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1000 |
REGISTRATION |
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1100
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INTRODUCTIONS
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
BY KEN LOACH
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1130
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THE COMMISSIONERS
Richard Klein
BBC Senior Commisioning Executive for Factual
Angus MacQueen
Channel 4 Head of Documentaries
Hamish Mykura
Channel 4 Head of Specialist Factual
Ben Stephenson
BBC Head of Drama Commissioning
Chair: Lizzie Francke Executive Producer/Producer
Leading heads of department at the BBC and Channel 4 discuss the films they have commissioned
and will be asked to give their views on the parameters of drama documentary, especially
on the differing 'rules of engagement' when a production crosses the line between
fact and fiction.
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1230 |
LUNCH |
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1400
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PETER KOSMINSKY MASTERCLASS
WITH SAMIRA AHMED
Channel 4 News presenter and correspondent
Writer/Director Peter Kosminsky is well known for tackling thorny issues in current affairs,
with productions such as Afghantsi (1988), Shoot To Kill (1990), No Child Of Mine (1997),
Warriors (1999) and The Government Inspector (2005). He will discuss with Samira his journey
from journalism to factual drama and the value of this hybrid genre in investigative journalism.
"I want to make a difference, I'm not an artist pleasing myself, I'm interested in the effect of what I do."
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1500 |
BREAK
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1600
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THE DRAMA OF TRUE STORIES
Philippa Lowthorpe Director
Paul Wilmshurst Director
Chair : Simon Ford
Executive Producer, BBC Factual & Learning
Philippa and Paul will show excerpts from their films Sex The City And Me (2007) and Forgiven (2007) to demonstrate and discuss why
they chose to portray true stories in a dramatised form and what that involved in terms
of developing and delivering the films.
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1730 |
DINNER |
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1900 |
Preview Screening : THE NOT DEAD
Brian Hill, 2007 (72 mins)
Followed by a Q&A with Peter Symes Executive Producer
THE NOT DEAD tells the stories of three men: 23-year-old Rob who served in Iraq;
78-year-old Cliff who fought in Malaya in 1951; Eddie who has served with UN peacekeeping forces in Bosnia.
Through intimate interviews and archive material, we learn how some people have their minds
altered forever by war. Each man tells his story through war poetry written by Simon Armitage.
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2100
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PARTY sponsored by CENTURY Films |
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1145
Rome, Open City
Dir: Roberto Rossellini
1945 (103 mins)
Filmed in the aftermath of World War II on the war-ravaged streets of Italy, the film
is a riveting account of life during the Occupation. More
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1415
Cathy Come Home
Dir: Ken Loach, BBC, UK
1966 (80 mins)
Perhaps the most ground-breaking TV drama documentary ever made. More
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1615
Song Of Summer
Dir: Ken Russell, BBC, UK
1968 (77 mins)
Ken Russell's films for the BBC during the 1960's are regarded by many as
some of his finest and most inspired creations. More |
1800
The War Game
Dir: Peter Watkins, BBC, UK
1965 (50 mins)
One of the most disturbing and convincing films about the devastating effects of nuclear war. More
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1930
Looking For Langston
Dir: Isaac Julien, UK
1989 (46 mins)
A lyrical and poetic consideration of the life of
revered Harlem poet Langston Hughes. More
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