Contact: Esther van Messel Company: First Hand Films Email: esther.van.messel@firsthandfilms.com

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Call Nina!

The film takes a starting point in contemporary events and debates through the theatre world in the US, UK and Europe. We follow Josette Bushell-Mingo OBE, who is deeply affected by the constantly present and ongoing debate around the BLM movement. In 2015 she decided to put up a theatre play based on the very same experience or question: why is it that we, still today, have to remind ourselves and express the need that “Black Lives Matter”? The question itself, both answers and problematises the constant and ever-current topic of race and class in our society and considers how far have we really come. Countries of Production: Sweden, United Kingdom Countries of Filming: United Kingdom, United States, Sweden Genres: Activism, Arts & Culture, Gender / Women’s Rights, Social Issue Project Status: Post-Production Estimated Completion Date: June 2021 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour, Online or Other Platforms Final Length Details: 60’, 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £192,968 Total Budget (Euros): €220,000 Total Budget (USD): $266,803 Total in Place (GBP): £96,484 Total in Place (Euros): €110,000 Total in Place (USD): $133,402 Confirmed Project Financiers: Swedish National Television (SVT) / Swedish Art Council / Machete AB Project Team Director(s): Lamin Daniel Jadama Producer(s): Lamin Daniel Jadama, Daniela J - Alvarez Co-Producer: SVT - Swedish National Television Editor(s): Neil Wigardt DOP: Lamin Daniel Jadama Broadcaster(s): Theresa Traoré Dahlberg, Emelie Persson, SVT - Swedish National Television Contact: Daniela J - Alvarez Company: Machete AB Email: daniela@machete.nu

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Celtic Utopia

In ‘Celtic Utopia’ Irish Identity is in focus. The film portrays a new folk music movement – as yet unbaptized – but described as Weird Folk, New Strange Folk Sounds or Gurrier Folk, where “gurrier” roughly means trouble. During this Ballad Tour through Ireland, we ask the question: can music help a country understand its colonial heritage? Countries of Production: Sweden Countries of Filming: Ireland Genres: Music Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: December 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 75’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £397,467 Total Budget (Euros): €453,800 Total Budget (USD): $550,360 Total in Place (GBP): £36,083 Total in Place (Euros): €41,513 Total in Place (USD): $50,201 Confirmed Project Financiers: Swedish Film Institute / Konstnärsnämnden Project Team Director(s): Lars Lovén, Dennis Harvey Producer(s): Elin Lilleman Eriksson DOP: Jamie Goldrick Contact: Elin Eriksson Company: MDEMC Produktion AB Email: elinlilleman@gmail.com

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Colors of White Rock

On Mongolia’s coal mining highway, Maikhuu struggles courageously as a truck driver to support her family, motivated by the higher pay and dreams of a better life. At the same time, she finds herself working for the very industry that is destroying Mongolians’ land-based livelihoods and is forcing many to the highway in desperate search of employment while disregarding their safety along a road riddled with accidents, toxic pollution, poor hygiene, and corruption. Maikhuu’s story is symbolic of countless drivers caught in the contradictions and extreme costs of ‘Minegolia’s’ rise. Countries of Production: Mongolia, France Countries of Filming: Mongolia Genres: Environment, Globalisation, Human Rights Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: May 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £316,238 Total Budget (Euros): €360,274 Total Budget (USD): $437,715 Total in Place (GBP): £71,336 Total in Place (Euros): €81,250 Total in Place (USD): $98,715 Confirmed Project Financiers: Colors of Asia Best Pitch Award / French Tax Credit / Coproduction : Icity Films / Broadcaster : NHK (Japan) - Amount TBD Project Team Director(s): Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig Producer(s): Tessa LOUISE SALOMÉ Co-Producer: Chantal Perrin Contact: Tessa Louise Salomé Company: Petite Maison Production Email: contact@petitemaisonproduction.com

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Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

On August 4th at 6:07 PM, many clocks in Beirut stopped working in the aftermath of the Beirut Port Explosion where hundreds of thousands lost their homes, lives and loved ones. Physically alive but dead on the inside, all Beirut residents questioned their rationale for staying in their disfigured city, clashing with a desire to simply give up and emigrate. Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano follows a film crew, as well as artists and activists – all survivors of the explosion – striving to continue their film shoot and other artistic endeavors in an effort of resistance. Countries of Production: Germany, Lebanon, France Countries of Filming: Lebanon Genres: Community, Geopolitics, Human Rights, Politics & Economics Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: November 2021 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 80’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £70,532 Total Budget (Euros): €80,000 Total Budget (USD): $94,250 Total in Place (GBP): £11,017 Total in Place (Euros): €12,500 Total in Place (USD): $15,083 Confirmed Project Financiers: BOSCH Filmprize Development 10.000€ / Own Investment Project Team Director(s): Cyril Aris Producer(s): Katharina Weser Co-Producer: Myriam Sassine DOP: Joe Saade Contact: Katharina Weser Company: Reynard Films Email: katharina@reynardfilms.com

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Eternity One

By the year 2050, Virginia’s Tangier Island will be uninhabitable. Sea level rise and erosion sink 15 feet of the Island’s coastline a year, taking a small community dating back to the 1670’s into the Chesapeake Bay with it. Eternity One blurs fact with fable, chronicling an island community scrambling to stay above water. Desperate for relief from the grips of climate change, residents imagine their way out of their doomed fate. The town mayor proposes a biblical ark. A young girl, a utopian new technology. The Army Corp of Engineers, a seawall. Some turn to the government, and others to God. Countries of Production: United States Countries of Filming: United States Genres: Environment, Science, Technology Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: January 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 90’ Website: http://www.memory.is

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £252,458 Total Budget (Euros): €288,374 Total Budget (USD): $350,000 Total in Place (GBP): £35,922 Total in Place (Euros): €41,196 Total in Place (USD): $50,000 Confirmed Project Financiers: Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund - Film Media Grant from Johns Hopkins Project Team Director(s): Marnie Ellen Hertzler Producer(s): Riel Roch-Decter, Emma Hannaway Editor(s): Albert Birney DOP: Corey Hughes Sales Agent(s): Amanda Lebow, CAA Contact: Riel Roch Decter Company: Memory Email: rrd@memory.is

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Fedora

The marriage between Betty Grafstein, a former jewellery designer, and José Castelo Branco, a TV celebrity and former gender-fluid model, has been challenging social norms regarding age and gender, and facing several controversies. But now, 25 years later, what keeps them together? Is this a love story? As the couple struggle with Betty’s advanced age and fear the uncertainty of the future, they try to maintain their appearance and social status while living in their Upper East Side apartment with their new housekeeper, and important secrets are revealed. Countries of Production: Portugal, Mexico, United States Countries of Filming: United States, Portugal, Mozambique Genres: LGBTQIA+, Love, Personal & Human Interest Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: June 2023 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 105’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £181,500 Total Budget (Euros): €209,101 Total Budget (USD): $250,420 Total in Place (GBP): £73,518 Total in Place (Euros): €84,698 Total in Place (USD): $100,831 Confirmed Project Financiers: Cinema & Audiovisual Institute Portugal: £13200 / State fund -Diavlo Films: £2200 / Own investment: £10740 IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS: Disruptiva Sound / Music & Sound Post (£21384) / Diavlo Films Office, research costs (£3960) / Cristian Caicedo: Camera equipment (£13048) / Lourdes Severny: Lodging, equipment (£6245) / Daniela Amezquita: Equipment(£2741) Project Team Director(s): Leland Palmer Producer(s): Eduardo Ruiz Vasconcelos Executive Producer(s): Maja Moguel, Diana Ibargüen Editor(s): David Araujo DOP: Cristian Delvalle Caicedo Contact: Leland Palmer Company: Escombro Email: escombrofilms@gmail.com

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Go Come Stay - New Nomads in Europe

Go Come Stay - New Nomads in Europe tells moving stories of people on the road, arriving or leaving. A film about their search for work, for success, happiness, respect and hope. Each of them has an individual story. It is about their feelings, it is about the loss of certainties and the hope for stability in their future. Countries of Production: Germany Countries of Filming: France, United Kingdom, Italy, Ukraine, Germany Genres: Globalisation, Personal & Human Interest, Politics & Economics Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: February 2023 Slots: Feature Length, Series & Formats Final Length Details: 90’ + 15’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): 482,275 - 525,981 Total Budget (Euros): 550,000 - 600,000 Total Budget (USD): 659,064 - 722,277 Total in Place (GBP): £35,015 Total in Place (Euros): €40,000 Total in Place (USD): $47,913 Confirmed Project Financiers: ARD Award, German TV Project Team Director(s): Andreas Voigt Producer(s): Barbara Etz Contact: Barbara Etz Company: Filmproduction Email: bef.etz@etzfilm.de

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Happiness

A family of two young sisters and a little girl escaped from their war-torn hometown in Eastern Ukraine to Moscow, seeking a better life. Their new life is plagued by family conflicts, broken hearts, bureaucracy, and financial and health problems. Now the sisters wage a war against each other and lash out at Inna’s 10-year-old daughter. Over the span of seven years we watch her grow up, and the time comes when she has to make her own choices. The story of life’s struggles intertwines with the coming-of-age story. But things may turn into happiness when, against all odds, a little miracle happens. Countries of Production: Russia, Estonia Countries of Filming: Russia, Ukraine Genres: Faith / Religion, Gender / Women’s Rights, Personal & Human Interest, Refugees, Social Issue, Youth & Children Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: February 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 90’, 52’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £158,000 Total Budget (Euros): €183,000 Total Budget (USD): $220,000 Total in Place (GBP): £31,000 Total in Place (Euros): €36,000 Total in Place (USD): $44,000 Project Team Director(s): Dmitry Kubasov, Anastasia Murashkina Producer(s): Max Tuula, Maria Gavrilova Contact: Max Tuula Company: Marx Film Email: studio@marxfilm.com

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Untitled Vinay Shukla Project

Details to be announced. For more information, please contact the producers. Countries of Production: India Countries of Filming: India Genres: Geopolitics, Politics & Economics, Social Issue Project Status: Post-Production Estimated Completion Date: October 2021 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £422,666 Total Budget (Euros): €485,605 Total Budget (USD): $587,113 Total in Place (GBP): £279,850 Total in Place (Euros): €321,597 Total in Place (USD): $388,822 Confirmed Project Financiers: Doc Society / Sundance / MEMESYS and Partners Project Team Director(s): Vinay Shukla Producer(s): Vinay Shukla, Khushboo Ranka Co-Producer: Luke W Moody Contact: Vinay Shukla Email: vinay@memesyslab.com

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Here, the Silence is Heard

Gabriela returns to the revolted port city of Valparaíso in Chile, that her family had to leave in the 70’s when they went into exile in Germany and Spain. Aiming to break the unstoppable spell of permanent transit, she reforms and moves into the run-down family home. Suddenly, Gabriela becomes the only one responsible for her hospitalised grandfather, standing in for family abroad. In the meantime, her grandmother’s traumatic memories awaken, as her life partner – a survivor of the torture inflicted by a murderous state – becomes absent once again, and violence begins to infiltrate the house at night through the windows.

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £178,690 Total Budget (Euros): €204,080 Total Budget (USD): $247,525 Total in Place (GBP): £10,000 Total in Place (Euros): €11,390 Total in Place (USD): $13,830 Confirmed Project Financiers: 11.390 €/£10.000/13.830 USD: Assembly Lab development fund, by Open City Documentary Festival. 29.430 €/£25.740/35.670 USD: Own contributions from the production company and team members.

