'My Brilliant Career' producer Margaret Fink, Acs Hall of Fame inductee Daryl Binning, Emmy-winning natural history filmmaker David Parer and Heather Croall, CEO of the Adelaide Fringe and former director of Sheffield Doc/Fest, have been recognised with Australia Day honours.
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- 1/25/2024
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Sheffield Doc/Fest, one of the world’s top gatherings for the documentary industry, is in turmoil as its entire programming team appears to have been quietly terminated following the exit of artistic director Cintia Gil last week.
On Friday, in an emotional statement, the festival’s group of seven programmers — Juliano Gomes, Qila Gill, Carlos Pereira, Christopher Small, Rabz Lansiquot, Soukaina Aboulaoula and Herb Shellenberger — spoke out about an ugly clash between the festival’s board of trustees and its outlook for the event, and the artistic team and their curatorial vision.
Noting that the entire group has been with the festival since 2019, under former DocsLisboa chief Gil, they claim they were “silently locked out of our email accounts” days after Gil’s departure, which was chalked up to “artistic differences.” The group also notes that “all traces of our presence at the festival—names, photos, information about our...
On Friday, in an emotional statement, the festival’s group of seven programmers — Juliano Gomes, Qila Gill, Carlos Pereira, Christopher Small, Rabz Lansiquot, Soukaina Aboulaoula and Herb Shellenberger — spoke out about an ugly clash between the festival’s board of trustees and its outlook for the event, and the artistic team and their curatorial vision.
Noting that the entire group has been with the festival since 2019, under former DocsLisboa chief Gil, they claim they were “silently locked out of our email accounts” days after Gil’s departure, which was chalked up to “artistic differences.” The group also notes that “all traces of our presence at the festival—names, photos, information about our...
- 8/27/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Wayne Blair and Nel Minchin’s Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra has followed up Monday’s Aacta Award for Best Documentary with yet another win, claiming the inaugural Change Award at the Adelaide Film Festival.
Offering a $5000 cash prize, the category is designed to recognise a film that celebrates social and environmental impact, while expressing a desire to live in new ways.
Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra tells the origin story of the renowned Bangarra Dance Company through the eyes of its artistic director Stephen Page and other members.
The film, which was directed by Nel Minchin and Wayne Blair, and produced by Ivan Mahoney, has already been announced as the winner of festival’s $10,000 Documentary Award.
Mahoney said the latest accolade went to the heart of “how we can all work together to shape a brighter future”.
“Bangarra have been at the forefront of reconciliation for three decades by...
Offering a $5000 cash prize, the category is designed to recognise a film that celebrates social and environmental impact, while expressing a desire to live in new ways.
Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra tells the origin story of the renowned Bangarra Dance Company through the eyes of its artistic director Stephen Page and other members.
The film, which was directed by Nel Minchin and Wayne Blair, and produced by Ivan Mahoney, has already been announced as the winner of festival’s $10,000 Documentary Award.
Mahoney said the latest accolade went to the heart of “how we can all work together to shape a brighter future”.
“Bangarra have been at the forefront of reconciliation for three decades by...
- 12/2/2020
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
‘When Pomegranates Howl’.
Adelaide Film Festival has revealed its full program for 2020, including the world premieres of local titles When Pomegranates Howl, Yer Old Father, This is Port Adelaide, ShoPaapaa, and more, as well as a special strand dedicated to Australian indies.
Overall, the biennial festival – due to be an entirely physical event thanks to dedicated Covid-Safe plans – has snared a total of 54 features from more than 40 countries, including 22 world premieres and 27 Australian premieres.
As previously announced, the festival will open with Seth Larney’s sci-fi thriller 2067, starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ryan Kwanten and Deborah Mailman, and will close out with the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award winner, Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari.
Stephen Johnson’s High Ground, which bowed in Berlinale, will vie in the festival’s official competition, up against Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round; Christos Nikou’s Apples, Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Beginning, Yolqin Tuychiev’s 2000 Songs of Farida,...
Adelaide Film Festival has revealed its full program for 2020, including the world premieres of local titles When Pomegranates Howl, Yer Old Father, This is Port Adelaide, ShoPaapaa, and more, as well as a special strand dedicated to Australian indies.
Overall, the biennial festival – due to be an entirely physical event thanks to dedicated Covid-Safe plans – has snared a total of 54 features from more than 40 countries, including 22 world premieres and 27 Australian premieres.
