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 Welcome...to DFGDocs, the new documentary website brought to you by the Documentary Filmmakers Group, the documentary association for the UK. It's a one-stop shop for documentary, created especially for all of you interested in the art and craft of documentary filmmaking. We'll be bringing you the latest news and events from the global doc community, with more added every day.

For more information on the work of DFG, follow the link below. You can also find out about our training and membership.

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Plan D: A New Play Inspired by Documentary - with special film screening (Date Added) (Events) Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:07:18 GMT Special performance followed by a screening of Eyal Sivan's documentary that inspired the play.
Plan D: A New Play Inspired by Documentary - with special film screening (Events) Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:05:27 GMT A new play, named after the Israeli military operation to expel native Palestinians from what was to become the State of Israel in 1948, and based on Israeli filmmaker Eyal Sivan's Fragments of a common archive – Work in progress, screening after the performance on 9th February.
Africa in Motion 2010 - Short Film Competition (News) Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:57:48 GMT Returning for the third year running, the festival's competition for new filmmakers is now accepting entries
Submission Deadline - Africa in Motion (Events) Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:55:58 GMT
Call for Entries - Africa in Motion 2010 (News) Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:50:46 GMT Edinburgh festival of African documentaries accepting films of all lengths by African filmmakers

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 DocTalks: with award-winning editor David CharapThursday evenings, 11th, 18th and 25th March 2010
 This spring DFG introduces a new strand of affordable masterclasses. Over three sessions David, a regular collaborator with director Marc Isaacs, will deconstruct several of his films, focusing on key aspects of the editing process: narrative technique, characterisation, and the all-important editor/ director partnership. In the final session he will be joined by Marc for a candid look at the process of collaboration in the edit. Find out more here.
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 DocLab DOCLAB - Intensive Filmmaking Course15 - 29 March
DOCLAB is an intensive course taught by industry professionals that gives you the skills you need to pursue your career in documentary filmmaking. You will gain essential technical skills on industry standard HDV cameras, sound equipment and digital editing software. Through researching and making your own documentary, you will gain knowledge of and insight into the documentary production process to get the edge in this highly competitive industry. By the end of the course you will also have your own film. More details here. More information
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