DFG Day at Sheffield Doc/Fest
- Posted: 24th Mar 2011
- Category: Opportunities
- Tags: sheffield docfest festival 2011, dfg, opportunities, new filmmakers
Thurs 9th June | 9.30am-5.30pm
Are you thinking about taking a step up in your documentary career?
Want insider tips on getting ahead in the documentary industry?
DFG Day is an unique opportunity to move ahead in the documentary world - led by The Documentary Filmmakers Group.
It's for emerging filmmakers who love docs, are already getting involved in the doc industry, but want to find out more.
Across four exciting and informative sessions you'll hear from the execs who are hiring, commissioners who are buying and the directors who are inspiring the next generation of doc filmmakers.
Full details follow below. Click on the links for speaker information.
09:30am: DFG Day Session 1: You Should Make Documentaries, Because...
In the business of learning how to get funding for documentaries we can often forget the inspiring stories, emotional connections and contagious passion that drive us to want to be part of this industry in the first place. This entertaining and informative seminar will offer the insight of producers, commissioning editors, filmmakers, funders and more who are not only going to inform us with the ‘how’ but also inspire us with the ‘why’. Hosted by DFG’s and Mosaic Film’s Chief Executive Andy Glynne, all input from the panellists will begin with the eponymous statement “You should make documentaries, because…”
Moderators: Andy Glynne & Simon Gilchrist
Speakers include: Sara Cropley, Emily James, Liz Mermin, Samantha Anstiss, Beadie Finzi & Brian Woods
11.00am: DFG Day Session 2: It’s all About the Story
Most emerging filmmaking talent come up against the same obstacle time and time again - a great idea, but no story – or at least a story that first needs to be found. This session is all about how to make sure your idea has a solid story arc and your film has a narrative that engages an audience from the start. Our panel made up of filmmakers, editors, execs and Commissioners will guide you through the tips and tricks of storytelling, the importance of finding your character and how to identify a clear structure through the multifarious themes that make up your doc idea.
Moderator: Christopher Hird. Participants: Mark Raphael, Olly Lambert, John Mister & Sandra Whipham
13.45pm: DFG Day Session 3: The Development Toolkit
The all-important toolkit for presenting a project to a potential funder includes the proposal, the taster tape and the pitch. You need to get your ideas across, but what do you include (or leave out)? Chaired by Nicola Lees author of Greenlit: Developing Factual Reality TV Ideas from Concept to Pitch and founder of www.tvmole.com, this open workshop will include a panel of experts from each of these areas. We’ll focus on the skills you need, and de-mystify the nuances and particulars.
Moderator: Nicola Lees
Speakers: Richard Sattin, Fernanda Rossi & Andrea Patterson
16.00: DFG Day Session 4: The DFG Pitch Supported by The Grierson Trust
The Documentary Filmmakers Group is offering six emerging filmmakers the opportunity to pitch their ideas for groundbreaking 30-90 minute documentaries suitable for a UK audience. They’ll be pitching their UK based film ideas live on stage to a panel of industry movers and shakers, including top commissioners, exec producers, The DFG and The Grierson Trust who’ll debate which pitch wins a development package of up to £10k to make a taster tape.
Moderator: Krishan Arora
Speakers: Lina Prestwood, Andy Glynne, Greg Sanderson & Mandy Chang
DFG Day is part of the Sheffield Doc/Fest 2011 taking place from 8-12 June.
When: Thursday 9 June, 9.30am - 5.30pm (followed by party open to all DFG Day attendees)
Where: The Chapel
Price: £40 per person (incl VAT)
For more information and to book click here.
The DFG Pitch supported by The Grierson Trust
Win a development package worth up to £10,000 in a live pitch as part of DFG Day on the 9th June. Click here for more details and to apply - deadline 18th May at 5pm!
Mini-MeetMarket
The project development and pitching opportunity returns to Sheffield Doc/Fest, for delegates and DFG Day passholders. We are now accepting submissions until 11th May 2011. Find out more here.