DOCo#013: The Wetland

Name: DOCo#013: The Wetland
Start: 2025-09-03T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-03T22:00:00+01:00
Location: The Outhouse

Schedule

Wed Sep 03 2025 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

The Outhouse | Edinburgh, SC

We look forward to hosting the work-in-progress screening and feedback session of the documentary film, “The Wetland” directed by Mat Hay and filmed in the south of Mexico City.
The evening will begin with a screening of last month’s DOCMA film, #106: BLOOD, followed by Mat’s film and open feedback session, which will focus on helping Mat complete the edit.
Come along, share your thoughts, and be part of the creative process. People of all backgrounds and interests welcome. Tickets are free.
*Apologies but our current venue has stairs and is not accessible for wheelchair users. Due to venue’s licence, attendees must be 18 or over.
THE WETLAND - SYNOPSIS (FEEDBACK FILM)
In an idyllic wetland in southern Mexico City, an environmentalist farmer and his biology student daughter lead efforts to save their thousand year old farming community from being destroyed by the surrounding megacity and an influx of commercial interests.
FEEDBACK SESSION
Following the screening we will have a feedback session where attendants will be encouraged to give feedback and thoughts to help complete the edit.
The feedback session will be hosted and facilitated by DOCo members, and we aim to make the space feel safe, open and the feedback constructive and critical. Please come and join us in shaping the future of the film.
ABOUT THE FILM MAKER
Mat Hay is an award-winning documentary photographer and emerging filmmaker whose projects celebrate rural cultures, communities, and industries, while highlighting how humans interact with and alter landscapes and the environment. Since receiving his degree in Photography and Film from Edinburgh Napier University in 2013 his work has been selected for numerous international exhibitions and awards, and has taken him to rural communities across his native Scotland, as well as Europe, Australia, Africa, and throughout the Americas. His latest long-term project, about the Chinampero farming community of Xochimilco in Mexico, was recently published by The Guardian and continues to be selected for publications and exhibitions throughout the U.K. and internationally
DOCMA - THE DOCUMENTARY GAME
As part of our event we regularly play a monthly game of DOCMA.
DOCMA is a documentary game designed to involve anyone who wants to try to make a documentary, originally started by DocKlub inspired by the Dogme 95 manifesto.
The basic principle is:
5 filmmakers make 5 films (each 1 minute long) on one common theme. Each filmmaker is allocated a documentary style in which to make their 1 minute film, and the filmmakers are not allowed to confer. At the given deadline the 5 films are collated and laid back-to-back on a timeline to create one five-minute film on the chosen theme. Credits are added and the ‘DOCMA film’ is then premiered to the filmmakers and a public audience at the same time.
This month we will have the premiere of the latest DOCMA: #106: BLOOD after which, those who would like to take part in the next DOCMA will put their names in the hat.
SCHEDULE
6:30pm Doors Open
7:00pm Intro
7:15pm Screening of DOCMA #106: BLOOD
7:25pm DOCMA Draw
7:35pm Screening of Feedback Film
8:00pm Break
8:15pm Feedback Session
9.30pm Mingle and Chat
This schedule is intended to give a rough indication of timings. Real timings may vary!

SUBMIT A FILM!
We are still looking for work in progress documentaries to be screened for future events. If you have one and would like to screen it at DOCo please let us know. Any questions please get in touch with us on Facebook, Instagram and Email ([email protected]).
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