Marketplace Activities

Selected artists as part of Alternate Realities Talents have the opportunity to connect with creatives and organisations focused on using digital technologies to experiment and play with non-fiction boundaries.

Selected entry-level production professionals will take part in Amplify: Production Talent meetings to connect with UK production company executives in the factual/documentary TV sector.

For invited delegates only. Join the BFI Doc Society Fund for a showcase of selected works in progress from their current slate. 

The Palestine Film Institute invites you to meet and hear from this year’s Palestinian Delegation over breakfast.

Building on the initial #Docsafe roundtable at the EFM earlier this year, we are continuing this initiative led by a global working group at DocFest.

With the support of the British Council, a delegation of East and West African delegates is attending Sheffield DocFest to build and strengthen relationships with international key players. Meet the delegation from Kenya, Nigeria, and Burkina Faso to make and develop connections with exciting talent from East and West Africa.

Closed session - by invitation only. BIPOC EURODOC is a task force of BIPOC documentary filmmakers working to strengthen our community’s access to opportunities, markets and audiences in the global film industry.

Located in the heart of the Marketplace, the café offers a comfortable space where you can grab a coffee, a bite to eat, and set up meetings with fellow industry delegates and festival guests.

Following the last of this year’s events at Cutlers’ Hall, join us for a celebratory drink with our Marketplace team.

Meet representatives from international festivals at this intimate roundtable session. 

These intimate roundtable sessions are set up around various topics with experts in the field.

Meet experts from the podcast industry at this intimate roundtable session.

These intimate roundtable sessions are set up around various topics with experts in the field.

Selected projects have the opportunity to meet with international & UK industry representatives in one of the world's largest documentary markets.

Our Rough Cut Screenings are an opportunity for five selected MeetMarket teams to show part of their documentaries to a room of industry representatives and delegates, to discuss, receive feedback and find partners to move their projects forward.

In collaboration with Sheffield DocFest, the PFI presents four docs in progress as part of the Palestine Showcase.

Take a seat, chat with the delegate opposite, every 10 minutes you move one seat to the left and meet someone new. Who will you end up chatting with?

Join us for a dynamic breakfast meeting focused on co-producing, acquiring and pitch your creative documentaries and establishing strong partnerships with AJD.

Do you have questions about who is funding and distributing what, who is the right partner for your projects, and how to meet them?