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Donal Mosher & Michael Palmieri | Part 1
Insights into the making of feature doc debut ‘October Country’. In part 1 Mosher & Palmieri talk about the initial stages of making the film.
Donal Mosher & Michael Palmieri | Part 2
Mosher and Palmieri talk in more detail about their approach and inspiration.
Donal Mosher & Michael Palmieri | Part 3
Michael Palmieri compares the making of music videos and documentary filmmaking.
Donal Mosher & Michael Palmieri | Part 4
The filmmakers discuss an interesting aspect of the editing process when chronology needs to be reconstructed or altered.
Donal Mosher & Michael Palmieri | Part 6
Mosher and Palmieri talk about the experience of filming your family.
Violeta Ayala | Part 3
Ayala explains her decision to introduce the music only at the final cut stage.
Henry Singer | Part 1
Henry Singer talks about making the excellent intimate portrayal of gambling addict James in ‘The Confession’.
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- Surviving in an attention-poor worldIn 2006, novelist and blogger Cory Doctorow described how ‘technology giveth and technology taketh’; that for every hopeful revolution brought by our networked world there’s a downside, and for every peril, there’s potential. A nice illustration of the idea: running a search to find the article where I first read this quote gives me page after page of result […]
- The invasion of Iraq, 10 years onYasmin Fedda is a filmmaker, Bridging The Gap alumna, PhD student at Edinburgh College of Art, and organiser of the REEL IRAQ festival beginning on 21 March 2013. On 21 March 2003 a US and UK coalition invaded Iraq, under the premise of freeing it from its then dictator Saddam Hussein. On the same day, I found out I was accepted to do a masters in visual ant […]
- Interdoc Alums (4): Sabine Hellmann & Adam BarnettSabine Hellmann is a German-born filmmaker who lives in Edinburgh. Sabine pitched her first feature documentary The Brink of Extinction at Interdoc 2012 together with Adam Barnett who also is an Edinburgh-based filmmaker and editor. After graduating in Germany with a 40-minute documentary on the use of GMO crops, Sabine moved to Scotland for an internship wi […]
- Interdoc Alums (3): Su BainbridgeSu Bainbridge works with Glasgow-based Aconite Productions, making international documentary films which bring stories of global significance to the world stage. She took part in Interdoc Scotland 2012. Passionate about making films, Su has years of experience spanning documentaries, drama, commercials, music and arts. Su has worked as a Production Manager, […]