Among new films premiered at this year’s Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival is a hard hitting take on how freedom struggles are changing the world. 300 executives, distributors, commissioners, funders, advisors and buyers across documentary and digital media took part in the MeetMarket and Marketplace activity including The Guardian, BBC, Arte, Dogwoof and Channel 4. 25 Alternate Realities Market projects were chosen, including works from Katharine Round, Alex Pearson, Darren Emerson, and Jennifer Brea. A very precise and focused story, its director Anna Hall was able to address several people in attendance who were directly affected by events similar to those depicted, and did so with tremendous poise – until the event was spoilt by the bizarre onstage presence of Hardeep Singh Kohli, who saw it as the ideal platform to make presumably hilarious remarks about Channel 4 and crack jokes about Daily Mail readers in a fashion usually reserved for the sort of lazy comedians you find in working men’s clubs. The Festival became an opportunity for London-based independent filmmakers to talk to commissioners at the BBC and Channel 4, who were otherwise difficult to reach. [85] 120 films were shown, of which there were 77 feature length documentaries,[86] 33 shorts, 10 interactive projects and one art installation. Meanwhile, over in the Crucible, Adam Buxton popped along with a live edition of his ongoing internet series Bug, adding a much-needed stand-up style of brevity that never felt out of place with the rest of the festival. Past high-profile speakers include Sir David Attenborough,[129] Louis Theroux,[130] Nick Broomfield,[130] Stacey Dooley,[131] Joanna Lumley,[132] Reggie Yates,[29] Walter Murch,[133] Michael Moore,[132] Kim Longinotto,[134] Tilda Swinton,[135] D. A. Pennebaker,[135] John Akomfrah,[136] Brett Morgan,[137] Sue Perkins,[138] and Joan Rivers.[139]. Sheffield Doc/Fest runs a number of programmes focused on new media development in interactive and immersive projects and virtual reality, titled Alternate Realities. Sheffield Doc/Fest is the perfect platform for anyone with an interest in interactive, virtual reality and factual content. reporter Simon Thake spoke with the directors at a question and answer session at the Light Cinema. Talks & Sessions across various film festivals, featuring members of the Doc/Fest staff. In 2003, she developed the very first MeetMarket with Croall at AIDC, which was later brought to Sheffield in 2006. [7] The festival has grown steadily over recent years. Films with a duration over 30 minutes (with credits) are charged at £30 (+VAT) per entry. In 2014, 64 projects were chosen to participate in MeetMarket,[73] including new films from Franny Armstrong, William Karel, and Stanley Nelson Jr.. 290 investors, commissioners and production partners took part including commissioners from Netflix, Dazed, Vice, Vimeo and Nowness and distributors Oscilloscope Laboratories, Dogwoof and PBS.[20]. A record 14 films screening at Doc/Fest were developed and funded through MeetMarket,[87] including Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing which went on to win the Audience Award.[8]. "[142], In 2017, 63 projects from 22 countries, including new films from Michael Moore, Mark Cousins, Kim Longinotto, Dionne Walker, Laura Poitras, and Jerry Rothwell, and 24 Alternate Realities projects were selected, including works from Charlotte Mikkelborg, Richard Nockles, and INK Stories. [142], Notable films to achieve funding through MeetMarket include Unrest and Unrest VR,[145] Notes on Blindness and Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness,[146] Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing[8] and The Look of Silence, Searching for Sugarman, Jeanie Finlay's The Great Hip Hop Hoax,[147] Ping Pong, 5 Broken Cameras, and God Loves Uganda.[148]. Deputy Director Charlie Phillips left to head up the documentary arm of The Guardian, with director of Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival Melanie Iredale taking up the position. [90], The Doc/Fest Retrospective strand celebrated the work of Japanese filmmaker Shōhei Imamura. Over 60 projects from 18 countries were chosen to participate. Doc/Fest was an early advocate of crowdfunding as a source of finance for documentary filmmakers, and in 2010 staged its first festival-based crowdfunding pitching event, which was also an industry first. MeetMarket & Alternate Realities Market is a documentary pitching event held at Sheffield Doc/Fest, where filmmakers pitch their project ideas one-on-one to UK and international broadcasters, funders and distributors. Speakers included editor, The UK Premiere of The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger closed the Festival with a sell-out screening at Showroom Cinema, attended by directors Tilda Swinton and Bartek Dziadosz. The effect of the Festival on Sheffield's economy is worth millions of pounds. Overall, the festival was a solid effort. 