Mini-MeetMarket

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The Mini-MeetMarket: MeetMarket’s Little Sister


The Mini-MeetMarket is a unique opportunity for new and emerging documentary filmmakers to meet executive producers in an informal setting at Sheffield Doc/Fest.

This is a pitching and steering session, taking place on the morning of the Friday of the festival. The session is open to Sheffield DocFest delegates and Newcomer’s Day passholders, who have the opportunity to meet industry movers and shakers in an intimate roundtable environment.

The aim is simple: to enable you to get feedback on your documentary idea, no matter how undeveloped it is at this stage. You’ll get a response on how you pitched it as well as pointers on how it needs developing, where to go next, and how to improve your chances of getting funding.

Projects selected for 2009 are listed below. Make sure you sign up to the Doc/Fest mailing list for news on 2010 submissions to Mini MeetMarket


Mini MeetMarket is produced by DFG

Mentors for 2009 included:



  • -Natasha Dack, Tigerlily Films

  • -Lucy Baxter, Mandrake Films

  • -Sandra Whipham, Executive Producer (formerly Commissioning Editor, More4)

  • -Andre Singer, West Park Pictures


Please note: to be eligible for this event, you must be planning to attend the Sheffield DocFest either as a delegate or as a Newcomer’s Day passholder. You must also be available to attend meetings on the morning of the Friday of the festival


Mini MeetMarket 2009 - Selected Projects


Vika Evdokimenko - Turning Point

Lindsey Dryden - Juliet

Andrew Thorp - Real Horror Show

Andy Mundy-Castle - Dressage Dreaming

Janine Finlay - Oh No! Not another documentary about climate change!

Alexandra Mattholie - Kungfu Madagascar!

Holly Elson - Romantic Overture

Lauren Jacobs - Doing God's Work

Chris Stone & Emily McDowell - Where The Clouds Come Home

Chloe Ruthven - An Elegy For Tom Show

Jonathan Kerr-Smith - From The Rubble

Angela Yeoh - Kungfusion: Fighting Girls at Shaolin School

Sam Lockyer - Another Man's Shoes

Dean Beswick - Has Britain had its chips?

Sofia Olins - Video Rover

Sonal Sachdeva - The Gay Rebel Prince Steps Out

Antony Butts - The Ghostbuster of Chechnya

Mel Cannon - The McBrearty Affair

Douglas Neilson - All the Art That's Fit to Print

Katharine Round - The Great Drag Race

Jemma Gander - The Last Battle

Valentina Monti - Valentina: First Woman In Space

Alice Carder - Finding Dad - 21 years: 6 dads

Rob Speranza - The Playground of the World: Coney Island

Michael Story - India's Real Love Guru

David Brown - Sudan in Fragments