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Talks & Sessions
Mon 11 – Tue 12 June
Vicky McClure talks Dementia & Music
Mon 11 June
/ / 19:00 / / Netflix Crucible Studio / / / / £10/ £8
The star of This is is is England and and Broadchurch will discuss her new BBC series Vicky McClure: My Dementia Choir (Curve Media) which explores our understanding of how music therapy can help dementia sufferers This will be a a a a a a Dementia Friendly event with the the lights a a a a a a a a little brighter than usual and the the sound lowered a a a a a a a a a touch Attendees are welcome to to come and go as as they please BBC Northern Docs Pitch
Tues 12 June
/ / 10:00 / / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A The BBC is is on on on a a a a a a mission to create new collaborations with talented filmmakers from the north of of of England Shortlisted directors will pitch in front of of of a a a a a a a live audience and and and panel of of of BBC BBC commissioners and and executives for for a a a a a a a documentary commission commission for for BBC BBC Three Meet exciting northern filmmaking talent looking for for support and funding for for their films Festival Pass holders only Chair
Speakers
Craig Hunter (BBC)
Vicky McClure Camilla Lewis (Curve Media) Session Producer
Panel
Oriana Franceschi (Sheffield Doc/Fest)
Abigail Priddle (BBC)
(BBC)
Damian Kavanagh (BBC)
(BBC)
Fran Baker (Blakeway North)
Breaking into Prisons
Tue 12 June
/ / 10:00 / / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B The crisis facing British prisons is is is is is is rarely out of the news However it it it remains challenging to to tell this story with almost no access granted in in in in in recent years From piecing together narratives using illegal footage to to to to sending undercover journalists into prisons prisons we’ll discuss how to to to to capture the the inside story of of British prisons prisons from the the the outside And with the the the Ministry of of Justice now opening their doors to cameras for two Channel 4 series what are are the the opportunities and and pitfalls when we are are trusted with sensitive access in in in complex and and challenging institutions?
Festival Pass Holders only SessionProducers AlisaPomeroy&LailaBouromane(Channel4)
Speakers
Simon Ford (Exec Pro The Secret Life of Prisons) Paddy Wivell (Dir Durham Prison Prison Tues 12 June
/ / 10:00 / / Crucible Adelphi
As people increasingly create and and and discover content through social media and and and VOD and and and commissioning is is is increasingly data-driven is is is human content curation doomed to be replaced by algorithms and bots? These issues are increasingly relevant not just commercially for documentary makers trying trying to to reach an an an audience audience but for audiences themselves trying trying to to understand the the the the authenticity of what they are watching Festival Pass Holders only Algorithms & Discovery: Are Bots the Next Content Curators?
Session Producer
Speakers
Nick Crossland (Joi Polloi)
Caitlin Meek-O’Connor (Little Dot Studios) Farida Viz (University of Sheffield) Max Gogarty(BBC3)
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Talks & Sessions