As previously announced, the festival will open with Seth Larney’s sci-fi thriller 2067, starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ryan Kwanten and Deborah Mailman, and will close out with the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award winner, Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari.
Stephen Johnson’s High Ground, which bowed in Berlinale, will vie in the festival’s official competition, up against Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round; Christos Nikou’s Apples, Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Beginning, Yolqin Tuychiev’s 2000 Songs of Farida,...
- 9/9/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Natalie Miller and Sasha Close. (Photo credit: Peter Jackson)
Applications are open for the annual Natalie Miller Fellowship, a $20,000 grant designed to support female leaders..
Established six years ago, the fellowship is open to all women working in the screen industry, and aims to offer financial assistance to allow the recipient to undertake attachments, mentorships, secondments and the like..
Last year.s recipient was Sasha Close, who is both film programming manager for South Australia.s Wallis Cinemas, and a consultant for 20 regional cinemas across Australia..
As part of her fellowship Close was keen to explore how a cinema chain operates in a different territory, and will be jetting off to the UK in two weeks to undertake a secondment with Picturehouse Cinemas. Once there, she will shadow key personnel in programming and marketing and view operations. Close said Picturehouse seem to be a really .innovative circuit..
.They were one...
Applications are open for the annual Natalie Miller Fellowship, a $20,000 grant designed to support female leaders..
Established six years ago, the fellowship is open to all women working in the screen industry, and aims to offer financial assistance to allow the recipient to undertake attachments, mentorships, secondments and the like..
Last year.s recipient was Sasha Close, who is both film programming manager for South Australia.s Wallis Cinemas, and a consultant for 20 regional cinemas across Australia..
As part of her fellowship Close was keen to explore how a cinema chain operates in a different territory, and will be jetting off to the UK in two weeks to undertake a secondment with Picturehouse Cinemas. Once there, she will shadow key personnel in programming and marketing and view operations. Close said Picturehouse seem to be a really .innovative circuit..
.They were one...
- 6/1/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Read More: Attention, Filmmakers: 8 Things To Know Before Making a Music Documentary The Sheffield Doc/Fest 2015 award winners were announced this morning by British comedian, Jeremy Hardy. See the full list below: The Inspiration Award: was awarded to former festival director, Heather Croall. The Tim Hetherington Award: Matthew Heineman ("Cartel Land") The Sheffield Doc/Fest’s Grand Jury prize: "A Syrian Love Story" (dir. Sean McAllister) The jury for this year's Grand Jury Prize included: Kaleem Aftab;(Journalist / UK), John Akomfrah (Smoking Dog Films / UK), Ruby Chen (Cnex / China), Sigrid Dyekjaer (Producer / Denmark) and Alexandra Hannibal (Tribeca Film Institute / USA). Speaking of "A Syrian Love Story," Chen, said "the Jury were enamored by this Bergmanesque portrait of a relationship and love, taking place against an ever-changing and...
- 6/10/2015
- by Elle Leonsis
- Indiewire
Other winners include a film about the early years of Greenpeace and Us documentary 3½ Minutes, 10 Bullets.
Sean McAllister’s A Syrian Love Story has won the Grand Jury prize at Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10).
Acclaimed British documentary filmmaker McAllister, whose credits include The Liberace in Baghdad and The Reluctant Revolutionary, shot the feature over four years.
It follows the plight of one Syrian family as they are forced to leave the war torn country and the impact it has on the family’s relationships. During the filming process, McAllister himself spent time in a Syrian jail when the authorities seized his camera.
On behalf of the jury, Ruby Chen of Cnex China said: “The jury were enamoured by this Bergmanesque portrait of a relationship and love, taking place against an ever-changing and tumultuous backdrop.
“Delivering unusual gender portraits it explores vulnerabilities, looking at the concept of belonging, providing a unique and intimate portrait of disillusionment.”
The...
Sean McAllister’s A Syrian Love Story has won the Grand Jury prize at Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10).
Acclaimed British documentary filmmaker McAllister, whose credits include The Liberace in Baghdad and The Reluctant Revolutionary, shot the feature over four years.
It follows the plight of one Syrian family as they are forced to leave the war torn country and the impact it has on the family’s relationships. During the filming process, McAllister himself spent time in a Syrian jail when the authorities seized his camera.
