Open Frame Fund: Camden

Born By A River's Open Frame Fund: Camden has been set up to support early-career filmmakers to innovate in the creation of author-driven work and to contribute to research designed to feed back into the communities it serves.

A selected filmmaker or filmmaking team will be supported to produce their short film through Born By A River as part of a tailored programme that includes funding, a short period of development, wellbeing facilitation and other measures designed to improve inclusion, accessibility and wellbeing for members of cast and crew.

Projects will be assessed on the basis of the applying filmmaker(s), viability of production, and alignment with Born By A River’s priorities: passionate, bold storytelling with social and cultural impact, attentive to topics related to diasporas, disabilities, gender and sexualities.

Applications are accepted from individual writer and director pairings or a sole writer-director - with or without a producer attached - where at least one of these core team members identifies as Black British and at the intersection of disability/neurodivergence and/or an underrepresented gender/sexuality within the sector.

Financially supported by the Future Camden Fund, applicants must either have a connection with the London Borough of Camden, or their project must have a substantive and meaningful connection to the borough.

The selected project will be made in the context of a live research project assessing the various factors that impact an individual’s journey throughout the film recruitment and production processes, and the role organisational culture has on collective and individual working cultures. Applicants will be expected to participate in an informal research interview during the project, and commit to attending a focus group at its conclusion, which will contribute to the production of a research report.

Applications open on 19th November 2025 and close at 23.59 (GMT) on 3rd December 2025.

APPLY HERE: https://forms.gle/VRwxogDAe8WuqdcP9

Shortlisting interviews will be held in the week commencing 15th December 2025 and the selected filmmaker / filmmaking team will be notified the following week.

Please review the FAQs below before submitting your project. A copy of the application form questions can be accessed here (pdf).

If you require further information you can contact Born By A River via email: openframe@bornbyariver.com