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No Fire Zone nominated for Doc Award

WorldView-funded No Fire Zone has been nominated for the Bertha Documentary Award at the 2014 One World Media Awards. Now in its 26th year, the awards recognise excellence in international media coverage. No Fire Zone is the culmination of three years of journalistic investigation and contains deeply disturbing new evidence. It is a devastating indictment

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Delhi rape case documentary receives funding from WorldView

WorldView is proud to announce that an award has been granted to filmmaker Leslee Udwin to support the development of their breathtaking project, India’s Daughter. India’s Daughter is a documentary that pays tribute to the remarkable and inspiring short life of Jyoti Singh, and documents the brutality of her gang rape and murder in Delhi in December

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5 Broken Cameras wins the first Emmy for Palestine

5 Broken Cameras took the prize for best documentary at the International Emmy Awards in New York this week. Supported by WorldView, the film is a personal account of life and non-violent resistance in Bil’in, a West Bank village threatened with the building of a separation barrier. It was shot by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat,

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Tax break access for documentaries may be increased

The UK government is considering lowering the tax relief threshold for documentaries from £1 million per hour to £650,000 per hour to increase the country’s factual output. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Select Committee has published proposals recommending the amendment of  High-end Television Tax Relief, introduced in April 2013 to help factual

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