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BFI DOC SOCIETY FUND

The BFI Doc Society Fund supports and nurtures independent non-fiction film and immersive projects by UK filmmakers, prioritising expansive, director-led storytelling.

FILM HUB NORTH TALENT MIXER

6.00pm - 8.00pm on Thursday 21 September @ HOME, Manchester

BFI Doc Society Luke Moody will be joining Film Hub North for a filmmaker mixer in Manchester. These free and informal, conversational meet-ups are a great opportunity for creatives to connect with the growing community of local film folk, share stories and meet future collaborators. Sign up here

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BOLTON FILM FESTIVAL FILMMAKER ROUNDTABLE

4.50pm - 5.50pm on Thursday 5 October @ Kudos Cinema, Bolton 

Filmmakers of the North! We will be co-hosting a roundtable with Film Hub North for up to 20 filmmakers at the Bolton International Film Festival. If you’d like to join to find out about National Lottery funds for fiction and documentary alike, sign up here.

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FOLKESTONE DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL INDUSTRY AFTERNOON

12:00pm - 5.45pm on Friday 20 October @ Glassworks, Folkestone 

We’ve teamed up with the Folkestone Documentary Festival, Screen South and BFI NETWORK South East for an afternoon of panels, round tables with experienced filmmakers and decision-makers (Sky Docs, NETFLIX Doc Talent Fund, BFI NETWORK, Guardian Docs, Screen South) - and friendly networking. We'll be in conversation with filmmakers Andrew Kotting, Jessi Gutch, Andy Mundy-Castle and Ella Glendining about creating stand out documentary shorts, features, and immersive/VR projects. This is a day long event open to all but registration is essential. 

For the full schedule of activity and to register, please visit the Folkestone Documentary Festival website here.

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LFF FOR FREE

TALK: FUTURE OF MEMORY

Saturday 7 October

1.30pm - 2.30pm, Blue Room @ BFI Southbank

Filmmakers Chloe Abrahams (The Taste of Mango) and Simisolaoluwa Akande (The Archive: Queer Nigerians) will be joined by our Director of Film, Shanida Scotland, for a discussion moderated by Luke W. Moody (Head of BFI Doc Society Fund).

This conversation will explore how personal archives – especially those in relation to family and our most formative relationships and identity – are being authored through audio documentation and home video. How can non-fiction cinema shape tomorrow’s archives and future memories? What is the role of non-fiction filmmakers in recording and expanding history in the present?

The filmmakers’ urgent and contemporary works create, cut and weave archival material to open a conversation about ownership, visibility and presence in relation to unseen or unheard histories.

Register for a free space here. If there are no spaces left, join the rush queue on the day, for a chance to snap up any empty seats, when the event is due to start.

See the LFF festival screenings of The Taste of Mango and The Archive: Queer Nigerians (screening as part of Dialogues Between Past, Present and Future).

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