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Sky has launched its first documentary shorts fund, which will offer £500,000 ($625,000) to fund programming from underrepresented communities.The scheme, which is a partnership between Sky Documentaries and APX Content Ventures (part of French ad and...

Shondaland and Netflix have teamed up to launch The Producers Inclusion Initiative and The Ladder. The schemes will work with historical underrepresented communities in order to expand the pipeline for behind-the-scenes talent. More information can be...

Black Britain Unspoken aims to discover new talent and identify stories about Black British lives. Media Trust and Warner Bros. Discovery will produce a small number of short-form documentaries (max. 5 mins) from the submissions received, to be aired...

​The FOCUS Award is designed to foster, nurture and grow talent, as well as open doors. Returning for it’s second year, the FOCUS Award is calling for people to send in their short films for the chance to win invaluable mentoring sessions and to have...

Channel 4 in the UK and Motion Content Group have launched a multi-million pound fund to boost commissions from small and medium sized ethnically diverse-led production companies.The new and dedicated fund is designed to support ethnically diverse-led...

ITV in the UK has just launched a call out for up and coming Black filmmakers, offering them the opportunity to helm one of five new films that the network will commission for Black History Month 2022 as part of the new Fresh Cuts strand. Link to the...

For the second year, the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity (LHC) is offering 5 grants of up to £3,000 each to support short turnaround research by industry practitioners. The purpose of these research grants is to better inform policy and...

Breakout is a new partnership between Creative UK and Netflix UK which gives the next generation of outstanding genre filmmakers the opportunity to make a breakout debut feature. The programme will provide UK talent with the tools and support to...

Realscreen has launched the DIALOG Mentorship Program, designed to align mid-level executives who are BIPOC or identify as d/Deaf, disabled or neurodivergent with senior-level mentors who will work with the mentees to guide them in gaining access to...