A Black Activist and Ex-Neo Nazi Talk, A Drag Queen Inherits a Farm: Netflix’s U.K. Doc Fund Winners

Story by Georg Szalai

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Netflix's U.K. Documentary Talent Fund unveils diverse slate of winners, from a drag queen inheriting a farm to a dialogue between a Black activist and ex-Neo Nazi.

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Winning filmmakers will receive £30,000 ($37,710) each to produce short documentaries between 8-12 minutes long, to be released on Netflix's YouTube channel this summer.
The judging panel included industry heavyweights like Felicity Morris (director of The Tinder Swindler and American Nightmare) and Lyttanya Shannon (director of Sweet Bobby).

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David Chabeaux, Owen Tooth, Lisa Smith, Jack Lilleywhite, Eilidh Munro, Isabella Bassett, Imoje Aikhoje, Ailill Martin, Peter Kilmartin, Maya Avidov, Savannah James-Bayly, Anna Snowball, Abolfazl Talooni, Olivia Smart, Jason Osborne, Felicity Morris, Lyttanya Shannon, Netflix, BAFTA, Grierson Awards, Raindance, Curious Film, Mindhouse, White Nanny Black Child, DocHearts, BAFTA Film Committee, American Nightmare, Sweet Bobby, Band, Angry Bird, The Herring Queen, Divided We Stand, The Good Farmer and the Failed Son, Crimes of Collage, Iranian Yellow Pages, Black Stroke, Love Languages

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