Countries of Production: Chile Countries of Filming: Chile Genres: Current Affairs, Human Rights, Social Issue Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: September 2023 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 50’, 75’ Website: http://www.grietacine.com

Project Team Director(s): Gabriela Pena Producer(s): Picho García Editor(s): Sophie França DOP: Inti Briones

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In Your Shadow

My father and I were never able to talk about his past as a guerrilla soldier. But now that I’m a parent myself, I strongly feel the need to explore not only his life’s erratic path, but mine as well. Our journey will be divided into three episodes, following my father’s three different names and identities. From the township of Soweto as the child, Boikanyo, to exile in Angola and his life as the elite guerrilla freedom fighter Lerato, and ending as Kenneth, the traumatised veteran he is today. By retracing his steps, I hope to free us both from the shadow of the past. Countries of Production: Netherlands, South Africa Countries of Filming: Netherlands, South Africa, Angola, Russia, Germany Genres: Personal & Human Interest, War & Conflict Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: December 2023 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 55’, 90’, 3 × 45’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £1,087,620 Total Budget (Euros): €1,258,461 Total Budget (USD): $1,538,783 Total in Place (GBP): £99,033 Total in Place (Euros): €114,590 Total in Place (USD): $140,115 Confirmed Project Financiers: Confirmed financiers: NL Film Fund (development funding), NPO fund (development funding) , EOdocs (broadcaster). Approx. €320.000 of the budget comes from semi-automatic funding. By June 2021, we expect to have aprrox. €350.000 - €650.000 (= 25 - 50%) of the financing in place. Project Team Director(s): Thabi Mooi, Tom Fassaert Producer(s): Renko Douze, Hasse van Nunen Broadcaster(s): Margit Balogh, EOdocs (NL) Distributor(s): Wiepko Oosterhout, Periscoop Contact: Renko Douze Company: Een van de jongens Email: renko@eenvandejongens.nl

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Indiefilm october 2020_01

Details to be announced. For more information, please contact the producers. Countries of Production: United Kingdom, Norway Countries of Filming: United Kingdom, Norway, Vietnam, Thailand Genres: Crime, Investigative, Personal & Human Interest Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: September 2023 Slots: Feature Length, Series & Formats, TV Broadcast Hour, Online or Other Platforms Final Length Details: 90’, 52

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £980,000 Total Budget (Euros): €1,100,000 Total Budget (USD): $1,340,000 Total in Place (GBP): £131,000 Total in Place (Euros): €150,000 Total in Place (USD): $180,700 Confirmed Project Financiers: Norwegian Film Institute / Mid Norwegian film Center / Fritt Ord Foundation / Viken Filmcenter Project Team Director(s): Håvard Bustnes Producer(s): Carsten Aanonsen Contact: Carsten Aanonsen Company: Indie Film as Email: carsten@indiefilm.no

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Is There Anybody Out There?

My body is extremely unusual, and I’ve never seen another like my own. Is There Anybody Out There? is a personal documentary following my search to track down other individuals with the same rare disability as me. The film also explores the experience of being a disabled pregnant woman as well as the emotional process of becoming a mother, when I unexpectedly find out I am pregnant. Perhaps more than anything however, this story is about ableism – about living in a world where you’re seen as less than human – and what it takes to love yourself fiercely despite this. Countries of Production: United Kingdom, Scotland, United States Countries of Filming: United States, India, Scotland, United Kingdom Genres: Activism, Biography, Gender / Women’s Rights, Health, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+, Personal & Human Interest, Point of View, Social Issue Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: May 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 90’ Website: http://www.hotpropertyfilms.com

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £375,000 Total Budget (Euros): €427,710 Total Budget (USD): $515,265 Total in Place (GBP): £180,000 Total in Place (Euros): €205,300 Total in Place (USD): $247,310 Confirmed Project Financiers: Doc Society / BFI / Chicken & Egg / UK Tax Credit Project Team Director(s): Ella Glendining Producer(s): Janine Marmot Editor(s): Claire Ferguson DOP: Annemarie Lean-Vercoe Contact: Janine Marmot Company: Hot Property Films Ltd Email: janine@hotpropertyfilms.com

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Israel and Palestine on Swedish TV 1959 - 1989

A new film from the makers of The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 and Concerning Violence, Israel and Palestine on Swedish TV 1959 - 1989 is made up of unique and visually striking footage from perhaps the most comprehensive archive in the world – depicting both sides of the conflict – the Swedish Television archive. Challenging and changing the conventions of how history is written through archive material, the film tells the story of how one country’s media perceived one of the world’s most infected territorial conflicts. Countries of Production: Sweden Countries of Filming: Genres: Geopolitics, History, War & Conflict Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: November 2022 Slots: Feature Length, Series & Formats, TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 90’, 58’, 3×60’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £538,000 Total Budget (Euros): €605,000 Total Budget (USD): $731,000 Total in Place (GBP): £188,000 Total in Place (Euros): €212,000 Total in Place (USD): $256,000 Confirmed Project Financiers: SVT (SEK 1.850.000) / SFI (SEK 300.000) Project Team Director(s): Göran Hugo Olsson Producer(s): Tobias Janson, Dennis Harvey (Assistant Producer) Editor(s): Britta Norell, Emilia Mellberg (Script Editor) Broadcaster(s): Ingemar Persson & Lars Säfström / Juan Pablo Libossart, SVT /The Swedish Film Institute Contact: Dennis Harvey Company: Story Email: dennis@story.se

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It Didn’t Start With You

Chloe travels to Sri Lanka to reconnect with her estranged grandmother, attempting to convince her to leave her abusive husband and restore the family unity. Through intimate home videos, Chloe invites us into her world. As she comes to terms with the violence her mother and grandmother suffered, she unravels her own past and discovers she has a secret she is yet to confront. It Didn’t Start With You explores the lasting impact of cross-continental, intergenerational trauma, and shows that despite enormous hardship and pain, love and happiness can prevail. Countries of Production: United Kingdom Countries of Filming: United Kingdom, Sri Lanka Genres: Experimental / Art, Gender / Women’s Rights, Personal & Human Interest Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: April 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £320,119 Total Budget (Euros): €348,929 Total Budget (USD): $409,752 Total in Place (GBP): £6,000 Total in Place (Euros): €6,540 Total in Place (USD): $7,680 Confirmed Project Financiers: One World Media: £1,000 / $1,280 / €1,090 John Brabourne Award: £5,000 / $6,400 / €5,450 Project Team Director(s): Chloe Abrahams Producer(s): Emma Norton Executive Producer(s): Wuhan Wuhan (2020) - Producer Left-Handed Pianist (2020) - Producer Finding Yingying (2020) - Producer The Dilemma of Desire (2020) - Producer Minding the Gap (2018) - Producer Editor(s): Stella Heath Keir DOP: Alice Aedy Contact: Chloe Abrahams Email: chloeabrahams.film@gmail.com

Sheffield DocFest 2021

Lost Futures

The late Mark Fisher is widely thought of as one of the most important writers of the 21st century. Fisher’s theories were prescient. With the planet on the brink of mass extinction, the re-emergence of the far right and the growing gap between the rich and poor, we face uncertainty on every front. This film will place Fisher, and the hope he engendered, at the front and centre of the global cry for change. By charting Fisher’s life we see how he was shaped by the world around him, and how his thinking is the logical conclusion of someone concerned with a lost future. Countries of Production: Ireland Countries of Filming: United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France Genres: Arts & Culture, Biography, Current Affairs, History, Personal & Human Interest, Politics & Economics, Social Issue Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: June 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 75’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £275,697 Total Budget (Euros): €315,000 Total Budget (USD): $381,981 Total in Place (GBP): £13,128 Total in Place (Euros): €15,000 Total in Place (USD): $18,189 Confirmed Project Financiers: Screen Ireland Development Funding Project Team Director(s): Niall McCann Producer(s): Matthew Boyd, Tadhg O’Sullivan Contact: Niall McCann Company: Redemption Films Email: redemptionfilms@gmail.com

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Love Alone Can’t Make a Child

Like many couples in love, Maria (38) and Christiane (46) share a dream of having a child of their own. But finite time, physical limitations due to Maria’s paraplegia, and a discriminatory system that raises legal matters make this a far more challenging undertaking. Filmed over many years, and in several countries, it captures moments both serious and humorous, creating an intimate portrait of a relationship fraught with challenges and the shifting roles of who is more dependent on who, where the limits of how far they are willing to go to achieve their dream are continually put to the test. Countries of Production: Germany, Norway Countries of Filming: Germany, Denmark, Ukraine, Norway Genres: Gender / Women’s Rights, LGBTQIA+, Love Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: June 2022 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 90’ + 52’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £308,692 Total Budget (Euros): €358,630 Total Budget (USD): $431,664 Total in Place (GBP): £137,729 Total in Place (Euros): €160,000 Total in Place (USD): $192,590 Confirmed Project Financiers: Künstlerinnenförderung der Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa Berlin Rise & Shine World Sales (MG) / Kloos & Co / ZDF / Mattima Films Project Team Director(s): Judith Beuth Producer(s): Andrew Grant, Stefan Kloos Sales Agent(s): Stefan Kloos, Rise & Shine World Sales Contact: Andrew Grant Company: Mattima Films Email: andrew@mattimafilms.com

Sheffield DocFest 2021

Madame Négritude

Martiniquan writer and activist Suzanne Roussi Césaire and her husband Aime Césaire were central to the black power movement, Négritude. The Césaires and their contemporaries would go on to be the first leaders of post-colonial Africa and the Caribbean, and to redefine how black people regarded themselves around the world. For fifty years the impact of writer and activist Suzanne Césaire on some of the most influential works of art and political movements in the world was overshadowed by the political star of her husband Aimé, until now. Countries of Production: United States, France, Martinique Genres: Arts & Culture, Community, Experimental / Art, Gender / Women’s Rights, Geopolitics, Love, Politics & Economics Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: December 2022 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 50’, 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £536,208 Total Budget (Euros): €623,104 Total Budget (USD): $750,000 Total in Place (GBP): £57,684 Total in Place (Euros): €65,996 Total in Place (USD): $80,000 Confirmed Project Financiers: We currently have several grants in place totaling $80,000.00 USD. This funding does not come with any rights deals. Project Team Director(s): Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich Producer(s): Christine Sanders Contact: Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich Email: madeleine.hunt.ehrlich@gmail.com

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Malcolm

Malcolm Shabazz, Malcolm X’s first ‘male heir’, was found murdered in Mexico City in 2013. By 28, he had been incarcerated for his role in the death of his grandmother, Betty Shabazz, witnessed his mother’s entrapment by the FBI and been a member of the Bloods gang. Malcolm had been in and out of jail, made a pilgrimage to Mecca and attempted to lead a new generation of activists. Was his death merely the tragic end to another doomed black life, or was it a conspiracy to extinguish the legacy of one of the most powerful figures in recent history? Countries of Production: United Kingdom, United States Countries of Filming: United States, Mexico Genres: Activism, Biography, Investigative Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: November 2022 Slots: Feature Length, Series & Formats Final Length Details: 50’ x 3, 90

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £995,000 Total Budget (Euros): €1,140,000 Total Budget (USD): $1,380,000 Total in Place (GBP): £17,500 Total in Place (Euros): €20,000 Total in Place (USD): $25,000 Confirmed Project Financiers: IFP/HBO fund Project Team Director(s): Usayd Younis Producer(s): Cassie Quarless Contact: Usayd Younis Company: black & brown films Email: info@blackbrownfilm.com

Sheffield DocFest 2021

Marai

Everyone in Marai, a village of 38 people, says that the ‘igarapé’ has a mother – but Heloisa says it doesn’t. Her courage to challenge the water spirit leads the adults in the village to believe she has the gift of spirituality, and they frequently ask her to predict the future – be it the football match result, the gender of a baby or the destiny of a sick person. ‘Marai’ shows how Heloisa weaves the children’s world with the underwater world, in a life built by the forest. By looking at her relationship with her grandmother, the film also looks into a generational conflict: although there is a plan for her future, Heloisa is not yet what others believe she will become. Countries of Production: Brazil Countries of Filming: Brazil Genres: Anthropology / Ethnography, Arts & Culture, Community, Environment, Human Rights, Nature & Wildlife, Personal & Human Interest, Social Issue, Youth & Children Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: December 2022 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour, Online or Other Platforms Final Length Details: 50’, 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £151,569 Total Budget (Euros): €176,121 Total Budget (USD): $212,000 Total in Place (GBP): £0 Total in Place (Euros): €0 Total in Place (USD): $0 Project Team Director(s): Lara Carmo Producer(s): Fernanda Guimaraes Abreu Contact: Fernanda Guimaraes Abreu Company: Feever Filmes Email: abreufernanda@gmail.com

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Matabeleland

Matabeleland chronicles the lives of three people from a once industrious but now marginalised region that has experienced more violence than peace since Zimbabwe’s inception. Through intimate moments with Chris, a struggling immigrant in neighbouring Botswana; Nokuthaba, an ambitious but unemployed youth; and Shari, a white anthropologist and grandmother, this film paints a complex canvas of life for Zimbabweans in a post-Mugabe era. Is it possible to break free from a cycle of dreams deferred, broken families, racial and tribal tensions that have plagued the country for decades? Countries of Production: Zimbabwe Countries of Filming: Zimbabwe, Botswana Genres: Community, Current Affairs, History, Human Rights, Personal & Human Interest, Point of View Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: December 2022 Slots: Feature Length, Online or Other Platforms Final Length Details: 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £170,054 Total Budget (Euros): €197,300 Total Budget (USD): $237,321 Total in Place (GBP): £3,583 Total in Place (Euros): €4,157 Total in Place (USD): $5,000 Project Team Director(s): Nyasha Kadandara Producer(s): Sam Soko Contact: Sam Soko Company: LBx Africa Email: ssoko@lbxafrica.com

