Sandra Whipham is one of the five Executive Directors at Doc Society, a global non-profit with teams based in Europe, East Africa and the Americas. For 21 years it has worked to directly resource the most exciting independent documentary filmmakers in the world, regranting over $30m to 530+ teams. Doc Society are advocates and practitioners of narrative strategy, exploring the full potential of non-fiction storytelling alongside traditional advocacy in helping build power and transform societies over time.

At Doc Society, Sandra heads up the Democracy Story Unit, a cultural strategy initiative that supports transformative non-fiction storytelling to advance more just and inclusive societies. Previously at Doc Society, Sandra led the BFI Doc Society Fund, the UK’s national documentary film fund, in partnership with the British Film Institute. Sandra is an executive producer on grantee projects and works closely across all aspects of the film slate.

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