Digital Orchard Foundation is a funding, advocacy, and lobbying body, as well as a networking and training provider. We support, promote, and aid the work already being done to assist underrepresented groups in our industry, as well as fill the gaps with new events, advocacy, training, and networking opportunities.
Digital Orchard Foundation aims to transform the industry that we connect with to see a workforce representative of society. This is primarily in the camera department and picture-post for film and TV, as these are the fields we work in.
We specifically aim to support:
Those who are economically disadvantaged.
Those with caring responsibilities.
People who have physical impairments or are neurodiverse.
Ethnic minority individuals.
Female, trans, and non-binary individuals.
LGBTQ+ individuals.
Within our own company we want to take on new talented technicians from underrepresented groups, and we know this has to go further than our recruitment efforts.
We work with production leaders and industry decision-makers as part of our business and want to use these opportunities to make change happen for those who need it most.
What do we do?
Since 2019 we have hosted the Talent Bar at the BSC Expo. Talent Bar is a welcoming space for new and established filmmakers, designed to help talent move forward in camera and post production.
We offer resources and networking opportunities. This features talks from our partners and contacts, as well as expert advice and guidance in one to one sessions with established and emerging industry-professionals.
Talent Bar is designed to help those most underrepresented to take steps forward, make connections, and overcome the barriers they are facing. It also helps new filmmakers get the most out of their time at the BSC Expo.
We offer solutions to tackle inequality across the industry, delivering equality awareness training, signposting ongoing and in-depth learning, and coordinating shared and individual actions for the industry to take in order to achieve equity, and make film and TV productions truly inclusive.
We are committed to providing funding to help emerging filmmakers deliver key projects to move their career forward.
We run various free expert-led training courses for camera and picture-post, designed for those facing barriers to progressing their careers, and we coordinate across the industry to secure paying work opportunities.
We also often offer post and scan services as prizes at festivals and competitions.
Who do we work with?