Sheffield DocFest 2021

Motherboard

Motherboard is an intimate autobiographical feature documentary in which filmmaker Victoria Mapplebeck chronicles life as a single mother raising her son, Jim. Living together in their South London flat, the pair have faced more than their share of challenges, from an absent father to breast cancer to the global pandemic. Exploring and celebrating resilience, Motherboard was filmed over seventeen years by Victoria on a series of smartphones. Who do we become when the going gets tough? This film is ultimately proof that bad times can make us rather than break us. Countries of Production: United Kingdom Countries of Filming: United Kingdom Genres: Gender / Women’s Rights / Health / Youth & Children Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: December 2021 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 75’ Website: https://firstpersonfilms.co.uk/in-development/

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £100,000 Total Budget (Euros): €114,218 Total Budget (USD): $138,433 Total in Place (GBP): £40,000 Total in Place (Euros): €45,687 Total in Place (USD): $55,373 Confirmed Project Financiers: ATLANTIC NOMAD WFTV Bursary Project Team Director(s): Victoria Mapplebeck Producer(s): Carol Nahra Executive Producer(s): Debbie Manners, Adam Gee Editor(s): Lisa Forrest Contact: Victoria Mapplebeck Company: First Person Films Email: victoriamapplebeck@gmail.com

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Mrs Robinson

Driven by the muscular storytelling of award winning Irish director Aoife Kelleher, Mrs Robinson is a film of ambition and intent, very much in the activist tradition of RBG and My Name is Pauli Murray. Telling an inspirational life story with intergenerational appeal, it tracks tectonic shifts in personal, political, and social values over a period of 50 years. Far from a grey hagiography, the film applies a thumping rock n’ roll aesthetic to recent history, blending it artfully with raw moments of intimate access to illuminate epic societal battles for equality and human rights. Countries of Production: Ireland Countries of Filming: Ireland, United States, Somalia Genres: Activism, Biography, Gender / Women’s Rights, History, Human Rights, Social Issue Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: January 2022 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 1 × 75 and 1 × 50

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £390,000 Total Budget (Euros): €450,000 Total Budget (USD): $540,000 Total in Place (GBP): £65,000 Total in Place (Euros): €75,000 Total in Place (USD): $90,000 Confirmed Project Financiers: Screen Ireland Project Team Director(s): Aoife Kelleher Producer(s): Trisha Canning Executive Producer(s): Cormac Hargaden Contact: Cormac Hargaden Company: Loosehorse Limited Email: cormac@loosehorse.ie

Sheffield DocFest 2021

Omitama (W/T)

Omitama follows Geofroy, Elian, and Jess as they turn to a Japanese cult for salvation. Surviving in a country ravaged by colonialism makes the organisation’s claims of living in the midst of an apocalypse resonate deeply with the protagonists. However, as they struggle to pay their dues, their paths diverge - some buying into the organisation’s racist ideology, leading them to believe being born Black and African is a punishment for the sins of their past lives, while others turn back to the traditional spirituality of their ancestors. Countries of Production: United Kingdom, Côte d’Ivoire Countries of Filming: Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, United Kingdom Genres: Environment, Faith / Religion, Personal & Human Interest Project Status: Post-Production Estimated Completion Date: December 2021 Slots: Feature Length, Series & Formats, Online or Other Platforms Final Length Details: 90

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £210,000 Total Budget (Euros): €244,000 Total Budget (USD): $294,000 Total in Place (GBP): £131,000 Total in Place (Euros): €150,000 Total in Place (USD): $182,000 Confirmed Project Financiers: Sons of Rigor / Various Independent Equity Financiers Project Team Director(s): Matthew Maria Producer(s): Joshua Llewellyn, Joël Akafou Co-Producer: Martina Bassenger Contact: Joshua Llewellyn Company: EDS Productions Email: joshua.llewellyn@somebodynobody.co.uk

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Q is a journey exploring the inner life of a family where the mothers taught the daughters to love a stranger over one another and themselves, exploring the abuses, struggles and triumphs that arose from such an unnatural reality. It’s a generational narrative, stretching from the 1960s to the modern day, and also a story that is both dangerous and necessary to tell. Through the time that is spent with each generation, the film attempts to understand the dark cloud that this group has placed on a family, most of whom remain in denial that a dark cloud is present at all. It is a story that doesn’t necessarily end when the director calls “cut.” Countries of Production: Lebanon, United States Countries of Filming: Genres: Faith / Religion, Gender / Women’s Rights, Personal & Human Interest Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: November 2021 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £324,366 Total Budget (Euros): €371,337 Total Budget (USD): $450,600 Total in Place (GBP): £92,457 Total in Place (Euros): €106,553 Total in Place (USD): $127,500 Confirmed Project Financiers: ITVS Diversity Development Fund - $25,000 IDA’s Enterprise Development Fund - $15,000 Tribeca All Access - $10,000 Sundance Development Fund - $15,000 Firelight Media Documentary Lab - $15,000 Chicken and Egg (Egg)celerator Lab - $40,000 Sundance Stars Collective Granting Fund - $7,500 Project Team Director(s): Jude Chehab Producer(s): Jude Chehab Editor(s): Fahd Ahmed Contact: Jude Chehab Company: Chehab Films, LLC Email: jude.chehab@gmail.com

Sheffield DocFest 2021

Red Herring

Aged 24, Kit was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour. In a small town on the South coast of England, his dad Lawrence – still struggling to come to terms with his own dramatic family secret - throws himself into a series of obscure diversion tactics and begins to transform his identity. His mum, Julie – a community nurse who spends her time caring for dying patients – can’t cope with the idea of living through the death of her son and takes solace in eccentric spiritual endeavors of her own. Countries of Production: United Kingdom Countries of Filming: United Kingdom Genres: Faith / Religion, Health, Personal & Human Interest Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: September 2022 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 90’, 60’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £315,413 Total Budget (Euros): €363,909 Total Budget (USD): $437,698 Total in Place (GBP): £61,500 Total in Place (Euros): €70,983 Total in Place (USD): $85,370 Confirmed Project Financiers: BFI Doc Society: £53,000 Project Team Director(s): Kit Vincent Producer(s): Ed Owles Co-Producer: Dea Gjinovci Executive Producer(s): Rachel Wexler & Jez Lewis, Bungalow Town Contact: Ed Owles Email: ed@postcodefilms.com

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Second Generation

Miriam and Gloria are the stars of the junior women’s basketball team for Antaois, a club primarily made up of the children of migrants to Greece. Born in Athens to West African parents, Miriam and Gloria are now 15, entering their last two years of high school and striving to lead their team to the national championship. While navigating the experiences of adolescence amidst poverty, racism, and statelessness, they dream of being recruited by a professional basketball program, an opportunity that would profoundly change their lives. Countries of Production: Greece, Spain Countries of Filming: Greece Genres: Gender / Women’s Rights, Sports, Youth & Children Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: January 2024 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 52’ + 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £510,650 Total Budget (Euros): €583,181 Total Budget (USD): $701,386 Total in Place (GBP): £0 Total in Place (Euros): €0 Total in Place (USD): $0 Project Team Director(s): Elpida Nikou, Rodrigo Hernandez Producer(s): Elpida Nikou, Rodrigo Hernandez Co-Producer: Kellen Quinn Contact: Elpida Nikou Email: elp.nikou@gmail.com

Sheffield DocFest 2021

Sugar Island

The Batey Consuelito is a tiny ghetto where sugar workers live with their families. It stands isolated, surrounded by cane fields, miles away from the nearest town. Ana Ingrid is a Dominican girl of Haitian descent who lives there with her mother and father. She’s 14 years old, and she’s pregnant. Ana Ingrid is forced into adulthood as she has to deal with her pregnancy, requiring her to abandon school and look for a job. Amidst hostile conditions, the baby comes. Another sugar worker is born, and the cries of this new life mingle with the sound of the new planting. Countries of Production: Dominican Republic, Spain Countries of Filming: Dominican Republic Genres: Activism, Gender / Women’s Rights, Social Issue Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: September 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 90

Financing Total Budget (GBP): 436127,50 Total Budget (Euros): €500,000 Total Budget (USD): 606240,00 Total in Place (GBP): 113384,10 Total in Place (Euros): €130,000 Total in Place (USD): 93500,55 Confirmed Project Financiers: Ibermedia Development / Ibermedia Coproduction / Canary Islands Government Project Team Director(s): Johanné Gómez Terrero Producer(s): Fernando Santos Díaz Co-Producer: David Baute Contact: David Baute Company: Tinglado Film, S. L. Email: tingladofilm@gmail.com

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Sunday in Japan

Sunday, a Ugandan refugee living in Tokyo for 13 years, visits the immigration bureau every two months. Each time there is the possibility of being detained. Leo, an exchange student from the UK, finds himself studying in Tokyo and taking on voluntary work at a cafe meet-up for refugees. There he strikes up a conversation with Sunday and they end up renting an apartment together. Through their shared love for film and without any experience, they set about filming short scenes. These grow in scale and ambition, from real to surreal, embracing Sunday’s pain and dreams. Countries of Production: United Kingdom, Portugal Countries of Filming: Japan Genres: Community, Human Rights, Personal & Human Interest, Politics & Economics, Refugees, Social Issue Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: September 2022 Slots: Feature Length, Series & Formats, TV Broadcast Hour, Online or Other Platforms Final Length Details: 58’, 90’ Website: http://www.moonroadmedia.com

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £168,347 Total Budget (Euros): €195,282 Total Budget (USD): $234,002 Total in Place (GBP): £15,150 Total in Place (Euros): €17,574 Total in Place (USD): $21,059 Confirmed Project Financiers: N/A Project Team Director(s): Leo Nelki, Sunday Bamweyana Producer(s): Antonio Ribeiro, Golriz Kolahi Contact: Antonio Ribeiro Company: Moon Road Films Ltd Email: antonio@moonroadmedia.com

Sheffield DocFest 2021

The Female Gaze

The Female Gaze: A Revolution Named Desire is a creative documentary adapted from Iris Brey’s eponymous 2020 book. Drawing on movie clips, interviews with filmmakers, and newly shot footage, the film explores onscreen representations of the female experience in an autobiographical form. Countries of Production: France Countries of Filming: France, United States, United Kingdom Genres: Arts & Culture, Gender / Women’s Rights Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: August 2023 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 75’ Website: https://www.totem-films.com/documentaire/ the-female-gaze/

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £554,953 Total Budget (Euros): €633,700 Total Budget (USD): $760,440 Total in Place (GBP): £52,275 Total in Place (Euros): €59,700 Total in Place (USD): $71,640 Confirmed Project Financiers: International Sales MG: Totem Films Project Team Director(s): Iris Brey Producer(s): Bérénice Vincent DOP: Inès Tabarin Sales Agent(s): Agathe Valentin, Totem Films Contact: Elsa Payen Company: Atelier Totem Email: elsa@totem-films.com

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The Last Great Event

This is the untold and scarcely believable story of how a group of youngsters - 23 year old Ray Foulk and his younger brothers Ronnie and Bill, along with close friend Rikki Farr, all complete amateurs with zero experience - managed to lure the greatest names in music to come to their home, a sleepy little island off the coast of England. Together, they pulled off the biggest rock festival in history, but the commercial forces of music and the anti-capitalistic hippy movement combined to leave the young men bankrupt, filled with resentment and broken dreams. Countries of Production: Sweden, United Kingdom Countries of Filming: United Kingdom, United States, Sweden Genres: Adventure, Arts & Culture, Music, Personal & Human Interest Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: December 2022 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 58 & 90

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £815,295 Total Budget (Euros): €941,160 Total Budget (USD): $1,132,187 Total in Place (GBP): £17,400 Total in Place (Euros): €19,884 Total in Place (USD): $24,100 Confirmed Project Financiers: Swedish Film Institute (development stage 1) Project Team Director(s): Phillip Carter Producer(s): Dylan Williams Editor(s): Ben Stark Contact: Dylan Williams Company: Backflip Media AB Email: dylan@backflipmedia.se

Sheffield DocFest 2021

The Last Tour of Yemen

The Last Tour of Yemen is the story of Kais, a tour guide who juggles family life, daily bombardment from Saudi attacks on Yemen, and the pressures of finding work to feed his family. Through Kais we journey with the tourists on idyllic beaches, and with journalists venturing into famine areas where the majority of Yemen’s population teeter on the edge of starvation. Using visual interplay between beauty and suffering, the film will question what role Western governments, including the UK, have in this situation, showing how they are implicated by profiting from the sale of weapons in the world’s most undocumented war. Countries of Production: United Kingdom Countries of Filming: Yemen Genres: Travel & Adventure, War & Conflict, Wildlife Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: February 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 60’, 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £390,000 Total Budget (Euros): €450,000 Total Budget (USD): $544,000 Total in Place (GBP): £0 Total in Place (Euros): €0 Total in Place (USD): $0 Project Team Director(s): Sean Mcallister Producer(s): Sean Mcallister Co-Producer: Hans Roberts Eisenhauser Executive Producer(s): Hans Robert Eisenhauer is a producer, known for Of Fathers and Sons (2017), Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) and The Return to Homs (2013). Editor(s): Matt Scholes Contact: Sean McAllister Company: 10 ff films ltd Email: sean@seanmcallister.com

