Thank you to our Supporters, Allies, Members and Trustees for believing in and championing us through another year at the DFC. We are so much stronger together, and we cannot wait to see what we can achieve in 2025! Want to see what we've been up to? You can read all of our 2024 newsletters here: https://lnkd.in/gDeFb7rW Happy Holidays... See you on the other side ????
关于我们
The Documentary Film Council (DFC) is a new member-led organisation for the UK’s independent documentary film industry. Designed in collaboration with stakeholders from across the documentary community, the DFC will be democratically run by and for its members and will take effective, coordinated action on the key issues in our industry.
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www.documentaryfilmcouncil.co.uk
Documentary Film Council (DFC)的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 电影、视频和录音制作业
- 规模
- 2-10 人
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 2023
Documentary Film Council (DFC)员工
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If you’ve not already registered for our Members’ Meeting this Friday, please join us (open to all - Supporters, Allies, full Members, the curious!) We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be joined by guest speaker and DFC member – the double Academy Award winning producer, SIMON CHINN?(The Mission, Man on Wire, Searching for Sugarman, Project Nim) – who will share his perspectives on the pressures facing our industry and how we can address them. There will also be updates from the leadership team as we look forward to 2025. Friday 13 December |?3-4.15pm Register here: https://lnkd.in/eVNZfpAw
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We are very excited to share Bristol Doc Club, a new collaboration with existing networks in the region, BUNS - Bristol Unscripted Network, Doc West and some of our DFC members. Our collective has joined forces and partnered with Bristol’s Watershed cinema to develop regular screenings and networking events to help build documentary culture and community in the South West. The Doc Club kicks off on 10 Dec at 6pm with a screening of Frank Capra: Mr America followed by a Q&A with Director, Matthew Wells (plus drinks in the bar afterwards). We hope this collaboration will be the first of many to follow around different regions of the UK, so please get in touch with [email protected] if you would like to do something similar in your home town or city. Book your tickets now and get 10% off with discount code 'MRAM10': https://lnkd.in/eTjdAUQS
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Please come along to our December Members' Meeting to celebrate the end of another year with us! There’ll be plenty of updates, a special guest and an opportunity to discuss all things documentary with your fellow DFC members. Friday 13 December |?3-4.30pm Register here: https://lnkd.in/eVNZfpAw
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Don't forget to send your questions in advance and register for our free doc-focused tax credit webinar co-hosted with DOC SOCIETY & the BFI Certification team. This Thurs 28th Nov, 5-6pm. More here: https://lnkd.in/eUg5wYXN
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We’re excited to launch the DFC’s first suite of membership discounts! These range from discounts (of up to 50%!) for doc streaming platforms True Story and DAFilms, for memberships of DAE - Documentary Association of Europe and International Documentary Association (IDA), on passes to Sheffield DocFest and subscriptions to British Film Institute (BFI)'s Sight and Sound magazine. There will be lots more coming soon too ?? They are only available to Allies and Members so there’s never been a better time to join or upgrade your membership. To upgrade head to your Account > Subscriptions > Change Plan. GRAB 'EM HERE: https://lnkd.in/e7UP2PmF
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To address the recent tax credit updates for independent UK film productions, #DocFilmCouncil and DOC SOCIETY are co-hosting a free doc-focused webinar with the BFI Certification team. Thu 28 Nov, 5 - 6pm. Go to https://lnkd.in/dHGb6TiD to register!
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Great news for independent documentary but the battle continues...
Excellent news today that the government has confirmed the introduction of what is known as the Independent Film Tax Credit (its proper name is "enhanced audiovisual expenditure credit for low-budget films"). This was proposed by the previous government but the election prevented its confirmation. It applies to British films with budgets of less than ￡15 million and is thus a massive boon to documentaries - most of which are made for less than 5% of that. It will make it easier to fund independent documentaries aimed for a cinema release. But there is now a new battle to fight. When the original tax credit was introduced in 2004, the idea was that "The relief will go direct to the film-maker and not to any third party." (I've looked it up in the 2004 Budget Report in the National Archives -paragraph 3.115 if you are interested). The idea was to help create sustainable British production companies. For many in the independent documentary sector this has not happened as the big American platforms, broadcasters and studios have forced UK producers to put the whole of the benefit of the tax credit into the individual film they are helping to fund, leaving nothing for the filmmaker to help create a sustainable business. That's the next battle.
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Please join us on Sat 15 June @sheffdocfest for our Annual General Meeting and Open Assembly! You will meet the first-ever elected board of representatives for UK documentary and help form the DFC's regional chapters. Doors open at 9:30 for coffee and pastries. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/ex_q5NTN
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Documentary Film Council (DFC)转发了
They’re here! Please welcome our 2024 Fellows – 11 amazing filmmakers, journalists and storytellers from across the global south who will spend a year developing their projects with us. Our fellows will be reporting from Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, Malaysia, India, Rwanda, South Africa and Botswana, producing documentaries, podcasts and multimedia work on subjects as wide ranging as the creative arts to loss and grief and the impact on the climate in a swiftly growing country. We're very excited to be working with this talented cohort!?
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