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Trans artist trying to conceive baby among winners of Netflix documentary fund-Ruth Lawes-Entertainment – Metro
The writer is hoping to find the ‘perfect’ sperm donor.
The short documentary follows the artist trying to concieve(Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
A transgender performance artist on a quest to start a family with his partner is among the winners of a career-boosting documentary talent fund led by Netflix.
First Trimester follows London-based Krishna Istha, who is a writer on Sex Education, as he interviews hundreds of potential audience members on stage in a quest to find the ‘perfect’ sperm donor.
The short documentary, which will be released on Netflix’s YouTube channel, will see Krishna ask the potential sperm donors intimate and probing questions that range from political beliefs to philosophical perspectives.
Now in its second year, the Bridgerton streamer’s documentary talent fund champions filmmakers from England and Ireland, with five recipients of the £30,000 fund producing a short documentary.
Netflix said the fund had been created to ‘break down barriers of access for emerging filmmakers’ providing them with help from experts to realise their documentaries.
Dublin-based filmmakers Anna Rodgers and Zlata Filipovic also won funding for their documentary Two Mothers, which follows the story of Cathy and her surrogate Ivana.
Krishna is also a writer on Sex Education (Picture: Sam Taylor/Netflix)
After losing her baby late in pregnancy, Cathy found a Ukrainian surrogate who safely carried her twins in 2019.
When the war in Ukraine broke out in 2022, Cathy brought Ivana and her three children to her hometown of rural Wicklow so that they could begin a new life together.
Other recipients include Caroline Williamson and Troi Lee with Turn Up The Bass, which tells Lee’s story as a deaf DJ and pioneer of the UK’s deaf rave scene.
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Olivia Smart’s Black People Can’t Swim will see three people tackle their biggest fear.
As part of the process the winners will undergo ‘bootcamp’ training from specialists at Netflix who will coach and host workshops covering all aspects of production including legal, creative, HR, production and finance.
Kate Townsend, of Netflix’s documentary features team, said: ‘Last year’s fund was a huge success with filmmakers really making the most of the opportunity and springboarding to other projects and even Bafta nominations.
The Netflix judging panel selected different filmmakers to share a slice of the £30,000 cash pot (Picture: PA)
‘We are thrilled today to announce our second-year cohort who we are sure will also go on to supercharge their careers too.
‘The five films we have selected to support, each offer a unique take on the theme of connection.
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‘From an amazing story about two mothers with a unique bond in Ireland, to uniting communities as part of the deaf rave scene in Hackney, we are very much looking forward to kicking off production on these documentaries and seeing what these filmmakers can achieve.’
First Trimester will be available to stream on Netflix’s YouTube channel.
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