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Filming Reality: What Training for What Skill?
Forum 2004

In November 2004, the Documentary Network invited the community to take part in a reflection on how documentary filmmakers are trained, with the aim of connecting the professional community to the next generation of filmmakers.

What are the ideal conditions for knowledge transmission, to ensure that creative documentary will flourish? What makes a good documentarian? Is the training now available doing the job? Or do we need to take another look at how documentary filmmakers are trained?

The conclusions from the 2004 Forum are available on the Documentary Network Web site; they contribute to keeping the community’s thinking on the issue up to date. The Documentary Network also takes part in the follow-up to the NFB/Telefilm Summit on Documentary, which will propose a review of federal policy on documentary film to Liza Frulla, Minister of Canadian Heritage.

More than 150 people participated to the Forum 2004, which took place on November 15, 2004, at the NFB Cinema, in Montréal. Here is the Forum Report.