Open Call: BFI Group Attendance at CPH:DOX 2025 (Immersive)

Open Call: BFI Group Attendance at CPH:DOX 2025 (Immersive)

BFI Doc Society Group Attendance at CPH:DOX 2025 (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Dates of Travel: 23 - 27 March 2025

Focus: Immersive Producers and Producer/Creators

In collaboration with BFI, we are inviting applications from UK immersive non-fiction producers and producer/creators with active projects in development to take part in a Group Attendance to CPH:DOX between 23 and 27 March 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Selected delegates will be accredited to CPH:DOX and attendance will allow them to meet potential international funders and partners, to explore co-production opportunities, and to take part in the full range of industry programme activities, including the various networking events.

In addition to festival screenings, the INTER:ACTIVE exhibition, networking events, and roundtables, CPH:DOX offers delegations multiple opportunities to engage with the international documentary community. This includes CPH:FORUM, where top international producers and directors from all over the world take the stage to pitch carefully selected projects of documentary features and series in the intersection of non-fiction, fiction, visual art, journalism and science; CPH:CONFERENCE, a five-day program built in collaboration with Documentary Campus, which presents an exciting array of talks featuring visionary thinkers delving into contemporary themes in documentary filmmaking; and the INTER:ACTIVE SYMPOSIUM, which brings together key stakeholders of the international film industry and progressive practitioners of new forms of storytelling to discuss the opportunities of emerging media and the future cultural landscape.

To be eligible to apply for this opportunity you must meet the following three criteria:

  • You must be a producer working in the UK screen sector on a freelance basis; or in a small to medium sized enterprise (SME) that is not substantially owned by a non-UK entity, broadcaster, streamer or studio.
  • You must be a UK resident.
  • You must have at least one lead producer credit on a completed feature length or immersive documentary project released or broadcast commercially within the last five years, and/or be the lead producer on a feature length or immersive documentary project currently in development, production or post-production.

For successful applicants, the BFI will cover:

  • The cost of a return economy flight or train to Copenhagen from the UK, up to £300
  • Four nights hotel accommodation with breakfast
  • Industry accreditation

Applications for this opportunity are now open and will close on Tuesday 7th January 2025 at 10am.

Please read the full guidelines carefully and apply here.

Please contact international@bfi.org.uk if you have any questions about this opportunity