Fly on the wall? I don’t want to fade into the background

After another late night of dancing to guilty pleasures in the Showroom bar I was grateful this morning for some kind of lie in. My plan was to book time in the videoteque and catch up on all the films I missed. High on my list were The Living Room of the Nation, the [...]

Stitch, pitch and the a to z of Britdoc

Showroom Cinema.

All Tomorrows parties edit masterclass with Nick Fenton. Truly inspiring.

All Tomorrows parties

New this year, The mighty Britdoc Bar

Stitch and pitch with craftivists.

I learnt how to knit again, first time in 20 years. I knitted and pitched, a moment of calm in a crazy festival

The a to z chatshow with AJ Schnack (all [...]

Doc/Fest 09 – Attack of the 50 Foot Reels

In the third installment of our daily Doc/Fest gems, Super 8 legend Norwood Cheek takes us through the Attack of the 50 Foot Reels filmmaking challenge.
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1000 shots of vodka at the bar right now

Yet another late night post. This time because my iPhone died again after only 12 hours of use.
As well as having 4 pitch meetings and taking part in 10×10. I still am yet to watch a single film. Today I saw:

Art docs at the chapel

Sandwich and lack of chair crisis at the delegates centre

Lisa and [...]

Doc/Fest 09 – The International Pitch

Sheffield Doc/Fest day two sees six filmmakers pitch for a £10k DFID funded opportunity to create a 10 minute short for the Community Channel. Greg Sanderson chairs a panel of judges including Executive Producer Jane Stephenson.
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Doc/Fest 09 – Crossover Summit

The time has come once again when the documentary film community converges on the city of Sheffield for Doc/Fest. With director Frank Boyd as their guide, Buzz Films‘ Jan Bednarz & Simon Wan captured the goings on at the inaugural Crossover Summit event.
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Meet, meet not quite meetmarket

6 sales agents, 1 lawyer, 1 journalist, 1 film-maker drinks down. 1 pizza and 1 roller disco to go.

MeetMarket this way

Directors of men who swim

Niki, c4int sales agent

Nina pope and Karen Guthrie, artists and directors, staying in Sheffield on a house boat.

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A late start after a late night

I finally have my delegates pass and goodies. Gave back my delegates bag as I inevitably lose them or pick up one of the other 1800 identical bags at the festival. Am trying to organise my day of meetings with (mainly) sales agents.
Excited that at some point today I will meet Phil Parker, the [...]

Who’s who and who are you?

I made it, here’s the obligiatory Sheffield steel welcome.

Who’s who at the hubs – awarding the TV sock prize to Axel Arno for best TV commissioner pitch.

Charlie Phillips, the beating heart of MeetMarket

Jason Daponte, commisioner for BBC Mobile platform and aspiring beekeeper

I am ashamed to admit we went to Rutland pub instead of going [...]

So near, yet so far

In my haste to finish my various edits for Friday’s dfg group 10 x 10 event – I will be showing a teaser and two scenes from my new film Orion: the man who would be king. I missed the 2.15 train to Sheffield. I had to console myself with a volcano-hot hot chocolate and [...]