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Janus Billeskov-Jansen | Part 4

Year of Production: 2010
Billeskov-Jansen gives away some of his own tips of the trade.
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Janus Billeskov-Jansen | Part 9

Year of Production: 2010
Billeskov-Jansen denotes his methodology whilst working with a director on a cut.
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Nicolas Philibert | Part 6

Year of Production: 2008
Some tips for young filmmakers.
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Paul Watson | Part 12

Year of Production: 2008
Watson shares tips on how to manage time, the role of the executive producer, and how he challenges and questions issues through the characters in his documentaries.
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Nick Broomfield | Part 1

Year of Production: 2008
In part 1, Nick Broomfield discusses interview technique and share some tips.
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Michael Glawogger | Part 1

Year of Production: 2008
Michael Glawogger discusses filming techniques. He gives advice on how to limit oneself whilst shooting and how vital he finds these restrictions.
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Leena Pasanen | Part 1

Year of Production: 2007
Leena Pasanen gives advice on preparing a pitch. She introduces the requirements of the commissioners and how best to approach the pitch and the trailer screening.
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Scottish Documentary Blog

Documentary ONLY: Hot Docs and their new cinema
Hot 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: Polaris
Reports 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 Wallaby
Reports 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 […]