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Retrieved 4 June 2013. UK premieres included The Act of Killing and The Crash Reel. From 2012, selected highlights from the Festival have often played at the BFI Southbank in London. In 2015, 64 projects from 19 countries were chosen to participate in MeetMarket from 600 submissions,[73] including new films from John Akomfrah, Lindsey Dryden and Maheen Zia. [124] The 22nd Festival ran for six days 5–10 June. Sheffield’s Workstation Creative Business Centre – home to Sheffield Live’s studio – is celebrating its 20 year anniversary. This year’s Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival features a collection of documentary love stories, including US production For Ahkeem. The programme is designed and delivered in collaboration with the Academic Ideas Lab. [20][73][74], World premieres included Martin Scorsese's documentary about The New York Review of Books, The 50 Year Argument; Alex Holmes' Stop At Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story; The Last Man On The Moon, about former astronaut Eugene Cernan who also attended the Festival; One Rogue Reporter, written and directed by former 'Daily Star' reporter Rich Peppiatt;[4] and Brilliant Creatures: Rebels of Oz. Her vision and film programme strands for the 27th edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest were announced in "A letter to Sheffield and to those who will join Doc/Fest in 2020". [72] 130 films were shown, of which 21 were world premieres, 24 UK premieres, and 12 European premieres. In 2007, Hussain Currimbhoy joined as programmer.[14]. This is followed by an afternoon of match-made one-to-one meetings between the talent and television executives. [49] 2016 also saw the inaugural Alternate Realities Commission, supported by site Gallery and Arts Council England. The Festival opened at Sheffield City Hall with a UK premiere of "Diego Maradona" by Asif Kapadia. [67] Nearly 50% of the film programming was headed up by female filmmakers, with 73 of the films either produced or directed by women filmmakers. '20th Anniversary for Sheffield Doc/Fest', Jane Faram, 'Sheffield Doc/Fest', digyorkshire.com. Many Doc/Fest Short Doc Award-winning films have gone on to be shortlisted for Oscars. Another documentary worth singling out was the superb (Channel 4 commissioned) hour long The Hunt For Britain’s Sex Gangs, an horrific yet terribly haunting insight into the police investigation of one of the biggest child sex abuse cases in the UK. 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Submissions are accepted until midnight (GMT), January 24th 2014. [35] The Talks & Sessions programme included: Werner Herzog, Paul Greengrass, Jenn Nkiru, Asif Kapadia, Chidera Eggerue, Stacey Dooley, Rodney P, Michael Dapaah, Jeremy Deller and Paddy Wivell. The 27th Sheffield Doc/Fest was due to take place between 4–9 June 2020. The programme featured over 200 documentaries with 36 world premieres, 19 international, 12 European and 91 UK premieres. [20], A Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Roger Graef.[119]. The Sheffield Doc/Fest Awards honour the best documentaries from the Doc/Fest programme, and are judged by industry professionals. [82] Delegate numbers rose by 18% to 3,129. [153], Doc/Fest hosts a number of international and national delegations each year, including delegations from Norway,[154] Scotland,[155] Palestine,[156] Indonesia, Jordan, Cuba and Wider Europe. The 2017 event took place from 9 to 14 June. Sheffield Doc/Fest's Marketplace & Talent is a major part of the Festival, which includes the MeetMarket for films and series to achieve funding and distribution, Alternate Realities Market for interactive and virtual reality projects, live pitches, and other training initiatives. Sheffield Live! From 2014, the Festival became recognised by the Academy Awards as an Oscar-qualifying festival in the Best Documentary (Short Subject) category[20] with the Doc/Fest Short Doc Award Winner eligible to enter for consideration. Screenings took place across a wider range of more unusual venues in Sheffield and the Peak District. After joining a project aiming to foster healthy masculinity he realises there may be a brighter path than the one paved by his abusive and controlling father. Sheffield Live caught up with Liz McIntyre about her plans for the festival and what it brings to local filmmakers. The programme includes an intensive morning training programme giving