DOCCELERATOR ON DEMAND
DocCelerator tutors Geoffrey Smith and Ove Rishøj Jensen.
PARTICIPANTS' REACTIONS
"I loved DocCelerator and came out of it with an infinitely clearer idea of the film I have to make."
Fernando Souza, Director, Spain – participant of the 5th DocCelerator
"Thank you so much for the past two days! This was such an amazing lab. Our project has benefited a lot and we have learned a lot."
Areeb Zuaiter, Director, USA - participant of the 7th DocCelerator
"It is wonderful how this experience can change not only the direction of a project, but also the way a filmmaker works."
Maite Vitoria Daneris, Director, Spain - participant of the 3rd DocCelerator
"Thanks to the DocCelerator workshop and your feedback, we reworked entirely our materials. We also simplified our synopsis and created a new trailer, and I believe it did strengthen our proposal greatly. To put it simply: Thank you from the bottom of my heart."
Marjolaine Grappe, Director, USA - participant of the 2nd DocCelerator
"Thank you so much for this workshop. It brought me to the core of my film and gave me lots of inspiration and motivation!"
Sien Versteyhe, Director, Belgium - participant of the 16th DocCelerator
DocCelerator is a series of online documentary workshops launched by Paradiddle Pictuctures in May 2020. Besides the two standard formats we are offering in general, we also offer tailor made editions of DocCelerator done in collaboration with local film funds, regional film offices and other industry organisations. We call it DocCelerator On Demand.
We can make DocCelerator workshops fitting the needs of your local industry either as online or onsite editions. The length of each workshop are 2-3 days and can accommodate 4-6 selected project teams, depending on the specific version. The essence of a DocCelerator workshop is to invest in the development and pre-production, in order to save money on the recording and editing and generate documentary projects with a much stronger narrative focus.
In Fall 2024 we are organising these two special editions of DocCelerator:
DocCelerator Belgium Work in Progress
September 26-27. Deadline: August 22.
This special version of DocCelerator Work in Progress is for Belgium documentary makers. It will be held online. The workshop is done in collaboration with the two Creative Europe Desk in Belgium, being the Creative Europe Desk Vlaanderen and Europe Creative Wallonie-Bruxelles.
Here you can read more about the workshop and how to apply:
Link to Creative Europe Desk Vlaanderen:
https://www.creativeeurope.be/nl/agenda/doccelerator-belgium-work-progress
Link to Europe Creative Wallonie-Bruxelles: https://www.europecreative.be/fr/progr-media/actualites/doccelerator-belgium-accelerez-le-montage-de-votre-documentaire
DocCeleratorGalway
October 14-15, 2024. Deadline: September 6, 2024.
This special edition of DocCeleratorStory is held in person at the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill, Galway. The workshop is organised by the MEDIA Office Galway in association with Coimisiún na Meán.
Here you will find details on how to apply.
https://www.creativeeuropeireland.eu/news-events/doccelerator-galway-14th-15th-october-2024
EARLIER DocCelerator ON DEMAND
We have previously made these DocCelerator On Demand workshops:
DocCeleratorBelgium for Belgium filmmakers
September 14-15, 2023. This edition of DocCelerator was organised by the two Creative Europe Desks in Brussels, being Europe Créative Wallonie-Bruxelles and Creative Europe MEDIA Desk – Vlaanderen. Read more here.
DocCeleratorHungary for Hungarian filmmakers
September 18-19, 2023. This edition of DocCelerator was organised by the Kreatív Európa Iroda in Budapest. Read more here.
DocCeleratorGalway for Irish filmmakers
On September 29-30, 2022. Organised by Creative Europe Desk Galway and the BAI Sectoral Learning and Development Fund in collaboration with Paradiddle Pictures.
Here you can read more about DocCeleratorGalway.
DocCelerator Galway together with Creative Europe Desk Galway
DocCelerator Hungary together with Kreatív Európa Iroda
GET YOUR OWN DocCelerator
If you are representing a film fund, institute or other film organisation and you are in doubt that DocCelerator is helpful for the improvement of your film industry, do not take our word for it. These are some of the reactions we have had from previous participants:
"I loved DocCelerator and came out of it with an infinitely clearer idea of the film I have to make."
"Highly recommend this workshop! It really helped us to clarify the film's direction and structure."
"I was part of the 3rd edition of the DocCelerator Workshop with Ove Rishøj Jensen and Geoffrey Smith and it was an incredible experience. If you have a project in development, don't hesitate and apply for the workshop."
"It's wonderful that someone makes such training programs."
DocCelerator is run by Director Geoffrey Smith and Producer & Consultant Ove Rishøj Jensen.
In case you are interested in organising a DocCelerator workshop for your local, regional or national documentary industry, please reach out to weare@paradiddlepictures.com.
DOCCELERATOR WORKSHOPS
DocCeleratorWorkInProgress
Get feedback on your recorded material or rough cut and strengthen your distribution.
