The Grierson Trust

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The 2025 #GriersonAwards nominations are in🏆

Find out which four documentaries made it to the final round in this year’s awards competition across 15 categories bit.ly/3K8WR0I

Congratulations to all nominees✨

#BritishDocumentaryAwards in association with All3Media

Headshot of National Geographic’s Executive Vice President of Content and new Chair of the Grierson Trust, Tom McDonald.

We are thrilled to announce National Geographic ’s EVP of Content, Tom McDonald as the new Chair of the Board

McDonald will work closely with Trustees & the Managing Director to guide the Trust’s strategic direction, strengthen industry engagement & more.

🔗 bit.ly/41441sI

Some of the Grierson Team and Trustees are at Edinburgh TV Festival this week!

Sylvia & Yen are attending to soak up lots of great sessions, including Trustee Louisa Compton’s appearance at the Opening Debate: The Future is Now – TV's Place in the New World Order 👏

There's just one week left to apply for our latest Grierson DocLab: Archive Producers training programme - run in collaboration with Prime Video Pathway.

Get your applications in by Thursday 31 July at 5pm ⬇️

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We can now reveal the longlist across 15 categories for the 2025 #GriersonAwards – in association with @all3media

🔗 bit.ly/3GNFotq

Celebrating the best of the documentary genre from the UK and internationally, the longlisted films will now go on to panels of juries to decide the nominations 💫

Image of person in archive corridor, text reads: "Discovery Webinar Wednesday 16 July, 6pm •Donna •DonnaTaberer- Taberer- Training and Development consultant leading Prime Video Pathway Sam Dwyer- Archive Producer and lead trainer Yen Yau Director of Training Programmes, the Grierson Trust last year & Grierson DocLab: Archive Producer trainees from GRIERSON DOCLAB With prime Archive Producers"

Do you have 4-6 years’ experience working in the factual TV? Do you also have a passion for archive and documentary? 🎞

Why not apply to Grierson DocLab: Archive Producers?

📆 Join our webinar to find out more. Wednesday 16 July, 6pm. Closed captions included.

Register to join 🔗 bit.ly/3To7Y78

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Some of the #GriersonDocLab Development trainees with
Director of Training Programmes Yen Yau yesterday evening ahead of their in-person training at @netflixuk.bsky.social HQ this week 💙

Photograph of the Grierson Awards 2024 ceremony held at the Roundhouse.

There’s a week until the deadline to apply to be the new Chair of the Grierson Trust Board.

Find out more about the role and apply by Thursday 10 July 📅

🔗https://griersontrust.org/about-us/news/new-chair-hiring-2025/

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We’re happy to reveal the eight trainees for the inaugural #GriersonDocLab Development training programme, run in collaboration with @NetflixUK

Read more & meet the trainees 🔗 bit.ly/4jZL2Gb

More information, guidance, and FAQs can be found on our website bit.ly/4kEey5s

This includes larger text guidance and Easy Read documents.

Any questions/requests for different access needs, please email training@griersontrust.org or call +44 (0)1462 618 479

#PrimeVideoPathway

It’s completely free to apply for this initiative, and costs to take part in the programme (travel and subsistence) will be covered by the Trust.

Prime Video Pathway is a suite of training initiatives designed to open up access to jobs in the TV and film industry across the UK.

This year, we particularly encourage those based outside of London, in the nations and regions of the UK, to apply, as well as those returning to work after a break, or people who would embrace opportunities for part-time work or job shares.

With a track record of supporting under-represented talent, we especially welcome applications from disabled people, those from ethnic minority backgrounds, those from the LGBTQ+ community, lower socio-economic backgrounds, and more.

To find out more, meet the team, or ask questions about the programme, register for our Discovery Webinar taking place Weds 16 July from 6pm.

Register now: bit.ly/3To7Y78

If you have…

1. worked on productions which have used archive
2. strong research skills
3. attention to detail
4. exceptional communication & organisational skills

& are a creative problem-solver, this could be the programme for you!

The initiative will provide 8 successful trainees with:

- Intensive training from industry professionals
- A mentor
- Paid work placements at a UK production company on an archive production

... and much more.

