ArtesMiami Documentary Film Fund

ArtesMiami Documentary Film Fund is sponsored by The Film Collaborative. Supports innovative documentary film projects; eligibility limited to filmmakers of Cuban descent and non-Cuban individuals with projects about the Cuban diaspora.

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A-Doc Storytelling Initiative Our Stories, Our Voices. This microdocs series will contain seven 2-minute videos focusing on actions, initiatives, and participation on urgent issues in the 2024 elections. Selected filmmakers will receive $3,000 production funding and $750 impact support.

Projects Supported: Documentary short Alaska Humanities Forum Grants Program The Alaska Humanities Forum Grants Program funds humanities-based projects that educate the public, get people talking, increase public access, and preserve and promote Alaska’s stories. The Alaska Humanities Forum expects to award five $10,000 grants to fund community-engaged media projects in Alaska.

Proposals should be submitted by community stakeholder and journalist/media maker teams. Projects Supported: Media projects including film Alpha Female+ Grant Program Alpha Female Plus Grant Program will award a $500 micro grant, Sony gear to shoot on, Adobe software to edit with, and the opportunity to have your project seen worldwide by countless creators who will be inspired to create alongside you.

Projects Supported: Photo or short video, female artists American Documentary Film Fund Filmmakers provide detailed story outlines and budgets for their work in progress or new projects. Screen a 3-minute preview before the industry panel and take part in a 10-minute Q & A at the annual Film Fund Pitch Competition in Jihlava, Czech Republic. An amount of $50,000 may be awarded.

Projects Supported: Documentary films, short and feature length American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition The mission of the American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition is to find and promote new and innovative voices in cinema. The competition considers feature-length film scripts, as well as pilot scripts for television/streaming services.

Every script is read closely by a select handful of professional readers, and Francis Ford Coppola chooses a winner from among the ten finalists. Projects Supported: Feature scripts, pilot scripts The Andrew Berends Film Fellowship The Andrew Berends Film Fellowship includes a $5,000 grant and a one-on-one mentorship with an experienced filmmaker.

The Fellowship accepts applicants, 18 years or older, from all backgrounds and locations, who are currently working on a feature documentary project in the spirit of Andy’s work. Applicants must be working on their first, second or third feature documentary and must have a trailer or sample of their current project in order to apply.

Projects Supported: Feature documentary The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture - AFAC Documentary Program The AFAC Documentary Program supports creative documentary films that address social realities in the Arab region with grants up to $50,000.

Projects Supported: Short and medium-length documentary films in production and post-production, feature documentary films in development, production or post-production The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture - AFAC Cinema Program The AFAC Cinema funding opportunity is open to film projects (documentary and narrative) with two grants: 1) $15,000 in funding for films in development/scripting phase 2) $50,000 in funding for films in production or post-production.

Projects Supported: Short and medium-length narrative films in production and post-production and feature narrative films in development, production or post-production The Artadia Awards provide exposure, financial support, and critical validation to artists. The awards are unrestricted, allowing artists to use the funds in any way they choose.

Awardees receive unrestricted funds of up to $10,000, as well as access to a lifetime of programs that offer critical dialogue and exposure. Projects Supported: Artists ArtesMiami Documentary Film Fund Offers support for innovative and captivating projects in documentary film. Applicants may submit their project at whatever stage for consideration.

This year’s eligibility is limited to filmmakers of Cuban descent, and non-Cuban individuals with projects about the Cuban diaspora. Awardees will receive up to $25,000. Projects Supported: Feature and short documentary films The Awesome Foundation awards $1,000 grants every month for “crazy brilliant ideas.

” Projects Supported: Arts, technology, community development, and more AXS Film Fund supports documentary filmmakers and non-fiction new media creators of color with disabilities with up to $10,000.

Projects Supported: Feature documentary films, nonfiction new media projects The Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant is an annual grant that will be awarded to self-identified lesbians for making visionary moving-image art. Projects Supported: Experimental Documentary, Narrative, Cross-Genre, or Solely Experimental.

BAVC MediaMaker Fellowship The 10 month MediaMaker Fellowship is devoted to supporting documentary filmmakers grappling with critical issues of our time through the use of bold cinematic language and innovative impact strategies. Each Fellow will receive $10,000 over the course of the program.

Projects Supported: Feature documentary films The Berkeley Film Foundation Fund To be considered for this grant, you must work or live in the city of Berkeley, Emeryville, Albany, El Cerrito, Richmond, Oakland or Alameda. You must provide a valid street address for application. PO Box addresses will not be accepted.

Berkeley FILM Foundation will provide grants in the pre-production, production, post-production and distribution stages of the narrative short film project. General grants awarded will range between $5,000 - $10,000. This is the first year we are introducing a second Saul Zaentz Award for $25,000.

Projects Supported: Short Form Narratives BendFilm BIPOC Women Grant On-screen representation affects cultural understanding of BIPOC, women, and LGBTQ+ characters. Barriers need to be broken down until equal representation is achieved on-screen and behind the camera. BendFilm’s Grant will support a BIPOC women artist with $10,000 toward making their short or feature film.

The grant supports storytellers who are working to tell creative and complex stories told from a point of view that is unique and authentic. Filmmakers who have been underrepresented are less likely to have the funding support to produce their first films to jumpstart their careers. This grant breaks down the economic barrier to democratize the art form.

Projects Supported: Feature, short films, women Berlinale Talents is aimed at film and television professionals with an existing track record of work and who are willing to share their experiences with others. You need to have made at least one feature-length film OR two short films OR a high-quality drama series or TV movie that have screened in festivals or been widely streamed.

The Better Angels Society / Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize This annual national prize is designed to provide finishing funds, including outreach and marketing, for feature-length U.S. historical documentaries in the tradition of Ken Burns.

