The feature documentary is by UK filmmaker Victoria Mapplebeck
Austrian documentary specialist Autlook Filmsales has picked up international rights to Victoria Mapplebeck’s Motherboard, one of the most talked about feature projects at this week’s IDFA Forum pitching event in Amsterdam.
Shot on a smartphone, Motherboard has been 18 years in the making. Mapplebeck turned the camera on herself when she found herself single, pregnant and broke. Unable to combine the life of a freelancer with raising a child alone, the filmmaker let go of her career in TV. But she never gave up filming, and collected a vast archive of photos and videos,...
Austrian documentary specialist Autlook Filmsales has picked up international rights to Victoria Mapplebeck’s Motherboard, one of the most talked about feature projects at this week’s IDFA Forum pitching event in Amsterdam.
Shot on a smartphone, Motherboard has been 18 years in the making. Mapplebeck turned the camera on herself when she found herself single, pregnant and broke. Unable to combine the life of a freelancer with raising a child alone, the filmmaker let go of her career in TV. But she never gave up filming, and collected a vast archive of photos and videos,...
- 11/24/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
‘Rebel Dykes’ and ‘Bosco’ Filmmakers Discuss Using Archival Material to Document Marginalized Groups
Film can provide a vital lens for documenting histories which have otherwise been overlooked or swept away in the wake of a dominant narrative.
During a panel at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, titled “The Whole Picture: Adjusting the Lens of History,” a quartet of filmmakers, artists and archivists gathered to discuss how we document and archive the kinds of communities and stories that are often sidelined.
Siobhan Fahey, the archive producer on documentary “Rebel Dykes,” said she realized the history of the titular group of queer activists, who upset the system and built a community of outsiders in 1980s London, had been largely lost.
“I was a Rebel Dyke myself, but I’d never seen it in the books, I’d never read about it. Although I knew when I was living it that it was an exciting and important moment, it just disappeared as soon as it was over,...
During a panel at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, titled “The Whole Picture: Adjusting the Lens of History,” a quartet of filmmakers, artists and archivists gathered to discuss how we document and archive the kinds of communities and stories that are often sidelined.
Siobhan Fahey, the archive producer on documentary “Rebel Dykes,” said she realized the history of the titular group of queer activists, who upset the system and built a community of outsiders in 1980s London, had been largely lost.
“I was a Rebel Dyke myself, but I’d never seen it in the books, I’d never read about it. Although I knew when I was living it that it was an exciting and important moment, it just disappeared as soon as it was over,...
- 8/24/2021
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
The U.K.’s Sheffield Doc/Fest has announced 55 projects for pitching forum MeetMarket and 22 projects for the Arts Talent Market.
The events run in parallel June 9-11 as part of the wider festival, which runs June 4-13. The MeetMarket will see projects presented to industry partners and consisting of a mix of emerging talent and experienced filmmakers. The emerging talents include Agustina Comedi, Cassie Quarless, Cyril Aris, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, Tom Fassaert and Usayd Younis. There are also several seasoned players, such as Andre Singer (“Meeting Gorbachev”), Andreas Voit (“Leipzig in The Fall”), Diane Quon (“Minding the Gap”), Göran Hugo Olsson (“The Black Power Mixtape”), Kellen Quinn (“Time”), Riel Roch-Decter (“All Light”), Sean Mcallister (“A Syrian Love Story”) and Sierra Pettengill (“The Reagan Show”)
The Arts Talent Market will connect 22 creatives and teams with industry representatives. The work is an almost equal split between immersive VR/Ar, and video art or installation pieces,...
The events run in parallel June 9-11 as part of the wider festival, which runs June 4-13. The MeetMarket will see projects presented to industry partners and consisting of a mix of emerging talent and experienced filmmakers. The emerging talents include Agustina Comedi, Cassie Quarless, Cyril Aris, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, Tom Fassaert and Usayd Younis. There are also several seasoned players, such as Andre Singer (“Meeting Gorbachev”), Andreas Voit (“Leipzig in The Fall”), Diane Quon (“Minding the Gap”), Göran Hugo Olsson (“The Black Power Mixtape”), Kellen Quinn (“Time”), Riel Roch-Decter (“All Light”), Sean Mcallister (“A Syrian Love Story”) and Sierra Pettengill (“The Reagan Show”)
The Arts Talent Market will connect 22 creatives and teams with industry representatives. The work is an almost equal split between immersive VR/Ar, and video art or installation pieces,...
