A Short Film Packing a Big Punch: The Whickers First Short Film Award is Announced at Folkestone Film Festival
The English seaside resort and fishing port of Folkestone is home to one of the most vibrant new documentary festivals…
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 £120,000 with a runner up development grant worth £25,000.
Applications are now open.
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 are now open.
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
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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…
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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