Introducing our brand new micro lab—The Documentary Sessions!
From uncovering untold histories to capturing intimate human stories, documentary filmmaking offers a powerful way of connecting audiences with the world around them. In this new micro lab, we'll explore how compelling real-life stories are shaped, supported and brought to audiences today, while examining the realities of working in the documentary sector—from co-productions and distribution to gaining sustainable work.
Our guest speakers include:
Nevine Mabro, Head of BBC Storyville, is an award-winning documentary commissioner, executive producer and journalist with over 25 years' experience across international news and film. In her vast experience she’s commissioned films from Gaza, Afghanistan, Israel, Russia, Ukraine and the US, and they won a host of prestigious awards including BAFTAs, an Emmy, a Peabody, a Grierson, the Rory Peck Impact Award. Her work includes producing the Academy Award-nominated documentary For Sama.
Jonny Tull, founder of Tull Stories, is a distribution, exhibition and audience strategy specialist who’s slate spans independent and award-winning documentaries. His clients and collaborators include Doc Society, BFI and MetFilm Distribution, and his UK distribution credits include BIFA-winning documentary Grand Theft Hamlet and BIFA-nominated feature Motherboard.
Natasha Dack, co-founder of Tigerlily Productions and an award-winning documentary and fiction producer. Tigerlily's slate spans documentary, arts, music, history, drama and current affairs across a range of media. Her executive producer credits include the feature documentaries Dying to Divorce, Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché and A Deal with the Universe. She’s also produced the BAFTA TV Award-winning White Nanny Black Child.
Joanna Boateng is a BAFTA and RTS Award-winning producer. Selected for BAFTA Breakthrough in 2022, her credits include Uprising (directed by Steve McQueen and James Rogan), Nail Bomber: Manhunt (Netflix), and Grenfell (BBC One). In 2022, won the BAFTA for Best Documentary Series. Her debut feature documentary Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story premiered at the 2025 London Film Festival, winning the Audience Award for Best British Discovery.
Andy Mundy-Castle, Founder of Doc Hearts & Director. With over 15 years of experience in the industry, from the award winning Lenny Henry The Commonwealth Kid (BBC1), the BAFTA winning White Nanny Black Child (BFI / Channel 5), critically acclaimed Jimmy Akingbola Handle With Care (Peacock / ITV) Charlene White Empires Child (ITV), to the critically acclaimed The Fade (Netflix), and the RTS / BAFTA nominated Battyman (C4), Mundy-Castle’s work has been regarded highly as work that documents diverse experience with depth and style. (Shoot the People is released in UK and Irish cinemas this week, search for screenings near you.)
Geared towards documentary creatives and filmmakers interested in exploring non-fiction storytelling, this offers practical insights into the documentary landscape.
Taking place on 20th & 21stJuly, online on Zoom.