Channel 4 has announced that it is to extend its funding of The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation. With the current deal coming to an end, funding has been agreed to at least 2012 – a commitment of £400,000 a year for a slate of ambitious feature documentaries.

The Channel4 BRITDOC Foundation is an independent, non-profit organisation, borne out of Channel 4’s documentary department, with a remit to create new funding and distribution models for British made documentary films.

Over the past 4 and a-half years, the Foundation has funded award-winning films such as:

• Chosen (BAFTA)
• Afghan Star (double Sundance winner)
• We Are Together (Tribeca winner)
• The Yes Men Fix the World (Berlin winner)
• Here’s Johnny (Double Grierson winners)

Britdoc has also supported powerful campaigning films like The End of the Line.

The Foundation’s films have screened on Channel 4, More4, at cinemas, online, on broadcasters around the world, including HBO and ARTE, and on dvd. The Foundation also brokers new relationships between filmmakers, NGOs and the commercial sector to deliver new British documentary films through initiatives such as the Good Pitch.

Although the Britdoc works with the best British talent, there is a special emphasis on developing first time directors. Last year the Foundation re-launched Channel 4’s website for short documentary 4docs as part of its work with new talent.

http://www.britdoc.org/

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