Ranked #1
Vision and Intent
Vision and Intent
A panel of doc filmmakers explored the art of cinematography in documentary filmmaking. They will discuss the creative a... Read more
9 Oct 2015
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32mins
Ranked #2
Dangerous Storytelling: Documentary Filmmaking and the Safety of Subjects.
Dangerous Storytelling: Documentary Filmmaking and the Safety of Subjects.
The relationship between filmmaker and subject is a topic hotly debated by filmmakers, academics, and journalists. Metho... Read more
23 Oct 2015
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39mins
Ranked #3
Khalik Allah: Exploring a New Film Language
Khalik Allah: Exploring a New Film Language
Self-taught photographer and filmmaker, Khalik Allah's profoundly personal work has been described as "street opera"; vi... Read more
7 Dec 2018
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51mins
Ranked #4
Best of Times, Worst of Times: The Future of Feature Documentaries
Best of Times, Worst of Times: The Future of Feature Documentaries
Are we entering a new "Golden Age" for feature documentary? Will new funding sources create a flurry of blockbuster feat... Read more
11 Oct 2018
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1hr 1min
Ranked #5
Breaking the Class Ceiling
Breaking the Class Ceiling
In 2018, socio-economic inequality in the television and film industry became National news, when the Panic! report reve... Read more
31 Jan 2020
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #6
Commissioning: Singles, Specials & Series
Commissioning: Singles, Specials & Series
With Netflix & Amazon making bold moves into the documentary space, what does this mean for an already cluttered int... Read more
17 Mar 2017
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59mins
Ranked #7
Commissioning: Documentary for Broadcast
Commissioning: Documentary for Broadcast
Highlighting their priorities, leading commissioners talk about forthcoming commissioning opportunities as they take par... Read more
27 Mar 2020
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34mins
Ranked #8
Funding and Commissioning: Feature Documentary
Funding and Commissioning: Feature Documentary
With everything solid melting into air, and the documentary landscape never more varied and complex, this panel asks lea... Read more
28 Feb 2020
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47mins
Ranked #9
Exploring the American Markets
Exploring the American Markets
Continuing the recent trend of aggressive M&A activity, streaming giants Netflix and Amazon snapped up a wealth of d... Read more
4 Sep 2017
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49mins
Ranked #10
The Making of Long Lost Family with Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell
The Making of Long Lost Family with Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell
Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell, stars of ITV's hit documentary series Long Lost Family, came to Sheffield to share the... Read more
25 Sep 2015
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30mins
Ranked #11
BAFTA Masterclass: Asif Kapadia
BAFTA Masterclass: Asif Kapadia
The Academy Award and multi BAFTA-winning filmmaker, Asif Kapadia, elevated the art of archive documentaries with Amy an... Read more
6 Dec 2019
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47mins
Ranked #12
Jenn Nkiru talks Film, Art and Cosmic Archeology
Jenn Nkiru talks Film, Art and Cosmic Archeology
Filmmaker and ‘cosmic archaeologist' Jenn Nkiru is one of the UK’s most exciting directors, with a unique and distinctiv... Read more
8 Nov 2019
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41mins
Ranked #13
Ian Hislop & Jolyon Rubinstein: Post-truth & Satire
Ian Hislop & Jolyon Rubinstein: Post-truth & Satire
Ian Hislop, the editor of the satirical news magazine Private Eye and team captain on Have I Got News for You, came to S... Read more
21 Jul 2017
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50mins
Ranked #14
Brian Reed & Richard Miron in Conversation
Brian Reed & Richard Miron in Conversation
Brian Reed (Host and co-creator of S-Town) and Richard Miron (Director/Producer of For the Birds) explore the real life ... Read more
10 May 2019
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43mins
Ranked #15
Poverty in the UK: New Approaches to Storytelling
Poverty in the UK: New Approaches to Storytelling
Poverty in the UK is increasing for the first time in two decades. We are seeing more people struggling to make ends mee... Read more
8 Feb 2019
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55mins
Ranked #16
Women in the Industry
Women in the Industry
It might be 2015, but when it comes to gender equality, we are only just emerging from the dark ages. In this session, w... Read more
4 Sep 2015
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32mins
Ranked #17
Whose Story: Authentic Voices in Storytelling
Whose Story: Authentic Voices in Storytelling
From the Syrian conflict to Black Lives Matter; now more than ever there is an urgency for stories told by less represen... Read more
5 Apr 2019
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44mins
Ranked #18
Vicky McClure: Dementia & Music
Vicky McClure: Dementia & Music
We welcomed BAFTA-winning actor Vicky McClure, star of This is England (produced by Sheffield based Warp Films), as well... Read more
24 May 2019
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42mins
Ranked #19
My Big Break
My Big Break
Film and TV professionals at varying stages in their career discuss the successes (and challenges) that paved their way ... Read more
23 Nov 2018
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40mins
Ranked #20
A Conversation with Werner Herzog
A Conversation with Werner Herzog
Arguably one of the greatest living filmmakers, who battled Klaus Kinski on the set of Aguirre, Wrath of God, dragged a ... Read more
25 Oct 2019
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58mins