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Good Pitch @ Silverdocs 2009 Project of Note, New Muslim Cool is this month partnering with the London-based organization Faith Matters for a 10 day tour of the UK, dedicated to cross-cultural dialogue and facilitating faith communities to resolve conflict. Find out more here: http://www.newmuslimcool.com/get-involved/upcoming-screenings
You can catch the film at the ...
19th Mar 10
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Filmmakers from the UK and from around the world are invited to enter their new short, medium or feature length films. If you are a debut filmmaker, student director or if you are established in the industry, your new films are welcome.
2009 saw the the best Doc/Fest ever with public and delegate attendance at record levels. But the film programme couldn’t have done it ...
8th Mar 10
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The End of the Line, the Foundation funded film about overfishing that premiered at Sundance 09, made waves in both cinemas and restaurants when it came to UK screens last year on World Oceans Day.
If you didn’t manage to catch the film that time around, or on its More4 broadcast, don’t panic! You’ve got another opportunity to catch the Inconvenient Truth of the Seas at its ...
5th Mar 10
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We’re really pleased to be able to announce the lineup for the Good Pitch, hosted by the Tribeca Film Institute in New York City during the Tribeca Film Festival.
From an impressive 220 submissions, the team have selected eight outstanding filmmaking teams to pitch their projects and associated outreach campaigns at the event on 27 April. The aim of the event is to create a ...
2nd Mar 10
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We are proud to announce our first event in association with The Frontline Cluv. An evening of Documentary Matchmaking to pair great new projects with the right people in the industry to help make them happen.
From 7 - 8.30pm, directors and producers will be introducing their work in progress projects to a crowded room including leading producers, editors, commissioners ...
2nd Mar 10
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This film programme specially selected by Michael Landy presents a series of films relevant to his practice alongside his documentary film H2NY. The programme includes a rare screening of Alan Clarke’s Elephant and Laurel and Hardy’s mythic film Big Business. The screening is introduced by Landy and followed by an open discussion
1.30-3.30pm
£6.50/5 concs
RIO ...
9th Feb 10
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We are proud that the Tribeca Film Institute is hosting the Good Pitch in New York during the Tribeca Film Festival on April 27th.
The deadline for entries is in one week - February 8th 2010 - and we are calling out to filmmakers of all nationalities involved in social justice film projects to apply before then.
The Good Pitch is one-day live event bringing together ...
2nd Feb 10
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Mat Whitecross & Karen Katz’ Moving To Mars will be broadcast on More4 tomorrow (Feb 2nd) at 10pm
Review from The Times: This beautiful film follows two families from Burma who, after living in a refugee camp on the Thai border for 12 years, are flown to Sheffield to begin a new life in the UK. The film is divided into two parts - life in the camp and their first few months ...
2nd Feb 10
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The Frontline Club runs events that bring together key players and thinkers in politics, journalism and media. This month sees the Club hosting a series of BRITDOC Sunday Screenings.
Shelter in Place : February 7, 2010 4:00 PM
A compelling portrait of a community living on the fenceline of big industry. Civil rights, environmental pollution and a battle against corporate ...
2nd Feb 10
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We’re absolutely delighted to announce that Channel 4 has renewed our funding for another two years. With the current deal coming to an end, funding has been agreed to at least 2012 - a commitment of 400,000 GBP a year for a slate of ambitious feature documentaries.
Over the past 4 and a half years, the Foundation has funded award-winning films such as Chosen (BAFTA), ...
2nd Feb 10
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The End of the Line DVD has its official release in the UK today when it becomes available to buy in select stores and online retailers.
The DVD is available to buy exclusively on the website at a special price of 10 GBP compared to the RRP 14.99 GBP. Please go to http://www.endoftheline.com or you can call to order your copy on 08700 601563. They even offer next day ...
1st Feb 10
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We’ve already told you about the Moving to Mars screenings at the ICA at the end of this month - from the 22nd - 30th of January (tickets and info here: http://www.ica.org.uk/MovingtoMars:AMillionMilesfromBurma+23314.twl)
In case you needed any more persuading to pop down and see this Mat Whitecross-(director of the Ian Dury biopic Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll and ...
15th Jan 10
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EDN, European Documentary Network, has released the 2010 edition of their essential documentary financing tool, The EDN Financing Guide. EDN has expanded the guide with a global perspective and making it more relevant then ever for documentary professionals looking for funding. The guide is available is both a printed and an online version.
