- Overview
- Sessions A-Z
- Speakers A-Z
- Question Time - Have Your Say
- Crossover 360 Sessions
- Crossover Summit
- Science at Sheffield
- DFG Newcomers Day
- DocDay
- International Delegations
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DFG Newcomers Day
Do you want to work in documentaries? Want help making your first documentary?
Want to win a commission from Current TV? Newcomers Day is a fantastic and unique opportunity to get into the documentary world. Hear from and meet execs who are hiring, commissioners who are buying and the directors who are inspiring the next generation of doc filmmakers.
Newcomers Day 2009 included these sessions:
DFG Newcomers Day Session 1: The ABC (and XYZ) of Getting Ahead in Television
A quirky but informative seminar discussing all the ways for new and emerging documentary filmmakers to begin working in factual television.
DFG Newcomers Day Session 2: World in Focus: The International Pitch
In 2009, for the first time, the CBA-DFID Broadcast Media Scheme offered a travel bursary of up to £8,000 to help one newcomer tell their story from the developing world.
The winners - Sheherzad Kaleem, with Victoria Shelley and Damian Rafferty highly commended
DFG Newcomers Day Session 3: My Way: Taking the Indie Route
These days TV is just one of many avenues to explore when carving out your path in documentary. Four of the most inspirational documentary filmmakers and experts will pitch their top tips for taking the more scenic route, from understanding how to turn your Facebook profile into your best marketing tool, to learning when it’s a good idea to extend your credit card limit (and when it’s really not).
DFG Newcomers Day Session 4: Current TV Pitch
Current TV is offering producers the first chance to pitch for the channel’s new, half-hour investigative journalism slots at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2009.
For more information on the Mini-MeetMarket: look here .