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Funding Awards for emerging documentary FILM & PODCAST makers globally. Also Bursary Schemes in 4 regions around the world where funding is limited.

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🚨 Tenemos que hablar sobre los costes de hacer una película documental 🚨

Por eso, @whickerawards ha creado la encuesta «Cost of Docs»: para visibilizar los desafíos a los que REALMENTE se enfrentan los documentalistas durante la crisis del coste de vida y en medio de conflictos globales.

La encuesta solo lleva 25 minutos y está disponible en español, inglés y árabe, para llegar al mayor número posible de creadores y creadoras de documentales.

¿Quieres ayudar a cambiar la industria? Solo tienes que entrar en la página de Cost of Docs: https://www.whickerawards.com/cost-of-docs/ y seguir el enlace al idioma que prefieras.

Además, al participar entrarás en un sorteo para ganar:

🎟️ 2 acreditaciones profesionales completas para @sheffdocfest 2027

📱 Una cuenta Pro de SMASH Media

📌 Disponible hasta el 12 de noviembre. by @whickerawards

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15 hours ago

Nos alegra contar con Jane Ray en la 11ª edición de Conecta.

Como directora artística de @whickerawards —fundación creada en 2015 para financiar y reconocer el cine documental más original e innovador—, Jane será la tutora a cargo de Pitch The Whickers, una de las 4 convocatorias de industria de este año.

Si estás trabajando en tu ópera prima documental en Latinoamérica o el Caribe, esta es tu oportunidad para recibir acompañamiento experto e impulsar tu proyecto:

• 💷 Premio: £3.000 de incentivo directo para el desarrollo del proyecto ganador.
• 🎙️ Formato: Mentoría personalizada, preparación de pitch, presentación en Santiago y agenda de reuniones 1 a 1.
• 🎬 Dirigido a: Primeros largometrajes documentales en desarrollo (mínimo 50 min).

🗓️ Cierre de postulaciones: 30 de septiembre

📲 Postulación gratuita y bases completas en www.chileconecta.cl 💛 by @whickerawards

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9 days ago

Lovely, slightly bonkers audio weekend at @xmtr.fm down in beautiful St Leonards On Sea on the English south coast.

The weekend kicked off with an audio industry day bringing together a brilliant group of industry people to discuss some of the big questions facing the industry today. We didn't need to solve all the problems, but it felt good to share our worries and concerns, meet new people and make new connections.

That evening, the weekend continued with a fabulous audio cabaret. Great performances all round but of course we are biased towards our very own Whicker alum @jesseloulawson, who gave such a wonderful, personal and poignant performance. ❤️

We flitted around St Leonards for the rest of the weekend, dropping into sound baths, listening to talks and beautiful audio performances, but also simply listening to the beautiful sounds of St Leonards itself, which shone brightly in the glorious sunshine 🌞 ☀️

A lovely, inspiring and slightly bonkers weekend all round 🎧✨️

Ps - @wckergirl found a lovely new pair of glasses. 👓

@denisebarren taken in St Leonards on Sea by @whickerawards

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10 days ago

What do sex robots and Brad Pitt have in common???? @whicker_girl was in close proximity to both of them at this year's @sansebastianfes 😁 OK, so she didn't interview Brad Pitt but she's sure he waved at her 👋 🤣

Another great industry forum - good projects and catching up with filmmakers and funders.

@petrus_2gotes @fordfoundation taken in San Sebastian, Spain by @whickerawards

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11 days ago

A huge thank you to the wonderful @cnex.tw and CCDF team for an unforgettable 17th edition!

We watched some fab pitches, had some great meetings and made lots of connections. We're looking forward to following the journeys of these exciting projects and, hopefully, crossing paths with some of them again along the way.

It was also such a pleasure to catch up with friends amd colleagues from across the industry.

A special thank you to the CCDF team for looking after all of us industry guests with such care. Your kindness, hospitality and incredible attention to detail never go unnoticed.

Congratulations on a brilliant 17th edition and thanks for having us! 🙏❤️ taken in Taipei, Taiwan by @whickerawards

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15 days ago

@dmzdocs is wrapped for 2026! Lots of meetings with fantastic projects from the region, coffee, and daily affirmations!

We met some wonderful first time directors, so keeping fingers crossed we meet again as part of the Whickers funding process. 🤞

Also, it was great to catch up with Whicker alumni / Dokedge Kolkata bursary winners of 'Until I Fly'. Here pitching their second project which is going to be amazing 👏 Keep q look out for 'Silver Linings'!! 👀

Now we're heading off across the water to @CNEX Taiwan. See you soon. X by @whickerawards

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21 days ago

✨ ¡Una gran oportunidad para tu primer documental!

Si estás desarrollando tu ópera prima en Latinoamérica o el Caribe, te recordamos que la convocatoria a Pitch The Whickers 2026 sigue abierta.

Junto a @whickersawards buscamos proyectos que quieran dar el salto internacional, recibir asesorías personalizadas, participar en reuniones con la industria y optar al premio de £3.000 para potenciar su desarrollo.

🗓️ Plazo de postulación: Hasta el jueves 24 de septiembre (23:59 h Chile).

📍 Encuentro presencial: Del 9 al 12 de diciembre en Santiago.

