Magnum photographers Donovan Wylie and Olivia Arthur will each be giving talks during the second week of LIDF 2010. They are also leading the LIDF Documentary Photography workshops for two lucky groups of aspiring photographers, but will be presenting their recent work to larger audiences at the Free Word Centre on 5 and 6 May.

Tickets cost £5, £4 concession and are available now.

Wednesday 5 May 18.15 TALK: Donovan Wylie click here for tickets
Thursday 6 May 18.30 TALK: Olivia Arthur click here for tickets
In association with Magnum Photos

The 2010 programme has now opened online with titles being added daily. Incredibly, our opening film, Abel Ferrara’s Napoli, Napoli, Napoli has sold out already! Other films at during our opening weekend at the Barbican are selling fast, so don’t miss your chance to book now. Plus while you’re at the Barbican, check out Toby Smith’s incredible Madagascar: Bois de Rose – in the Mezzanine gallery, beautiful images and a gripping story about illegal logging on the African island. The work is on display from 17th April – 26th April. Watch out for more updates and a down-loadable PDF of the whole programme coming soon!

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The closing date for applications to the first LIDF Documentary Photography Workshops with  Magnum Photographers Olivia Arthur and Donovan Wylie is now Monday 5th April (extended by 1 day due to the Easter holidays!).

Please get your applications in on time to avoid disappointment. Successful photographers will be notified by email by Monday 12th April. Good Luck!

The second year of Filmmaking for Social Change workshops is drawing to a close here in Karachi. Patrick and I returned to Pakistan after a gap of 5 weeks while the student shot their films. We were pleased to see that each of the 11 groups had managed to stick to their initial story ideas and had produced some incredible footage. Excitement and pride on both sides, soon turned into deep concentration and late nights as they threw themselves into the last stages of the process.

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For three years, LIDF has explored and showcased some of the best documentary films from around the world. Now, we’ve decided to delve deeper into the true meaning of ‘documentary’ and explore this method of real life story-telling through other media.

Photographic and radio documentaries will be included in this year’s programme, increasing the scope of material we exhibit and the range of  practitioners we work with. Professionals from the film, photography and radio industries will join our panels, lead workshops and participatory events, and contribute new voices to our ‘conversations in documentary’. Highlights so far include Documentary Photography workshops with Magnum photographers, and a photographic treasure-hunt in and around the streets of Bloomsbury.

What’s more, the festival will now run for 16 days (23 April – 8 May) that’s twice as long as last year, so you’ll have plenty of time to get involved. Look our for further event details and very special announcements coming soon!

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