- 4/27/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The 55 projects selected for the pitching forum have been revealed.
Documentary projects about corruption in football, black representation in the arts and the explosion in Beirut are among those selected for Sheffield Doc/Fest’s 2021 pitching forum MeetMarket.
The UK documentary market will take place virtually, as it did last year as a result of the pandemic, and will run from June 9-11. The public-facing festival will include physical screenings but the market has gone online-only due to travel restrictions for the mainly international delegates.
A total of 55 projects were selected from more than 570 applications and includes productions from 31 countries,...
Documentary projects about corruption in football, black representation in the arts and the explosion in Beirut are among those selected for Sheffield Doc/Fest’s 2021 pitching forum MeetMarket.
The UK documentary market will take place virtually, as it did last year as a result of the pandemic, and will run from June 9-11. The public-facing festival will include physical screenings but the market has gone online-only due to travel restrictions for the mainly international delegates.
A total of 55 projects were selected from more than 570 applications and includes productions from 31 countries,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Festival director Cíntia Gil leads the team.
UK non-fiction event Sheffield Doc/Fest has appointed the artistic team that will curate its 2021 hybrid event, including a five-person film programming team.
The 28th edition of the event will run from June 4-13 both online and in Sheffield, providing Covid-19 distancing measures allow at that date.
Former selection committee member Rabz Lansiquot joins associate film programmer Agnès Wildenstein, festival director Cíntia Gil and deputy director Melanie Iredale on the film programming team, with Jamie Allan also joining up as Exchange programmer.
Lansiquot has been a leading member of arts collective sorryyoufeeluncomfortable since...
UK non-fiction event Sheffield Doc/Fest has appointed the artistic team that will curate its 2021 hybrid event, including a five-person film programming team.
The 28th edition of the event will run from June 4-13 both online and in Sheffield, providing Covid-19 distancing measures allow at that date.
Former selection committee member Rabz Lansiquot joins associate film programmer Agnès Wildenstein, festival director Cíntia Gil and deputy director Melanie Iredale on the film programming team, with Jamie Allan also joining up as Exchange programmer.
Lansiquot has been a leading member of arts collective sorryyoufeeluncomfortable since...
- 2/3/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The inspiring story of an incredible journey, “Children of the Snow Land” by Zara Balfour & Marcus Stephenson will have the UK Theatrical Premiere with a Gala + Q&A hosted by Anna Smith at Curzon Soho Cinema 14th March 2019.
From the 14th the film will be also available on the Curzon Home Cinema On Demand in UK, Ireland and Malta
The premiere in London will be followed by more screenings in:
London Rio Dalston, with Q&A hosted by Carol Nahra (Documentary Lecturer & Journalist) Bristol Scott Cinema Bristol Bristol Scott Cinema Bristol, with Q&A Ambleside, Cumbria Zefirellis Oxford Curzon Oxford, with Q&A Wimbledon, London Curzon Wimbledon, with Q&A Sheffield Curzon Sheffield, with Q&A Royal Geographical Society with Exeter Phoenix Exeter, with Q&A and discussion about Nepal London Curzon Soho, with Q&A Kathmandu Guest House Kathmandu, Nepal Salem Film Festival Salem, Boston, USA
If the film is...
From the 14th the film will be also available on the Curzon Home Cinema On Demand in UK, Ireland and Malta
The premiere in London will be followed by more screenings in:
London Rio Dalston, with Q&A hosted by Carol Nahra (Documentary Lecturer & Journalist) Bristol Scott Cinema Bristol Bristol Scott Cinema Bristol, with Q&A Ambleside, Cumbria Zefirellis Oxford Curzon Oxford, with Q&A Wimbledon, London Curzon Wimbledon, with Q&A Sheffield Curzon Sheffield, with Q&A Royal Geographical Society with Exeter Phoenix Exeter, with Q&A and discussion about Nepal London Curzon Soho, with Q&A Kathmandu Guest House Kathmandu, Nepal Salem Film Festival Salem, Boston, USA
If the film is...
- 3/12/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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