An image of a woman walking down a corridor of film archive. Grierson DocLab: Archive Producers with Prime Video Pathway log in the corner. Text reads: Applications Open. 4-6 years’ experience working in documentary? Have a drive to specialise in archive producing? Apply for Grierson DocLab: Archive Producers by 5pm, Thurs 31 July 2025. griersontrust.org/grierson-doclab

Applications are open for our latest #GriersonDocLab training programme for aspiring #ArchiveProducers – in collaboration with @primevideouk Pathway

✅UK-based with 4-6 years' experience in TV?
✅A passion for docs & archive?

Apply by 31 July bit.ly/4kEey5s

Visionaries 2025 - The TV Festival Visionaries 2025 Meet TV’s rising stars who have the ideas and ambition to redefine the industry in their image with compassion and creativity. Alessia Camoirano BrugesProducer & Journalist, Freelance...

We’re so pleased to see #GriersonDocLabAlumi Amy Sargeant and Maia Adelia on the 2025 @edinburghtvfest.bsky.social Visionaries list!

Visionaries highlight TV’s rising creative stars 🌟

Find out more: www.thetvfestival.com/events/visio...

Filmmaker Challenge Cohort | Sheffield DocFest We are thrilled to announce the cohort for this year’s Filmmaker Challenge, supported by Principal Sponsor Prime Video.

Congratulations to #GriersonDocLabAlumn Joanna Suchomska on being one of six documentary makers selected for @sheffdocfest’s Filmmaker Challenge!

This year, the mentor for the filmmakers is GriersonAward-winning Waad Al-Kateab.

Read more: www.sheffdocfest.com/news/filmmak...

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The Grierson Trust Chair, Lorraine Heggessey is to step down from her role, after 11 years leading the organisation.

We are now on the hunt for a new Chair of the Board of Trustees.

Read more 🔗 bit.ly/4dQomXo

Deadline 11.15pm BST today! 🚨

Just a few days left to get your documentaries and factual programmes submitted to the 2025 Grierson British Documentary Awards!

Submit, upload your film and complete your entries by 23:59 BST this Wednesday 4 June.

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Not long until the deadline to submit your documentaries to the 2025 #GriersonAwards run in association with All3Media 💫

Enter your documentaries first shown to a UK audience between 1 June 2025 & 31 May 2025 across 15 categories.

Submit by Weds 4 June bit.ly/3DFVqDU

a collage of supporter logos: National Geographic, Banijay UK, Rank Foundation, 22 Summers, 72 Films, Candour, Curious Films, Mindhouse Productions, Orchard Studios, Twofour, Ventureland, Purple (as part of Objective Media Group, an All3Media Company, BBC Studios, Blast Films, Box to Box, Dorothy Street Pictures, Dragonfly, The Garden, KEO Films, Lightbox, Minnow Films, Raw TV, Rogan Productions, True North, TwentyTwenty, Wall to Wall, Wonderhood, Passion Pictures, Clear Cut, Creators Council, Talented People and The TV Access Project.

Stay tuned for more updates on this talented bunch of documentary enthusiasts as they take their first steps into world of UK factual TV

Our enormous thanks go to our Headline Industry Sponsor, National Geographic, plus supporters Rank Foundation, Banijay UK and other supporters

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trainees looking at man demonstrating camera interview set up

🔎Insight into producing, casting contributors and managing complex shoots from Producer, Dora Baker

📹A practical workshop on interview set up and shooting from Producer for Documentaries and Specialist Factual and Grierson DocLab Alumni, Dr Ben McGeorge-Henderson

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📽️Expert documentary genre overviews and exercises from lead trainer, Carol Nahra

🤳An in-depth look at fixed rig shows from leaders in the field,
@TheGardenTV
(huge thanks to Spencer Kelly, Dee Kahlon and Andrea Bate-Boyle for Zooming in!)

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This week we gathered our lovely #GriersonDocLab: New Entrants 2025 cohort in the Peak District to kick start their training.

Against a backdrop of glorious weather and stunning sunsets, the trainees got an introduction to the world of documentary and factual TV, including…

📢 The 2025 #OWMAwards shortlist is out!

From 559 entries across 100+ countries, our judges have picked just 3 finalists in each of 13 categories — showcasing bold, impactful storytelling from and about the global south.

🌍 Explore the stories 👉🏽 oneworldmedia.org.uk/awards/short...

#MediaForChange

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Together Films are hosting a free online webinar for impact producers and filmmakers facing funding challenges.

Join Founder & CEO Sarah Mosses on May 9 to explore practical ways to adapt, partner and raise funds in the rapidly changing market

Register bit.ly/fundraisingf...