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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.

Submit your project to this pitching and steering session, taking place on the morning of Friday 5th November 2010. The session is open to Sheffield DocFest delegates and DFG 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.

Mini MeetMarket 2010

Filmmakers are invited to submit a short proposal – no more than 250 words in length – together with a brief biography and full contact details to meghana@dfgdocs.com by 5pm on Wednesday 13th October 2010. The application must fit on one side of A4.

We select participants based on your idea and whether you are at the right stage in your career to benefit from the experience. You can apply with shorts, features, tv or multi-platform projects, and we'll be looking for ideas with the potential to be realised in today's market.

Up to 30 projects will be selected to take part in this event, and the successful projects will be notified in the week beginning 18th October.

For all queries please call DFG on 020 7249 6600 or email meghna@dfgdocs.com

Mini MeetMarket is produced by DFG

Confirmed mentors for 2010 include:



  • -Natasha Dack, Tigerlily Films

  • -Lucy Baxter, Mandrake Films

  • -Sandra Whipham, Executive Producer

  • -Andre Singer, West Park Pictures

  • Christopher Hird, Dartmouth Pictures

  • Richard Sattin, Parthenon Entertainment


Please note: to be eligible for this event, you must be planning to attend the Sheffield DocFest either as a delegate or as a DFG Day passholder. You must also be available to attend meetings on the morning of the Friday 5th November

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