Exclusive: Robin Elliott-Knowles and Georgia Kumari Bradburn, co-director of CPH: DOX and BFI London Film Festival titles Mood pool He is one of 13 recipients of Bursary for Emerging British Filmmakers at the Ketley Memorial Fund for the third Independent Film Bureau (ICO) Mile.
Alice Russell, director of the BIFA-winning documentary If the street was burning (2023) and Glasgow Audience Awards Director Marley Morrison lover (2021) has also won the award.
The ICO Committee has approved an extension of the fund, which was scheduled to end this year. The fund will now continue for another three years (2026-2028). The new funds include a 40% increase in value. This means that the annual budget is £7,000 per year. The fund previously had £15,000 to distribute over the first three years.
Additionally, the recipients for 2025 are writer directors Abraham Adimi, Alix Eve, Alwa Abrawa, Edem Kelman, Gianni Espora, May Zaide, Laheera Sleman, Theo Panagoplos and producer Tor Stuchedford.
The fund was established in 2022 in honor of former ICO trustee and renowned producer and media lawyer Miles Ketley. Filmmakers are eligible through previous participation in the ICO screening era.
While some funds focus on supporting production costs, the Miles Ketley Scholarship can be used to support filmmakers’ professional development, such as film production equipment, development courses, project development costs, or international festival travel.
Included in previous recipients Is there someone there? Director Ella Glending After love With director Alem Khan Rebel’s Embankment Film director Cyan A. Williams.
“We are still impressed by the ambition and originality of work seen by early career filmmakers. Many of them face challenges to maintain that momentum.” “The Miles Ketley Fund is to enable these next steps, especially for voices that have been historically overlooked by mainstream fundraising channels.”
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