Documentary feature films
We provide funding for feature documentaries through our New Cinema Fund and Premiere Fund, often in partnership with UK distributors.
Financed projects
Projects financed in this way include:
- 2001 - Hoover Street Revival (Sophie Fiennes)
- 2002 - Live Forever (John Dower)
- 2003 - Bodysong (Simon Pummell)
- 2003 - Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine (Vikram Jayanti)
- 2004 - Touching the Void (Kevin Macdonald)
- 2005 - Deep Water (Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell)
- 2006 - Diameter of the Bomb (Steven Silver and Andrew Quigley)
- 2007 - Starstruck (Jamie Johnson)
- 2007 - A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (Chris Waitt)
- 2007 - Distant Thunder (Mark Deeble & Victoria Stone)
Applications for funding
We only support documentaries that we believe have the potential to draw a cinema audience on release.
For a feature documentary to succeed in the cinema, it must share the same ambition and scale as fictional feature. A UK distributor and international sales agent are also usually required.
For more details on how you can apply for funding for feature documentaries, please read the
New Cinema Fund Guidelines (pdf) and the
Premiere Fund Guidelines.