The EDN Financing Guide provides ...
15th Jan 10
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We are proud to announce that the Tribeca Film Institute is hosting the Good Pitch in New York during the Tribeca Film Festival on April 27th.
The call for entries opens today, January 13th, and we are calling out to filmmakers involved in social justice film projects to apply before February 8th.
The Good Pitch is one-day live event bringing together specially selected ...
13th Jan 10
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The dates for the TDF at HotDocs are: May 5 & 6
If you are planning on submitting a project, then you have until the end of Friday to do so…
Project Submission Deadline: January 15
You can get through to the project submission form and guidelines by following this ...
13th Jan 10
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Gucci Tribeca Fund - http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org/documentary/about/17275484.html - January 11th
HotDocs Pitching Forum - http://www.hotdocs.ca/index.php/industry/tdf/submissions/ - January 15th.
ITVS International Funding Call - http://www.itvs.org/international/ - February ...
11th Jan 10
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This hard-hitting and illuminating documentary is the story of Afghanistan’s struggle to free itself from the shackles of Taliban rule told through the prism of an X Factor-style TV talent competition Afghan Star. This unique documentary had a highly acclaimed cinema release and as well as winning several awards at Sundance, has been selected as the UK’s official Academy ...
11th Jan 10
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If you were at the BRITDOC Film Festival way back in the Summer of 2008, you may remember Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson pitching Mugabe and the White African on the stage at the Oxford Playhouse.
Since then, they have won best doc at the British Independent Film Awards and are now shortlisted for best doc at the Oscars. In January, you can catch the film at London’s ...
8th Jan 10
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Congratulations to Ashton John, Andrew Hinton, Ben Jones and Jeremy Riggall, the four winners of the recent 4docs ‘Good to Know’ competition supported by The Co-operative. With over 200 film submissions it was a pretty fierce competition and a tough selection process but we’re all really proud of the final selection and hope you’ll find things you think are good to ...
8th Jan 10
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We urge you all to take refuge from the cold at the ICA at the end of this month, where a Foundation gem, Moving to Mars, will be screening from the 22nd - 30th of January.
Two families take a remarkable journey in this documentary by Mat Whitecross (director of the Ian Dury biopic Sex and Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll and co-director of The Road to Guantanamo), which follows a ...
8th Jan 10
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Docs in Thessaloniki is an international pitching forum and workshop offering an outstanding opportunity to create alliances for future collaborations. Here you will develop & pitch your project and network with European colleagues and financiers in a relaxed and constructive atmosphere.
Submission deadline is on January 22, 2010.
Find out more here: ...
22nd Dec 09
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GUIDING LIGHTS LAUNCHES AGAIN
· Are you a talented, ambitious filmmaker with at least two years professional experience?
· Have you reached a critical point in your career where high quality industry support would help you reach the next level?
· Would a mentor’s expert guidance enable you to achieve your full potential?
If so, Guiding Lights ...
8th Dec 09
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Catch the UK broadcast of Foundation short The Solitary Life of Cranes on Tuesday 8th December at 10 pm on More4. Having played over 50 film festivals in the last year and won a clutch of awards to boot, Producer Sam Zarzosa and Director Eva Weber surely must be the most hardworking team in short docs… If you’ve managed to miss this beautiful gem of a film, then please settle ...
7th Dec 09
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IDFA - the International Documetnary Festival Amsterdam - is poised like a coiled spring to kick off on Thursday. As Europe’s largest documentary film festival - the place for creative documentaries - IDFA screens around 250 films as well as including the Docs for Sale market and The FORUM (deftly moderated by our own Jess Search).
Included in the festival’s screenings will ...
17th Nov 09
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The Foundation is thrilled to be funding director Phil Cox’s latest project. The Bengali Detective is a feature documentary set in Kolkata and London that mixes dance and song with real cases of poisonings, adultery, fraud, bridal purity and the occasional murder - such are the day to day investigations of Kolkata’s Dancing Detective, Rajesh Bjarti.
Congratulations ...
16th Nov 09
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The nominees for the International Documentary Association’s 2009 IDA Documentary Awards competition were announced today, including two Foundation funded films. Included in the nominations for the Distinguished Documentary Achievement in IDA’s feature category is Afghan Star, and Solitary Life of Cranes is up for the Short Documentary award.
Very good luck to both ...
