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Netflix Selects Recipients for U.K. Doc Talent Fund
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Netflix has revealed the ten aspiring filmmaking teams from across the U.K. that it will fund as part of its inaugural Documentary Talent Fund.
The ten filmmakers will receive up to £40,000 in financing to create their own documentary short film between 8- to 12-minutes long, answering the brief: “Britain’s Not Boring And Here’s a Story.” A shortlist of 21 filmmaking teams were invited to pitch to Netflix, and a judging panel selected the ten winners.
The recipients are: Beya Kabelu,
The Detective & The Thief, which follows the hunt for the missing pets; Daisy Ifama,
Netflix selects UK doc funding winners
Global streamer Netflix has named the 10 aspiring filmmakers from around the UK who have won funding as part of its inaugural Documentary Talent Fund.
Kate Townsend
The creatives will receive up to £40,000 (US$56,000) in financing to create their own documentary short film of between eight and 12 minutes long to the brief Britain’s Not Boring and Here’s a Story.
The winners, who were selected by a judging panel including SB.TV founder Jamal Edwards, director of original documentaries commissioning at Netflix Kate Townsend and Little By Little Films founder Lindsey Dryden.
The winners are:
“The work reconsiders the figure of alienated working class youth to explore the different facets of ‘coming of age’ for young women living in South London,” she explains. “With this film, I’m in direct conversation with others who talk about the tensions within the solidarity of Black womanhood. I use hair, a very significant touchstone and marker of identity, to explore how we often bury the needs of others.”
Realised as part of New Creatives, supported by Arts Council England and BBC Arts, and in collaboration with ICA and Dazed,
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