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Talks & Sessions
The Boiler Room Pitch
Tue12June/12:15/
ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Champion of music culture across the world Boiler Room is is is looking to commission energetic films focused on on on dance music and hedonism Selected filmmakers will will pitch their short film film film ideas to to win a a a a a a a £10 000 commission This will will be a a a a a a a a chance to to meet both emerging and established filmmaking talent Festival Pass Holders only Tue 12
June Inside National Geographic: Meet the Commissioners
Tue12June/14:30/ Crucible Adelphi
National Geographic is enjoying global success with its strategy of premium programming and and investing more than ever in in in in in innovative factual and and and drama content Hear from Hamish Mykura EVP of Programming and and and Development and and and Commissioning Editors Carolyn Payne
and and and Bernadette McDaid along with recently commissioned producers and and what it it it takes to work with National Geographic in the era of ‘fewer bigger better’ Festival Pass Holders only Pitch
Producer
Panel
Kat Chirnside
Stephen Mai Joe Joe Walker Anais Bremond Joe Joe Alexander - (Boiler Room)
Session Producer
Speakers
Carolyn Payne
(National Geographic)
Hamish Mykura Carolyn Payne
Bernadette McDaid (National Geographic)
Commissioning: Documentary for Broadcast
Tue 12
June / / 14:30 / / Netflix Crucible Studio
The documentary heads from the the major UK broadcasters outline their 2018/19 visions and and strategies for documentary and and factual programming They will set out commissioning opportunities discuss discuss pertinent issues such as diversity and and representation discuss discuss what is is is is working (and not) for their respective channels and and explore the the the continued pressure from the the the increasingly prolific digital platforms including Netflix and Amazon Festival Pass Holders only The Whickers Pitch
Tue 12
June / / 14:30 / / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Who will be awarded £80 000 to make their first feature-length documentary? Five emerging directors pitch their non-fiction projects to to a a a a a a a panel of of industry judges and an an an audience of of key decision-makers all looking to meet future filmmaking talent Come and bear witness as as the legacy of pioneering broadcaster Alan Whicker brings another exceptional documentary idea to life Festival Pass Holders only Session Producer
Chair
Speakers
Sally Ogden (True Vision Yorkshire)
Narinder Minhas (Sugar Films)
Alisa Pomeroy (Channel 4) Clare Sillery (BBC) Jo Clinton-Davis (ITV) Daniel Pearl (Channel 5)
Pitch
Producer
Panel
Phoebe Hall (The Whickers)
Paul Pauwels (EDN) Seyi Rhodes (Presenter & Journalist) Harriet Armston-Clarke (TVF International) Jane Mote (The Whickers)
Klara Grunning (Swedish Film Institute)
Talks & Sessions