Three foundation films, Afghan Star, End of the Line and The Yes Men Fix the World selected for Sundance.
A massive congratulations to Rupert Murray’s End of the Line Havana Marking’s Afghan Star and Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno’s The Yes Men Fix the World all of which have been chosen to screen at Sundance this January. Congratulations also to Paul Taylor and Teddy Leifer whose film Rough Aunties will also be playing in competition - Go the Brits!
City of Cranes to screen on P.O.V in December and January
We are thrilled to announce that Eva Weber’s stunning film, City of Cranes is to screen on P.O.V
this December and January- exact date yet to be announced.
Brian Woods' Chosen to screen on Channel 4
We are thrilled to announce that Brian Woods’ Chosen will be screening on Channel 4 on
Monday 15th December at 22.00.
Animal Monday's Here's Johnny wins two Grierson awards!
A massive congratulations to the Animal Monday team for winning not one, but two Griersons -
Best Documentary on the Arts and Bloomberg Best Newcomer - for their documentary, Here’s Johnny.
Watch BRITDOC 07 winners new film The End of America.
Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern’s (winners of the BRITDOC 07 Best International Feature for The Devil Came on Horseback) latest film, The End of America, is now available to view online at http://www.snagfilms.com/films/watch/the_end_of_america/ Based on Naomi Wolf’s book and lecture tour of the same name the film takes a look at the erosion of civil liberties in America.
The Sundance Documentary Fund deadline is February 9th 2009.
Open to international filmmakers with projects that have contemporary social relevance and address critical issues of our time. Grants are available for developments and production funds. For
more details and to apply go to
http://www.sundance.org/press_subgen.html?articleID=4&colorCode=blue
We are delighted to announce a new collaboration with the Straight 8 team – Apply now!
Your challenge; to make a 3 minute documentary on one cartridge of super 8mm film, editing only in camera.
The way it works; They send you a cartridge of film. You shoot. You send it back to them for processing. And if it’s a cracker, the first time you see your film is with a packed cinema audience. Nice!
Our aim; to put together a genius collection of Straight 8 documentaries, to go on festival tour with the Straight 8 and BRITDOC teams in 2009. To get more information on how to enter, go to http://www.straight8.net http://www.straight8.net
Goodfilm.org to launch in January – finally a website that links documentary projects to the third sector organisations who can make good use of them.
Supported by a grant from the Open Society Institute Goodfilm.org will help filmmakers and charities to work successfully together – connecting them and providing case studies and learning opportunities such as our Media Conference last summer (the conference video is online here) http://www.britdoc.org/conference
Chosen child protection campaign off to flying start. Parliamentary review announced.
Brian Woods’ Foundation film Chosen raises the issue of abuse in Britain’s private schools. Following the broadcast on More4 there were 28,000 hits to the guidelines for parents on the Chosen website. Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, has now called a review into safeguarding at independent schools. http://www.chosen.org.uk
The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation is working with films to do REAL GOOD
Working with films that create social change is a major new plank of the work of the Foundation. The Foundation has been joined by Naomi Alexander, a third sector expert who worked on the successful first Good Pitch at BRITDOC 08. We will also be continuing our partnership with US-based Working Films – who held our Films for Change workshop in the summer.
Grantee Jamie King (Steal this Film) was a guest speaker at the brilliant Power to the Pixel conference
(part of the London Film Festival). The event shares learning about new forms of digital filmmaking and distribution and the sessions, including his, are streamed here http://www.powertothepixel.com
BRITDOC festival is saying goodbye to Oxford after three brilliant years and heading to Sheffield.
After three brilliant years at Keble College Oxford, we have decided to take the BRITDOC brand online and on the road to deliver our services to British filmmakers wherever they are. The foundation is delighted to announce a major new partnership with Sheffield Doc/fest.
http://v2.britdoc.org/real_events/festival/
Adam Wakeling received a Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation grant after his Burning Needs pitch at the first Good Pitch.
The film, which follows a pioneer of new farming techniques that could end slash and burn practices, received wide interest from participants including Sundance Documentary Fund, ITVS and Greenpeace.
Nick Hillel receives funding to film the King of Laughter in Ethiopia.
Following his successful 3 Minute Wonder (which you can see at http://www.suso.co.uk/susology/features/king-of-laughter) director Nick Hillel has been given a grant to film Belachew as he tries to help people overcome adversity through laughter.
Chosen played on More4 on 30th September to amazing previews and reviews.
The Guardian, Times and Independent all devoted both editorial space to the film before tx and full reviews as well. Nancy Banks Smith said “Well and away the most wonderful thing last night, easily the equal of John Freeman’s classic Face to Face series, was Chosen”: Go here for all the press: http://www.chosen.org.uk/press/
Jamie Jay Johnson’s Sounds Like Teen Spirit makes a lot of people laugh at Toronto Film Festival premiere.
The film, which follows 4 characters through the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, scored a rave Variety review and both UK and US theatrical interest - click here for the film profile
6 Foundation films selected for Sheffield Doc/Fest!
Life After the Fall, Chosen, Afghan Star, The King of South Shields, The Secret Life of Cranes and Here’s Johnny were all chosen to screen at Sheffield Doc/Fest 08 - congratulations to all our clever filmmakers http://www.sheffdocfest.com