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The Plague

At first, there is doubt. Informational chaos triggers anxiety. Panic kicks in, or, contrarily, denial and repression. Regardless of time, the patterns of human reactions in the face of epidemics are similar. Today’s pandemic and the Polish smallpox epidemic of 1963 serve as the background for a universal story about anxiety, an emotion that, just like a virus, isn’t alarming at first, but spreads quickly and intensifies. In this film we observe a gradation of the protagonists’ emotional states, as well as how anxiety influences various aspects of their lives. Countries of Production: Poland Countries of Filming: Poland Genres: Experimental / Art, Health, Personal & Human Interest Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: May 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 75’ Website: http://theplague.pl

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £176,400 Total Budget (Euros): €200,800 Total Budget (USD): $243,200 Total in Place (GBP): £33,490 Total in Place (Euros): €38,135 Total in Place (USD): $46,180 Confirmed Project Financiers: Polish Film Institute - € 20 370 / Wrocław City Council - € 6 670 / National Film Archive - Audiovisual Institute (FINA) - € 11 105 Project Team Director(s): Monika Kotecka Producer(s): Paweł Kosuń Contact: Marta Szymanowska Company: Centrala Film Email: szymanowska@centralafilm.pl

Sheffield DocFest 2021

The Untitled Scholars Project

Details to be announced. For more information, please contact the producers. Countries of Production: United Kingdom Countries of Filming: United Kingdom, United States, Kenya Genres: Education, Globalisation, Technology Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: January 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £750,000 Total Budget (Euros): €856,147 Total Budget (USD): $1,038,748 Total in Place (GBP): £240,364 Total in Place (Euros): €276,272 Total in Place (USD): $333,539 Confirmed Project Financiers: Field of Vision / Firelight Media / BFI / Doc Society / Wellcome Trust / Enriching Engagement Award Oxford University / Assembly Lab Open City Film Festival Project Team Director(s): Eloise King Producer(s): Eloise King, Riel Roch-Decter Executive Producer(s): Patricia Kingori Sales Agent(s): Amanda Lebow, CAA Contact: Eloise King Company: White Teeth Films Email: EloiseKing@Whiteteethfilms.com

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The Time of Pomegranates

When Beta’s brother killed another boy in their village in Albania, he triggered a blood vendetta against her family. Whilst the brother was sent to prison, the threat of revenge remained due to widespread belief in the ‘Kanun’, an alternative justice system which maintains murder must be avenged to restore honour. Beta’s father fled to London, fearing for his life. This film is told from Beta’s point of view as she grows up confined to the family home in Albania, and from her father’s perspective as he struggles to gain the family asylum in the UK. Countries of Production: United Kingdom Countries of Filming: Albania, United Kingdom Genres: Anthropology / Ethnography, Gender / Women’s Rights, Point of View Project Status: Rough Cut Estimated Completion Date: October 2021 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour, Online or Other Platforms Final Length Details: 70’-80’ + 50’ Website: http://www.keypictures.org

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £160,000 Total Budget (Euros): €182,000 Total Budget (USD): $220,000 Total in Place (GBP): £80,500 Total in Place (Euros): €91,775 Total in Place (USD): $111,100 Confirmed Project Financiers: Al Jazeera broadcast a 24’ version which includes footage from this film. This provided 1/4 of the total budget. ‘The Time of the Pomegranates’ is vastly different to the Al Jazeera exposé (which was journalistic in nature) and includes 70% new footage. The other 1/4 of budget comes from investors. All rights are available. Project Team Director(s): Simon Hipkins Producer(s): Simon Hipkins Executive Producer(s): Charly Feldman Editor(s): Mariko Montpetit DOP: Simon Hipkins Contact: Simon Hipkins Company: Key Pictures Email: simon@keypictures.org

Sheffield DocFest 2021

The Tuba Thieves

The Tuba Thieves fictionalises real events and lived experiences through a hard of hearing sensory system. A Deaf woman is given a drum kit by her Deaf father, while marching band students reconcile with tuba thefts from Los Angeles high schools. These scenes are intercut with reenactments of historical concerts. Countries of Production: United States Countries of Filming: United States Genres: Music, Point of View, Other Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: December 2021 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £571,533 Total Budget (Euros): €660,024 Total Budget (USD): $790,000 Total in Place (GBP): £399,069 Total in Place (Euros): €462,005 Total in Place (USD): $556,000 Confirmed Project Financiers: $100,000 Ford Foundation / $40,000 Chicken and Egg / $30,000 Creative Capital / $20,000 SFFILM / $355,000 Contracting Project Team Director(s): Alison O’Daniel Producer(s): Rachel Nederveld Co-Producer: Eliza Moley Contact: Rachel Nederveld Email: rcnederveld@gmail.com

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The White Doctor

Ten years after Renee Bach, a then 19 year old American, established her non-profit Serving His Children’, a case is being made against her by the parents of children who died in her care. They allege Bach posed as a doctor despite having no qualifications and treated children with fatal consequences. The upcoming trial is already being cited as a textbook example of the ‘White Saviour’ complex in Africa, and an indictment of an industry that some say does more damage than good. Bach refutes all the allegations. Countries of Production: Ireland, Kenya Countries of Filming: Uganda Genres: Activism, Gender / Women’s Rights, Geopolitics, Religion, Social Issue Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: September 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £466,027 Total Budget (Euros): €532,275 Total Budget (USD): $645,140 Total in Place (GBP): £0 Total in Place (Euros): €0 Total in Place (USD): $0 Confirmed Project Financiers: Screen Ireland Development Financing Project Team Director(s): Zippy Kimundu Producer(s): Ciaran Cassidy Contact: Ciaran Cassidy Company: Little Wing Films Email: ciaran@littlewingfilms.com

Sheffield DocFest 2021

Tish

Tish Murtha’s photography of people on the margins of society in Thatcher’s Britain challenged inequality. However, despite early acclaim for her work, Tish was unable to make a living from photography and lived in poverty until her death. Tish follows her daughter Ella, who revisits key images and moments in her mother’s life in order to elevate and preserve a legacy that may otherwise have been lost. In digging into the past, Ella comes to terms with her own grief at her mother’s passing and reconnects with her family. Countries of Production: United Kingdom Countries of Filming: United Kingdom Genres: Arts & Culture, Biography, Gender / Women’s Rights Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: June 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £350,000 Total Budget (Euros): €400,000 Total Budget (USD): $485,000 Total in Place (GBP): £40,000 Total in Place (Euros): €45,000 Total in Place (USD): $55,000 Confirmed Project Financiers: Kickstarter Project Team Director(s): Paul Sng Producer(s): Jen Corcoran Co-Producer: Hopscotch Films - John Archer Contact: Jen Corcoran Company: Freya Films Email: jen@freyafilms.co.uk

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Untitled Digital Privacy Project

Details to be announced. For more information, please contact the producers. Countries of Production: United Kingdom Countries of Filming: United Kingdom, Netherlands, United States, Brazil, Qatar Genres: Activism, Crime, Current Affairs, Experimental / Art, Human Rights, Investigative, Social Issue, Technology, Thriller Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: October 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £621,673 Total Budget (Euros): €694,899 Total Budget (USD): $844,555 Total in Place (GBP): £37,000 Total in Place (Euros): €41,298 Total in Place (USD): $50,189 Confirmed Project Financiers: Doc Society/ BFI / Tribeca Gucci Grant / Catapult Film Fund Project Team Director(s): Kate Stonehill Producer(s): Steven Lake Co-Producer: Sorcha Bacon DOP: Molly Manning Walker Contact: Steven Lake Company: Rubix Films Email: stevenwlake@gmail.com

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Untitled Hydebank Film

Ryan spends his last season as an inmate caring for a flock of sheep inside a Northern Irish prison’s walls. Upon release, he is thrust back into a precarious political environment as he ventures to raise his own flock, putting faith in the only occupation he has known to bring him solace. Countries of Production: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, United States Countries of Filming: Northern Ireland Genres: Community, Crime, Social Issue Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: January 2023 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour, Online or Other Platforms Final Length Details: 90’, 50’ Website: https://www.rossmcclean.com/feature-development

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £273,690 Total Budget (Euros): €304,100 Total Budget (USD): $343,633 Total in Place (GBP): £54,060 Total in Place (Euros): €61,738 Total in Place (USD): $74,830 Confirmed Project Financiers: BFI DocSociety Features Fund - secured - £45,000 Northern Ireland Screen (development) - secured - £7,500 Open City Development Lab - secured - £2,000 Project Team Director(s): Ross McClean Producer(s): Bronte Stahl Contact: Bronte Stahl Email: brontestahl@gmail.com

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Untitled Marjolaine Grappe Film

Details to be announced. For more information, please contact the producers. Countries of Production: France, United States Countries of Filming: United States Genres: Social Issue, Technology, War & Conflict Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: September 2022 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 52’, 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £931,256 Total Budget (Euros): €1,076,243 Total Budget (USD): $1,286,450 Total in Place (GBP): £134,416 Total in Place (Euros): €154,844 Total in Place (USD): $185,570 Confirmed Project Financiers: Memento - 106.844 EUR Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC) - 28.000 EUR PROCIREP - 4.000 EUR Brouillon d’un Rêve - 4.000 EUR SFFILM (In-Kind Support) - 14.310 USD Project Team Director(s): Marjolaine Grappe Producer(s): Dana Nachman, Thierry Marro, Chelsea Matter DOP: Emilie Noblet Sales Agent(s): Dan Braun, Submarine Entertainment Contact: Marjolaine Grappe Email: marjolaine.grappe@gmail.com

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Untitled: Miss Africa South

Weaving through the history of South African non-segregated pageantry comes the iconic story of Miss Africa South. South African women of colour, representing a country that does not exist, compete against their “whites only” Miss South Africa counterparts at the Miss World Pageants in the early 1970s. Embroiled within the tale of South Africa’s segregated past comes the untold story of the forgotten Black beauty queens who fought for not only a crown but for their national identity too. Through the lens of sequins and lace, a nation at war with itself is seen. Countries of Production: South Africa Countries of Filming: United Kingdom, South Africa Genres: History, Social Issue, Other Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: January 2023 Slots: Feature Length, Series & Formats, TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 80’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £218,655 Total Budget (Euros): €250,437 Total Budget (USD): $303,611 Total in Place (GBP): £5,115 Total in Place (Euros): €5,859 Total in Place (USD): $7,111 Confirmed Project Financiers: Sun International Hotel Group (Research & Development) Project Team Director(s): Aliki Saragas-Georgiou, Jacqui-Lee Katz Producer(s): Bridget Pickering, Aliki Saragas-Georgiou, Jacqui-Lee Katz Co-Producer: Darren Kerr Contact: Aliki Saragas-Georgiou Company: Elafos Productions Email: aliki@elafos.co.za

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Vestibule

Vestibule combines documentary, essay, and dance film forms to chronicle the director’s decade-long journey to diagnose and treat a vulvar disorder. Facing painful intercourse, an unclear diagnosis, and unhelpful treatments, she fights for sexual health, agency, and pleasure in a society and healthcare system centered on cis male bodies. In the disorienting space between social conditioning and her own lived experience, she discovers herself - and that the only way to have agency is to advocate for her own needs. Countries of Production: United States Countries of Filming: United States Genres: Gender / Women’s Rights, Health, Sex / Sexuality Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: September 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 90’ Website: https://rileymakesdocs.com/

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £484,565 Total Budget (Euros): €554,983 Total Budget (USD): $673,049 Total in Place (GBP): £0 Total in Place (Euros): €0 Total in Place (USD): $0 Project Team Director(s): Riley Hooper Producer(s): Caitlin Mae Burke Contact: Riley Hooper Email: rileyrhooper@gmail.com

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Volver a Volver (Return Again)

The Sykora family are four Venezuelans, who, alongside six million others, have escaped the collapse of their country over the past years. They land in the Czech Republic, the place where Grandpa Jan was born, and a nation whose cultural dynamics couldn’t be further from Venezuelan idiosyncrasies. In a matter of months, the Sykora’s savings have almost vanished; they cannot find jobs and suffer culture shock on a daily basis. Roles invert as siblings have to take over the duties of the parents and the dream of having a normal life seems, again, to be unreachable. For how long can they endure? Countries of Production: Czech Republic, Venezuela Countries of Filming: Czech Republic, Spain, Venezuela Genres: Human Rights, Refugees, Social Issue Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: June 2024 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £251,916 Total Budget (Euros): €287,978 Total Budget (USD): $354,249 Total in Place (GBP): £14,715 Total in Place (Euros): €17,000Total in Place (USD): $20,400 Confirmed Project Financiers: Czech Film Fund (Development Fund) Project Team Director(s): Valerio Mendoza, Jorge Sánchez Calderón Producer(s): Katerina Cerna DOP: Matej Pinos Contact: Katerina Cerna Company: Negativ Email: katerina@negativ.cz

