DocSalon: Documentary in the Age of Fake News

Tickets available from 10:00 on the day of the event - Sat 1 July, 13:30, Traverse.

Fake news is everywhere. Alternative facts, inflammatory clickbait, conspiracy theories, and misinformed memes gone viral distort public perception and comprehension of our world. Emotional appeals trump facts. Healthy scepticism gives way to paranoia. Under these circumstances what are the challenges and obligations facing documentary film? Join us for a public conversation, which brings together filmmakers, producers, programmers, and you, the audience, to reflect on fake news and what it means for documentary and other media.

Confirmed speakers:

Firas Fayaad (dir. Last Men in Aleppo),

Flora Gregory (International Documentary Consultant; former commissioning editor for Al-Jazeera English), 

Sonja Henrici (Scottish Documentary Institute; Producer of Donkeyote (Chico Pereira)

Luke Moody (Director of Film Programming, Sheffield Doc/Fest), 

Richard Warden (Producer, Middlefish Films; Film Lead, Mental Health Foundation),

Leshu Torchin (Film Studies, University of St Andrews)