by Rebecca Day | Nov 19, 2023 | Community, Documentary
To the documentary community… Rebecca recently delivered a keynote at IDFA festival, to open a half day conference on the subject of Livelihood in our industry. We’ve decided to publish her words, because while she wrote this for filmmakers, using their...
by Rebecca Day | Apr 29, 2020 | Community, Documentary
Rebecca Day, in conversation with Chris G Parkhurst Mental Health & the Documentary Filmmaker ‘We doc filmmakers are no strangers to mental health. Whether by the very nature of being doc filmmakers or from the subjects of our documentaries, we’re often...
by Rebecca Day | Mar 31, 2020 | Community, Documentary
COVID-19 has brought into sharp relief the mental health crisis that the documentary community has faced for quite some time. Living in survival mode and keeping it all together for their crew and subjects is what document filmmakers are good at, but at great costs to...
by Rebecca Day | Mar 23, 2020 | Community, Documentary
There is an incredible surge of supportive conversations, and the creation of an online community within our own sector, in ways that we haven’t witnessed before. BFI Network: How to manage your mental health as a filmmaker during...
by Rebecca Day | Dec 18, 2019 | Community, Documentary
Why the film industry needs to open up about mental health. The red-carpet glamour can sometimes hide the stressful realities of working in the film business: job insecurity, low pay, burnout, rejection and intense periods with long hours away from family and friends...