12th Nov 09
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After last year’s double Grierson-winning sweep (Here’s Jonny won Best Arts Doc and Best Newcomer for director Adam Lavis), we thought we could never expect to be so blessed again. And then the 2009 Grierson Awards came along. We are so pleased that not only did Afghan Star take away the Shell International Best Documentary on a contemporary issue, but also the Most ...
4th Nov 09
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Two Foundation Films up for a BIFA!
We’re really very pleased that two of our films are up for a British Independent Film Award next month. End of the Line and Sounds Like Teen Spirit are both in the running for Best British Documentary. Created in 1998, The British Independent Film Awards set out to celebrate merit and achievement in independently funded British ...
26th Oct 09
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The Foundation team are busy with preparations for this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest.
We’re going to have our very own (dive) bar from Friday through to Sunday! The BRITDOC Bar will be home to a programme of events including:
* The A-Z chat show hosted by AJ Snack and Debra Zimmerman
* A Burmese Disco to celebrate the premier of Moving to Mars
* The 4Docs pub quiz
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19th Oct 09
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4docs (http://www.4docs.org.uk) is now ready for your uploads to ‘It’s good to know ... a film competition’.
4docs - the one stop shop for all things British short documentary - brought to you by The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation, Shooting People and Channel 4 - has teamed up with The Co-operative so you can upload your film and get it seen.
Not only will the 4docs ...
19th Oct 09
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VODO - the new distribution project from Steal This Film’s Jamie King and backed by
the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation launched this week and achieved over 100,000
downloads in the first 4 days. Fantastic. Full press release below (http://www.vodo.net)
VODO.NET launches with documentary US NOW, obtaining 100,000 downloads
for filmmaker Ivo Gormley in its first four ...
19th Oct 09
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Havana Marking and the Roast Beef team continue to make us all proud at the foundation. The film is nominated for a Grierson Award (the big night is November 3rd) and also shortlisted for an Academy Award. It was the official BAFTA entry for the UK for the Best Foreign Language Film. ...
18th Oct 09
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The TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund will provide up to $140,000 in support of innovative and compelling filmmaking that explores scientific, mathematical, and technological themes and storylines, or a leading character who is a scientist, engineer, innovator or mathematician in fresh ways.
They are seeking exceptional narrative work of all genres (except science fiction or ...
16th Oct 09
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The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund is open for submissions from October 5th 2009 - January 11th 2010.
The Fund provides finishing funds to feature length documentaries which highlight and humanize issues of social importance from around the world. Grants range from $10,000-$25,000. For more information go to ...
14th Oct 09
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We are very pleased to announce the fantastic lineup of projects that will be pitching at next month’s Good Pitch UK.
The 8 directors are: Antony Butts (After the Apocalypse), Lesley Katon (A Very Dangerous Man), Dan Edelstyn (How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire), Hannan Majid & Richard York (Mass e Bhat), Rosa Rogers (Casablanca Calling), Mat Whitecross (Moving to Mars), ...
20th Aug 09
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We are VERY pleased to announce that after receiving its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and winning the Berlin Film Festival’s prestigious Audience Award earlier this year The Yes Men Fix The World will play at the Odeon Panton Street London from Friday.
LIVE SIMUL-CAST SCREENING!
On Tuesday August 11th at 8.30pm there will be a 22-screen simultaneous ...
3rd Aug 09
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The call for applications for the 2009 MeetMarket at Sheffield Doc/Fest is now open online here - http://www.sheffdocfest.com/meetmarket - until 4 September. MeetMarket is Doc/Fest’s pitching initiative designed to match documentary makers’ most innovative project ideas with UK and international buyers. For more information on MeetMarket see here - ...
6th Jun 09
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The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation and Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program (DFP) announce the Good Pitch will be held in the UK on September 7 & 8, 2009. The Good Pitch is a collaboration with Working Films UK and will be hosted by Amnesty International at their East London auditorium.
The Good Pitch brings together inspiring social-purpose film projects and a group ...
22nd May 09
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We are dead proud to say that Jamie Jay Johnson’s fantastic foundation film has opened in cinemas across the country. Here’s the rather lovely q&a with one of the junior Eurovision competitors from the film, Giorgos (and his sister). Bless. ...
11th May 09
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There is one week remaining to apply for the annual documentary pitching forum hosted by the Scottish Documentary Institute at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Deadline for project application: 11 May
Project selections announced: 27 May
Observer application deadline: 1 June
Cash Prizes will be awarded for Most Promising Project (£6,000) and Best Scottish ...
