Documentary Day at the East End Film Festival
Tuesday 26 April | 1pm – 6.30pm | The Brickhouse, E1
1pm: An Introduction to Crowd Funding
Crowd funding describes the collective co-operation, attention and trust by people who network and pool their money and other resources together, to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations. We bring the documentary crowd-funders themselves, from We Fund, Sponsume and Buzzbnk, as well as filmmakers who’ve had first hand experience in this area of DIY fundraising, particularly Lauren Simpson, director of the forthcoming JUST DO IT! and Jan Bednarz, director of THE 10TH LEGO MASTER.
2pm: Screening - Outside the Court (Marc Issacs, 60 min, UK 2010)
Director Marc Isaacs spent three months outside Highbury Magistrates Court and, in doing so, demonstrates how the eye of the camera has the ability to delve much deeper into character and motivation than the eye of the law. Consequently, the more we get to know the characters in this film, the harder it is to make easy judgements. Whilst waiting for their cases to be heard they reveal their lives, and the complexities of the human soul are laid bare. Tense and intimate conversations with the filmmaker illuminate stories that the magistrates hear daily.
3pm: DFG Presents - Director’s Vision: Marc Isaacs in conversation
Marc Isaacs has consistently been at the forefront of UK documentary filmmaking for the past 10 years. Examining key flashpoints in modern British society - whether racism, religion or capitalism – from alternative perspectives, he has developed a style of filmmaking that takes him into the heart of the issues he investigates. Following a screening of his latest film, Outside the Court, he joins us in conversation to explore key aspects of the director’s vision, including approaches to interviewing, aesthetic and narrative.
4pm: 104 Presents - Jez Lewis: Producing and Directing Documentary
A masterclass to offer insight into the work of documentary producer turned director Jez Lewis (dir. Shed Your Tears and Walk Away). Jez began working in independent production in 2011. Always interested in social issues, he leapt at the chance to work with Nick Broomfield in 2004. For the next two years Jez worked closely with Nick, associate producing His Big White Self and co-writing and producing Ghosts, a feature drama about immigrant workers and the Morecambe Bay tragedy of February 2004. In 2010 Jez turned to directing and made the feature documentary Shed Your Tears and Walk Away about the extraordinary human dramas which abound in Hebden Bridge - the small rural town of his childhood. Jez is currently making a short film about poverty in Britain, sponsored by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
This session will explore the behind the scenes inspirations and production processes that have shaped Jez’s films, as well as looking at the challenges of moving from producer to director.
5pm: DFG presents 10x10
10x10 is a free project development workshop where filmmakers can screen up to 10 minutes of their non-fiction works-in-progress and receive 10 minutes of directed feedback from the audience. Whether you want to screen or come as a viewer, it's a real opportunity to gain support, meet your peers and feel part of the independent doc community. It's also a rare chance to gain a hands-on perspective of what works, what doesn't and why.
10x10 is followed by drinks courtesy of Audio Network.