Doc Club & Friends gives independent filmmakers a free big screen starting this September
Doc Club & Friends opens ‘Your Cinema Project’, giving independent filmmakers free screenings and monthly post-show events
If you’ve got a finished film sitting on a hard drive with nowhere to go, or you’re after a cinema where your work can finally reach a real crowd, this one’s worth a look.Doc Club & Friendshas launched a new initiative called‘Your Cinema Project’, built to give independent filmmakers a space to screen their work on the big screen at no cost, starting this September.
For anyone who’s lost touch,Doc Clubis the longtime London home for lovers of independent and alternative cinema, and it’s back. The venue has resettled at Cloud 11, with its screening programme up and running again earlier this year. Now it’s widening its remit, going from a place that shows films to a platform for the people who make them. Filmmakers can screen their work, meet an audience and host their own post-screening Q&A if they fancy it.
Here’s how it runs. The project welcomes all kinds of independent film, short or feature-length, whether yours has never been seen or has already done the rounds elsewhere. Selected films screen from12pm to 2pmonthe third Saturday of every month, which makes for an easy Saturday afternoon out even if you’re just going to watch.
The flexible part is the money. Filmmakers choose whether to offer free entry or sell tickets themselves, and every penny of ticket revenue goes straight to the maker. Doc Club handles the promotion and the surrounding activities.
If you’re submitting a short, several can be grouped together as a single programme. Got just the one? The team may pair it with work by other directors to build something curated. Final selection sits with the Doc Club & Friends crew, based on the details you provide when you apply.
Sometimes what an independent film needs most isn’t a screen at all. It’s the chance to be watched by a room of people who chose to show up. That’s the idea here.
So if you’ve always wanted to see your film on the big screen, this is a decent place to start. The application form is openhere. Go on, then.
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