Welcome to the Wiki

The wiki is all about short documentaries. Nothing else. Tips on where you might find some money, how you cover your backs legally, what kit to use, which festivals to be seen at, how to work the online revolution…. It is all here. It has a solid backbone of information, and now we need your help, please, to grow and improve it, to keep it up to date with a rapidly evolving industry. Together, we’ll help short docs flourish.

• Paying for them It can be difficult to get money to make your short docs but there are ways and means. Here you can find traditional funding options such as TV and national funding plus other ideas such as third sector organisations or crowd sourcing. If you’ve received funding from sneaky places to make your short doc, please share…
• Making Them Researching, choosing cameras, shooting, interviewing, editing, insurance, legals and even tips on blagging... it is all here. As ever, if you have useful or interesting tit-bits about how to make short documentaries please edit away.
• Showing and Sharing Short docs are great for festivals and are particularly well placed to take advantage of the technological advances that are integrating film-watching into all niches of our lives. Check out our ideas as to how to get your films out there and add your own.
• Loving them 4docs loves short docs and we’d really like you to share ones you love with us. Tell us your top ten short docs, your all time favourite, add a link to it if you can find one - let's share the short docs love.