Events

Club CDoc Socials

Our next monthly social get-together is happening on Thursday, 3 October, at The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine.

This event is free to attend and the perfect way to get to know some fellow film and documentary lovers and makers.

Do pop by!

What’s Happening Next?

CLUB CDOC presents:

'STORY & DEVELOPMENT'

WORKSHOP 1

SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER, 10:00am – 4:00PM

Unfortunately, we’ve had to postpone Workshop 1 ‘Story & Development’ due to facilitator illness. 

A new date will be announced shortly, and your tickets will still be valid. If you can’t make it, refunds will be available.

Thanks for your understanding. Stay tuned!

Each year, Club CDoc presents workshops facilitated by industry professionals teaching the craft of documentary making. 

Designed in sequence to take you from the seed of an idea through to having a short film ready to submit to LOCALS as part of the Castlemaine Documentary Festival.

These workshops are well-attended and priced to be accessible to all.

For more info, head to our WORKSHOPS page. 

About Club CDoc

Club C-Doc evolved alongside the Castlemaine Documentary Festival to provide year-round activities and programs that support a shared space between communities and filmmakers. 

Delivering filmmaking workshops, pop-up screenings, guest presentations and social events, Club C-Doc engages audiences and the creative sector alike. Working in concert, the Festival and Club C-Doc celebrate diversity and profile the issues of our time – from the local to the global, past and present, and also bring our community together.

Born from the necessity of lockdown restrictions in 2021, Club CDoc quickly found a vital role in delivering films and discussion panels that can’t wait until the annual festival – nurturing  the vibrant local film culture and keeping  the conversations current. Often our programs serve as ongoing catalysts for community action, public education and highlight issues around advocacy with the intention of making a positive contribution and difference.

We also actively support local  and regional creative media practitioners by providing our LOCALS Opening Night of  the Festival. Experienced and first-time filmmakers are encouraged to enter LOCALS and are engaged and supported  through workshops and networking opportunities during the year. LOCALS has proved extremely popular for both audiences and makers. Similarly, the annual media industry lunch, held at a Castlemaine restaurant, is becoming another well-attended fixture of the Festival.

Club CDoc events happen in partnership with the Theatre Royal, as well as other local venues including the Northern Arts Hotel and Shed Shaker. We listen to our film viewing and filmmaking community and our  activities are initiated and developed in response to surveys and feedback.

Club CDoc is unique because the creative sector it serves is truly  local. This connection builds audience awareness, drives innovation, inspires creators, and guides and shapes ideas and subjects. These activities and programs around filmmaking and screen culture  then feed directly into the winter Castlemaine Documentary Festival.  Strategically, Club CDoc reflects CDoc Ltd’s awareness of the pragmatic ways in which festivals need to adapt and innovate, while maintaining core values of in-person contact and the intimacy of shared experience and place.

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