{"id":912447,"date":"2026-10-01T16:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/912447\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:48:10","slug":"doc-society-announces-new-fund-zohran-mamdani-film-being-supported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/912447\/","title":{"rendered":"Doc Society Announces New Fund, Zohran Mamdani Film Being Supported"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDoc Society<\/a>, the London-headquartered non-profit organization that funds and supports independent documentary filmmakers, has announced the launch of a new fund. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Doc Society Love & Rockets Fund is an international fund dedicated to cinematic non-fiction features it says are \u201cin service of better futures.\u201d 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\u2019s annual film spend to over $4 million. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe fund was borne \u201cage of unchecked capitalism, rising authoritarianism and growing nationalism\u201d and the need for films that \u201cdeconstruct architectures of power, illustrate alternate realities and create connection,\u201d said the organization.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDoc Society is all in on fighting fascism,\u201d it added. \u201cWith creative collaboration, dedicated craft, joyous partying and fierce camaraderie to help bring these visions of freedom, civil and human rights to screens. Whether part of a global movement, national reckoning or local transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAlongside 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe inaugural projects to receive funding from Doc Society Love & Rockets Fund include:<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBlackest Ever Black\u201d
Directed by Roisin Agnew, produced by Alison Millar, Callum Roberts, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Roisin Geraghty. In production.
Description: A crew\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHow to be a Woman in Iran\u201d
Directed by Mahnaz Mohammadi and Vanessa Bowles, executive produced by Ben de Pear, Maziar Bahari, Nevine Mabro.
Description: Through a remarkable archive secretly filmed over two decades, exiled filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi retraces the rise of Iran\u2019s women\u2019s movement, and its eventual suppression. \u201cHow to be a Woman in Iran\u201d is the story of her own journey through surveillance, imprisonment and resistance, and a powerful exploration of womanhood, friendship and survival in a society that is pervaded by gender restrictions .<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOur Land\u201d
Directed by Lucrecia Martel, produced by Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, Matias Roveda, Joselyn Barnes, Javier Leoz and Julio Chavezmontes.
Description: In 2009, a man and two accomplices tried to evict members of the Indigenous community of Chuschagasta in northern Argentina. Claiming ownership of the land and armed with guns, they kill the community\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWith Time\u201d
Directed by Noah Schaumus and Brit Fryer, produced by Jesse Miller.
Description: Blending realism with fantasy, \u201cWith Time\u201d follows an intergenerational group of trans people who have navigated shifting tides of acceptance and backlash as they gather in a storytelling workshop, bringing moments of euphoria, connection, and mutual recognition to life.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cUntitled New York Project\u201d
Directed and produced by Julia Bacha, produced by Suhad Babaa, Tiffany Fisher-Love and Rula Salameh.
Description: A backbench NY State Assembly member launches a long-shot bid to become the mayor of New York City, vowing to make life more affordable. 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.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cUntitled Watermelon Pictures Project\u201d \u2014\u00a0details not revealed<\/p>\n

\n\tFormed in 2005, Doc Society \u2014 formerly known as BRITDOC \u2014 is a non-profit group based out of the U.K. and New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Doc Society, the London-headquartered non-profit organization that funds and supports independent documentary filmmakers, has announced the launch of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":912448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,480136,134,344,119672],"class_list":["post-912447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-doc-society","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}