5th May 09
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The lineup for the Good Pitch, taking place at the the AFI-Discovery Channel SILVERDOCS Festival on 16 June 2009, is announced today.
The Good Pitch North America tour is a partnership between the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation and the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program (DFP), generously supported by the Fledgling Fund and Working Films. See ...
29th Apr 09
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Foundation-funded film, Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl, directed by David Bickerstaff and Phil Grabsky, will have an airing on Tuesday 28th April at 10pm on MORE4. Reviews have been great, so get it while it’s hot!
“more an art piece than a documentary but is powerfully imagined” - The Telegraph
“every frame is a stunning photograph in itself” - The Times
“haunting ...
27th Apr 09
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And the BAFTA for Best Single Documentary goes to...Chosen.
We are very pleased to announce that this evening’s Single Documentary BAFTA award went to Foundation film, Chosen. Receiving the award, director Brian Woods said, “This is a fantastic honour – thank you BAFTA for this. It is particularly wonderful because it was such a struggle to get this film made. We spent ...
26th Apr 09
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The call for entries is now open for the Good Pitch at IFP’s 2009 Independent Film Week. The Good Pitch brings together inspiring social-purpose film projects and a group of expert participants from charities, foundations, brands, government and media to form powerful alliances around groundbreaking films. For more information and to apply: ...
15th Apr 09
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We are very pleased to be able to announce the lineup for the first Good Pitch North America on 2009.
The Good Pitch North America tour is a partnership between the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation and the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program (DFP), generously supported by the Fledgling Fund and Working Films.
From 150 applications, five filmmaking teams have been ...
7th Apr 09
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Congratulations to the teams behind Afghan Star, End of the Line & The Yes Men Fix the World - all three films will be playing at the Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival next ...
7th Apr 09
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Double Sundance winner Afghan Star is showing on More4 tonight (April 7th) at 10pm.
After 30 years of war and Taliban rule, Pop Idol has come to Afghanistan. Afghan Star follows the dramatic stories of four contestants as they risk all to become the nation’s favorite singer. But will they attain the freedom they hope for in this vulnerable and traditional nation? There’s ...
7th Apr 09
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We are teaming up with our partners at Sheffield Doc/Fest to host a joint party at HotDocs. There will be a corner of a Canadian field (well, bar) that is forever England when THE BRITISH PARTY kicks off to celebrate British Documentaries at the fest.
The party will take place on Tuesday May 5th at 9pm. Destination: The Supermarket Bar and Restaurant, 268 Augusta Avenue, ...
7th Apr 09
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Foundation Directors Katie Bradford and Beadie Finzi will be running a session at the NCVO’s National Campaigning Conference on Wednesday April 1st. Making an Impact Through Video and Film will be a practical workshop on the use of film for greater impact in campaigning. Find out more at the NCVO website - ...
26th Mar 09
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We’re pleased to announce that Foundation funded film, Chosen, has been nominated for a BAFTA award. The Brian Woods-directed film has been nominated in the single documentary category alongside A Boy Called Alex, Morgan Matthews’ The Fallen and John Dower’s Thriller in Manila.
The full nominations list can be seen here: ...
25th Mar 09
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Jamie Jay Johnson’s film went down a storm at the brilliant Missouri Festival True/False. It sold out 5 screenings - and was wildy applauded by audiences we are pretty sure had never heard of the Eurovision Song Contest. Result. Here’s Jamie doing his q&a with Ingrid Kopp from Shooting ...
9th Mar 09
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From 15 until 20 June, IDFAcademy organises the Summer School 2009: a tailor-made training programme taking place in Amsterdam, aimed at strengthening the narrative structure of documentary film projects in script stage. Around fifteen projects from all over the world will be selected for the Summer School 2009. The filmmakers of these projects will be coached intensively by ...
27th Feb 09
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The Good Pitch at Silverdocs is aimed at directors and producers of any nationality with an ambition to work in partnership to harness the power of documentary to create positive change. The deadline for applications is 16th March 2009. Go here for more info ...
23rd Feb 09
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If you want to apply for the Good Pitch at Hotdocs, Toronto, you application must be in by the 20th Feb 09. For details, and how to apply look here ...
17th Feb 09
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Congratulations to The Yes Men Fix the World team who have scooped up the Panorama audience prize at Berlin Film ...
