2023 Industry Sessions
Taking place on Thursday 20th (starting at 10am) and Friday 21st April, our industry sessions will be led by some of the UK’s most successful and renowned independent documentary filmmakers: Jeanie Finlay, Kim Hopkins, Anthony Baxter, Sean McAllister, Carol Salter, Iain Cunningham, Rubika Shah, Paul Sng, Campbell X and Gannesh Raja. Our industry sessions will deal with issues around the craft, ethics and business of non-fiction filmmaking, with a particular focus on the challenges faced by filmmakers working in the regions. This will be an opportunity to learn from the experts, engage in critical thinking around key issues, and be inspired to make and commercialise your best work.
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Anthony Baxter
BAFTA winning filmmaker
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Carol Salter
BIFA winning filmmaker
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Rubika Shah
Grierson Award Winner
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Sean McAllister
Special Jury Prize, Sundance
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Jeanie Finlay
BIFA winning filmmaker
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Kim Hopkins
Audience Award, DocFest
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Paul Sng
BAFTA nominated filmmaker
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Iain Cunningham
RTS Award Winner
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Gannesh Rajah
Producer
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Campbell X
Filmmaker
Thursday 20th April 2023
10:30 AM - Independent and regional: A discussion about the nature of independence in a hierarchical industry, and how this relates to being based in the regions.
Panel: Sean McAllister, Anthony Baxter, Jeanie Finlay, Iain Cunningham, Campbell X
1:30 PM - Cinematography for the self-shooter: Masterclass on elevating your camerawork for the big screen, even when you’re working solo.
Panel: Carol Salter, Kim Hopkins, Sean McAllister, Anthony Baxter
4:00 PM - BFI Doc Society: In this session BFI Doc Society's Suzanne Alizart welcomes local storytellers to hear the latest news and guidance on National Lottery funding and support available for UK independent documentary features, and for short docs as part of BFI NETWORK. Joining in conversation to share their own journey and experiences of developing inspiring creative non-fiction work and sustaining careers in the field, will be a stellar line-up of fund alumni: producer Gannesh Rajah and filmmakers Jeanie Finlay and Paul Sng.
Friday 21st April 2023
10:00 AM - Whose story is it anyway? The ethics of exploiting subjects/contributors: What gives you the right to tell this story? Working in other cultures and countries.
Panel: Kim Hopkins, Sean McAllister, Rubika Shah, Iain Cunningham
1:30 PM - Developing access and ongoing consent: The ethics and practice of managing and directing contributors/subjects.
Panel: Iain Cunningham, Paul Sng, Carol Slater, Anthony Baxter, Rubika Shah
3:30 PM - Adventures in Archive: The challenges of using archive in films, and the drift of ownership of content to multinational corporations.
Panel: Rubika Shah, Paul Sng, Esther Johnson, Ben Reynolds