Sheffield Doc/Fest, the UK’s premier event for international documentary professionals, and Sheffield based Showcomotion, the Young People’s Film Festival, have joined forces with Crossover Labs to stage the first Crossover Kids pitching event. The inaugural event was held at the Princess Anne Theatre, BAFTA, London on Thursday 11 December.The Crossover Kids event was developed to help filmmakers and commissioners embrace new technologies relevant to young people. Six teams of professionals ...

Sheffield Doc/Fest has confirmed its place as the premier documentary festivals in the UK. This year’s festival saw a record number of 1,545 film submissions, of which 154 were selected: the largest amount of films screened in the festival’s 15 year history.A total of 1,300 delegates travelled to the festival from over 23 countries to attend the festival. There was a total of 140 buyers and 250 speakers this year, held together by over 150 staff members and volunteers.The festival’s succes...

Sheffield Doc/Fest will be the first film festival in the world to commission an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) for its delegates.Over the past 2 years, the Sheffield Doc/Fest has implemented some of the boldest cross-platform programming and initiatives in their DigiDocs360 programme and their Crossover Labs. This ARG, called "The Truth Is Catching" is another exciting new part of their interactive programming. ARG's are a growing game genre that uses reality, multi media and game elements which ...

Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival (Doc/Fest) is to host The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Cross Media Challenge at its festival in November. The Challenge will award one producer a £5,000 co-production development deal with the award-winning NFB. The Cross Media Challenge is a co-production competition for innovative, interactive, socially engaged content with applications for mobile and broadband. The 2008 challenge is based around an environmental theme.Producers are i...