On behalf of the jury, Ruby Chen of Cnex China said: “The jury were enamoured by this Bergmanesque portrait of a relationship and love, taking place against an ever-changing and tumultuous backdrop.
“Delivering unusual gender portraits it explores vulnerabilities, looking at the concept of belonging, providing a unique and intimate portrait of disillusionment.”
The...
- 6/10/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
UK documentary festival opened with Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look Of Silence.
A record number of delegates are expected to attend the 2015 edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest, which opened Friday night (July 5) with Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look Of Silence.
A total of 903 delegates registered on the first day of the festival, which kicked off with the UK premiere of Oppenheimer’s follow-up to Oscar-nominated The Act of Killing. It is the largest number of delegates to register on the first day of Doc/Fest and means the festival is on track to beat last year’s figure of 3200 delegates in all.
The Look Of Silence, which received a standing ovation from the Sheffield audience, was attended by Oppenheimer and the film’s subject, Adi Rukon.
Also screening last night at Sheffield’s City Hall was the world premiere of Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson’s The Greatest Shows on Earth: A Century of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals...
A record number of delegates are expected to attend the 2015 edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest, which opened Friday night (July 5) with Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look Of Silence.
A total of 903 delegates registered on the first day of the festival, which kicked off with the UK premiere of Oppenheimer’s follow-up to Oscar-nominated The Act of Killing. It is the largest number of delegates to register on the first day of Doc/Fest and means the festival is on track to beat last year’s figure of 3200 delegates in all.
The Look Of Silence, which received a standing ovation from the Sheffield audience, was attended by Oppenheimer and the film’s subject, Adi Rukon.
Also screening last night at Sheffield’s City Hall was the world premiere of Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson’s The Greatest Shows on Earth: A Century of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals...
- 6/7/2015
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
Sheffield Doc/Fest to pay tribute to former festival director Heather Croall with Inspiration Award.
Heather Croall, who was Sheffield Doc/Fest’s CEO and festival director from 2006 to 2014, is to receive the festival’s Inspiration Award.
Sheffield Doc/Fest line-up 2015
Croall, who stepped down in mid-February, will be presented with the award before opening night film The Look Of Silence on June 5 at the Sheffield Showroom Cinema.
During her tenure, Doc/Fest introduced Crossover Labs; the ‘MeetMarket’ to generate funding for new projects; a Mini-MeetMarket that saw young filmmakers bring projects to be mentored by experienced professionals; and a Youth Jury Awards .
Since 2006, industry delegate numbers have grown from 500 to over 3,200, and public audiences expanded from 2,000 to over 26,000.
Croall was director of nine festivals at Sheffield and moved back to Australia to take up the position of CEO and festival director of the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Discovery Channel exec Liz McIntyre was named the new festival...
Heather Croall, who was Sheffield Doc/Fest’s CEO and festival director from 2006 to 2014, is to receive the festival’s Inspiration Award.
Sheffield Doc/Fest line-up 2015
Croall, who stepped down in mid-February, will be presented with the award before opening night film The Look Of Silence on June 5 at the Sheffield Showroom Cinema.
During her tenure, Doc/Fest introduced Crossover Labs; the ‘MeetMarket’ to generate funding for new projects; a Mini-MeetMarket that saw young filmmakers bring projects to be mentored by experienced professionals; and a Youth Jury Awards .
Since 2006, industry delegate numbers have grown from 500 to over 3,200, and public audiences expanded from 2,000 to over 26,000.
Croall was director of nine festivals at Sheffield and moved back to Australia to take up the position of CEO and festival director of the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Discovery Channel exec Liz McIntyre was named the new festival...
- 6/1/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Well folks, after a rather long and brutal winter (at least for me here in Buffalo), we are finally heading into the wonderful warmth of summer, but with that blast of sunshine and steamy humidity comes the mid-year drought of major film fests. After the Sheffield Doc/Fest concludes on June 10th and AFI Docs wraps on June 21st, we likely won’t see any major influx in our charts until Locarno, Venice, Telluride and Tiff announce their line-ups in rapid succession. In the meantime, we can look forward to the intriguing onslaught of films making their debut in Sheffield, including Brian Hill’s intriguing examination of Sweden’s most notorious serial killer, The Confessions of Thomas Quick, and Sean McAllister’s film for which he himself was jailed in the process of making, A Syrian Love Story, the only two films world premiering in the festival’s main competition.
