Doc Society, the London-headquartered non-profit organization that funds and supports independent documentary filmmakers, has announced the launch of a new fund. The Doc Society Love & Rockets Fund is an international fund dedicated to cinematic non-fiction features it says are “in service of better futures.” The fund will award non-recoupable grants of up to $150,000, with additional funding for distribution and engagement of supported films. It launches with a $2.7 million commitment between now and mid-2028, bringing Doc Society’s annual film spend to over $4 million.
The fund was borne “age of unchecked capitalism, rising authoritarianism and growing nationalism” and the need for films that “deconstruct architectures of power, illustrate alternate realities and create connection,” said the organization. Whether part of a global movement, national reckoning or local transformation.” Alongside announcing the new fund, Doc Society also unveiled the first six supported projects, including an untitled feature about the rise of New York mayor Zohran Mamdani. The inaugural projects to receive funding from Doc Society Love & Rockets Fund include: “Blackest Ever Black” Directed by Roisin Agnew, produced by Alison Millar, Callum Roberts, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Roisin Geraghty.
In production.Description: A crew’s attempt to make a film about data centres descends into chaos, putting accepted truths about tech and documentary on the line in this hybrid docucomedy from Ireland. Starring Stephen Rea and Killian Sunderman. Claiming ownership of the land and armed with guns, they kill the community’s leader, Javier Chocobar.
The murder is caught on video. It takes nine years of protests before court proceedings are finally opened in 2018. During all this time, the killers remain free.
The film combines the voices and photographs of the community with courtroom footage to explore the long history of colonialism and state-sanctioned land dispossession that led to this crime. As the establishment attempts to weaponize his long-standing commitment to Palestinian rights, a movement is galvanized that brings about one of the greatest political reckonings in American history.
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