Welcome to DocHouse Conversations: Bringing you thought-provoking discussions from the documentary world.

What does the current lockdown mean for documentary filmmakers and the documentary community?

This week our Programme Associate Carol Nahra welcomes BAFTA award-winning filmmaker, writer and artist Victoria Mapplebeck to discuss how the crisis is affecting her own work. We are living in a digital age and now more than ever filmmakers across the globe are employing lo-fi, DIY filmmaking techniques to stay creative during the lockdown. Hear how Mapplebeck uses the ever changing nature of technology to excavate memories within her films, and to tell personal stories

Listen to Episode 1 - DocHouse Conversations: Victoria Mapplebeck

Visit our OnlineHub for more information about Victoria Mapplebeck here.

Watch Victoria’s Films:
THE WAITING ROOM (2019)
THE WAITING ROOM VR
MISSED CALL (2018)
160 CHARACTERS: (2015)
SMART HEARTS (1999) 

Find out more about Carol Nahra here

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Additional Links:
Film London
BALTIC Art Gallery
Real Stories Documentaries  
BAFTA Acceptance 
VR 
NOTES ON BLINDNESS (2016) 
John Wakefield Sound
Rode Mic for smartphone 
Arts Council Funding COVID-19 
Al Jazeera