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Hannah Patterson
Patterson is a screenwriter and producer. She has a background in film journalism and as commissioning editor of Creative Essentials, a series of books about filmmaking.

  • FOURDOCS: Side Door to the Industry

    There are several online portals for displaying your short doc, like YouTube which contains all sorts of user-generated content. But if you are interested in a more targeted portal, Channel 4’s FourDocs site is the place to go.

  • FESTIVAL REPORT: Documentaries Return to Edinburgh

    When the Edinburgh International Film Festival first began in 1947, it was a documentary event, opened by pioneering filmmaker John Grierson

  • Part drama, part documentary

    In September 2001, a group of friends left Tipton, the UK, to travel to Pakistan and attend a wedding.

  • Powerful case study of a society in transition

    Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi’s documentary “Sisters in Law” is a fascinating insight into the workings of the judicial system in the small African town of Kumba in southwest Cameroon.

  • Worship the devil for protection

    Referred to by locals as ‘the mountain that eats men’, the Cerro Rico in Bolivia is laced with silver mines dating back to the sixteenth century.

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