Powered by iPetitions - start your online petition now

 

Signatures | Total: 3,562

 

# NamePosition, CompanyComments
3401 taghreed Elsanhouriindependent film makerplatforms like storyville need to be strengthened not cut back - in my view format led factual programming can not match the integrity and 'truth' of vision and potential for creativity that emerges out of independent work.
3402 AnonymousAnonymousLet's save the British film industry, not destroy it!!!
3403 zhani terpinidirector,producerI am director of documentary film and in the same time and director of photograpy if you needed my help please contact me .
3404 zhani terpinidirector, producer, director of photographyproducer, director of the documentary film , director of photography.
3405 Zivia Desai KeiperTri Continental Film Festival, South Africa
3406 Alice ArnoldDirector, Producer, ALVA FILM, CH, MORESK Productions, GB
3407 Najla RizkFreelance Producer
3408 Philip LittleDirector ATSStoryville is the most exciting and enjoyable documentary series currently being screened. The format of telling a story whilst informing and educating is unique. The program on Arthur Kane and the one on missing Japanese children in North Korea are 2 that stand out, they both make the viewer watch to find out what has happened. Ditch some of the othe nonsense that the BBC churns out!
3409 Pamela HuntMD Raw Charm Limited (Retired)I used to be proud to say that I had once worked for the BBC. But no more. It's so tied up in its own spin, that it has lost it's sense of purpose.
3410 AnonymousAnonymousStop dumbing down!
3411 Tim ClementsDirectorThe BBC should actually be talking about investing more heavily in serious documentary filmmaking, most definitely in Storyville and also in other strands. Some of Britain's best film making and best film makers are are born out of the feature documentary and yet the BBC and other channels are obliterating it from our tv screens. This, despite the success of documentaries on the big screen and despite the worn and proven path that directors make from documentaries to fiction and back again.
3412 Dorothée Formadocumentary maker at Humanist Broadcasting Foundation in the NetherlandsIt's a Europe-wide trend to diminish the amount of (international) creative documentaries. We all need support in the effort to reverse that trend. Good luck Storyville!
3413 Fulvia D'OttaviProducer
3414 Evenstar KetteringFilmmaker
3415 Margaret DrainVice President, WGBH, Boston, MassachusettsStoryville is the only series on British television which showcases the work of highly creative documentary filmmakers from around the world. With a very small budget they have managed to produce and present films that have won every major film and television award. It would be pennywise and poundfoolish to make the proposed cuts in their budget. And would further damage the reputation of a once proud BBC.
3416 Lucille CarraProducer, Travelfilm Company
3417 Gooijsecretary
3418 AnonymousAnonymous
3419 emma rossi landifilm maker
3420 Charlotte ManginProducer, Thirteen/WNET
3421 Alyssa GrossmanDoctoral Student, University of Manchester
3422 Gianluca De FalcoSales AgentStoryville is the house for docs worlwide. Don't move us away from our house.
3423 valérie schuitproducer, Viewpoint Productions
3424 l.van tuijlinterested supporter
3425 kendal kempseyresearcher/ camera opplease save Storyville,one of the last remaining voices for independent documentary.
3426 AnonymousAnonymousThe best - and only truly international - documentary strand in the UK. To cut Storyville would be to cut UK audiences off from others' world view / perspectives ... and that would be tragic in the current climate.
3427 Violeta AyalaUnited Notions FilmI am a big fun of storyville and the docs they fund!!!
3428 Cecilia SernaIndependent Film Maker
3429 rhodante ahlersSr. lecturer, UNESCO-IHE
3430 Michael Truckenbrodttime prints OHG, producer
3431 nathaniel jesselfreelanceas a young filmaker, Storyville is the light at the end of the tunnel. it needs to remain the beacon of documentary that it currently is.
3432 Vendemmiati AlbertoFilmmaker director
3433 Rick HughesWriter Director, The Creative Writing ServiceWould the last person who switches off BBC please ensure the plug is removed from the socket.
3434 Rick Minnichwriter/directorPlease don't let this invaluable jewel in the international documentary scene die a long, slow death. Not only would British viewers be deprived of some of the best of world cinema, but many of these films would no longer get made in the first place without the help of Storyville.
3435 callum redfernDirector Neyssatou Films
3436 dave Youngpod Films ltdcome on, come on we all need storyville for a better quality of life...
3437 Tom FlanneryIndivdual, Wannabe FilmmakerStoryville is one of the last remaining pillars of quality programming. The idea that the BBC has decided to target this multi-award winning, inspirational series as a budget cut option is extremely worrying. It has been a massive part of my education in becoming a rounded human. Why is this happening? It's pathetic. I have just bought a TV license for the first time in my life and Story ville was THE number one factor in why I decided to pay. If it gets cut, I give up on tele.
3438 Dave Youngphotographer
3439 AnonymousAnonymous
3440 David ScottFreelance
3441 Patricia GomesFreelance editor
3442 Siobhan O'NeillFreelance Journalist
3443 B TullyfreelanceStoryville is the only feature doc strand on the BBC. Everywhere else, so-called documentaries have become formatted series, there is very littel space left for one-off feature docs. So many incredible films have been created through storyville's commissions. To rely solely on acquisitions is to turn your back on the creative talent, perspiration, blood sweat and tears of all the amazing documentary filmmakers that this country possesses. We should be saluting them and taking great pride in their work, not ignoring them and hoping that the french, germans or scandinavians will put up some money to back their ambitious ideas. Come on BBC! Storyville is absolutely the best strand on UK tv. Without offering commissions in this strand, you may as well forget calling yourselves a public broadcaster. Kindest Regards,
3444 Heidi Elise ChristensenNordisk Forum Manager
3445 riccardo Saidirector, dindio filmsI do hope storyville will still be here for years to come....
3446 MasonDevver
3447 Asefeh EsfahlaniNottingham University
3448 Michele Citonijournalist, director
3449 Leon TriggDirector, Number 9 Productions
3450 AnonymousAnonymous

 

Signatures | Total: 3,562