- 6/1/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Films include a collaboration between Sing Sing prison inmates and a leading contemporary dance company from Turner Prize nominated visual artist Phil Collins.
Scroll down for full list of projects
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10) has revealed the titles that will pitch for funding at its MeetMarket initiative, celebrating 10 years in 2015.
A total of 64 filmmaker teams from 19 countries will pitch to international and UK decision makers for research, development and production funding
At Crossover Market, which includes digital titles, a further 26 interactive projects from 12 countries will pitch in one-to-one meetings to a range of specialist decision makers.
Among the Crossover projects being pitched are the latest from Oscar Raby who won last year’s Interactive Audience Award with Assent; and Ram Devineni who attracted funding at last year’s Crossover Market and Tribeca New Media Fund for Priya’s Shakti.
New pitch opportunities this year include a BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Stories commission for young filmmakers, the Guardian...
Scroll down for full list of projects
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10) has revealed the titles that will pitch for funding at its MeetMarket initiative, celebrating 10 years in 2015.
A total of 64 filmmaker teams from 19 countries will pitch to international and UK decision makers for research, development and production funding
At Crossover Market, which includes digital titles, a further 26 interactive projects from 12 countries will pitch in one-to-one meetings to a range of specialist decision makers.
Among the Crossover projects being pitched are the latest from Oscar Raby who won last year’s Interactive Audience Award with Assent; and Ram Devineni who attracted funding at last year’s Crossover Market and Tribeca New Media Fund for Priya’s Shakti.
New pitch opportunities this year include a BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Stories commission for young filmmakers, the Guardian...
- 4/27/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Discovery Channel exec to replace Heather Croall at documentary festival.
Sheffield Doc/Fest has named Discovery Channel commissioner Liz McIntyre as its new CEO and festival director, replacing Heather Croall who stepped down in February after nine years in the role.
McIntyre will take up the position on September 1, stepping down as VP of production and development at Discovery Channel where she is responsible for commissioning original factual content for the global market, as well heading up factual commissions for Discovery UK and Quest.
She will join Sheffield Doc/Fest after its next edition, which runs June 5-10 and is being handled by Mark Atkin, director of the festival’s multiplatform strand Crossover.
On top of her Discovery role, McIntyre has been head of masterschool for Documentary Campus and will lead its pan-European mentoring and training programme until the end of this year.
Documentary Campus has co-presented the Industry Conference Sessions at Sheffield Doc/Fest since 2011. She...
Sheffield Doc/Fest has named Discovery Channel commissioner Liz McIntyre as its new CEO and festival director, replacing Heather Croall who stepped down in February after nine years in the role.
McIntyre will take up the position on September 1, stepping down as VP of production and development at Discovery Channel where she is responsible for commissioning original factual content for the global market, as well heading up factual commissions for Discovery UK and Quest.
She will join Sheffield Doc/Fest after its next edition, which runs June 5-10 and is being handled by Mark Atkin, director of the festival’s multiplatform strand Crossover.
On top of her Discovery role, McIntyre has been head of masterschool for Documentary Campus and will lead its pan-European mentoring and training programme until the end of this year.
Documentary Campus has co-presented the Industry Conference Sessions at Sheffield Doc/Fest since 2011. She...
- 4/21/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
After running the Sheffield International Documentary Festival since 2006, Heather Croall is returning to South Australia to take charge of the Adelaide Fringe Festival. The English-born, Whyalla-raised Croall will take over as director and CEO from Greg Clarke at the end of the fifth edition, which runs February 13-March 15.
.After living in the UK for nearly a decade, I am absolutely over the moon to know that I am coming home to South Australia to take up this amazing job,. she said. .Greg Clarke is going to be a very hard act to follow but I am going to give it all I've got to fill those big shoes..
Last year Clarke announced he intends to move back to Sydney and work as an arts consultant on individual projects.
Adelaide Fringe chair David Minear said, .Heather is an exciting, ideas-rich entrepreneur and leader with a proven arts track record. She understands...
.After living in the UK for nearly a decade, I am absolutely over the moon to know that I am coming home to South Australia to take up this amazing job,. she said. .Greg Clarke is going to be a very hard act to follow but I am going to give it all I've got to fill those big shoes..
