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Behind the Curtain: The hidden origin stories of documentary films and their journey from idea to screen

Presented by: The Centre for International Creative Industries
Location: Screening TheatrePostcode: EX4 4LA  Show on Map

This event will showcase the documentary work of two members of staff from CDF: Konstantinos Thomaidis (Drama) and Jezz Vernon (Film). They will each show a short film or excerpts, and discuss their experience of making the films, as well as engaging with the creative industries in their promotion and showings on the festival circuit and online. The event will shed light on the issues involved in making such films, and how to promote and distribute them in the wider creative industries.

Konstantinos Thomaidis is a co-director on the film ‘Mother Company’ for which he used his extensive practice and research in voice and performance. The film has been highly successful on the international festival circuit, screening, among others, at Academy Award-qualifying PÖFF Shorts in Estonia and winning major awards (such as Best Artists’ Film at BAFTA-qualifying Aesthetica). There will be a screening of ‘Mother Company’, and a discussion about the making of it, along with his experience of being part of the festivals.

Jezz Vernon has created the highly innovative film distribution label, eXeFilm (https://www.exefilm.com/), promoting short films and documentaries. He will show excerpts from two films, ‘Public Enemy’ and ‘The Hard Stop’, and talk about the themes that drive them, bumps in the road they had during production, thinking about the mechanics of distribution, and the incidental ‘story’ quality in terms of their journey to the screen.

This event is part of the launch of the new Centre for International Creative Industries in the department, which highlights and promotes the research and engagement with the creative industries across the three subjects.