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The Edinburgh Pitch 2012
Observer passes are now available for the Edinburgh Pitch, the only international documentary pitching forum in Scotland. Independent filmmakers and companies developing and raising finance for creative feature documentaries will be pitching their project in front of an international panel.
Masterclass with Jennifer Fox
Don’t miss this opportunity to listen to Jennifer Fox share her experience of filmmaking, self-distribution and much more.
Masterclass with Michel Wenzer
Swedish filmmaker and sound designer Michel Wenzer will talk about his latest work ‘At Night I Fly’, a powerful and unconventional prison documentary, and his experience as sound designer.
Masterclass with Bart Simpson
Canadian producer Bart Simpson will be in Edinburgh to talk about his experience producing some of the most successful campaigning documentaries of the past decade: ‘The Corporation’ (Sundance winner), and Frederik Gertten’s ‘Bananas!’.
Vadim Jendreyko: Screening & Masterclass
Acclaimed filmmaker Vadim Jendreyko is doing us the honour to come to ECA to present his latest documentary, ‘The Woman with the 5 Elephants’, unreleased in the UK.
Masterclass with Susan Korda
We are delighted to welcome award-winning editor Susan Korda for our first masterclass this autumn! Korda will speak about her work, storytelling and the power of film editing. So come and get inspired!
Cutting Loose on BBC2
Adrian McDowall and Finlay Pretsell’s Cutting Loose will screen on BBC2 Scotland on the 2nd November 2011 at 11.20pm. Hairdressers poised, scissors at the ready, clients in place. Cutting begins. The salon looks familiar enough; busy chatter rising above the chopping and blow-drying, but the hairdressers all have something in …
SDI and ECA Shorts at Inverness Film Festival
We’re delighted to have our latest Bridging the Gap: Shift shorts screening as part of the 9th Inverness Film Festival! Sam Firth’s The Worm Inside, Amy Rose’s Twinset (BTG Surprise) and Caretaker for the Lord by Jane McAllister are also part of the programme.
Human Rights and Creative Documentary
SDI is delighted to partner with Document 9 Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (20-23 October) for the screening of 3 of our latest Bridging the Gap shorts followed by a panel discussion.
Conference: Reporting International Development
SDI is co-hosting this special conference on Reporting International Development as part of part of Take One Action Festival (19 Sept – 2 Oct / Edinburgh & Glasgow)
Scottish Stories: Documentary Films from ECA
An industry screening by Screen Academy Scotland’s MA/MFA graduates during EIFF 2011
The Edinburgh Pitch 2011
Entering its 5th year and running alongside the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Edinburgh Pitch is the only international documentary pitching forum in Scotland.
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Scottish Documentary Blog
- Documentary ONLY: Hot Docs and their new cinemaHot Docs has an amazing and magical pull as a documentary festival that brings together filmmakers from all around the world – but more importantly, year after year, Hot Docs develops new ways of increasing their local audience. This year, they offered free screenings to students and anyone above 60, creating the most challenging, yet welcoming audience one […]
- Bridging the Gap – in progress: PolarisReports from the production of this year's Bridging the Gap short documentaries, part 4 For a long time, skippers in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire could not find locals to work on their fishing vessels. That was the reality until Filipino fishermen started coming to town. Now they crew most of the boats, but they have to deal with the vast sea and the enor […]
- Bridging the Gap – in progress: In Search of the WallabyReports from the production of this year's Bridging the Gap short documentaries, part 3 The Isle of Islay, Scotland. Human population: 3,457. Sheep population: 20,000 (or thereabouts). Wallaby population: 1 (deceased)? We have come to Islay with one intention – to solve the mystery of the wallaby. A wallaby is a small kangaroo more often associated with […]
- Poets of Protest: "You need to get out fast and now!"There is something very enticing about filming poets. Here are these characters, reflective and questioning by nature, living through a truly historic time of change in the Middle East. The idea for the documentary series Poets of Protest came after I had been commissioned by Reel Festivals to make three short films during their poetry festival in Beirut in […]