After the success of 2022’s Focus: Filmmaker Talent initiative, we are delighted to present the Filmmaker Challenge 2023. Six early-career UK filmmakers have been selected to undertake the challenge of making a film on the fly, with a micro budget and equipment support, as well as mentoring from Oscar and BAFTA-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (Touching the Void, The Last King ofScotland, One Day in September). Working to a tight deadline, filmmakers will respond to the festival theme of ‘sparking curiosity’, with only the deadline as a commissioning constraint. All filming is to be undertaken in a single day and the final work will be screened for industry and invited guests on the last day of Sheffield DocFest.
Principal Supporter Prime
Supported by Prime, Canon, Sheffield Hallam, The Kurious and Warner Chappell Production Music
