A Black Activist and Ex-Neo Nazi Talk, A Drag Queen Inherits a Farm: Netflix’s U.K. Doc Fund Winners

Netflix has unveiled six filmmakers who will receive funding and professional support to make a short documentary as winners of the third year of the Netflix Documentary Talent Fund

“Following a rigorous application process and thousands of applications, a shortlist of 12 filmmaking teams from across the U.K. and Ireland were invited to Netflix’s U.K. headquarters to pitch in front of a panel of industry experts this month,” the streamer said. They were asked to pitch ideas inspired by the prompt, “you’re never gonna believe this…”

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Here are the winners, unveiled on Thursday.

David Chabeaux & Owen Tooth – Band
A Middle-England factory worker leads a bizarre Marching Band cult down a hilariously dark spiral of obsession.

Lisa Smith & Jack Lilleywhite – Angry Bird
After a life-changing
crash Romani banger racer Georgie, aka ‘Angry Bird,’ is stripped of the space

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