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We are Here to Stay

Poised in the space of a fishing harbour, embraced by sea and sky, Sharada buys and sells fish. The film follows her spirited fight to survive the challenges of caste dynamics, enmeshed in life at the harbour. She faces stiff competition from a powerful fishing community that has unfairly benefited from their unstinting support to the Hindu-right. Staying with Sharada through fishing seasons, we witness her efforts to keep business and family afloat; she remains resolute in her quiet opposition to the steady infiltration of fundamentalist forces in the harbour. Countries of Production: India Countries of Filming: India Genres: Gender / Women’s Rights Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: May 2023 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £123,500 Total Budget (Euros): €110,000 Total Budget (USD): $150,000 Total in Place (GBP): £3,700 Total in Place (Euros): €4,125 Total in Place (USD): $5,000 Project Team Director(s): Sunanda Bhat Producer(s): Anirban Dutta Editor(s): Bina Paul DOP: Vikas Urs Contact: Sunanda Bhat Company: Songline Films Email: songlinefilms@gmail.com

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We are Volcanoes

Details to be announced. For more information, please contact the producers. Countries of Production: Hong Kong SAR China Countries of Filming: Genres: Experimental / Art, Gender / Women’s Rights, Technology Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: May 2022 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 85’, 60’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £300,663 Total Budget (Euros): €343,367 Total Budget (USD): $416,178 Total in Place (GBP): £14,448 Total in Place (Euros): €16,500 Total in Place (USD): $20,000 Confirmed Project Financiers: Private Investment Project Team Director(s): Sharon Yeung, Natalie A. Chao Producer(s): Peter Yam, Sharon Yeung DOP: Natalie A. Chao Contact: June Wong Email: p22r@protonmail.com

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Werner Herzog - Radical Dreamer

Werner Herzog is an icon. Many images from his films are now part of the collective memory. The circumstances surrounding his productions are the stuff of legend. In Hollywood in particular, he himself has acquired cult status. Using exclusive glimpses into Herzog’s work process, previously unknown archive material and numerous interviews with fellow artists, we undertake a trip that helps us understand his personal concept of “ecstatic truth”, overlaying fact and fiction in search of a deeper essence and that takes us to those places in the world and in ourselves where ecstasy can be found. Countries of Production: Germany, United Kingdom Countries of Filming: Genres: Arts & Culture, Biography, History Project Status: In Development Estimated Completion Date: June 2022 Slots: Feature Length, TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 52’, 60’, 90’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £639,914 Total Budget (Euros): €730,000 Total Budget (USD): $878,459 Total in Place (GBP): £70,127 Total in Place (Euros): €80,000 Total in Place (USD): $96,269 Confirmed Project Financiers: ZDF/ARTE Project Team Director(s): Thomas von Steinaecker Producer(s): Bernhard von Hülsen Co-Producer: André Singer Editor(s): Volker Schaner DOP: Henning Brümmer Broadcaster(s): Dieter Schneider, ARTE Contact: Bernhard von Hülsen Email: b.huelsen@3b-produktion.de

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Whores Like Us

After the eruption of COVID-19 in an impoverished Buenos Aires, a group of unionised sex workers try to secure their livelihood. The strange normality, increasingly policed and paranoiac, projects onto them new images of abjection and contagion. Can this collective body preserve life, or at least a life that’s worth living? Their profession depends on what is the cause of so much panic: contact between bodies. Countries of Production: Argentina Countries of Filming: Argentina Genres: Activism, Community, Experimental / Art, Gender / Women’s Rights, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+, Love, Point of View, Politics & Economics, Sex / Sexuality, Social Issue, Other Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: January 2023 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 75’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £166,037 Total Budget (Euros): €190,000 Total Budget (USD): $230,264 Total in Place (GBP): £16,604 Total in Place (Euros): €19,000 Total in Place (USD): $23,026 Confirmed Project Financiers: Polo Audiovisual de Córdoba / Mecenazgo Cultural / Fondo Nacional de las Artes Project Team Director(s): Agustina Comedi Producer(s): Guido Deniro, Anahí Farfán Editor(s): Valeria Racioppi Sales Agent(s): Maria Vera, Kino Rebelde Contact: Guido Deniro Company: Arde Cine Email: ardecine.argentina@gmail.com

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Women Against The Bomb

In 1981, 37 women from Cardiff set out on a 10-daylong protest march in a stand against the British government’s nuclear program. They reach the Greenham military base, where cruise missiles are set to be housed. Realizing the march isn’t enough to draw attention to their cause, they decide to camp out. Hundreds of women join them. Up to 30,000 people are drawn to their non-violent protest and they end up inspiring thousands of women across the globe. Today, the Greenham Common peace camp still holds an important place within anti-militarism movements, due to both its longevity and its role in helping to launch the budding ecofeminist movement. Countries of Production: France Countries of Filming: United Kingdom Genres: Activism, Gender / Women’s Rights, History Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: November 2021 Slots: TV Broadcast Hour Final Length Details: 52’ + 70’

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £284,348 Total Budget (Euros): €323,702 Total Budget (USD): $391,941 Total in Place (GBP): £134,755 Total in Place (Euros): €155,200 Total in Place (USD): $185,832 Confirmed Project Financiers: Arte France - 150 000 € / RTS - Switzerland - 5 200 € Project Team Director(s): Sonia Gonzalez Producer(s): Anne Labro DOP: Amy Newstead Contact: Anne Labro Company: Tangerine Productions Email: anne.labro@tangerine-productions.com

Sheffield DocFest 2021

Yoyogi

Yoyogi combines two strange and seemingly overlapping peculiarities. On the one hand is the distant, almost scientific in its dryness, observation of ordinary scenes from people’s lives in the park. On the other hand comes the feeling of some kind of magic, and of the impossibility of what is happening. Countries of Production: Estonia,Japan Countries of Filming: Japan Genres: Anthropology / Ethnography, Experimental / Art, Nature & Wildlife Project Status: In Production Estimated Completion Date: February 2022 Slots: Feature Length Final Length Details: 72’ Website: http://allfilm.ee/work/yoyogi-haiku/

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £148,011 Total Budget (Euros): €172,051 Total Budget (USD): $207,106 Total in Place (GBP): £112,568 Total in Place (Euros): €130,851 Total in Place (USD): $157,512 Confirmed Project Financiers: Estonian Film Institute - 80 000 EUR / Estonian Cultural Endowment - 5 000 EUR / Own investment - 10851 EUR / Japanese co-producer - 35 000 EUR Estonian Cultural Endowment - 20 000 EUR (in progress) Estonian Public Broadcasting - 1200 EUR (in progress) International funds - 20000 Project Team Director(s): Max Golomidov Producer(s): Volia Chajkouskaya, Ivo Felt Contact: Volia Chajkouskaya Email: volia@allfilm.ee

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The Arts Talent Market

The Arts Talent Market spotlights creatives from across the wide spectrum of nonfiction art, providing a space to discuss new projects and forge important artist-to-industry connections. Our Arts Programme and Market have evolved to encompass the more technologically innovative new-media works that were central to the former ‘Alternate Realities’

strand, while adding a wider scope of visual arts and expanded cinema. The unifying factor among the projects is their artist-led, experimental approach. Creative teams will be matched with galleries, museums and cinemas, as well as with partners offering grants, co-productions, distribution, academic collaborations and artist residencies.

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Adonia Bouchehri

Project in Market: 15 Iranian Years The filmmaker revisits her mother’s childhood memories of pre-revolutionary Iran. Core Team Director: Adonia Bouchehri

Additional Team Members Nilufar Habibian (Sound & Music)

Medium: Audio / Sound Art, Installation, Mixed Reality, Performance Art, Video Art / Expanded Cinema / Moving Image Production Countries: United Kingdom Project Status: Development Estimated Completion Date: November, 2021 Genres: Arts & Culture, Biography, Experimental / Art, Geopolitics, History, Refugees, Technology Website: adoniabouchehri.com Financing Total Budget (GBP): £20,000 Total Budget (Euros): €23,000 Total Budget (USD): $27,000 Total in Place (GBP): £2,500 Total in Place (Euros): €2,900 Total in Place (USD): $3,500 Confirmed Project Financiers: FLAMIN Fellowship Development Fund Contact: Adonia Bouchehri Email: adoniarhea@gmail.com

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Anita Safowaa

Project in Market: A Journey To Stillness After travelling 3000 miles to the land of milk and honey, what happens when it doesn’t meet your expectations? A Journey To Stillness is a ca. 20-minute multi-screen installation that dissects the migration experience by drawing on the memories of Ghanaian migrants who moved to London during the 1980s and 90s. Core Team Director: Anita Safowaa

Additional Team Members Stephanie Amponsah (Production Manager / 1st AD) Ernest Londe (Sound Artist)

Medium: Installation, Video Art / Expanded Cinema / Moving Image Production Countries: United Kingdom Project Status: Development Estimated Completion Date: December, 2021 Genres: Anthropology / Ethnography, Community, Experimental / Art, History, Personal & Human Interest, Point of View, Politics & Economics, Social Issue Website: anitasafowaa.co.uk Financing Total Budget (GBP): £25,000 Total Budget (Euros): €30,000 Total Budget (USD): $35,000 Total in Place (GBP): £3,300 Total in Place (Euros): €3,879 Total in Place (USD): $4,636 Confirmed Project Financiers: FLAMIN Fellowship Development Fund HOME x C4SC Black Women Artists Grant Contact: Anita Safowaa Email: anita.safowaa@outlook.com

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Nikki Watson

Project in Market: As The Floor Shifts A digital dance experience that tells the hidden stories of people affected by neurological conditions. Core Team Director: Nikki Watson

Additional Team Members Jodie Honeybourne (Dance Artist) Claire Lambert (Dance Artist) Maiya Leake (Neurodisabled Dancer) Bertie Sampson (Multimedia Artist) Jeph Vanger (Sound Artist) Ben Carlin, Megaverse (Creative Tech) Tom Millen, XO Labs (Creative Mentor)

Medium: 360-Video, Audio / Sound Art, Immersive Reality, Installation, Performance Art Production Countries: United Kingdom Project Status: Development Estimated Completion Date: May, 2022 Genres: Arts & Culture, Community, Dance, Health, Technology Website: codadance.com/as-the-floor-shifts Financing Total Budget (GBP): £26,000 Total Budget (Euros): €29,975 Total Budget (USD): $36,285 Total in Place (GBP): £17,000 Total in Place (Euros): €19,599 Total in Place (USD): $23,725 Confirmed Project Financiers: Arts Council England R&D Project Grant Wandsworth Arts Fringe Development Grant Contact: Nikki Watson Company: CoDa Dance Company Email: nikki@codadance.com

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Ondřej Moravec, Hana Blaha Šilarová

Project in Market: Darkening How is the world perceived by someone with depression? Through the story of Ondřej we enter the world of Darkening. The animated film uses VR to show the dark images of the mind and the calming techniques.

