MASTERCLASS WITH JEANIE FINLAY: FROM ARTIST TO FILMMAKER
Saturday 16 March | Town Hall | Doors 1:50 PM | Session 2:00 PM | End 3:30 PM
Award-winning documentary maker Jeanie Finlay takes the audience on an image-laden journey through her adventures in independent production, moving from artist to filmmaker across 10 features.
Join filmmaker Jeanie Finlay as she takes the audience on an image-laden journey through her adventures in independent production, moving from artist to filmmaker across 10 features. Jeanie is one of Britain’s most distinctive documentary makers. She creates award-winning work for cinema and television, telling intimate stories to international audiences. She has made films for HBO, IFC and the BBC, as well as four commissions for the acclaimed BBC Storyville strand, including BIFA-nominated The Great Hip Hop Hoax and BIFA-winning Orion: The Man Who Would Be King.
Whether inviting audiences to share the (extra)ordinary journey of a pregnant British transgender man (BIFA-nominated Seahorse), behind the scenes of Teesside’s last record shop (SOUND IT OUT) or onto the set of the world’s biggest television show (Emmy-nominated Game of Thrones: The Last Watch), Jeanie’s films are all made with the same steel and heart, sharing an empathetic approach to bringing overlooked and untold stories to the screen. Her latest film, Your Fat Friend, is showing at 8:00 PM on Saturday at Hebden Bridge Film Festival. Jeanie is currently making her 10th feature film in the North East of England, the place where she grew up.
Whether inviting audiences to share the (extra)ordinary journey of a pregnant British transgender man (BIFA-nominated Seahorse), behind the scenes of Teesside’s last record shop (SOUND IT OUT) or onto the set of the world’s biggest television show (Emmy-nominated Game of Thrones: The Last Watch), Jeanie’s films are all made with the same steel and heart, sharing an empathetic approach to bringing overlooked and untold stories to the screen. Her latest film, Your Fat Friend, is showing at 8:00 PM on Saturday at Hebden Bridge Film Festival. Jeanie is currently making her 10th feature film in the North East of England, the place where she grew up.
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"Where other documentary filmmakers might make sideshow spectacles of unconventional lifestyles, Jeanie Finlay has always met her subjects where they are, as equals. Her films are a joy to watch, filled with comedy, drama, and personality, including that of the director herself."
— Museum of Moving Image, NYC |
