Ep. 32 Audio Documentaries with Chloé Trayner
In this episode, Ragtag Film Society’s Artistic Director Chloé Trayner discusses the recognition of film programming as a skill, merging industry and local audiences, and having film festivals in a pandemic. Finally in today’s concluding thought, Edward talks about his recent Walks and Sprints.
Guest Bio:
Chloé Trayner (she/her) is the Artistic Director at Ragtag Film Society and the founder of Assembly Documentary Development Lab. Before her role at Ragtag, she was the Festival Director of the Open City Documentary Festival from 2018 to 2020 and co-director of the Overnight Film Festival. In addition, she has worked in film and events programming with organizations such as Bertha DocHouse, BFI Future Film Festival, The Guardian, Wellcome Trust, London Short Film Festival, and UnderWire Festival.
Time Codes:
1:00 - Chloé's Film Upbringings
4:15 - Chloé's Activities at UnderWire
8:00 - Recognizing Film Programming as a Career Skill and Going Through Obstacles of Unpaid Work in the Film Industry
13:16 - Chloé's Responsibilities at Bertha DocHouse
19:30 - Chloé's Experience at Open City Documentary Festival
21:40 - Chloé Finding Assembly Documentary Lab
28:45 - Chloé's Path to Becoming Artistic Director at True/False
31:07 - Chloé's Goals as True/False's Artistic Director
33:00 - Audio Documentaries
36:50 - Differentiating Artistic and Executive Director Activities
39:33 - Developing an Audience within Locals and Industry; and Possible Return of Neither/Nor
44:42 - Having a Festival in a Pandemic
48:25 - Chloé's Recommendation: Eventually
50:12 - Concluding Thought: Edward's Walks and Sprints
Show Notes:
Assembly Documentary Development Lab
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