Medium: Virtual Reality Production Countries: Czech Republic Project Status: Development Estimated Completion Date: September, 2022 Genres: Health, Personal & Human Interest

Core Team Director: Ondřej Moravec Producer: Hana Blaha Šilarová

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £367,000 Total Budget (Euros): €414,000 Total Budget (USD): $502,000 Total in Place (GBP): £286,552 Total in Place (Euros): €334,000 Total in Place (USD): $403,155 Confirmed Project Financiers: Czech Film Fund (development & production) Brainz VR (in kind) Producer’s own investment

Additional Team Members Bára Anna Stejskalová (Art Director) Brainz VR (Animation Studio)

Contact: Hana Blaha Šilarová Company: Frame Films Email: hana@framefilms.cz

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Holly Márie Parnell

Project in Market: Idir Eatha (Working Title) A meditation on care, interdependence and (dis)empowerment, the film follows the deeply woven relationship of a mother and son - and his disability - as they journey to return home to Ireland 10 years after being forced to leave, and their subsequent participation in a growing political movement. Core Team Director: Holly Márie Parnell

Additional Team Members Maggie Ellis (Executive producer) Jenna Whelan (Composer)

Medium: Audio / Sound Art, Video Art / Expanded Cinema / Moving Image Production Countries: United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland Project Status: Development Estimated Completion Date: January, 2024 Genres: Activism, Biography, Community, Economics, Education, Experimental / Art, Health, Human Rights, Personal & Human Interest, Point of View, Politics & Economics Website: hollymarieparnell.com Financing Total Budget (GBP): £55,800 Total Budget (Euros): €65,000 Total Budget (USD): $77,500 Total in Place (GBP): £16,665 Total in Place (Euros): €19,410 Total in Place (USD): $23,200 Confirmed Project Financiers: FLAMIN Fellowship Development Fund – 2,500 GBP Arts Council Canada Research and Creation Grant – 24,550 CAD Contact: Holly Márie Parnell Email: hollymarieparnell@gmail.com

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Joseph Wilson, Emma Kroeger

Project in Market: Isn’t It A Beautiful World Isn’t It A Beautiful World depicts the traumatising stories of queer performers Soroya (Black, Female), Harry (White, Non Binary) & Kenya (Black, Trans Male) who, through lip-syncing, explore themes of loneliness, anxiety, trauma and recovery, all common issues within the LGBT+ community. Core Team Director: Joseph Wilson Producer: Emma Kroeger

Additional Team Members Francis Lane (DOP) Harry Whitfiled [Charity Kase] + Soroya Michelle + Kenya (Cast)

Medium: Audio / Sound Art, Performance Art, Video Art / Expanded Cinema / Moving Image Production Countries: United Kingdom Project Status: Production Estimated Completion Date: August, 2021 Genres: Activism, Arts & Culture, Dance, Experimental / Art, Gender / Women’s Rights, LGBTQIA+, Lifestyle, Point of View, Sex / Sexuality, Youth & Children Website: josephwilsonfilms.co.uk Financing Total Budget (GBP): £12,943 Total Budget (Euros): €15,077 Total Budget (USD): $18,022 Total in Place (GBP): £2,500 Total in Place (Euros): €2,912 Total in Place (USD): $3,481 Confirmed Project Financiers: FLAMIN Fellowship Development Fund – 2,500 GB Contact: Joseph Wilson Company: Joseph Wilson Films Email: josephwilsonfilms@gmail.com

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Dane Christensen, Carol Dalrymple, Barna Szász Project in Market: Kvöldvaka A magical take-it-to-nature AR documentary inspired by Icelandic folklore redefining our relationship with the environment in an era of climate change. Core Team Directors: Dane Christensen, Carol Dalrymple Producer: Barna Szász

Additional Team Members Ragnhildur Jónsdóttir (Icelandic Seer, Artist, and Elf Friend) Terry Gunnel (Academic Consultant) Sarah Ellis (XR Consultant) [Royal Shakespeare Company] Mark Atkin (XR Consultant) [CPH:LAB]

Medium: Augmented Reality, Interactive Documentary, Installation, Mixed Reality, Room-Scale Experience Production Countries: United States, Denmark, Iceland, Hungary Project Status: Prototype Estimated Completion Date: January, 2022 Genres: Adventure, Anthropology / Ethnography, Arts & Culture, Education, Environment, Experimental / Art, Game, History, Nature & Wildlife, Social Issue, Youth & Children Website: www.dankser.digital Financing Total Budget (GBP): £110,789 Total Budget (Euros): €127,815 Total Budget (USD): $154,303 Total in Place (GBP): £14,503 Total in Place (Euros): €16,732 Total in Place (USD): $20,200 Confirmed Project Financiers: Snapchat AR Creators Residency CPH:LAB, CPH:DOX Dansker Digital Edge of Discovery Contact: Dane Christensen Email: dane@dansker.digital

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Alexander Luna, Hervé Verloes, Lutz Westermann, Neysha Pilar Castritius Project in Market: Life and Death at Palcacocha Lake Eduardo, an indigenous supervisor of the security project at Lake Palcacocha in the heart of the Cordillera Blanca in the Peruvian Andes, communicates in his dreams with the spirits of the glaciers and mountain lakes surrounding him, they tell him what to do to protect the population in the lower-lying regions from their unpredictable and sometimes deadly power. Core Team Director: Alexander Luna Producer: Hervé Verloes AR/VR Consultant: Lutz Westermann Art Director / 3D Animator: Neysha Castritius

Additional Team Members Ashish Pratap (Lead Game Designer) Juan Ortiz (Sound Designer) Medium: Audio / Sound Art, Augmented Reality, Game, Interactive Documentary, Virtual Reality 76

Production Countries: Belgium, Germany, Peru Project Status: Production Estimated Completion Date: February, 2022 Genres: Activism, Community, Current Affairs, Environment, Global Warming & Climate Justice, Nature & Wildlife, Personal & Human Interest, Social Issue Website: alexanderluna.exposure.co Financing Total Budget (GBP): £125,000 Total Budget (Euros): €145,000 Total Budget (USD): $175,000 Total in Place (GBP): £21,600 Total in Place (Euros): €25,000 Total in Place (USD): $30,000 Confirmed Project Financiers: Concept Development: - European Center for Creative Economy / “Art Scholarship” - Film und Medien Stiftung NRW / Interactive Content / March 2020 / 20,000 Euros Promotional Partnerships : - Places _ VR Festival / Germany - MiradasDoc Market 2021 Festival - ANIDOCS-SUR 2021 Contact: Alexander Luna Email: alexander.luna.p@outlook.com

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Benjamin Ramírez Pérez, Stefan Ramírez Pérez, Vincent Ceraudo Project in Market: Life Is About Losing Everything Part feminist artist portrait, part fantastical memoir, the hybrid doc Life Is About Losing Everything explores Canadian poet Lynn Crosbie’s life and work: Loss and love are examined through the lens of pop-culture and art. Core Team Directors: Benjamin Ramírez Pérez, Stefan Ramírez Pérez

Additional Team Members Vincent Ceraudo (Co-Director, Sun Surface) Miriam Gossing + Lina Sieckmann (Producer) [Schalten und Walten]

Medium: Video Art / Expanded Cinema / Moving Image Production Countries: Germany Project Status: Development Estimated Completion Date: October, 2023 Genres: Arts & Culture, Biography, Experimental / Art, Gender / Women’s Rights, LGBTQIA+, Love, Personal & Human Interest, Sex / Sexuality Website: stefanramirezperez.com Financing Total Budget (GBP): £215,000 Total Budget (Euros): €250,000 Total Budget (USD): $300,000 Total in Place (GBP): £0 Total in Place (Euros): €0 Total in Place (USD): $0 Confirmed Project Financiers: – Contact: Benjamin Ramírez Pérez Company: Benjamin & Stefan Ramírez Pérez GbR Email: b.ramirez.perez@gmail.com

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Layla Madanat, Eleanor Nawal, Sarah Hamed, Sofie K Project in Market: mosaic/‫ءاسفيسف‬ Fragments of lives of South-West Asian and North African youth from across the global diaspora come together in a multi-sensory installation to tell a new story of art’s least represented region. Core Team Directors: Layla Madanat, Eleanor Nawal Producer: Sarah Hamed Sound Design: Sofie K

Additional Team Members Leila Nashef (Production Manager) Jeremy Rieder (Editor)

Medium: Audio / Sound Art, Installation, Linear film, Performance Art Production Countries: United Kingdom Project Status: Development Estimated Completion Date: June, 2022 Genres: Anthropology / Ethnography, Community, Experimental / Art, Geopolitics, Globalisation, Personal & Human Interest, Youth & Children Financing Total Budget (GBP): £19,760 Total Budget (Euros): €22,893 Total Budget (USD): $27,563 Total in Place (GBP): £0 Total in Place (Euros): €0 Total in Place (USD): $0 Confirmed Project Financiers: – Contact: Layla Madanat Email: laylamadanat1@gmail.com

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Jenny Brady

Project in Market: Music for Solo Performer Part-homage, part-sequel, Music for Solo Performer sets up a generative process between Alvin Lucier’s 1969 composition for amplified brainwaves, speech synthesis and the passing of the filmmaker’s mother. Core Team Director: Jenny Brady

Additional Team Members Andrew Fogarty (Sound Design) Aidan Maguire (Cameras) Elaine Liliane Joseph (Audio Description) Louise Hickman (Captioning) Prof John Eulenberg (Advisor)

Medium: Installation, Video Art / Expanded Cinema / Moving Image Production Countries: Ireland Project Status: Development Estimated Completion Date: November, 2021 Genres: Community, Experimental / Art, Health, Music, Science, Technology Financing Total Budget (GBP): £14,600 Total Budget (Euros): €17,000 Total Budget (USD): $20,000 Total in Place (GBP): £14,600 Total in Place (Euros): €17,000 Total in Place (USD): $20,000 Confirmed Project Financiers: The project is supported by an Arts Council Ireland film project award. Contact: Jenny Brady Email: jennybrady1@gmail.com

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Lena Thiele, Michael Grotenhoff, Magnus Froböse Project in Market: MYRIAD. Where we connect. Immerse yourself in the science of life. Join the journey that spans the globe and find your place in it. MYRIAD. Where we connect makes use of scientific research, cinematic documentary footage, artistic style, 3D animation and cutting-edge VR technology to bring these journeys of animal migration – and the global, interconnected ecosystems they depend on to live in several immersive, digital formats (VR, 360° 3D Documentary immersive installation, fulldome, audio experience, TV-Doc). Core Team Directors: Lena Thiele, Magnus Froböse Producer: Michael Grotenhoff

Additional Team Members Saskia Kress (Producer) Sebastian Baurmann (Art Direction) Dirk Hoffmann (Visuals)

mersive Reality, Interactive Documentary, Installation, Room-Scale Experience, Virtual Reality Production Countries: Germany, Canada, Zambia, China, South Africa Project Status: Production Estimated Completion Date: September, 2021 Genres: Arts & Culture, Environment, Globalisation, Nature & Wildlife, Science, Technology, Wildlife Website: www.myriad.earth Financing Total Budget (GBP): £1,723,238 Total Budget (Euros): €1,980,000 Total Budget (USD): $2,396,297 Total in Place (GBP): £993,606 Total in Place (Euros): €1,141,653 Total in Place (USD): $1,381,687 Confirmed Project Financiers: Filmtank GmbH Interactive Media Foundation gGmbH Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg GmbH Canada Media Fund Bell Fund

Medium: 360-Video, Audio / Sound Art, Game, Im-

Contact: Stephanie Wieck Company: Interactive Media Foundation gGmbH Email: Info@myriad.earth

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Paul Long, Ricard Gras

Project in Market: Paint to Pixel VR An immersive documentary about the world of street art, created using archive materials and interviews sourced directly from key figures in the international street arts sector. Core Team Director: Paul Long Producer: Ricard Gras

Additional Team Members Andrew Leeke (Lead Creative) Anthony Clarke (Lead Developer) Philippa Day (Lead Technical Artist) Charlotte Angharad + Siana-Mae Heppell-Secker (Contributors)

Medium: 360-Video, Augmented Reality, Immersive Reality, Interactive Documentary, Virtual Reality Production Countries: United Kingdom Project Status: Development Estimated Completion Date: October, 2021 Genres: Activism, Architecture & Design, Arts & Culture, Community, Experimental / Art, History, Social Issue Website: www.mbd.limited Financing Total Budget (GBP): £150,000 Total Budget (Euros): €173,393 Total Budget (USD): $208,918 Total in Place (GBP): £60,000 Total in Place (Euros): €69,383 Total in Place (USD): $85,670 Confirmed Project Financiers: We secured 60k GBP from Arts Council England, which allowed us to acquire assets & develop concept art. As a result MBD is familiar with the subject and content and ready to enter production. We would be looking to raise a min. amount but that would depend on final features required. Contact: Ricard Gras Company: Metro Boulot Dodo Email: r.gras@mbd.limited

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Shirley Bruno

Project in Market: Saltwater Heart A three-channel video-installation (& single-channel film) composed of watercolor animation, archival footage & live-action. A visual metamorphosis over a collection of voices recounting their personal stories of the sea, lakes, rivers, swimming pools. Core Team Director/Producer/Writer: Shirley Bruno

Medium: Installation, Video Art / Expanded Cinema / Moving Image Production Countries: United States, France, Haiti Project Status: Development Estimated Completion Date: February, 2022 Genres: Anthropology / Ethnography, Community, Experimental / Art, Gender / Women’s Rights, Personal & Human Interest, Sex / Sexuality Website: www.shirleybruno.com

Additional Team Members Simone Spani (Co-Producer) [Cocoon Productions] Caroline Boileau + Tessa Mars + Alexandru Badelita (Animation Artists)

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £129,645 Total Budget (Euros): €150,000 Total Budget (USD): $181,290 Total in Place (GBP): £2,145 Total in Place (Euros): €2,480 Total in Place (USD): $3,000 Confirmed Project Financiers: Early funding from Abrons Arts Center in NYC as part of an artistic residency to develop the project. Contact: Shirley Bruno Email: shirleybruno@gmail.com

