Every year, they key players in the British broadcasting industry gather in Scotland, for the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. The event, now in its 36th year, comprises a weekend of seminars, screenings and parties, that this year included appearances by all of the major channel controllers, Dr. Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google, Glenn Brown, Director of Business Development at Twitter, a handful of TV comedians…and Ricky Gervais… Continue reading “The Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival 2011”
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Sex & Docs & Rock ‘n’ Roll
With a lineup boasting Albert Maysles, Nick Broomfield, Morgan Spurlock, Molly Dineen, Bruce Parry, Adam Curtis, Danfung Dennis and more commissioners, exec producers and distributors than you could shake a begging bowl at, it’s easy to see why this year’s Sheffield Documentary Festival (which took place earlier this month) attracted over 2000 delegates from across the globe. Staged at venues across Sheffield’s city centre, it was a heady mix of film festival, programme market, seminars, masterclasses, roundtable discussions, pitching sessions and educational opportunities, that offered something to everyone who is or aspires to be part of the documentary world. Continue reading “Sex & Docs & Rock ‘n’ Roll”