Doc Society: Ripple Effect

Doc Society has announced the first recipients of its new Ripple Effect Fund, established to impact the U.K. non-fiction sector from the ground up. Nearly £200,000 ($272,680) has been awarded to 10 organizations across the U.K. to be invested in empowering communities and networks and providing support and inclusive spaces for indie documentary filmmakers. Organizations backed by the fund include: Boomflix, Creative Collective DocLab: Untold Stories, Doc2Doc, Docs North East, Documentality, Other Cinemas, We Are Parable: Testimonies, Reel Black, Refugee Documentary Film Network, and Wales Documentary Network. Ripple Effect is part of the BFI Doc Society Fund and backed by National Lottery funding.