BRITDOC is a non-profit founded in 2005 committed to enabling great documentary films and connecting them to audiences globally.
Types of Funds Provided by BRITDOC
- Journalism Fund – The Bertha BRITDOC Journalism Fund is an international film fund dedicated to supporting long form feature documentaries of a journalistic nature.
- The fund supports feature length documentary films 65mins+ in length.
- Recoupable grants from Euro 5,000 to Euro 50,000 are available.
- In-depth research and development can be supported.
- Production funding for longitudinal investigations
- Editorial support for long-form documentary structure
- Hostile Environment Training
- Legal advice during production and post-production
- Legal advice for complex E&O policies
- Connect Fund – The Bertha BRITDOC Connect Fund, a joint initiative between Bertha Foundation and BRITDOC, is the first European-based outreach and engagement fund, and is open to filmmakers from around the world.
- Funding a strategic summit with potential partners including media, NGOs Foundations and Campaigners, to identify target audiences and brainstorm how best to use the film to augment existing campaign strategies.
- The development and production of school curriculum packs.
- Support for design and build of innovative online tools to enhance audience engagement.
- Funding for the re-versioning of the feature documentary into shorts, which could be used on multiple platforms including online and on mobile devices.
- Funding for strategic screening tours: through schools, universities and relevant community groups, for political or corporate lobbying.
- Support for an outreach staffer to action the outreach plan, book the screening tour and act as point person between the filmmakers and NGO partners.
- Support for evaluation analysis, capturing data on the social impact of the film.
- Circle Fund – The Circle Fund is a new funders group bonded by a passion for enabling the very best documentary film and committed to helping secure a diverse and independent future for media.
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