How to crowdfund your film
Learn how to bring your film to life with our step-by-step email series. Sign up today and you'll also be eligible to receive £1,000 in +Extra funding for your documentary.
How to crowdfund your film
Limited time offer
Boost your crowdfunding project with £1,000 from us.
If you attended our DocFest crowdfunding panel, you could unlock +Extra funding for your film. Raise £10,000 from 100+ supporters and we’ll contribute £500. Hit £20,000 and we’ll boost your total with an additional £500.
You must register on this page by 30th June.
Find out if you're eligible and read the full terms and conditionsYour guide to documentary crowdfunding
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Step by step crowdfunding tips
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Are you eligible for DocFest +Extra funding?
We know your time is precious and want to make sure you put forward a project that meets our eligibility criteria. Please read our eligibility checklist before adding your project.
Typical eligibility criteria:
- Applicants must be 18 or older, UK residents and also have a UK bank account.
- You must register on this page by 30th June 2025.
- Your project must raise a minimum of £10,000 on crowdfunder.co.uk by 31st December 2025 and must have at least 100 unique supporters.
- Each person can only submit one project for the campaign.
- Your project must be a documentary or film.
- Projects on ‘all or nothing’ must be 100% successful to be eligible but you are welcome to set your project to ‘keep what you raise'.
Please read the full terms and conditions here.