Film
Documentary Filmmakers Meeting: Documentary Filmmakers Unite
JOHANNESBURG
Saturday 6th August, 1.30pm- 4pm
Conference Room, Old Fort, Constitution Hill, Braamfontein
(before the SABC Briefs meeting)
Encounters Documentary and Tri-continents Festival are calling a meeting of all documentary filmmakers to discuss the proposed formation of a documentary filmmakers' organisation.
As documentary filmmakers, how can we:
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Develop our storytelling skills
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Utilise technology more effectively when making our films
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Market our films more effectively locally and internationally
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Lobby the SABC and NFVF and others for better conditions and support for documentary filmmakers
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Develop strategies to gain increased ownership of our films
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Develop strategies to gain more value out of our archives
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Build relations with international documentary filmmakers, funders, festivals, sales companies and distributors
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Is a Documentary Filmmakers Organisation the most effective way to do this or are there existing organisations that can do this?
In the meeting there will be a briefing to discuss the present context:
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Over the past few years we have seen television stations commissioning a increasing number of documentaries
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The NFVF is supporting a host of documentaries
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The documentary filmmaking community is growing
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More South African documentaries are travelling internationally
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ICASA have recently released SABC's licence conditions which stipulates an increased quota of documentaries across the channels
For more info:
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +27 (0)21 465 4686
www.encounters and www.3continentsfestival.co.za
Posted on Monday 8 Aug 2005
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