insight into the industry via first-hand encounters with established professionals, and is designed for the experts to hone their skills in presenting themselves to the media. The tour visited festivals DocMontevideo in Uruguay, DocSP in Brazil, and Noviembre Electrónico in Argentina. Over the years, many of the greats in Sheffield’s creative community have been associated with the Workstation, from Designers Republic to Warp Films to Sheffield Doc/Fest to Last Laugh Comedy Club. Since beginning in 1994, Doc/Fest has become the UK's biggest documentary festival In 1993, he set up a festival board which included representatives from Channel 4, United Artists, Discovery Channel, Central Independent Television and Granada Television. [37], The Talks & Sessions programme included big-name speakers Lenny Henry, Peter Greenaway, Ian Hislop, Stacey Dooley, Nick Broomfield and Louis Theroux. The 1990s rise in international co-productions meant that British producers could no longer rely solely on one big broadcaster for their entire budget, and instead had to look abroad to piece together financing for their films. [94], 2011 saw the Festival move from November to June, right off the back of the November 2010 Festival. It reduces tension and competitiveness and makes the whole thing much more relaxed and fun. The awards were held on 16 June 2013, and presented by Jeremy Hardy. Doc/Fest prides itself in supporting and nurturing new talent: in addition to the Festival days in June, Sheffield Doc/Fest presents All Year workshops, screenings, labs and mentoring opportunities both in the UK and internationally. Also for the Hollywood fanbase was Celluloid Screams’ contribution to proceedings, a double bill of The Fear Of God: 25 Years Of The Exorcist, followed by The Exorcist itself and wrapped around a Q&A with the BBC’s Mark Kermode and director Nick Jones. [25], Following Heather's departure, Crossover Labs Director Mark Atkin stepped in as Acting Director for the 2015 Festival, before Liz McIntyre of Discovery Networks joined as CEO & Festival Director from 1 September 2015. One particular doc, the utterly superb climate change film Thin Ice: The Inside Story of Climate Science, was downright hilarious in places; let down only by its bizarre relegation to the Library Theatre, which it still managed to fill to capacity. The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington, The Man Whose Mind Exploded, The Road to Fame, The Secret Life of Uri Geller – Psychic Spy?, Thin Ice, and To Let The World In. Mark Perkins, 'The Unthanks: Songs from the Shipyards'. TEDxSheffield, a fringe event which took place the day before the Festival. For the first time, the award-winning documentary short automatically qualifies for consideration for the Academy Awards. The new strands featured in 2017 were: Doc/Vision, Doc/Adventure, Doc/Expose, Doc/Love, Doc/Think, Doc/Rhythm, Focus/Industry, featuring work-in-progress pieces, and Focus/India, featuring a collection of documentaries from that year's focus country of choice, to mark 70 years after Partition. Industry sessions programme included "My Big Break" featuring Roxy Rezvany, Ellie Flynn and Eliza Capai discussing their career highs and lows; and "Breaking the Class Ceiling" with Danny Leigh, Fiona Campbell, Kieran Yates, Billy Porter, Mia Bays and Paul Sng exploring barriers for entry to the industry. [141] In 2017, the event was attended by 330 Decision Makers. Tribute to Sarah Maldoror. [47], The newly renamed Alternate Realities programme featured 14 immersive media experiences in Millennium Gallery, and 12 virtual reality documentaries in Site Gallery, The Space and Union Street. Now a new generation are making their mark, like young entrepreneur Lianne Mellor whose Mellor Ware beautifully handcrafted tea sets are in hot demand, or The Nutribox, a new start-up providing healthy snacks to hungry office workers. In 2013 MeetMarket attracted over 600 applications. [33] And in 2017, Lisa Brook joined as Marketing & Events Consultant. Sheffield Doc/Fest attracts some of the biggest film makers to the city with over 3,000 people registered to participated in the five day event. Over 200 speakers shared their own experiences at the 26th Sheffield Doc/Fest. The 25th Edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest was held between 7–12 June 2018. In 2017, execs from the BBC, Channel 4, VICE, Pulse Films and The Guardian met with 20 young filmmakers. 313 Decision Makers took part in the MeetMarket, Alternate Realities Market and various other Marketplace initiatives from organisations including Red Bull, Canal+, Al Jazeera, Discovery, National Geographic, Google, and Netflix.[144].
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