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Call For Entries - POV
- Posted 09-05-13
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The POV Call for Entries is now open!...
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Good Pitch Europe - Observer Passes Available
- Posted 12-04-13
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The exciting lineup for Good Pitch Europe is taking place at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on June 7th and there is a b...
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Sony Z1s for Sale
- Posted 15-03-13
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We at DFG are making room for an equipment upgrade by selling our Sony Z1s....
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Between the Lines - Festival
- Posted 20-02-13
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Between the Lines is a unique weekend festival at Rich Mix Cinema, that will explore the challenges facing documentary makers, i...
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6th BFI Future Film Festival
- Posted 11-02-13
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The BFI Future Film Festival, for 15 - 25 year olds, returns with an exciting line-up of events and screenings, to help you deve...
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Grierson 2012 - Winners Announced
- Posted 07-11-12
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Grierson 2012: The British Documentary Awards Winners Announced...
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Big Changes to ITVS International
- Posted 05-10-12
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ITVS International announces a new International Initiative for non-U.S. producers and filmmakers, who live outside the U.S......
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Nominations For Grierson 2012 Announced
- Posted 27-09-12
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The Nominations for Grierson 2012: The British Documentary Awards are announced....
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Sheffield DocFest: Devise 2 Deliver
- Posted 12-09-12
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Do you have an idea for a film or transmedia experience? Do you want to get funding and an audience for it?...
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Doc Heads Fund for Documentaries
- Posted 22-08-12
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Doc Heads have launched a new private investment fund for documentaries with the power to reach a wide audience....
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Applications Open for Hot Docs-Blue Ice Group Documentary Fund
- Posted 17-07-12
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Created to help enable more African documentary filmmakers to tell their own stories and to contribute to a new generation of th...
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Nominations announced for 2012 BAFTAs
- Posted 25-04-12
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Among the factual nominees are Channel 4's Educating Essex and BBC Two's Terry Pratchett: Choosing To Die. The full list of nomi...
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Call for Entries - Grierson 2012 British Documentary Awards
- Posted 25-04-12
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GRIERSON 2012: The British Documentary Awards. The Grierson Awards - for factual programmes and documentaries - recognise outsta...
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Specialist Factual New Talent Pitch Call for Entries
- Posted 13-04-12
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Do you have what it takes to bring science, history, business or religion alive for documentary audiences across the world?...
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Call for Entries - One World Media Awards 2012
- Posted 07-12-11
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Recognising the most outstanding media coverage of the developing world....
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The Documentary Summit 2011-12
- Posted 18-11-11
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Learn the state of the industry, tips for storytelling and production and new avenues of distribution...
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Mosaic Films wins series commission from Current TV
- Posted 11-11-11
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Mosaic Films, DFG's sister production company, has announced today that it has been commissioned to produce a series of 3 x 24' ...
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The End of the Line wins the inaugural PUMA Creative Impact Award
- Posted 13-10-11
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The PUMA.Creative Impact Award is a major new annual award to honour the documentary film creating the most significant impact i...
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AIDC MeetMarket - Call for Entry Now Open
- Posted 07-10-11
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If you have a strong project with international potential, then submit your entry now....
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Presumed Guilty Wins Emmy
- Posted 30-09-11
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Roberto Hernández and Geoffrey Smith's documentary wins the award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism at the News and Docu...
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Grierson Awards - Nominations Announced
- Posted 19-09-11
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The Grierson Trust, which exists to promote documentary film making and to celebrate the work of John Grierson, has announced th...
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Call For Applications: Think-Shoot-Distribute 2011
- Posted 01-09-11
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The 55th BFI London Film Festival is looking for 25 talented and experienced people, working in short film, documentary, TV, the...
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Animated Docs at The London International Animation Festival
- Posted 01-09-11
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As part of the London International Animated Film Festival this event will showcase a selection of stylish and compelling docume...
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reelisor launches Project of the Month
- Posted 24-08-11
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Upload your project to receive personal mentoring, advice and connections...
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Survival International Launches Ethical Code for Filmmakers
- Posted 17-08-11
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Following the recent furore over the TV series, Mark & Olly: Living with the Machigenga, Survival International has released a c...
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Grierson Awards - Shortlist Announced
- Posted 05-08-11
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The Grierson Trust, which exists to promote documentary film making and to celebrate the work of John Grierson, has announced th...
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Finalists Announced for Inaugural PUMA.Creative Impact Award
- Posted 29-07-11
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This 50,000 Euro award will honour and support the documentary film that has made the most significant impact on society. The to...
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Televisual Production Management Survey - win a Bose SoundDock
- Posted 08-07-11
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Televisual’s Production Management Survey is an indispensable guide to the best production kit and post-production services, a...
