BBC at Sheffield Documentary Festival 2016

The Sheffield Documentary film festival has been going since 1994 and is a hub for all documentary and factual content and programme makers across the UK and beyond.

BBC people and programmes featured in quite a few events and screenings in this year’s festival from 10-15 June 2016. Details are included below:

11 June:

• A Reasonably Adjusted Debate – Disability on and Off Screen: Julie Shaw, 12:15
• The BBC Interview: Reggie Yates, 1-2.30pm
• Professor Green: Documentary and Me: Professor Green in conversation with BBC commissioner, Danny Horan 3.30-4.45
• Surviving Dangerzone Docs: Stacey Dooley (Filmmaker)
• Innovation in Archive: Catherine Allen (BBC iWonder)
• Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie - Screening of film followed by Q&A

12 June:

• Documentary and Trauma - featuring Olly Lambert, film-maker of BBC One’s The Abused
• DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus in Conversation with Francine Stock (BBC Radio 4 Film Programme Presenter)
• Alternate Realities Reception supported by BBC R&D

13 June:

• How to Get Your Theatrical Doc Funded and Distributed: Kate Townsend, Exececutive, Storyville, 10am
• How to Document the World's Biggest News Stories - Telling the Refugee Crisis: Panel includes James Bluemel (Keo, Series Director of Exodus: Breaking into Europe) and James Rogan (Director of The Confession), 10am
• Commissioning Singles, Specials and Series: Patrick Holland, Head of Commissioning, Documentaries, 12pm
• Commissioning Specialist Factual: Martin Davidson, Head of Commissioning, Specialist Factual, 2.30pm
• Docs on Cops: Panel discussion including Aysha Rafaele, Head of Documentary Production (The Met), 2.45pm
• TARDIS-docs: Telling deceptively big stories in tiny online: Dan Tucker (BBC iWonder)
• Sir David Attenborough in Conversation 3.30pm
• Screening of Bobby Sands: 66 Days 7.45pm, with Q&A hosted by Cassian Harrison, Channel Editor, BBC Four

14 June:

• Commissioning Arts Docs: Panel with Mark Bell, Head of Commissioning, Arts, 10am
• How to Pitch Your Climate Change Idea: Panel with Tom McDonald, Head of Commissioning Special Factual Features, 10am
• Commissioning: Shorts for all Platforms: Max Godarty (BBC), 12pm
• Meet The BBC Production Network Team, 1pm
• Commissioning Factual Entertainment: Donna Clark, Head of Commissioning, Factual Features, 2.15pm
• A Place at the Table - Why Documentaries for Kids Matter: Kez Margie (CBBC)
• Notes on Blindness screening and Q&A hosted by Cassian Harrison 2.45pm
• Our BBC, Our Channel 4: A Future For Public Service TV: Moderated by Jane Martinson and featuring Patrick Holland on the panel, 4-5.30pm

 Films with BBC connection screening at festival:

 Storyville:

Bobby Sands: 66 Days

The Confession

Unlocking the Cage

Notes on Blindness

Other:

My Scientology Movie: Louis Theroux (pictured above)

Burma’s Secret Jungle War with Joe Simpson

Exodus: Breaking into Europe (Keo)

Music of Strangers: Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

• Find out more at the Sheffield Documentary Festival website