The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and The
Association for Transformation in Film and Television (ATFT) offer an invitation to all interested to
attend an export market introduction and readiness workshop on Sheffield Doc Fest.
As part of its mandate to up-skill its members in financing,
distribution, sales and co-production, ATFT will host three workshops in three
cities in preparation for Sheffield Doc Fest which will take place from June 5
to 10 in Sheffield, United Kingdom.
The workshops are open to any interested parties who are
looking to find out more about this market , but are mandatory for delegates
attending this year’s Sheffield Doc Fest with the South African Indies/DTI
delegation. Any delegate going to Sheffield Doc Fest this year who does not
attend the workshop will be disqualified from applying for any further markets.
The workshops will be split into two parts and the day’s
programme will be as follows:
09h00-13h00: An introduction to ATFT and how its delegations
work, as well as an introduction to Sheffield Doc Fest and is for anyone who
has never attended the festival before. The facilitator will look at pitching
tips and how to pitch and package a project for the Meetmarket and the
programmes around Sheffield Doc fest. There will also be an explanation of the
DTI EMIA scheme used to finance the delegations to attend these markets and how
to apply through ATFT or as individual companies through the Individual
Exhibitor scheme and be part of the South African Indies delegation to this
event.
13h00-14h00: Lunch
14h00-16h00: This session
is for delegates only and will cover how to make the most of Sheffield Doc Fest
and attract investment. This is specific to attendees' projects and companies
and how to go about selling them or financing them at this festival. Attendees
can ask the facilitator for advice and pitch their project and get feedback.
The Sheffield Doc Fest 2015 workshops will be facilitated by
Impact Producer Andy Jones who has produced films in Africa for networks
including BBC, Channel 4 and Al Jazeera. His forthcoming feature documentary I Shot Bi Kidude will premiere at the Durban
International Film Festival in July. Jones has been creative director of the
ScreenStation collective since 2000 and set up RADiO FiLM www.radiofilm.co.uk www.screenstation.net
The Durban workshop will take place on May 8 at the Centre
for Creative Arts, University of KZN, Howard College Campus. Spaces are limited
and entrance is conditional to pre-registration by sending an RSVP email to Zukiswa
Boyce on zukiswa@filmandtvtransformation.org
As catering is provided according to the number of RSVP's,
anyone who does not attend without notifying us at least 24 hours in advance
will not be able to attend future market readiness workshops. By the same
token, anyone who does not RSVP cannot be guaranteed catering.
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