The Whickers Celebrates 10 Years of Supporting Documentary Storytellers
A Decade of Growth and Global Impact The Whickers is proud to mark its 10th anniversary, celebrating a decade of…
The Film & TV Funding Award is awarded annually to an emerging filmmaker from anywhere in the world with the most promising pitch for a director-led documentary. The main award is £100,000 with a runner up development grant worth £20,000.
Applications open on 19th November.
The Podcast Pitch
The Podcast Pitch is a joint initiative with Sheffield DocFest now in its third year. This year The Whickers are giving a £15,000 production award to the winner and £5,000 to a runner up.
Applications open 3rd December.
Bursary Schemes
We have teamed up with four established documentary development forums in parts of the world where funding is limited due to economic or socio-political reasons. Through them we are awarding a £3,000 bursary each year.
See our partners’ websites for application deadlines.
Latest News
Announcing the winner: The Whickers 2025 Durban Filmmart Bursary Winner
This year we were delighted to welcome long-time Whicker friend and now Whicker Ambassador, Sam Soko, to our team at…
Announcing the winner: The Whickers 2025 Close Up Bursary Winner
We are delighted to announce the winner of our bursary in partnership with Close Up Initiative, now in its fourth year. …
Who We Are
The Whickers were established in 2015 to fund and recognise original and innovative documentary. We seek to use the generous legacy of our namesake, pioneering broadcaster Alan Whicker, to support emerging film and audio documentary-makers in the funding and production of director led programmes.
Previous Winners
See below for the previous winners of our awards.
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The Whickers Film & TV Awards 2026 will open in November 2025 for submissions.
The Whickers Podcast Awards 2026 will open in December 2025 for submissions.