An Interview With Lizzie MacKenzie
The runner-up and winner of this year’s £15,000 development fund is Lizzie MacKenzie for her project The Hermit of Treig, which is…
Funding Award Winners Announced at Doc/Fest 2020
Winner: Nyandeng (Akuol de Mabior) The Whickers’ 2020 top annual award of £80,000 goes to the first black African to…
Join us for The Whickers Pitch & Awards Ceremony 2020
With less than a week to go before our 2020 Film & TV Funding Award finalists take to the virtual stage, we…
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.
Film and TV Funding Award
Please make sure that your project meets the criteria and the terms and conditions of the Film and TV Funding Award.
Applications are now closed and will reopen in October 2020.
Radio and Audio Funding Award
Please make sure that your project meets the criteria and the terms and conditions of the RAFA (Radio and Audio Funding Award).
Applications for 2020 are now open.
Previous Winners
See below for the previous winners of our awards.
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