The Irish Film Board and the Stranger Than Fiction Festival will hold an open discussion panel on 'Documentary and the International Audience' this Saturday September 29 in Dublin’s IFI.
The panel will invite audience discussion on how recent theatrical documentaries such as ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, ‘One Day in September’, ‘Etre et Avoir’ and ‘March of the Penguins’ have helped to create a newfound commercial confidence in theatrical documentary.
Irish Director Alan Gilsenan (The Ghost of Roger Casement) will chair the panel with distributor Niamh McCaul (Eclipse Pictures), director Gary Tarn (Black Sun) and Steve Gamester (Alliance Atlantis Communications).
The panel will explore how Irish filmmakers can capitalise on these increased market opportunities and growing international audiences; and the role of the Irish Film Board in financing documentary.
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