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Talks & Sessions
Alternate Realities Summit
Sun10June/10:00/
Netflix Crucible Studio
/ / / / £66/ £55
A full day of thought-provoking talks interactivity and and illuminating presentations from the world’s leading digtial story tellers See hear and and experience the latest developments in in in immersive and interactive technology For full details see p 84
Sun 10 June Chicken & Egg Pictures’ Accelerator Lab Pitch
Sun10June/10:00/
ITV Town Hall Reception Room A The Accelerator Lab brings together ten non- fiction projects helmed by first- or or or second-time women directors with a a a a special focus on on on underrepresented voices The participants will will pitch their projects to a a a a a a a a live audience and will will receive feedback from international decision makers and and buyers This will be an an an opportunity for for all delegates to hear from and and meet filmmaking talent for for future collaborations Festival Pass holders only Whose Story?
Authentic Voices in in Storytelling
Critics Forum: The Art of Writing About Non-Fiction Film Sun 10 June / / 11:00 / / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B Now more than ever there is an an an urgency for stories told by less represented and authentic voices Getting access to to to to a a a a a a community to to to to spend a a a a a a few days filming on on the ground is widely considered ‘extractive’ Can extended integration with with protagonists truly embed a a a a a a a a filmmaker filmmaker with with their their subject’s experience? A panel of of filmmakers share their their own experiences of of extractive vs authentic storytelling Festival Pass holders only Sun 10 June / / 11:00 / / Crucible Adelphi
Much like documentary filmmaking non-fiction film film and and TV criticism has both an an an an artistic and and journalistic impulse Yet during an an an an an an era when documentary films and and series are evolving and and progressing in in in new directions has criticism risen to to meet this? This open and participatory forum gathers contemporary international critics to discuss the the the challenges and opportunities confronting the the nonfiction critic working across a a a a a a a a a range of platforms and and seeks to open a a a a a a a a a productive dialogue between filmmakers and and film critics Festival Pass holders only Session Producer
Chair
Speakers
Laura Gane (Frontline Club)
Anca Dimofte (Frontline Club)
Deeyah Khan (Filmmaker)
(Filmmaker)
Feras Fayyad (Filmmaker)
(Filmmaker)
Leon Oldstrong (Dir (Dir That’s Not Ours p 73) Molly Dineen (Dir (Dir Being Blacker)
Session Producer
& Chair
Speakers
Eric Hynes (Film Comment)
Alissa Wilkinson (Vox) Nick Pinkerton (Art Forum) Simran Hans (Observer) 103
Talks & Sessions