WorldView-funded film Do Gooders made its debut at the BFI London Film Festival on 10 October. The film, directed by Chloe Ruthven, explores the impact of decades of foreign aid on Palestinians and asks whether the West’s acts of altruism are in fact helping to maintain the injustices of the status quo. Ruthven’s grandparents were aid workers
WorldView-funded Barefoot in Business screened this week on Al Jazeera. The film, with the alternate title Ugandan Women Mean Business can be viewed in full on the AJ website. The character-driven documentary follows the fortunes of three Ugandan business women operating at three different levels of the economy as they defy the statistics, stereotypes and
The nominations for the prestigious Grierson 2013: British Documentary Awards have been announced, and we are proud that three projects we have supported, No Fire Zone, Why Poverty? and 5 Broken Cameras are in the running for awards. We are particularly proud of No Fire Zone’s nomination for one of this year’s new categories, Best
IDFAcademy, a four-day training programme during the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, is looking for European documentary talent. The programme is open to emerging filmmakers and producers from Europe. It provides them the opportunity to meet a broad spectrum of highly esteemed documentary professionals who are willing to share their knowledge of the industry. It runs