Industry Events - Thursday, May 6

Today is the second and final day of the Toronto Documentary Forum (TDF) at Koerner Hall. The fourth NFB Coffee Talk on Women Directing Justice takes place at 11 am. Conference Sessions today are on Poetics of Online Documentary at 2 pm followed by Kim Longinotto discussing her work at 2:30 pm. NFB Coffee Talks and Conference Sessions run in the Industry Centre in Victoria College.

CONFERENCE SESSIONS:

11:00 am - 12:15 pm - Conference Session 4: Poetics of Online Documentary.

Moderated by Ana Serrano, Director of Canada Film Centre (CFC) Media Lab. Panelists: Annette Bradford -Interactive Producer CBC (Canada), Kat Cizek - Director/Coordinator HIGHRISE (Canada), David Oppenheim - Head of Development/ Interactive Producer, Kensington Communications Inc. (Canada)
       
2:00 - 3:15 pm - Conference Session 5: Longinotto on Longinotto

Moderated by Gisele Gordon, Hot Doc's Canadian Programmer. British filmmaker Kim Longinotto will discuss her creative process. View the YouTube video above to see Kim Longinotto talk about Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go with Chris White, director of production at PBS's POV program. They discuss Kim's observational style of filmmaking, the extraordinary teachers who inspire at the Mulberry Bush School and more.

4:00 - 5:15 pm - Conference Session 6: Engage My Film

Moderated by Patricia Finneran - Managing Producer, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program (DFP) (United States).

NFB COFFEE TALKS 4: Women Directing Justice

At 11:00 am, first floor of the Rogers Industry Centre, room 115.

Moderated by Silva Basmajian, NFB Ontario Centre Executive Producer. Is there a women’s way to document peace and human rights? Basmajian will moderate a discussion with filmmakers Stephanie Boyd (The Devil Operation), Raymonde Provencher (Grace, Milly, Lucy... Child Soldiers) and Shelley Saywell (In the Name of the Family) on the role these women have played in documenting social justice, human rights and the true cost of war.

MICRO MEETINGS:

Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund (4 pm). First floor of the Rogers Industry Centre.

Visit www.hotdocs.ca/schedule/industry for more details on these industry events.