Last year Clarke announced he intends to move back to Sydney and work as an arts consultant on individual projects.
Adelaide Fringe chair David Minear said, .Heather is an exciting, ideas-rich entrepreneur and leader with a proven arts track record. She understands...
- 1/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Heather Croall to head Adelaide Fringe Festival after nine years at Sheffield.
Heather Croall, the CEO and festival director of Sheffield Doc/Fest, is to step down after nine years in the role.
Croall will leave the documentary festival in mid-February and return to Australia, where she will take up the position of CEO and festival director of the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Mark Atkin, director of the festival’s multiplatform strand Crossover, will take over as acting director ahead of the next edition, which runs June 5-10.
The search for a full-time successor will begin with immediate effect and is expected to be announced at the festival in June.
Doc/Fest chairman Alex Graham said: “Heather will be an incredibly difficult act to follow. In less than a decade she transformed Sheffield Doc/Fest into one of the leading film festivals in the world and she leaves a fantastic legacy on which we can build. Of course...
Heather Croall, the CEO and festival director of Sheffield Doc/Fest, is to step down after nine years in the role.
Croall will leave the documentary festival in mid-February and return to Australia, where she will take up the position of CEO and festival director of the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Mark Atkin, director of the festival’s multiplatform strand Crossover, will take over as acting director ahead of the next edition, which runs June 5-10.
The search for a full-time successor will begin with immediate effect and is expected to be announced at the festival in June.
Doc/Fest chairman Alex Graham said: “Heather will be an incredibly difficult act to follow. In less than a decade she transformed Sheffield Doc/Fest into one of the leading film festivals in the world and she leaves a fantastic legacy on which we can build. Of course...
- 1/5/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sheffield Doc/Fest has appointed Claire Aguilar as director of programming and industry engagement.
The newly created hybrid role will see Aguilar taking over from former director of programming Hussain Currimbhoy - who stepped down after seven years to join the Sundance Film Festival – as well as being responsible for overseeing industry training and mentoring as part of Doc/Fest’s year-round workshops.
Aguilar joins Doc/Fest from American public television broadcaster Independent Television Service (Itvs), where she held the roles of executive content adviser, responsible for commissioning documentaries and vice president of programming, which saw her overseeing programming strategy and funding. She will move from San Francisco, where she is currently based, to Sheffield at the end of January.
She has previously served as programming consultant, film juror and panelist across a slate of international documentary organisations including Pew Fellowships in the Arts, Ford Foundation, Idfa, Visions du Réel, the Corporation...
The newly created hybrid role will see Aguilar taking over from former director of programming Hussain Currimbhoy - who stepped down after seven years to join the Sundance Film Festival – as well as being responsible for overseeing industry training and mentoring as part of Doc/Fest’s year-round workshops.
Aguilar joins Doc/Fest from American public television broadcaster Independent Television Service (Itvs), where she held the roles of executive content adviser, responsible for commissioning documentaries and vice president of programming, which saw her overseeing programming strategy and funding. She will move from San Francisco, where she is currently based, to Sheffield at the end of January.
She has previously served as programming consultant, film juror and panelist across a slate of international documentary organisations including Pew Fellowships in the Arts, Ford Foundation, Idfa, Visions du Réel, the Corporation...
- 12/12/2014
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
Charlie Phillips to leave after seven years, replaced by the director of the Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival. Sheffield Doc/Fest director of programming Hussain Currimbhoy is also set to step down.
Sheffield Doc/Fest deputy director Charlie Phillips is to step down after seven years to take up a newly created position as head of documentaries at the Guardian, as part of its video team, from Oct 20.
Reporting to the Guardian’s executive editor of multimedia, Merope Mills, Phillips will be responsible for overseeing the acquisition and production of international documentaries of all lengths and genres.
Melanie Iredale will replace Phillips at the documentary festival from November and joins from Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, which she has directed since 2009.
Iredale has also been development consultant for Sheffield Doc/Fest since 2010, raising funds for new festival strands as well as arts and public-facing projects.
It has also been confirmed that director of programming Hussain Currimbhoy is leaving...
Sheffield Doc/Fest deputy director Charlie Phillips is to step down after seven years to take up a newly created position as head of documentaries at the Guardian, as part of its video team, from Oct 20.
