What even is this?
The Short Doc Club celebrates short documentaries and the people who make them.
Sitting at the place where journalism meets creative storytelling, short docs have an incredible ability to bring other people’s experiences to life.
Every week, we share a short documentary and an interview with its director. The films vary in style, length and subject matter. Some are very recent, some much older. But they all have something special that deserves a moment in the spotlight.
Through the interviews we add context and insight to our selections. We’ll discuss story and craft, challenges, magical moments and things that might have been done differently.
The short documentary landscape has never been richer. We want to bring filmmakers and doc lovers together to revel in that richness.
Who am I?
I trained as a journalist but soon realised I wasn’t much of a hard news guy. I am much more interested in art and culture, and how they intersect with the world around us. I moved into the creative space as It’s Nice That’s first Editor–Chief. Later I moved into tech, first with WeTransfer, where I set up its storytelling platform WePresent, and then Vimeo, where my role involved overseeing the Staff Picks programme.
Although I have commissioned, reviewed and written about short documentaries, I am definitely not a film industry person. I hope to use this slight outsider status to my advantage, while immersing myself in the world of short docs.
I also plan to create an advisory board of film professionals to help guide this project. I hope the Short Doc Club can grow into new areas, but I want to build it with the doc community.
Get involved
If all this tickles your fancy, here are a few ways you can get involved:
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– Email me with film submissions, suggestions, questions, or a bawdy limerick.
