SIXTY PEOPLE | SIXTEEN FILMS | REAL STORIES
The first phase of the What’s Your Story? training programme involved over sixty people between January – May 2010. Professional filmmakers from the Documentary Filmmakers Group taught participants how to use a video camera, record sound, and develop the interviewing skills needed to create short documentaries about their own or someone else’s story. These new filmmakers have collectively produced sixteen brilliantly observed, and beautifully realised short documentaries which you can view on our online showcase.
From meditations on culture and identity, to tender portraits of love and loss, through stories of pleasures and passions, the What’s Your Story? series is the culmination of eleven weeks of hard work on the part of participants from four different parts of London, most of whom had never before even picked up a camera. The lasting outcome of the training programme is not only the finished films, but sustainable filmmaking skills for communities to continue sharing their real stories. You can find out more about DFG and our partners on the About page.
In January 2011 we began working with a new group of young filmmakers aged between 16-21 years old, adding New Documentary Voices to the What’s Your Story? series. Over 5 weeks, 12 young people have been learning documentary filmmaking skills, working with DFG’s industry professionals and making super-short films exploring issues of identity and faith in Hackney. Read our news post below for info about the special screening event celebrating this next phase of this exciting project.
