Scottish / UK Delegation
DOC IN COMMON – SCOTTISH / UK DELEGATION during the Krakow Film Festival and KFF Industry
29 – 30.05.2025
Partners:
CEDOC Round Table Meet the Scots
29.05, 15.30 – 17.00 MOS 3
Scottish and international producers will be encouraged to discuss their slate and co-production, but also some of the larger industry concerns.
Panel Discussion: If no one watches? Challenges in documentary film distribution
29.05, 17.30 – 18.30 ASP 1
The myth of a ‘golden age of documentary’ was burst a few years ago and today we are faced with the uncomfortable question – why do we keep making docs if no one watches?
With the landscape of independent documentary distribution changing rapidly, it is crucial to rethink our distribution strategies, redefine what success looks like, and cultivate transnational collaborations. Reconnecting with audiences in meaningful, long lasting ways has become more urgent than ever.
We invite you to join us for a discussion with producers and documentary professionals from Poland and Scotland as we explore innovative and radical solutions to these pressing challenges.
Speakers: Jenny Horwell (Bertha DocHouse) – tbc, Graham Fulton (Conic Distribution), Monika Braid (Braidmade Films) and Reece Cargan (Randan)
Moderator: Flore Cosquer (Scottish Documentary Institute)
SCOTTISH DELEGATION
- Mary Bell & Adam Dawtrey | Bofa Productions
Bofa is an award-winning company based in Scotland, which produces global films about culture, art and history. We are interested in finding partners for our own slate, including films about India, Ukraine, New Zealand, Mexico and Korea, and in finding fabulous new projects from anywhere in the world that we can co-produce from the UK.
- Reece Cargan | Randan
Reece is a BAFTA nominated and RTS award winning producer and founder of production companies ‘Bombito productions’ & ‘Randan’. Reece has produced numerous award winning work, most recently he co-produced two features with the Netherlands – with support from Screen Scotland and the Netherlands Film Fund. Randan work across a varied slate of feature projects that span drama, documentary and animation. They have four theatrical release scheduled for 2025/2026. Reece is a proud alumnus of EAVE Producer’s Workshop, Rotterdam Lab, BFI Insight, ACE EU mentoring and Torino Film Lab. Reece was recently appointed as the EAVE national coordinator for the UK. Reece – as his slate attests, is passionate about working with and turning up the volume of queer talent, with a focus on intersectional LGBTQIA+ stories & voices.
- Sinead Kirwan | Enemy Films
Sinead Kirwan is an award-winning multi-disciplinary producer, working across film, TV, interactives, and installations. Her films include STILL THE ENEMY WITHIN (Sheffield Doc Fest Audience Award Winner), DYING TO DIVORCE (Prix Europa Nominee, Rose’dorNominee, Winner Golden Nymph, UK Entry Best International Feature Oscars) and PLAYING THE GAME: GARRY O’CONNOR, a film about mental health for BBC Scotland as well as the short drama BURN ON ARRIVAL starring Kate Dickie. Her first animation I DON’T WANT TO CALL IT HOME screened at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Dinard Film Festival and Calcareous Film Festival. She is currently developing an animated feature documentary with director Chloe Fairweather and a new doc with award-winning director Paul Sng and LS Films. In 2023 Sinead was lucky enough to win a Best Feature Award for DYING TO DIVORCE at the Scottish Bafta’s and be selected for the prestigious EAVE producer development program.
- Graham Fulton | Conic
Graham is co-founder of Conic, and heads-up distribution and acquisition. Before starting Conic with business partner Jen Davies, Graham was Director of Sales at Park Circus, distributing and selling films directly to cinemas, film festivals and distributors around the world. Representing many of the Hollywood studios, some of the documentaries he helped release internationally include Free Solo, Three Identical Strangers, Human Flow and American Utopia.
Conic is a UK / Ireland distributor releasing bold and ambitious films. Since launching in October 2022, they have released several award-winning titles, documentaries include BAFTA-nominated ELECTRIC MALADY (Dir. Marie Lidén), European Film Award winner SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD (Dir. Anna Hints) and BAFTA nominated IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? (Dir. Ella Glendining), THE TASTE OF MANGO (dir. Chloe Abrahams).
- Flore Cosquer | Scottish Documentary Institute
Bringing a wealth of experience in both narrative and documentary production, Flore became an integral part of the Scottish Documentary Institute in 2010 where she produced several award-winning shorts and feature documentaries for broadcast as well as for international distribution and managed the organisation’s various industry and training programmes. Flore’s deep-rooted passion for talent development and commitment to nurturing non-fiction filmmakers led to her appointment as Managing Director in 2022. Beyond her leadership role, Flore actively advocates for the growth and sustainability of the independent documentary industry by serving as a member of the EURODOC and Documentary Film Council’s boards. At the intersection of art and industry, Scottish Documentary Institute champions the independent documentary field in Scotland and beyond, through the nurturing of filmmakers and audiences.