Submit a Session Idea
Submit a Session Idea is now closed for 2008.
Doc/Fest has always been a festival owned by the documentary community and industry with dozens of people offering their time and knowledge to put the sessions together. We welcome ideas that you think are important to be discussed. Submit your session idea! Online submission form open now.
In the past it has been members of the Advisory Committee who meet regularly to discuss session ideas and donate their time to produce, moderate and speak on sessions and masterclasses.
For 2008, the Advisory Committee will continue to do this, but Doc/Fest would like to open this opportunity up to everyone who would like to contribute to our festival. This is your chance to have your input on the Doc/Fest industry session programme.
If you have an idea for a session you would like to see at the festival - it can be craft-based, case studies, debates, masterclasses - then please submit your ideas online via our website.
The deadline for session submissions was 4 July 2008
We will contact you by end of July if your session is selected. If successful, you get to produce the session, giving you an opportunity to be valuable part of the Doc/Fest and get involved with leading people in the documentary industry.
How to be a Session Producer
If your session is selected, duties will include:
Confirm your session chair and speakers
Collate photos and biogs (max 75 words) for your speakers and provide a final description of your session (max 100 words)
Collect technical information from your chair and speakers for their presentations, fill in and distribute a running order and contact list to your chair and speakers
Ensure your moderator and all speakers are registered delegates to make sure they are included in the delegate list in the catalogue
Benefits for a Session Producer
Doc/Fest appreciates the time and energy each session producer commits to the festival. Doc/Fest offers all session producers a discounted registration pass.
All session producers, speakers and session chairs will be profiled in the festival catalogue with a photograph and a biography.