16th Feb 09
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BRITDOC Director Beadie Finzi and filmmaker activist Judith Helfand are to present a session at the Birds Eye Film Festival on using documentary to create social change.
When: 12.00 - 2.00pm on March 7th
Where: ICA
For more information go to ...
10th Feb 09
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Last night in Park City, Afghan Star scooped both the audience and the directing award in the world documentary section. Huge congratulations to Havana Marking and her team. Here's a short video of her accepting the audience award.
Click here to read Havana’s Sundance ...
25th Jan 09
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Read The Economist’s feature on The End of the Line, fresh from its premiere screening at the
Sundance Film Festival. ...
23rd Jan 09
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We’re very excited to announce that we’ve partnered with the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and today announced our plans to take our innovative documentary pitching forum, the Good Pitch, on the road to Hot Docs Festival in Toronto, SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival in Washington D.C. and IFP’s Independent Film Week in New York ...
21st Jan 09
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Havana Marking’s Afghan Star is creating much buzz at Sundance - the premiere was sold out and the press interview requests are pouring in.
Here’s Sundance documentary programmer David Courier introducing Havana and the film :
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18th Jan 09
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13th Jan 09
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IDFA Summer School:
From 15 until 21 June 2009 IDFAcademy organises a Summer School programme: a tailor-made training programme aimed at strengthening the narrative structure of documentary film projects in script or rough cut stage. Around fifteen projects from all over the world will be selected for Summer School 2009. The filmmakers of these projects will be coached ...
13th Jan 09
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A massive congratulations to the Animal Monday team for winning not one, but two Griersons -
Best Documentary on the Arts and Bloomberg Best Newcomer - for their documentary, Here’s Johnny.
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21st Nov 08
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After three brilliant years at Keble College Oxford, we have decided to take the BRITDOC brand online and on the road to deliver our services to British filmmakers wherever they are. The foundation is delighted to announce a major new partnership with Sheffield ...
30th Oct 08
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The film, which follows a pioneer of new farming techniques that could end slash and burn practices, received wide interest from participants including Sundance Documentary Fund, ITVS and ...
30th Oct 08
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Working with films that create social change is a major new plank of the work of the Foundation. The Foundation has been joined by Naomi Alexander, a third sector expert who worked on the successful first Good Pitch at BRITDOC 08. We will also be continuing our partnership with US-based Working Films – who held our Films for Change workshop in the summer. ...
29th Oct 08
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Your challenge; to make a 3 minute documentary on one cartridge of super 8mm film, editing only in camera.
The way it works; They send you a cartridge of film. You shoot. You send it back to them for processing. And if it’s a cracker, the first time you see your film is with a packed cinema audience. Nice!
Our aim; to put together a genius collection of Straight 8 ...
28th Oct 08
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Following his successful 3 Minute Wonder (which you can see at http://www.suso.co.uk/susology/features/king-of-laughter) director Nick Hillel has been given a grant to film Belachew as he tries to help people overcome adversity through ...
25th Oct 08
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Brian Woods’ Foundation film Chosen raises the issue of abuse in Britain’s private schools. Following the broadcast on More4 there were 28,000 hits to the guidelines for parents on the Chosen website. Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, has now called a review into safeguarding at independent schools. ...
23rd Oct 08
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The film, which follows 4 characters through the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, scored a rave Variety review and both UK and US theatrical interest - click here for the film ...
19th Oct 08
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Supported by a grant from the Open Society Institute Goodfilm.org will help filmmakers and charities to work successfully together – connecting them and providing case studies and learning opportunities such as our Media Conference last summer (the conference video is online here) ...
16th Oct 08
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Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern’s (winners of the BRITDOC 07 Best International Feature for The Devil Came on Horseback) latest film, The End of America, is now available to view online at http://www.snagfilms.com/films/watch/the_end_of_america/ Based on Naomi Wolf’s book and lecture tour of the same name the film takes a look at the erosion of civil liberties in ...
13th Oct 08
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(part of the London Film Festival). The event shares learning about new forms of digital filmmaking and distribution and the sessions, including his, are streamed here ...
2nd Oct 08
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The Guardian, Times and Independent all devoted both editorial space to the film before tx and full reviews as well. Nancy Banks Smith said “Well and away the most wonderful thing last night, easily the equal of John Freeman’s classic Face to Face series, was Chosen”: Go here for all the press: ...
1st Oct 08
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