The film ‘Testatika’, by Sarah Tripp, offers a starting point for this debate which will examine the nature and relevance of the documentary in terms of fine art practice, film-making and as a form of social research. Challenging these categories and the expectations we have of film, the debate will consider how film can be both fiction and social document. How does context, the gallery and cinema auditorium, affect how we read film? And how is the documentary relevant beyond these two fields? Chair: Prof Pavel Buchler, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityPanelists: Sarah Tripp, Artist Dr Anna Grimshaw, Senior Lecturer, Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Andrew Kotting, Artist and Film-maker Erik Knudsen, Film-maker and Course Director in MA Documentary Production at Salford University.Tickets from Box Office: £3.50/£2.50 concs.