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DFG Presents The Future Of Documentary
- Posted 07-07-11
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DFG returns to the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival with a discussion on what indie doc-makers can learn from their entertainment-fri...
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Enemies of the People Director Wins Top World Journalism Prize
- Posted 30-06-11
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Cambodian journalist and genocide survivor Thet Sambath has won the 2011 Knight International Journalism Award for uncovering th...
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The DFG Pitch - Winner Announced
- Posted 13-06-11
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Winning pitch is William Jessop for Blue Apple's Hamlet, a film about a group of actors with learning disabilities touring a re-...
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Sheffield Fringe 2011
- Posted 26-05-11
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Conceptual Art Meets Documentary at the first ever Sheffield Fringe launching at Sheffield Doc/Fest on 10 June 2011...
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Call for Entries - Cornwall Film Festival
- Posted 12-05-11
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Film submissions are now being accepted for the 10th annual Cornwall Film Festival, scheduled for the first weekend of November ...
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One World Media Awards 2011 - Documentary Winners
- Posted 11-05-11
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Channel 4 a big winner at awards which recognise excellence in media coverage of the developing world....
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Hot Docs and Blue Ice Film Announce $1 million Production Fund
- Posted 05-05-11
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The $1-million production fund will provide financial support to independent documentary filmmakers based in developing African ...
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Call for entries - Grierson Awards
- Posted 07-04-11
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The Grierson Awards - for factual programmes and documentaries - recognise outstanding films that demonstrate integrity, origina...
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Televisual Bulldog Awards
- Posted 11-03-11
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The voting for the seventh year of the annual Televisual Bulldog awards is underway until 21st April....
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MyStreet - Nationwide Competition
- Posted 11-03-11
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Nationwide documentary filmmaking competition open to anyone in the UK to make a short 90 second to 9 minute film about their â€...
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The Wellcome Trust Pitch returns to Sheffield Doc/Fest 2011
- Posted 10-03-11
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The Wellcome Pitch returns to Sheffield Doc/Fest offering programme makers the opportunity to pitch for a Wellcome Trust Broadca...
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Call for Entries - Doc/Fest Crowdfunding Pitch
- Posted 10-03-11
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Get your documentary or interactive project funded by the best financiers out there - EVERYONE....
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Documentaries... And How To Make Them now available in ebook format
- Posted 24-02-11
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The critically acclaimed documentary how-to by Andy Glynne, award-winning filmmaker and founding director of DFG, is now availab...
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Creative England outlines proposed strategic priorities for film for 2011/12
- Posted 22-02-11
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Creative England: A Consultation on Strategic Priorities for Film for 2011/12 sets out the draft film strategy for the coming ye...
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Ford Foundation Launches JustFilms - a $50 Million Fund for Documentary
- Posted 20-01-11
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The Ford Foundation has announced a five-year, $50 million initiative to help find and support a new generation of filmmakers wh...
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Ed Vaizey: Increased Lottery Funding & Creative England
- Posted 01-01-11
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Plans for the British film industry were announced recently by Minister for Culture and the Creative Industries Ed Vaizey....
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Start the New Year with a Bang @ LSFF 2011
- Posted 15-12-10
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If you think you will need a little post - Christmas inspiration then fear not, we know where you can find it! The London Short ...
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Why Do Short Docs Matter? Free DFG Event at LSFF
- Posted 15-12-10
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Free DFG Event at LSFF...
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Sundance 2011 Line-up Announced - DFG Tutor Nominated
- Posted 02-12-10
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The Sundance 2011 line-up has been announced this week, with the World Cinema Documentary Competition including the world premie...
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The Battle Of Barking Gets Aired!
- Posted 23-11-10
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Friend of DFG and DFG Tutor Christopher Hird's latest film from his company Dartmouth Films, has been received with a roaring su...
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Registration for Sheffield Doc/Fest 2011 now open
- Posted 18-11-10
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Sheffield Doc/Fest 2011 is sooner than you think, as the festival migrates to the summer. The next Doc/Fest will take place in s...
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CPH:DOX Winners Announced
- Posted 16-11-10
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The Copenhagen International Documnetary Festival was packed with great work this year, but only six could be awarded with the p...
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10x10 Comes Home
- Posted 26.08.2010
- by Kerry McLeod
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Join us for the first 10x10 on home turf for nearly a year. Wednesday 22nd Septem...
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Marathon Boy
- Posted 13.01.2011
- by Amber Dobinson
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by Matt Strachan This may be disappointing to a small minority, but Marathon Boy i...
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DFG Address Book of Commissioning Editors 2012
- Posted 21.03.2013
- by Kerry McLeod
News in via @TVMole: Channel 4's Mark Raphael leaves broadcaster for role at Drago...