Reporting to the Guardian’s executive editor of multimedia, Merope Mills, Phillips will be responsible for overseeing the acquisition and production of international documentaries of all lengths and genres.
Melanie Iredale will replace Phillips at the documentary festival from November and joins from Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, which she has directed since 2009.
Iredale has also been development consultant for Sheffield Doc/Fest since 2010, raising funds for new festival strands as well as arts and public-facing projects.
It has also been confirmed that director of programming Hussain Currimbhoy is leaving...
- 9/8/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Dogwoof has picked up world sales rights and UK distribution rights to Kim Longinotto’s Sheffield doc Love is All.
Funded by the BBC and BFI and produced by Mark Atkin, Heather Croall (Sheffield Doc/Fest) and Martin Rosenbaum (Pervert’s Guide…), the film explores love and courtship through the history of cinema.
Longinotto (Pink Saris, Rough Aunties) and collaborator Ollie Huddleston crafted the film entirely of archive footage, including the very first screen kiss and well-known and obscure examples of rebellious teen love, couples flirting, gay love and free love.
“Love is All is one of the most romantic films in recent years. Its appeal spans audiences across demographics, young and old - a fantastic date movie and a treasure throve for the cinephiles everywhere,” said Vesna Cudic, sales and acquisitions, Dogwoof.
Funded by the BBC and BFI and produced by Mark Atkin, Heather Croall (Sheffield Doc/Fest) and Martin Rosenbaum (Pervert’s Guide…), the film explores love and courtship through the history of cinema.
Longinotto (Pink Saris, Rough Aunties) and collaborator Ollie Huddleston crafted the film entirely of archive footage, including the very first screen kiss and well-known and obscure examples of rebellious teen love, couples flirting, gay love and free love.
“Love is All is one of the most romantic films in recent years. Its appeal spans audiences across demographics, young and old - a fantastic date movie and a treasure throve for the cinephiles everywhere,” said Vesna Cudic, sales and acquisitions, Dogwoof.
- 8/21/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The first initiative to come out of Film Hub North is a partnership between Sheffield Doc/Fest and Cineworld aimed at bringing documentaries to multiplex audiences.
The BFI has officially added Film Hub North to its Film Audience Network, an £8.7m lottery funded scheme made up of nine Film Hubs tasked with boosting film audiences across the UK.
Film Hub North, which will cover Yorkshire, Cumbria and the North East of England, will be headed up by Sheffield’s Showroom Workstation (under the management of umbrella company Sheffield Media & Exhibtion Centre).
Previously, the BFI had unveiled eight Film Hubs, together with their Film Hub Lead Organisations, that would comprise the Film Audience Network. However the addition of Film Hub North, according to Ben Roberts, director of the BFI Film Fund, “puts the final, significant piece into place”.
As part of its remit to work with key organisations in the region, the first initiative...
The BFI has officially added Film Hub North to its Film Audience Network, an £8.7m lottery funded scheme made up of nine Film Hubs tasked with boosting film audiences across the UK.
Film Hub North, which will cover Yorkshire, Cumbria and the North East of England, will be headed up by Sheffield’s Showroom Workstation (under the management of umbrella company Sheffield Media & Exhibtion Centre).
Previously, the BFI had unveiled eight Film Hubs, together with their Film Hub Lead Organisations, that would comprise the Film Audience Network. However the addition of Film Hub North, according to Ben Roberts, director of the BFI Film Fund, “puts the final, significant piece into place”.
As part of its remit to work with key organisations in the region, the first initiative...
- 6/11/2014
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
The 21st edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest kicked off last night with the European premiere of Florian Habicht’s documentary Pulp: A Film About Life, Death And Supermarkets, about Britpop band Pulp.
It was one of three opening films being screened in Sheffield last night, together with Rehad Desai’s South African documentary Miners Shot Down and Thomas Balmes’ Bhutan set documentary Happiness.
With over 3,000 tickets sold across the events, it was the biggest opening night in Doc/Fest’s history.
The Pulp screening took place at Sheffield’s City Hall and was broadcast to 120 cinemas around the UK, including the BFI Southbank.
Speaking to the packed City Hall audience, festival director Heather Croall said: “About 18 months ago I met the film director and film producer down the road in the pub and we agreed right there and then that this film was going to open the festival in a year and a half and that...
It was one of three opening films being screened in Sheffield last night, together with Rehad Desai’s South African documentary Miners Shot Down and Thomas Balmes’ Bhutan set documentary Happiness.
