non-fiction

Literary Journalism: Memoir - Summer 2024

This 12-day residency encourages the exploration of new ideas in non-fiction and experimentation in writing focusing on Memoir. Designed to challenge and stimulate, the program aims to inspire creative pieces of nonfiction and to assist the writers in their completion of manuscripts which explore memory, experience, and memoir. In this self-directed workshop-based residency, you will work closely with our esteemed faculty to expand your practice and focus on improving writing skills. A preeminent space for long-form journalism and creative non-fiction, this residency emphasizes the strengths of thorough and articulate non-fiction, distinctive storytelling, and literary devices. Work created in this program has been published in journals, magazines, newspapers, and in books

Assembly - Feature Documentary Development Lab Deadline. £10,000 Funding.

Assembly is a new development lab for creative documentaries which will take place in September 2019, organised by Open City Documentary Festival.

The programme is a project-based intensive workshop for international filmmakers working on their first or second feature. Participants from six selected projects will attend a four-day programme in London with talks, workshops and one-to-one mentoring followed by a closed pitch for £10,000 development funding. Participants will also be able to attend screenings, talks and networking events as part of Open City Documentary Festival 2019.

Deadline for Submissions: Open City Documentary Festival 2019

Submissions for Open City Documentary Festival 2019 are now open. We're looking for the most exciting and innovative non-fiction storytelling in short, mid-length and feature length documentaries, short audio documentaries, as well as cross-media projects (VR/AR/XR).

Open City Documentary Festival creates an open space in London to nurture and champion the art of creative documentary and non-fiction filmmakers, and over 4,000 people attended last year's festival to enjoy some of the very best in contemporary and international documentary.

Prizes are awarded in three categories: Open City Award, Best Emerging International Filmmaker Award, and Best UK Short Award (supported by the British Council).

Deadline for Submissions: Open City Documentary Festival 2019

Submissions for Open City Documentary Festival 2019 are now open. We're looking for the most exciting and innovative non-fiction storytelling in short, mid-length and feature length documentaries, short audio documentaries, as well as cross-media projects (VR/AR/XR).

Open City Documentary Festival creates an open space in London to nurture and champion the art of creative documentary and non-fiction filmmakers, and over 4,000 people attended last year's festival to enjoy some of the very best in contemporary and international documentary.

Prizes are awarded in three categories: Open City Award, Best Emerging International Filmmaker Award, and Best UK Short Award (supported by the British Council).

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