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BFI Doc Society Fund

The BFI Doc Society Fund aims to develop storytellers from all parts of the UK, backing feature projects with bold cultural and social ambitions.

With our funding, we are able to support the early careers of ambitious filmmakers, and take risks on talent, form and content, prioritising work that recognizes the quality of difference in perspective, in talent, in recruitment.

Doc Society is the BFI’s current delegate partner for documentary funding.

The BFI Doc Society Fund aims to champion a breadth of bold and distinctive filmmaking across the UK with a particular focus on:

• Supporting the early careers of ambitious filmmakers
• Supporting work with cultural relevance or progressive ideas
• Filmmaking that takes risks on talent, form and content, where the more commercial sector cannot
• Work that recognises the quality of difference – in perspective, in talent, in recruitment
• An increase in the number of active projects originated by filmmakers outside London & the South East.

Current Status
On Hold
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Upcoming Grants

Upcoming Film Grants Open
SFFILM Documentary Film Fund Documentaries in Post Production Fund 6 June, 2023
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund Documentary Fund for Canadian Filmmakers 7 June, 2023
AAAS Science Journalism Awards Fund for Journalists 16 June, 2023
Vision Sud East Co Production and Distribution with Switzerland 28 June, 2023
American Zoetrope Screenwriting Contest Screenwriting Competition 1 July, 2023
Mountainfilm Commitment Grant Fund Environmental Documentaries 1 July, 2023
Hubert Bals Fund Develop Funding for European Filmmakers 1 July, 2023
Berlinale Talents Lab Talent Development Program in Berlin 4 July, 2023
EuroDoc Documentary Development for European Filmmakers 5 July, 2023
William Greaves Research and Development Fund Documentary African Descent 5 July, 2023

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