The Funding Network (TFN) runs regular events open to all, where charitable projects are presented, and donors engage in friendly philanthropy. TFN members are everyday donors from all backgrounds who want to help interesting young charities further their missions. For their first event entirely dedicated to films, they have selected four documentaries connected to strong campaigns, including three recipients of Bertha BRITDOC Connect Fund grants.

The Projects

Virunga: Untitled Gorilla Project, which pitched at Good Pitch Europe 2013, aims to raise public awareness and help save the Virunga National Park – Africa’s oldest and most ecologically diverse national wildlife sanctuary.

A Whole Lott More, which pitched at Good Pitch Silverdocs in 2010, shines a light on the crisis surrounding unemployment levels of those with intellectual difficulties and hopes to encourage audiences to be part of the solution.

No Fire Zone, which has pitched at Good Pitch events in London and Europe over the past year, aims to raise awareness of war crimes committed in the final months of the Sri Lankan Civil War and provoke the international community to investigate them.

Why Me? UK, wants to encourage more victims of crime to access restorative justice by producing a film re-enacting a meeting.

On 4 July, all filmmakers will pitch their project and answer questions from the audience, which is largely comprised of donors. Once the filmmakers leave the room, bids of donaions are taken, with many match funding offers that reach across the room. Learn more about how TFN works:

Tickets £20 for TFN Members – Buy one get one free! £30 for Non Members Buy your ticket today.

The Frontline Club is proud to announce our fourth event in association with The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation. At Sheffield Doc/Fest, on Friday 10th of June, we will be hosting an evening of Documentary Matchmaking at the BRITDOC Bar to pair great new projects with the right people in the industry to help make them happen.

Directors and producers are invited to introduce their work in progress projects to a crowded room including leading producers, editors, commissioners and possible collaborators. Each project will have a few minutes to display what they are doing and what advice and/or help they need from the experts in the room. Projects displayed will be at varying stages of production, ranging from early developments all the way through to the completion stage.

Several projects presented at previous events have gone on to great things, with You’ve Been Trumped by Anthony Baxter and Hell and Back Again by Danfung Dennis both playing at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest.

If you want the chance to stand up and present your project, or even just show a short clip, send us information about your project – a link to a clip or trailer (if you have one) – and identify what you would hope to find at the event (a producer, an editor, a mentor, advice etc) by Friday 3rd June.

Please email charlotte.cook@www.beta.frontlineclub.com to apply.