Filmmaker Fund

  • Festival

    Widening the Lens Contest : Encounters & BFI

    Looking to address the issue of a lack of diversity within the film industry the BFI Diversity Fund & Encounters Festival have created an exciting opportunity for new and emerging filmmakers from under-represented groups to create a short film.

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    Documentary Ed Perkins

    Black Sheep

    Scared for her son's safety, Cornelius’ mother moves their family out of London and on to a white estate ran by a racist gang.

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    Drama Christoph Sarow

    Blieschow

    A young boy’s struggle with an ocean of chickens, peeing, the universe and his rough cousin.

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    Dark Comedy Patrick Muhlberger

    Pop Music

    Trevor's niece prepared a dance for her crush and the DJ didn't play the correct song. Now Trevor is mad and he's carrying a samurai sword. What follows is an all night, music-infused, revenge mission through suburbia.

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    Drama Olivia Newman

    First Match

    Mo is the only girl on her high-school wrestling team. Will her love of the sport and her desire to connect with her ex-wrestler father overcome the naysayers? Olivia Newman's celebrated short is the basis of her brand new Netflix Original feature.

  • SOTW

    collective: unconscious

    The surprise hit of SXSW was this experimental short film anthology from 5 of the most creative filmmakers in the form. The concept? Adapt each other's dreams.

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    Dark Comedy Alec Moeller

    Empath

    Kate is afflicted by a mysterious case of hyper-empathy syndrome and stumbles across a group that claims to treat this disorder.

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