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The Grierson Trust is pleased to be working with First Light to encourage young people to make documentaries. Together we have commissioned the Grierson Award-winning filmmaker, Daisy Asquith, to produce a short film to inspire and encourage young people to create a documentary.

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First Light’s current funding round has ring-fenced 30% of its grant allocation to fund documentaries. The deadline for this round of submissions has now passed but for more information on funding, click here: http://www.firstlightonline.co.uk/funding/

Previous schemes

  • Mentoring

    Mentoring

    The Grierson Mentoring Scheme was aimed at young people who are interested and inspired by documentaries but who would never normally get a look-in on our somewhat enclosed and rarefied world. The explicit aim of the scheme was to locate young people from outside the usual recruiting ground of film school, but instead through youth clubs and BTec courses, and then pair them up with some of the best and most experienced documentary makers in the country to make a short film.

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