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Our full #SheffDocFest2024 Industry Programme is now live! 💥🎊 🤩 22 Industry Sessions, 5 Marketplace Sessions, 3 Live Pitch sessions, the Filmmaker Challenge, Alternate Realities Summit, five marketplace Rough Cuts and the Craft Summit a day of five panels and masterclasses - as well as our previously announced flagship MeetMarket pitching forum. We have: ⚡️Julie Cohen confirmed as mentor for the Filmmaker Challenge ⚡️Stand-out events include: Meet the BBC Unscripted Commissioners with representatives across Current Affairs, Arts, Specialist Factual and Storyville ⚡️Meet the Commissioners featuring Amazon, Channel 5, Sky and UKTV ⚡️The Power of Co-Productions featuring RAI Documentary, UK Global Screen Fund, Tigerlily and Undeniable ⚡️Women in the Frame: Representing Women in Crime Documentaries with Anna Hall, Kirsty Cunningham, Emily Turner and Jack Rampling ⚡️AI: A Key in the Future of Documentary? with director and producer Cassie Quarless ⚡️Three pitch sessions for emerging filmmakers: The Whickers Pitch, Channel 4 First Cut Pitch, The Podcast Pitch 🔗Read the full story and explore the programme now ↓ https://www.sheffdocfest.com/news/announcing-our-full-industry-programme-sheffield-docfest-2024 Alex Cooke, Sheffield DocFest Chair of Trustees said: “This year’s festival celebrates world class documentaries, the programme is packed with captivating and extraordinary films, an exciting line up of talks and debates, and some brilliant initiatives: the Filmmaker Challenge, pitching opportunities, and the marketplace to support new projects and new talent. We are acutely aware that times are tough, globally for so many, and also within our industry as we face numerous challenges. The risk is to retreat, to isolate ourselves. So, we encourage you to join us to reconnect and energise each other in person. Our hope, as ever, is that you leave DocFest feeling creatively challenged, inspired by what you see, and uplifted by your fellow travellers in this diverse community that is so very special.”