BFI Doc Society Talent Support

Funders’ Roundtable at Glasgow Short Film Festival

Funders’ Roundtable at Glasgow Short Film Festival
With Scottish Documentary Institute and GMAC Film
Friday 21 March, 13:15-14:30 // Civic House, Glasgow

Join us at GSFF, Scotland's leading short film event, taking place this year from 19 - 23 March. Sanne Jehoul will participate in this funders' roundtable alongside Scottish Documentary Institute and GMAC Film, to discuss our funding and talent development opportunities, and answer any questions you might have. We will also run some 1-2-1 slots if you want to discuss anything in more detail.

The BFI Doc Society Made of Truth Short Film Fund will open for applications on 1st April. This is an excellent opportunity for you to find out more before you start applying!

Please check back soon for registration details and 1-2-1 slots.

BFI Flare Panels

Join BFI Doc Society at BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2025

To apply for industry accreditation, please find more info here.

Panel: Show Me the Money
Friday 21 March, 14:00 - 15:00 // The Blue Room, BFI Southbank (London)

BFI Doc Society's Film & Production Executive Hannah Bush Bailey joins a panel of experts who will share invaluable insights into the ever-evolving realm of film finance and learn about the funders’ goals, preferences, and criteria for supporting film projects and how to apply.

Panel: Me, Myself and I
Friday 21 March, 16:00 - 17:00 // The Blue Room, BFI Southbank (London)

Directors Patrick Tass (Mea Culpa) and Victoria Verseau (Trans Memoria) will discuss their films (screening in the BFI Flare public programme) and the journey of making a deeply personal, first-person documentary. Hosted by Hannah Bush Bailey.

Roundtable at Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival

Funders' Mixer & Roundtable @ Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
Friday 28 March, 15:30 - 17:00 // The Maltings, Berwick-upon-Tweed

Join BFI NETWORK partners BFI Doc Society and Film Hub North at Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival for a tea or coffee, followed by a roundtable conversation where you can ask us anything about our film funds and talent development programmes.

We will introduce how we work and what opportunities are available, and we’ll be joined by artist and filmmaker Harry Lawson, whose BFI Doc Society-funded film Stepney Western premieres at BFMAF.

Come along to meet other filmmakers, and connect with Manon Euler, Head of Film Hub North; Luke Moody, Head of the BFI Doc Society Fund; and Sanne Jehoul, BFI Doc Society Talent Support Programme Manager.

Registration details coming soon.

Manchester Filmmaker Mixer with Film Hub North

Manchester Filmmaker Mixer with Film Hub North
Thursday 17 April, 18:00 - 20:00 // HOME, Manchester

BFI Doc Society is pleased to be joining Film Hub North at this filmmaker mixer at HOME in Manchester. These mixers are an informal space to meet likeminded creatives and potential new collaborators, as well as connect with our teams and find out about our funds and development opportunities.
The BFI Doc Society Made of Truth Short Film Fund will be open for applications until the end of April. If you're planning to apply, this will be an excellent opportunity to get further info and guidance.

Sign up here.

Independent Tax Credit Webinar

Independent Film Tax Credit Webinar - November 2024

In November 2024 BFI Doc Society and Documentary Film Council hosted a webinar with Chantel Burrell and Anna Mansi from the BFI Certification Unit, to shed light on the new Independent Film Tax Credit for UK film productions. The session was tailored to documentary productions and fully recorded. You can now watch it back here, and read more in this document.

RISE Producer Programme 2025

☀️ BFI Doc Society’s RISE Producer Programme returns for a second year! Applications are now open.

RISE is a flexible and tailored talent development programme for emerging independent documentary producers based across the UK who are working towards their first feature.

We recognise the plurality of pathways towards becoming a documentary film producer, each with unique needs for supportive learning, dialogue, and development in the art, business, and ethics of production. RISE centres personal spaces of knowledge sharing, market navigation and peer exchanges over a max 6 month period, tailored to participants' availability.

If you suit this opportunity or know anyone that does, find out everything on bfi.docsociety.org/rise-2025 and apply by 17 March 2025.

Special attention Northern Ireland producers: in partnership with Northern Ireland Screen we guarantee at least one place on the programme for a Northern Ireland based applicant.