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Julia Parks, Jameela Khan

Project in Market: Seaweed An Odyssey exploring the folklore, ecology, and history of seaweed, voiced by the forgotten trawlers, pickers and labourers behind the miracle resource. Core Team Director: Julia Parks Producer: Jameela Khan

Additional Team Members Heather Andrews (Sound Design) Adam Pickford (Editor)

Medium: Audio / Sound Art, Video Art / Expanded Cinema / Moving Image Production Countries: United Kingdom Project Status: Development Estimated Completion Date: December, 2021 Genres: Activism, Anthropology / Ethnography, Arts & Culture, Environment, Experimental / Art, Nature & Wildlife, Point of View, Social Issue Website: www.juliaparks.co.uk Financing Total Budget (GBP): £30,000 Total Budget (Euros): €35,071 Total Budget (USD): $41,880 Total in Place (GBP): £17,500 Total in Place (Euros): €20,458 Total in Place (USD): $24,430 Confirmed Project Financiers: Arts Council England - £15,000 FLAMIN Fellowship Development Fund - £2500.00 Cumbria Community Foundation - £500.00 Contact: Julia Parks Email: juliaemilyparks@gmail.com

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Shehani Fernando

Project in Market: Songbird Sessions Songbird Sessions is an AR experience that connects audiences with the natural world through a combination of immersive natural sound and music. Focussing on the story of the nightingale, it is aimed at lovers of live performance who are also drawn to nature at a time when both of these things have never been valued so much. Core Team Director: Shehani Fernando

Additional Team Members Sam Lee, Nest Collective (Writer / Narrator) Luca Biada, Studio F E N Y C E (Creative Technologist) Axel Drioli, Sounding Wild (Wildlife Recordist) Henrik Oppermann, Schallgeber (Spatial Sound Specialist) Darren Emerson, East City Films (Consultant) Katie Grayson, Passion Experience (Consultant)

Medium: Audio / Sound Art, Augmented Reality, Interactive Documentary, Room-Scale Experience, Virtual Reality Production Countries: United Kingdom Project Status: Development Estimated Completion Date: March, 2022 Genres: Arts & Culture, Environment, Experimental / Art, Music, Nature & Wildlife Website: shehanifernando.com Financing Total Budget (GBP): £45,000 Total Budget (Euros): €52,522 Total Budget (USD): $62,514 Total in Place (GBP): £2,000 Total in Place (Euros): €2,334 Total in Place (USD): $2,778 Confirmed Project Financiers: Indigo Storm Contact: Shehani Fernando Company: Indigo Storm Email: shehani@gmail.com

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Ula Sowa, Viktória Szabó

Project in Market: SWARM SWARM is an animated sonic VR journey through a city swarmed by a group of protesting women together with a colony of bees. Core Team Director: Ula Sowa Producer: Viktória Szabó

Medium: Interactive Documentary, Virtual Reality Production Countries: Poland, Hungary Project Status: Development Estimated Completion Date: July, 2022 Genres: Activism, Anthropology / Ethnography, Community, Experimental / Art, Gender / Women’s Rights, Human Rights, Music, Personal & Human Interest, Social Issue Financing Total Budget (GBP): £172,000 Total Budget (Euros): €200,000 Total Budget (USD): $240,000 Total in Place (GBP): £22,000 Total in Place (Euros): €25,000 Total in Place (USD): $30,000 Confirmed Project Financiers: Own investment Contact: Viktoria Szabo Email: szabo.viktria@gmail.com

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Fernanda Pessoa, Adriana Barbosa, Jessica Luz, Clarice Cunha Project in Market: Swing and Sway (Working Title) During the uncertainty of the pandemic, two friends - one Brazilian living in São Paulo and one Mexican living in Los Angeles - share the world around them through video letters, each one drawing inspiration from a different woman experimental filmmaker. Core Team Director: Fernanda Pessoa Adriana Barbosa Producer: Jessica Luz Video Installation: Clarice Cunha

Medium: Interactive Documentary, Installation, Video Art / Expanded Cinema / Moving Image Production Countries: Brazil, United States Project Status: Production Estimated Completion Date: October, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Experimental / Art, Geopolitics, Personal & Human Interest, Social Issue, Women Website: pessoafernanda.com Financing Total Budget (GBP): £112,700 Total Budget (Euros): €130,000 Total Budget (USD): $156,000 Total in Place (GBP): £74,686 Total in Place (Euros): €86,150 Total in Place (USD): $104,000 Confirmed Project Financiers: Own investment Contact: Fernanda Pessoa Company: Pessoa Produções Email: fernanda@pessoaproducoes.com

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Lara Sousa, Ana Teixeira, Vitor Coroa

Project in Market: The Call of the Sea An immersive experience to follow Iemanjá’s (goddess of the sea) call to the bottom of the sea. Between dream and reality, the user explores traces of African cultural heritage present in Brazilian culture, while absorbing the wisdom from this mythological figure: the responsibility of taking care of the sea and its forces, and a powerful element of human existence. Core Team Director-Producers: Lara Sousa, Ana Teixeira Sound Designer: Vitor Coroa

Additional Team Members Leonardo Souza (Script Doctor + Technical Consultant) George Ferreira (Editor)

Medium: 360-Video, Immersive Reality, Installation, Mixed Reality, Video Art / Expanded Cinema / Moving Image Production Countries: Mozambique, Brazil Project Status: Production Estimated Completion Date: March, 2022 Genres: Arts & Culture, Environment, Faith / Religion, Geopolitics, History, Social Issue Website: escafandratransmedia.com/en Financing Total Budget (GBP): £10,261 Total Budget (Euros): €11,835 Total Budget (USD): $14,288 Total in Place (GBP): £6,413 Total in Place (Euros): €7,397 Total in Place (USD): $8,930 Confirmed Project Financiers: Culture Secretary of São Paulo, PROAC (Programa de Ação Cultural), Edital PROAC Expresso No 29/2020) Contact: Lara Sousa Company: Kulunga Filmes Email: laracsousa@gmail.com

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Yasmin Fedda, Ladan Anoushfar, Daniel Davies

Project in Market: The Pathogen of War Iraqi physician turned medical anthropologist Dr Omar Dewachi explores how decades of conflict are directly linked to the evolution and spread of a deadly bacteria to ask: if war is a key driver of disease, can we end all wars to save our health? Core Team Directors: Yasmin Fedda, Ladan Anoushfar Producer: Daniel Davies

Medium: Interactive Documentary, Installation, Video Art / Expanded Cinema / Moving Image Production Countries: United Kingdom Project Status: Development Estimated Completion Date: March, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Environment, Experimental / Art, Geopolitics, Human Rights, Nature & Wildlife, Point of View, Politics & Economics, Science, War & Conflict, Other Website: yasminfedda.com Financing Total Budget (GBP): £193,000 Total Budget (Euros): €225,500 Total Budget (USD): $268,000 Total in Place (GBP): £0 Total in Place (Euros): €0 Total in Place (USD): $0 Contact: Yasmin Fedda Company: Black Leaf Films Email: tigersandjackals@gmail.com

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Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Alice Jamieson-Dowd

Project in Market: Traces Using state of the art thermal imaging cameras, Traces is an epic visual poem that juxtaposes a myriad of peoples lives with never before seen footage of heat leaving the human body at the moment of death. Traces invites audiences to renew their most intimate relationship with time, mortality and the human body in a transcendent, cathartic shared ritual.

Medium: Installation, Linear film, Video Art / Expanded Cinema / Moving Image Production Countries: Australia Project Status: Production Estimated Completion Date: April, 2022 Genres: Community, Experimental / Art, Faith / Religion, Health, Love, Personal & Human Interest Website: floodprojects.com

Core Team Director: Amiel Courtin-Wilson Producer: Alice Jamieson-Dowd

Financing Total Budget (GBP): £77,605 Total Budget (Euros): €90,158 Total Budget (USD): $107,492 Total in Place (GBP): £39,692 Total in Place (Euros): €45,476 Total in Place (USD): $54,971 Confirmed Project Financiers: Australia Council of the Arts - $39,400 AUD Creative Victoria - $19,400 AUD City of Melbourne - $2,800 AUD Producer’s reinvestment - $10,000 AUD Contact: Amiel Courtin-Wilson Company: Flood Projects Email: amiel@floodprojects.com

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Pedro Lacerda, Constanza Luzoro

Project in Market: Yoruba Drums (Working Title) Set to the ritualistic beats of the Yoruba people, one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa, a Brazilian musicologist and his filmmaker son try to unveil the influences the Yoruba might have had on both their homeland’s cultural heritage and themselves. Core Team Director/Writer: Pedro Lacerda Co-writer: Constanza Luzoro

Additional Team Members Laila Pas (Producer) Manuel Bascoy (DOP)

Medium: Audio / Sound Art, Installation, Video Art / Expanded Cinema / Moving Image Production Countries: Brazil, United Kingdom Project Status: Development Estimated Completion Date: May, 2023 Genres: Anthropology / Ethnography, Experimental / Art, Music, Personal & Human Interest Financing Total Budget (GBP): £110,183 Total Budget (Euros): €126,254 Total Budget (USD): $152,051 Total in Place (GBP): £23,711 Total in Place (Euros): €27,023 Total in Place (USD): $32,711 Confirmed Project Financiers: The University of Exeter, which has enabled the project’s development to date. The University of Exeter does not own or copyright, or otherwise editorially or fiscally control the project. Contact: Pedro Lacerda Company: Perausfilm Email: pedroperau@gmail.com

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Industry Talks

Working with the BFI National Archive 13:00 / Sat 5 June / Online

The Case for Documentary Funding 11:00 / Mon 7 June / Online

Founded in 1935, the BFI National Archive cares for Britain’s national collection of moving image, one of the largest and most diverse in the world. Alongside a million film and TV items, paper collections include a dazzling array of scripts, stills, posters and designs. This event offers an introduction to BFI collections and how producers and filmmakers can engage with them, from the practicalities of footage licensing and rights clearance to in-house curatorial expertise and opportunities for bespoke broadcast collaboration.

The recent UWE report ‘Keeping it Real’ determined UK documentary to be “chronically under-funded, under-valued and rarely understood even by executives in the wider screen industries”. Among many recommendations, the researchers highlight the need to raise the cultural status of feature documentary and champion its social value. This session assembles international perspectives to explore how the case for documentary funding is made abroad and reflect on how it can be articulated in the UK.

Making My First Film 10:00 / Mon 7 June / Online

First Cut: The Top Tips 12:00 / Mon 7 June / Online

The BBC invites five young filmmakers to share their experiences of making their first film for BBC Three. This is a chance to find out how they got that break and what they learned along the way – from pitching their own ideas and working with editors to filming hacks and navigating the next steps in their directing career.

David Brindley, CCO of TwoFour, ex-BBC and C4 commissioner and former First Cut director, hosts a panel of both highly successful and still-rising First Cut directors. They talk candidly about the scheme, what they learned and what they wished they had asked when directing their first hour-long film. This talk offers insights into the dos and don’ts of First Cut – and how to get one commissioned!

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Punching Through In Primetime: Elevating Diversity 13:00 / Mon 7 June / Online

Beyond Story: A Conversation for the Industry (II) 18:00 / Mon 7 June / Online

Success and creative freedom for producers is inevitably linked to commercial viability, but is there a lack of support for diverse led companies in achieving success? Rejecting the idea that only some companies can make popular programmes and succeed in mainstream TV, and addressing concerns that talent and new perspectives are overlooked, a panel of Channel 5 gatekeepers and producers take a frank look at the industry, the opportunities available, and finding a balance between commercial success and creative passion.

To coincide with the launch of ‘World Records Vol. 5: Beyond Story’ and to continue the conversation with industry gatekeepers initiated at DocFest in 2019, sparked by the online community manifesto from Alexandra Juhasz and Alisa Lebow, this session brings together scholars, filmmakers and industry commissioners to discuss and examine why ‘story’ has become today’s pre-eminent mode for documentary, and what gets lost when storied structures prevail.

Journalism & Creative Documentary 15:00 / Mon 7 June / Online Presented by The Guardian, this session discusses the ways in which journalism and creative documentary can successfully intersect. What can the pursuit of creative documentary learn from the principles of good journalism – and vice-versa – and why does that matter in the 21st century? And what are the possibilities for collaboration?

Chicken & Egg Pictures’ 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab Pitch 16:00 / Mon 7 June / Online The (Egg)celerator Lab is a Chicken & Egg Pictures program focused on identifying and supporting nonfiction directors working on their first or second feature-length documentary. This program brings together 10 projects, with a special focus on self-identifying women and gender nonconforming directors. The 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab participants will pitch their projects to a panel of international decision makers and industry represent atives taking part in DocFest’s online marketplace. Moderated by award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand, Chicken & Egg Pictures’ Co-Founder and Senior Creative Consultant.

