Industry Sessions Partnership
Documentary Campus and Doc/Fest working together to present the Industry Sessions in Sheffield
Documentary Campus and Sheffield Doc/Fest are once again partnering to co-present the industry conference sessions at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2012.
Both organisations have prided themselves for many years on presenting high quality sessions and industry networking opportunities and the partnership seemed like an obvious one to form - we both aim to help the documentary industry thrive and stay alive and pooling our resources allowed us to put on a fantastic session programme for you all.
Our exciting line-up of sessions in 2011 was delivered by a cast of inspiring documentary makers, buyers, experts and more from around the UK, Europe and the world. If you are interested in what's hot in science, history and wildlife docs there were panels for you! We also had sessions on topics such as how to create the perfect title? What’s in a format? what’s the real story behind WikiLeaks? We discovered how the Revolution is being tweeted and the role social media is playing in changing the world and saw what TV Commissioners are looking for here in the UK and beyond. There were panels about crowd funding, alternative distribution and online revenue streams. The masterclass programme was absolutely stellar with some of the world's documentary greats in the line up this year ... and there was also a world class line up of sessions about the developments in the digital realm - cross platform, convergence, transmedia and interactivity.. it all took place here in Sheffield. Over 5 days of intense discussion, practical panels and workshops, we aimed to touch on as much about the art and business of documentary for you as we possibly could!
Renowned for its documentary training offers in Europe, Documentary Campus provides advanced training for professionals and up-and–coming talent in the European documentary sector. Over the past ten years it has hosted 50 events in Europe, trained 6,500 international delegates as well as organised 10 Masterschools.
Sheffield Doc/Fest attracts over 2,000 international delegates to its dynamic film and TV market where the documentary, theatrical and TV worlds converge with digital, online and mobile communities. Doc/Fest’s MeetMarket last year resulted in a record £20m of (mostly international co-production) deals in negotiation.
Documentary Campus and Sheffield Doc/Fest share the same ambition – to ignite international co-production, to help the documentary industry grow, to put the right people in the room with each other, to help indies navigate a route to market to secure finance for their great ideas. We love introducing the right people to each other and hope to maximise documentary makers chances of getting their projects made and seen whenever we can do so. We aim to be the super-connectors.
"Along with Sheffield Doc/Fest we want to establish a unique platform for knowledge exchange and the creation of new trends. The Industry Conference in Sheffield will become a highlight of the documentary events calendar."
Donata von Perfall, Director Documentary Campus
“This is a natural partnership, both organisations value quality, agenda-setting sessions and both want to create an even more dynamic meeting ground for the documentary industry.”
Heather Croall, Director Sheffield Doc/Fest
“ “This partnership will present the must-attend event for the documentary and digital industries to get together, make partnerships, share knowledge and do deals”.
Steve Hewlett, Chair Sheffield Doc/Fest
“Sheffield Doc/Fest is a success story, as Documentary Campus is. Through our partnership we can now join forces in our focus on innovation, and our quest to be appealing and relevant for the professionals in our industry."
Dr. Patrick Hoerl, Head of Board of Documentary Campus
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