1000 COFFEE 1030 JUSTINE WRIGHT: EDITING WITH KEVIN MACDONALD In conversation with Peter Symes BAFTA Award Winner Justine Wright, editor of Kevin Macdonald's One Day In September (1999), Touching The Void (2003), The Last King Of Scotland (2005) discusses the craft and techniques involved in editing documentary and drama productions. 1145 BREAK 1215 WHA YOU TINK MAN? John Akomfrah Filmmaker From Ousmane Sembene's ground breaking Black Girl (1966) through Horace Ove's A Hole In Babylon (1978) to Charles Burnett's Killer of Sheep (1977) - for over four decades - Black filmmakers have sought to work in a third space between documentary and fiction in a search for a Black Aesthetic. John Akomfrah: Handsworth Songs (1986), Riot (1999), Call of Mist (1998) will discuss these filmmaking traditions and their specific contributions to the genre. 1330 LUNCH 1430 GETTING IT RIGHT Ed Coulthard Director & Managing Director of Blast Films Mark Hayhurst Writer Chair : Robert Hanks Critic Ed and Mark will speak frankly about the process of making docu-drama for television, using selected clips from their productions The Year London Blew Up (2005) and Last Years Of The Raj (2007). They will address the different issues raised when making docu-drama that 'brings recent history to life' and those that 'give insight into inaccessible situations'. 1545 BREAK 1615 PEOPLE PERFORMING THEMSELVES Penny Woolcock Director Brian Hill Director Both Hill and Woolcock employ highly innovative styles in their work, from musical performance to entirely improvised scenes with people re-enacting their experiences. Showing excerpts from their own work Tina goes Shopping (1999), Exodus (2007), Drinking for England (1998) and Songbirds (2005), they will demonstrate how and why they ask real people to perform in their films. 1730 DINNER 1900 NICK BROOMFIELD MASTERCLASS with Lizzie Francke Renowned documentary director Nick Broomfield takes to the stage to discuss the unconventional production method he has adopted for making factual drama. Showing sequences from his latest film Battle For Haditha (2007) and Ghosts (2006), he will discuss how he aims to achieve a greater authenticity by shooting in documentary style and using non-professionals who have experienced similar situations to the characters they play. 1000 The Government Inspector Dir: Peter Kosminsky, UK 2005 (106 mins) This film is an important example of drama documentary inspired by investigative journalism. More 1230 Hillsborough Dir: Charles McDougall, UK 1996 (102 mins) On 15 April 1989 at Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, severe overcrowding led to the deaths of 96 men, women and children. More 1445 Tina Goes Shopping Dir: Penny Woolcock, UK 1999 (60 mins) The cast are not professional actors, but residents of the local estates, who improvise each scene.More 1630 The Road To Guantanamo Dir: Michael Winterbottom, UK 2006 (95 mins) A powerful critique of the disregard of the Geneva Conventions by the United States and its allies. More 1830 The Hamburg Cell Dir: Antonia Bird, UK 2004 (100 mins) A devastatingly powerful work exploring the motivations of the men who carried out the 9/11 attacks. More 2045 Bloody Sunday Dir: Paul Greengrass, UK 2002 (110 mins) Paul Greengrass' controversial film was shot in verité style, using non-actors in many of the smaller roles. More Programme Friday 21st Sept Programme Sunday 23rd Sept Information on the programme is correct at the time of publication. The organisers reserve to right to make changes and substitutions where necessary. In the event of cancellation by speakers or other changes in the main event programme, no full or partial refund of the delegate registration fee can be made.