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Press Release: The Sheffield Doc/Fest 2012 Film Line-Up
For five heady days in June, Doc/Fest films roll out across the city of Sheffield - into its cinemas, theatres, and, for 4 days of free outdoor screenings, at the Howard Street Screen. Doc/Fest’s 19th edition will bring to Sheffield some of this year’s documentary heavy-hitters in a programme that includes 83 feature docs (including 2 secret screenings), 10 outdoor screenings, plus 27 shorts and 4 cross platform films. Of the 11 world premieres, 9 are by UK filmmakers.
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Press Release: Interview and Masterclass Highlights at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2012
The often controversial and always busy conference programme at Sheffield Doc/Fest - presented for the second year with Documentary Campus - includes over 75 events this year including interviews and masterclasses with some of the world’s leading documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. Speaker highlights in 2012 include Tim Pool, Debra Zimmerman, Morgan Matthews, Gareth Malone, Chris King, Michael Apted, and turning the tables this year, AA Gill will interview Nick Fraser.
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Press Release: Business Booms at MeetMarket
Since MeetMarket was introduced in 2006, Sheffield Doc/Fest’s flagship pitching opportunity has grown exponentially in reputation and numbers. In 2011 over 67% of participants of MeetMarket had completed deals by 1 October (3.5 months after Doc/Fest) at a total cost of £5,561,769, with an average of £85,566 per project. This year 65 projects from 20 countries have been invited to pitch to 250 decision makers including execs from BBC, Channel 4, Sky Arts, ARTE France, National Geographic, PBS, SBS, Cinematic Media, ZDF, ABC, ARD/SWR, TV 2 Denmark and RAI, plus three experts in new world funding and distribution: Jon Reiss, Sandi DuBowski and Sheri Candler.
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Press Release: Interactive at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2012 - Talk, Watch and Play
Interactive media takes centre stage at this year’s Doc/Fest with the one-day Crossover Summit plus live events, films and workshops which explore immersive, digital content and how to commission and develop it, plus engage new audiences over multiple platforms. On Wednesday 13 June the Crossover Summit, curated by Mark Atkin, brings together speakers from ARTE, AurochDigital, the BBC, the BFI, Blast Films, Brothers and Sisters, Channel 4, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, i-Docs, LinkTV, MINT Digital, Moon, the Museum of London, Sadler’s Wells, Screen Yorkshire, SEPPIA, the Wellcome Trust and YouTube.
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Press Release: From the Sea to the Land Beyond (24/04/12)
Commissioned by The Space, the new on-demand digital arts service developed by the Arts Council in partnership with the BBC and produced by Sheffield Doc/Fest and Crossover, From the Sea to the Land Beyond, is a cross-platform interactive documentary to be delivered across cinema and online. With unparalleled access to over 100 years of BFI Archive footage the project will deliver a one hour poetic meditation on the British coastline, which celebrates Great Britain’s identity as an island and the evocative, often nostalgic, place the coast has in many people’s hearts.
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Press Release: SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN to open Sheffield Doc/Fest (04/04/2012)
The 2012 edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest opens on 13 June with the European premiere of Malik Bendjelloul’s revelatory and compelling Searching for Sugar Man (USA/UK/Sweden)
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Press Release: MeetMarket Docs Making Waves in 2012-Updated February 20th 2012
We celebrate the achievements of docs which started, continued, or finished their production journey at MeetMarket, Sheffield Doc/Fest’s unique pitching initiative which matches outstanding film projects to funders, commissioners, broadcasters and distributors.
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Press Release: Commissioning the Future
Crossover Labs, Sheffield Doc/Fest and Documentary Campus announce the first Commissioning The Future Lab to be held in Manchester, UK from 21-25 March. Click on the above title to read and download the press release.