With over 3,000 tickets sold across the events, it was the biggest opening night in Doc/Fest’s history.
The Pulp screening took place at Sheffield’s City Hall and was broadcast to 120 cinemas around the UK, including the BFI Southbank.
Speaking to the packed City Hall audience, festival director Heather Croall said: “About 18 months ago I met the film director and film producer down the road in the pub and we agreed right there and then that this film was going to open the festival in a year and a half and that...
- 6/8/2014
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
New senior management incorporates new deputy director, director of programming and additional staff.
Sheffield Doc/Fest is getting a new senior management structure led by festival director Heather Croall.
Charlie Phillips who joined Doc/Fest in 2008 as marketplace director becomes deputy director, and Hussain Currimbhoy who also arrived in 2008 as film programmer becomes director of programming.
Newly appointed business and marketing director Sylvia Wroblewska completes the management team.
Wroblewska joins Doc/Fest from The Smalls (Festival) London where she was business development director and festival producer.
As deputy director Phillips will work with Crossover Labs on interactive schemes including the digital training programme Devise to Deliver, Hackathons and year-round cross-platform labs, as well as continuing to oversee and develop year-round training, matchmaking and mentoring with documentary.
Chris Black takes the role of marketplace manager, delivering MeetMarket under the guidance of marketplace executive producer Karolina Lidin and Charlie Phillips.
Suzana Jovanovska becomes conference manager responsible for delivering the industry...
Sheffield Doc/Fest is getting a new senior management structure led by festival director Heather Croall.
Charlie Phillips who joined Doc/Fest in 2008 as marketplace director becomes deputy director, and Hussain Currimbhoy who also arrived in 2008 as film programmer becomes director of programming.
Newly appointed business and marketing director Sylvia Wroblewska completes the management team.
Wroblewska joins Doc/Fest from The Smalls (Festival) London where she was business development director and festival producer.
As deputy director Phillips will work with Crossover Labs on interactive schemes including the digital training programme Devise to Deliver, Hackathons and year-round cross-platform labs, as well as continuing to oversee and develop year-round training, matchmaking and mentoring with documentary.
Chris Black takes the role of marketplace manager, delivering MeetMarket under the guidance of marketplace executive producer Karolina Lidin and Charlie Phillips.
Suzana Jovanovska becomes conference manager responsible for delivering the industry...
- 9/26/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
New senior management incorporates new deputy director, director of programming and additional staff.
Sheffield Doc/Fest is getting a new senior management structure led by festival director Heather Croall.
Charlie Phillips who joined Doc/Fest in 2008 as marketplace director becomes deputy director, and Hussain Currimbhoy who also arrived in 2008 as film programmer becomes director of programming.
Newly appointed business and marketing director Sylvia Wroblewska completes the management team.
Wroblewska joins Doc/Fest from The Smalls (Festival) London where she was business development director and festival producer.
As deputy director Phillips will work with Crossover Labs on interactive schemes including the digital training programme Devise to Deliver, Hackathons and year-round cross-platform labs, as well as continuing to oversee and develop year-round training, matchmaking and mentoring with documentary.
Chris Black takes the role of marketplace manager, delivering MeetMarket under the guidance of marketplace executive producer Karolina Lidin and Charlie Phillips.
Suzana Jovanovska becomes conference manager responsible for delivering the industry...
Sheffield Doc/Fest is getting a new senior management structure led by festival director Heather Croall.
Charlie Phillips who joined Doc/Fest in 2008 as marketplace director becomes deputy director, and Hussain Currimbhoy who also arrived in 2008 as film programmer becomes director of programming.
Newly appointed business and marketing director Sylvia Wroblewska completes the management team.
Wroblewska joins Doc/Fest from The Smalls (Festival) London where she was business development director and festival producer.
As deputy director Phillips will work with Crossover Labs on interactive schemes including the digital training programme Devise to Deliver, Hackathons and year-round cross-platform labs, as well as continuing to oversee and develop year-round training, matchmaking and mentoring with documentary.
Chris Black takes the role of marketplace manager, delivering MeetMarket under the guidance of marketplace executive producer Karolina Lidin and Charlie Phillips.
Suzana Jovanovska becomes conference manager responsible for delivering the industry...
- 9/26/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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