Submit a Session Idea
Each year, Doc/Fest features over 50 sessions in its dynamic programme, which include keynote addresses and interviews, sessions, panels and masterclasses, with some of the world's leading documentary filmmakers, broadcasters, interactive producers, digital artists and game designers.
Doc/Fest has always been a festival owned and created by the documentary industry with dozens of professionals donating their time to produce moderate and speak in a world class programme of sessions.
Submit a Session Idea is now closed for 2010. Thank you for your contribution!
Proposals will be discussed and selected by the Doc/Fest team and advisory committee. If your idea is selected, you will produce the session, providing an opportunity to get involved with leading people in the industry and make a valuable contribution to Doc/Fest.
We will contact you by end of July if your session is selected. If successful, you get to produce the session, giving you an opportunity to be valuable part of Doc/Fest and get involved with leading people in the documentary industry.
How to be a Session Producer
If your session is selected, duties will include:
- Confirming your session chair and speakers
- Collating photos and biographies for your speakers
- Writing a session description and title for your session
- Ensuring your speakers are registered delegates so they are included on the delegate list and in the catalogue
- Collecting technical requirements from your speakers for their presentations and liaising with the Doc/Fest production team
- Collecting release forms for your speakers
- Putting speakers in contact with each other, putting together a running order, coordinating clips/clip reel, hosting speakers on the day
Benefits for a Session Producer:
We appreciate the time and energy each session producer donates to the festival. Doc/Fest offers all session producers a discounted registration pass.