UK Commissioners: Looking Ahead 10:00 / Tue 8 June / Online Factual commissioners assemble to look ahead and share what’s in store from the broadcasters in the coming months. Tune in to clue-up on the variety of editorial directions, programme announcements, and the latest initiatives and opportunities for UK producers and talent. Know Your Rights: Bullying and Discrimination in the Workplace 11:00 / Tue 8 June / Online Navigating bullying and discrimination in the workplace can be confroting, confusing and complicated, especially in the film & TV industry when formal processes may not always be in place or made clear. This session will explore the rights of freelancers and employees, avenues for reporting and ways in which companies, institutions, and policy around these matters can be improved. Female Gaze 12:00 / Tue 8 June / Online Women are still the largest consumers of broadcast media and yet are still underrepresented on and off screen and they still struggle to obtain leadership roles. Channel 4 Factual have been leading the way of changing this in the industry with over 50% of directors used being females for single films and limited series. A panel of expert directors discuss how an increased female perspective can progress documentary filmmaking across the board.

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Tell Your Story with ITV Studios 13:00 / Tue 8 June / Online How does a producer get the total financing for a project when broadcasters pay less than 100% of the budget? And at what stage could a producer go to a distributor? Discover the answers and learn how ITV Studios have helped finance projects and bring them to audiences worldwide.

The Whickers Pitch 15:00 / Tue 8 June / Online Who will be awarded the coveted £80,000 Film & TV Funding Award to make their first feature-length documentary? The Whickers Pitch brings together five emerging directors from around the world to pitch their non-fiction projects to a panel of industry judges. Log on to support the finalists, be your own armchair judge and bear witness as the legacy of pioneering broadcaster Alan Whicker brings another exceptional documentary idea to life.

Working with ESPN 16:00 / Tue 8 June / Online Since the launch of 30 for 30, the series has become one of the premiere brands in all of documentary film. With over ninety documentaries under its belt, including the 2017 Academy Award winner for Best Documentary, O.J: Made in America, ESPN has helped foster a genre that continues to grow exponentially. Join Senior Director Of Development at ESPN Adam Neuhaus to discuss the evolution of the channel.

Docs Online 18.00 / Tue 8 June / Online Looking to watch docs online beyond the most wellknown platforms & channels? Or perhaps you’re a filmmaker interested in connecting your work with audiences. Join this session to hear representatives from a variety of online film spaces discuss their collections, curatorial approaches and processes for considering and showcasing new work.

BFI Doc Society and FWD-Doc present: Reimagining Disability in Documentary 19.00 / Tue 8 June / Online Through authentic storytelling, disabled filmmakers are demanding representation, refusing ableist conventions, and securing critical recognition along the way. The time is now for dismantling barriers across the doc sector and powering inclusivity and accessibility for D/deaf and disabled talent. Meet the filmmakers who are reshaping the narrative and learn how BFI Doc Society is working with the FWD-Doc collective to inspire new audiences for British disability-centred documentaries. This event will be BSL interpreted

EU-UK Co-Productions After Brexit 10:00 / Wed 9 June / Online How can UK and European producers co-produce in the post-Brexit era? What criteria must be fulfilled for co-production and eligibility for tax relief and UK and European Funds? Presented in partnership with the Documentary Association of Europe (DAE), producers and policy experts will share experience and expertise on co-production opportunities for EU and UK filmmakers as well as discuss what principles should guide policy going forward.

Working with UKTV 11:00 / Wed 9 June / Online UKTV’s network of channels reaches 30 million viewers a month and the commissioning team are working with their biggest ever budget over the next 12 months. The broadcaster’s Head of Factual and Factual Entertainment Hilary Rosen and Senior Commissioning Editor Helen Nightingale are returning to Sheffield DocFest this year to divulge their top tips for getting your ideas to them, how to establish a working relationship and how to make a successful, long-running show for popular factual channels W, Yesterday and Gold.

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Working with Sky 12:00 / Wed 9 June / Online

WaterBear Pitch 16:00 / Weds 9 June / Online

In its first year, Sky Documentaries has seen stellar performances for films and series such as Framing Britney Spears, McMillions, and TINA, across Sky Documentaries, Sky Nature and Sky Crime. The UKbased content team – led by Poppy Dixon, Director of Documentaries and Factual – will give a preview of upcoming content, share their vision for the channel’s future and give a snapshot of the type shows they are looking to commission.

WaterBear is a new interactive video platform dedicated to supporting life on our fragile planet through world-class storytelling, cutting-edge technology and a global network of partners working together for impact. In partnership with Sheffield Hallam University and Sheffield DocFest, WaterBear will award a proposal for a student short film (<5 mins) with a £500 production grant and presentation of the completed film on the WaterBear platform.

Whose Voice? Whose Story? 18:00 / Wed 9 June / Online As part of this year’s festival, the BBC is hosting a special session to explore how background, experience and identity shapes the stories we tell. A panel of established filmmakers and journalists will discuss the relevance of who is telling the story, both from their own perspectives and also more broadly, as well-known story tellers.

The Whickers Award Ceremony 18:00 / Thu 10 June / Online Everyone is invited to join us for The Whickers Award Ceremony. It’s happening via Zoom on Thursday 10 June at 18:00 BST. Dust down your party frock, grab a bottle of bubbly and join us. We can’t wait to see you there!

Working with National Geographic 15:00 / Wed 9 June / Online

Channel 4 Interview: Simon Ford 13:00 / Wed 9 June / Online

In the wake of this extraordinary and unprecedented year, National Geographic continues to focus on telling stories that transport audiences around the world. In this session, the UK-based commissioning team share insights into the development and production of exceptional content that supports the National Geographic Society’s core mission of science, exploration, conservation and education. Hear what it takes to bring globe-spanning ideas to life for National Geographic’s platforms.

Simon Ford is one of the giants of access documentaries. He’s the Exec behind many great series, such as 24 Hours in Police Custody, Ambulance, Coppers, Drugsland or single films such as Barrymore Body in the Pool or My Brother The Terrorist. He shares his views about the power of unfolding documentary observational narratives, as opposed to the current proliferation of more controllable past tense stories. He also offers views and advice on gaining access, legal and editorial boundaries and how to push narrative in a time where most stories have been told in some form. This talk will be available to live stream for all Online Industry Pass holders on our Doc/Player platform. All live-streamed talks will be captioned, provided by AI Media.

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International & Regional Delegations

Chilean Delegation Coordinated by Chile Doc

French Delegation Coordinated by UniFrance

Chile comes to Sheffield in one of its best moments for Chilean documentaries, that is why we are proud to announce the Chilean Spotlight that will be held at Sheffield DocFest platform with the highlights of Chilean documentary cinema in recent years. We invite you to enjoy these films and learn about the project ‘Here the silence is heard’, by Grieta Cine, selected in the MeetMarket, directed and produced by great emerging talents. We also arrive with a delegation of six prominent producers and filmmakers in search of new alliances and international financing. The presence of our delegation is possible thanks to the financing of the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage.

Sixteen companies, all members of UniFrance, join the delegation to present 35 exciting projects at Sheffield DocFest. Their varied formats, durations and stages of progress, reflect the diversity of French documentary forms and the quality of the artistic proposals developed by our producers and talents. Don’t wait! Check out French newest projects presented at Sheffield DocFest!

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German Delegation Coordinated by German Films

Northern Ireland Delegation Coordinated by Northern Ireland Screen

What is ‘german documentaries’? ‘german documentaries’ is the international label for the promotion of German documentary films abroad. An initiative of the AG DOK – the German Documentary Association and German Films Service + Marketing GmbH – ‘german documentaries’ presents German nonfiction films at international festivals and markets, and organises co-production meetings and film series. ‘german documentaries’ also publishes an annual catalogue featuring some 200 new films which are available for distribution worldwide.

With support from Northern Ireland Screen the Northern Ireland delegation will attend Sheffield to connect with international audiences, co-producers and financiers. Our delegation consists of new and emerging talent alongside well-established documentary makers. Steeped in the challenging journalism and storytelling of Northern Ireland’s history, this cluster of companies and associated producers and directors are making a considerable impact in the international feature documentary arena. Don’t miss our Work in Progress Showcase and Ross McClean’s Untitled Hydebank Film at the MeetMarket.

Irish Delegation Coordinated by Screen Ireland With the support of Screen Ireland, an Irish delegation of producers and directors will make online connections with international industry representatives and experts. Recent Irish documentary successes include To the Moon (Dir: Tadhg O’Sullivan), Father of the Cyborgs (Dir: David Burke), Songs for While I’m Away (Dir: Emer Reynolds), The 8th (Dir: Aideen Kane, Lucy Kennedy, Maeve O’Boyle), and A Dog Called Money (Dir: Seamus Murphy).

Mid-West Ireland Delegation Coordinated by Film in Limerick

North Norwegian Delegation Coordinated by the North Norway Film Centre A delegation from Northern Norway attends the festival to connect with colleagues and international audiences and financiers. Meet our filmmakers. The delegation is hosted by Nordnorsk Filmsenter AS (NNFS) – Norway’s oldest regional film centre, established in 1981. We work closely with the filmmakers to develop the film industry in Northern Norway.

Philippine Delegation Coordinated by Film Development Council of the Philippines

Film in Limerick / Innovate Limerick is the regional film office for the Mid-West region of Ireland covering the counties of Limerick, Clare and Tipperary. Delegates from the ENGINE Docs Development Lab, run by Film in Limerick in collaboration with Sheffield DocFest will be attending this year’s festival.

The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is the national film agency responsible for implementing policies and programs to ensure the economic, cultural, and educational development of the Philippine film industry. This year, FDCP brings seven projects to Sheffield DocFest to connect with industry representatives and create partnerships. Watch out for ‘CUTS PH’, ‘Futu Ana Fuki’, ‘Lasang Ug Lumad (Lumads and Woodlands)’, ‘Last Time I Held Your Hands’, ‘Leading Lady’, ‘People of the Lake’, and ‘The Invisibles’.

International & Regional Delegations

Scottish Delegation Coordinated by Screen Scotland and Scottish Documentary Institute The Scottish Delegation of film and television producers, filmmakers, and financiers come (virtually!) to Sheffield to connect with audiences and the industry, and to promote their films and Scotland as a first-class place for documentary filmmaking and co-production. Screen Scotland is the dedicated partnership for screen in Scotland and delivers enhanced support for all aspects of Scotland’s screen sector. Scottish Documentary Institute (SDI) is an internationally recognised documentary centre, specialising in documentary training, production, and distribution.

Welsh Delegation Coordinated by Ffilm Cymru Wales Ffilm Cymru Wales is the development agency for Welsh film, dedicated to advancing and sustaining a strong film industry for Wales. We provide funding and training to emerging and established Welsh filmmakers, offer exciting cinematic experiences to audiences across Wales, engage people of all ages and abilities in creative learning, and develop new skills and career paths for people through a range of training programmes.

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The BFI Doc Society team at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2021:

Monday 7th June 10.00am–11.00am Online Industry Session: The Case for Documentary Funding

WATCH! The Elvermen Dir. Isla Badenoch Prod. Joe Binks (Made of Truth: BFI Doc Society Short Film Fund) UK competition Maisie Dir. Lee Cooper Prod. Lee Cooper and Deborah Aston (BFI Doc Society Fund) Rhyme and Rhythm strand

Tuesday 8th June 12.00pm–2.30pm Doc Society Filmmaker 1:2:1 Online Drop-Ins

Tuesday 8th June 7.00pm–8.00pm Online Industry Session: BFI Doc Society and FWDDoc present: Reimagining Disability in Documentary

World premieres of new British documentaries supported by the BFI Doc Society Fund: Men Who Sing Dir. Dylan Williams Prod. Llion Iwan (BFI Doc Society Fund) Rhyme and Rhythm strand Hanging On Dir Alfie Barker Prod. Hollie Bryan (Made of Truth: BFI Doc Society Short Film Fund) Northern Focus

The Story of Looking Dir. Mark Cousins Prod. Mary Bell and Adam Dawtry (BFI Doc Society Production SOS Fund) Closing Night Film

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BFI Doc Society supported projects participating in the MeetMarket:

Is There Anybody Out There? Dir. Ella Glendining, Prod. Janine Marmot (BFI Doc Society Fund)

Red Herring Dir. Kit Vincent, Prod. Ed Owles and Dea Gjinovci (BFI Doc Society Fund)

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For the Made of Truth: BFI Doc Society Short Film Fund:

Untitled Digital Privacy Project Dir. Kate Stonehill, Prod. Steven Lake and Sorcha Bacon (BFI Doc Society Production SOS Fund)

Opening in June 2021 docsociety.org/bfi-doc The BFI Doc Society Fund for Feature Documentaries opens in summer 2021

Made possible with funds from the National Lottery

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Sheffield DocFest 2021 Industry Guide

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