What's Your Story?
- Posted: 20th May 2010
What's Your Story? Launch Screening - Friday 21 May, 7pm
Join DFG as we screen a selection of the sixteen documentaries from the What's Your Story? training programme from four different parts of London.
The What’s Your Story? launch will take place on:
Friday 21 May from 7pm
at
Amnesty International UK
The Human Rights Action Centre
17-25 New Inn Yard
London EC2A 3EA
For event info click here
What's Your Story? Documentary Filmmaking Training
SIXTY PEOPLE | SIXTEEN FILMS | REAL STORIES
The What’s Your Story? training programme has involved over sixty people since the beginning of January 2010. Professional filmmakers from DFG have taught participants how to use a video camera, record sound, and develop the interviewing skills needed to create short documentaries about their own or someone else’s story. These new filmmakers have collectively produced sixteen brilliantly observed, and beautifully realised short documentaries which you can view on the project website: www.whatsyourstory.uk.com
What’s Your Story? has engaged over sixty people in informal workshops spanning eleven weeks beginning in January 2010. The emphasis has been on all participants taking a fulfilling role and making a productive contribution to the final films. Together these sixty new filmmakers have produced over sixteen fantastic short films exploring the rich living history of London residents and their stories. Celebratory screenings are currently taking place across London launching the documentaries in the filmmakers own communities.
The filmmakers are continuing to use their new practical skills after the training both independently and through DFG mentored sessions. We hope to bring you news of more documentary stories and filmmaking achievements in the coming months.
What’s Your Story? is a filmmaking training programme taking place across London in the first quarter of 2010. Led by DFG, it’s aim has been to teach documentary filmmaking across four diverse London communities, through links with four organisations in these areas: Redbridge Carers Support Service (RCSS) in Ilford; Agewell in Hackney; The Panjabi Centre in Southall; and FORWARD in Paddington.