💥 Revisa las bases e inscríbete gratis en el enlace de nuestra biografía o en chileconecta.cl. ¡Aprovecha estos días para postular! by @whickerawards

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a month ago

🏆 Kings of Babel wins The Whickers MENA Bursary 2026!

We’re delighted to announce that Iraqi-UK documentary project Kings of Babel has won The Whickers MENA Bursary 2026, receiving £3,000 in seed funding to support the film’s development.

Directed by Alex King, Qudoos Al-Maksoosi and Mouse Green, the project was unanimously selected from six shortlisted films by first-time filmmakers from across the Middle East and North Africa.

🎬 The 2026 shortlist:

10 Things I Hate About My Cousin, Niniko Lekish
14.5 Km Away From Our Dreams, Lilit Mkhitaryan
Dance with Me, Leila Basma
House No. 7, Rama Abdi
Street Poets, Shadi Tabibzadeh
The Lost Oasis, Syrine Thamine & Armstrong-Holding

Kings of Babel takes us inside Iraq’s youth motorbike gangs and the underground world of Tafliq, a vibrant subculture built around motorbike stunts, particularly wheelies on inexpensive Iranian bikes.

Behind the death-defying stunts, huge crowds and online celebrity lies a more complex story of frustrated ambition, collective grief and intergenerational trauma.

The filmmakers said:

“Documenting Iraq's most controversial subculture, while keeping our characters safe, has been particularly challenging… support from the Whickers MENA Bursary has been pivotal in allowing us to complete our final shoot and bring our characters' narratives to completion.”

🌟 Special Mention: The Lost Oasis

We’re also delighted to give a Special Mention to The Lost Oasis by Syrine Thamine and Alexander Armstrong-Holding.

The film tells the untold story of a human disaster unfolding in Gabès, Tunisia, following a Tunisian expat who returns home to stand alongside communities forced to live, resist and survive on poisoned land.

Whickers founder and trustee Valerie Kleeman said:

“The Lost Oasis and The Kings Of Babel are both excellent projects … I lean towards the Iraqi stunt bikers as here is a freshness and energy that we seldom see.”

👏 Congratulations to all our shortlisted filmmakers!

🔗 Find out more about The Whickers MENA Bursary.

@thekingalex89 @perfidious.pro @syrinethamine

#WhickersMENA #FilmFunding #EmergingFilmmakers #IraqiFilm #TunisianFilm #kingsofbabel #thelostoasis by @whickerawards

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a month ago

Our annual Whickers Team Away Day happened yesterday! 💛❤️😍

The team headed down to beautiful East Sussex to spend the day with our lovely colleague Jane Mote @beachtobeech in her beautiful neck of the woods. 🌿🌊

It may look like we were just having fun ... hanging out in listed, thatched cottages, taking in beautiful views, trying on hats, searching for shells on the beach and laughing … but in between all the laughs, the magic happened! Yes, we actually managed to get through a fair bit of work too! 😉

So, keep your eyes peeled for our Film & TV, and Podcast Pitch, call dates for The Whickers Funding Awards 2027!!!
(clue ... remain vigilant in the second half of November!) 👀

Also, if you haven't already completed this year's Cost of Docs survey, head to our bio for the link. You’ll be in with a chance of winning Industry passes to @sheffdocfest 2027! 🎟️

What a fun, creative, exciting day we had and we're all so looking forward to what the next Whickers year brings.

@whicker_girl @catflapmedia @curtis.gallant @denisebarren @beechtobeach

#TheWhickers #WhickersFundingAwards #DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmmakers #CostOfDocs #SheffieldDocFest #TeamAwayDay #EastSussex taken in Alfriston, East Sussex by @whickerawards

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2 months ago

We are absolutely thrilled that 'Concrete Land', a Whicker Finalist in 2021, will make its World Premiere at the Locarno Film Festival, selected for the Semaine de la Critique competition! 🎉

What began with the story of a remarkable Palestinian woman and her wonderfully sassy sheep has grown, through years of dedication, love, tears and joy, into this extraordinary film.

Concrete Land follows the inspiring Najar family in Amman, Jordan, and we couldn't be happier to see this beautiful documentary receive the international recognition it deserves.

Huge congratulations to the entire filmmaking team, we can't wait for audiences in Locarno to experience it. ❤️

Concrete Land
A film by Asmahan Bkerat @asmahan_bkerat
@banmaraqa
@beechtobeach
@soko_sam
@niels3838 sh
@hamza.o.hamida
@mohammad.elamaireh by @whickerawards

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2 months ago

What a journey this past month has been for @doc_ashes ! 🎬✨ The journey kicked off filming in Palmyra and then with the second session of @eurodoc in Estonia, followed by the @closeupinitiative in Athens, where Ashes won two incredible awards: @jbfc_pville Burns Film Center Residency in New York, and a cash prize presented by the prestigious filmmaker Lala Goma. From there, the film traveled to England for the @sheffdocfest where I pitch the project @whickerawards, and then to France, where we were nominated for the prestigious Albert Londres - leSCAM Award. A massive thank you to everyone who believes in this film and has followed our journey for justice in Syria. #AshesFilm #Documentary #Eurodoc #CloseUpInitiative #SheffieldDocFest AlbertLondres SyrianCinema by @whickerawards

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3 months ago

🎙️ taken in Crucible Theatre by @whickerawards

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3 months ago