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We are delighted to announce a new long-term partnership between Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation and PUMA.Creative. We’ve created a series of awards providing financial support, creative counsel and industry recognition to international documentary filmmakers, whose creative storytelling highlights social justice, peace or environmental issues.

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PUMA.Creative Catalyst Awards An international documentary development fund, offering 40 awards annually of up to 5,000 euros each. This is a rapid response fund, providing resources in the early stages of documentary projects, to shoot and edit a film trailer. The fund is open to filmmakers of any nationality and grants will be awarded on a quarterly basis. (click through to view full criteria) (click to view past recipients)

 

PUMA.Creative Impact Award A major new annual award to honour the documentary film which has created the most significant social impact. Selected by an independent panel of judges, a 50,000 Euros prize will be awarded at an annual gala to support and celebrate the filmmakers and audience engagement team. Submissions will be open from January 2011. Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan has kindly agreed to participate in the Jury for the PUMA.Creative Impact Award for 2011 - more jurors will be announced shortly. (click through to view full criteria) (click to view past recipients)

 

PUMA.Creative Catalyst Programme To encourage the richest representation of voices, the PUMA.Creative Catalyst Programme will offer support to global documentary filmmakers without easy access to broadcasters and film markets. We will be partnering with different international organisations to deliver this programme and will shortly announce the first schemes in the News section of this site.

 

PUMA.Creative Mobility Awards Getting filmmakers to the stories that matter, the Mobility Awards are awarded to documentary filmmakers at all stages of the production process, to enable them to travel to locations during filming, or after completion for audience engagement. Filmmakers cannot apply for a PUMA.Creative Mobility Awards. These awards are made at the discretion of the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation & PUMA.Creative editorial teams and announced at the Good Pitch events throughout the year. (click to view past recipients)

 

PUMA.Creative Film Programme From open air screenings to galleries, schools and museams, the PUMA.Creative Film Programme will be taking the very best documentary films to new audiences around the world. Films that have been supported by the PUMA.Creative Programmes or which fit the core values of PUMAVision Safe, Peace and Creative. The first screening events will be announced shortly in the News section of the site.

 

PUMA.Creative Ambassador Award The PUMA.Creative Ambassadors are advocates and experts representing the worlds of film, the arts, academia, social change and journalism. Individuals who have become internationally recognized for their contributions in their fields, people who are passionate about independent filmmaking and the power of media to create change. We are delighted that Isaac Julien, filmmaker and renowned artist, has agreed to be one of our first Ambassadors. We will announce who will be joining him very soon.

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