Projects Supported: Feature length documentaries The Black List - Georgia List The Black List has partnered with Collective Moxie and Trilith Studios to identify and curate a list of the ten best un-produced features, pilots, plays, and musicals from writers with a connection to Georgia.

Projects Supported: Writers with a connection to Georgia Black Public Media Open Call BPM Open Call supports feature and short documentaries that are currently in pre-production or production and intended for public media distribution, with awards between $20,000 to $50,000.

Projects Supported: Feature and short documentary films MIT & Black Public Media Fellowship MIT & Black Public Media Fellowship will research and develop an emerging tech documentary or nonfiction project and move the conceptualization or execution of the project forward in some significant way with an honorarium of $7,500 and access to MIT’s network of scholars and artists + Black Public Media’s community of Black filmmakers and creative technologists.

Projects Supported: Primarily feature documentary films and shorts under 30 minutes Black Muslim Filmmaker Grant The MPAC Hollywood Bureau Filmmaker Grant will award $10,000 to a Black Muslim filmmaker whose project is in development, production or post-production. This award seeks to promote and elevate Black Muslim creatives as they work to tell intersectional stories with nuanced depictions of Black Muslims on screen.

Projects Supported: Films depicting Black Muslims BlackStar Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab BlackStar Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab supports four Black, Brown and Indigenous filmmakers by making equipment, space, crew, mentorship, funding and critical feedback available over the course of a 12-month program. Projects Supported: Short films.

Black, Brown and Indigenous filmmakers The Bloomberg Green Docs competition is open to all eligible filmmakers who would like to compete to win a $25,000 grand prize for a short climate documentary. Projects Supported: Documentary, Short BlueCat Screenplay Competition When a filmmaker submits to BlueCat, they are guaranteed a complete read of their script, and BlueCat provides a written analysis of the submission at no extra fee.

In addition, the cash awards total $18,500. Projects Supported: Feature screenplay, tv pilot and short film script Breaking Through the Lens Action Grant This €10,000 Action Grant is open to any feature film Director who experiences marginalization due to their gender, including but not limited to women, non-binary and trans filmmakers.

Applicants must demonstrate how the grant funding will allow you to advance in a critical area of development. Films from around the world with strong artistic merit and a bold original vision, ready to go into production within the next 12 months are welcome to apply.

Bronx Documentary Center - Fellowship Program The Program includes a $3,000 stipend for the year; documentary filmmaking courses and professional development workshops; mentorship from BDC staff and visiting filmmakers; documentary film screenings and panel discussions; equipment loans and low-cost rentals; access to free meeting and workspace; and a video editing suite. Must live and work in New York City.

Projects Supported: Documentary Brown Girls Doc Mafia Sustainable Artist and Black Directors Fellowships The BGDM Sustainable Artist and Black Directors Fellowships will support members who are working as directors, producers, editors, and/or cinematographers at any career level.

All Fellows will receive $10,000 in unrestricted funds as well as professional development opportunities, curated industry connections, and a year of mentorship and community building. Projects Supported: Documentary short and feature length films CAAM Documentaries for Social Change Fund The CAAM Documentaries for Social Change Fund offers grants for social issue documentary films that highlight Asian American narratives.

This Fund will provide much needed resources to projects for research and development and in early production. Projects Supported: About Asian American experience, and PBS standard lengths CAAM provides production funding to independent producers who make engaging Asian American works for public television. Documentaries are eligible for production or post-production funding and must be intended for public television broadcast.

Awards typically range between $10,000 and $50,000. Projects Supported: Project about Asian American experience California Humanities - Research and Development, Production Grants Particularly interested in supporting stories and projects from communities, regions, and individuals whose voices and perspectives have traditionally been excluded from the broader California narrative.

Research and Development grants are designed to strengthen the humanities content and approach of documentary media productions in their earliest stages. Eligible applicants may apply for funding up to $15,000. Production grants are designed to strengthen the humanities content and approach of documentary media productions and help propel projects toward completion.

Eligible applicants may apply for funding up to $50,000. Projects Supported: Features, shorts, podcasts, web series, broadcast series, VR (Virtual Reality) California Film Institute’s - DocPitch Presented during DocLands Documentary Film Festival, DocPitch is an invitation for filmmakers to submit their unfinished feature-length (70 + minutes) documentary projects currently in early to later stages of completion.

There is a total of $100,000 to be awarded to five projects, viewers will be invited to cast one vote per person for their favored project to win the $45,000 Audience Award. The jury of industry professionals will select the winner of the $40,000 Jury Award. Additional $5,000 awards will go to the remaining three projects.

Projects Supported: Feature length documentary Catapult Film Fund provides development funding to documentary filmmakers who have a compelling story to tell, have secured access to their story and are ready to shoot and edit a piece for production fundraising purposes.

Projects Supported: Nonfiction filmmakers Chicken & Egg Pictures - Research and Development Grant Interested in films that tackle human rights, social justice, and environmental issues in a nuanced, original, and compelling way. Looking for new voices, powerful stories, and filmmakers who are committed to working in tandem with social movements. Focus on women filmmakers.

Projects Supported: Unsolicited applications are not accepted. Self-identifying woman or non-binary individual Chicken & Egg - (Egg)celerator Lab Supporting nonfiction directors working on their first or second feature-length documentary. This program brings together ten projects, with a special focus on self-identifying women and non-binary directors.

Projects Supported: Feature Length Documentary CJ & TIFF K-Story Fund is accepting applications from Korean Canadian and Korean American filmmakers looking to develop their first or second feature. Eight participants will be selected for a story development mentorship. After the mentorship, three [3] of the projects will be awarded $10,000 CAD to support the development of their feature-length films and their filmmaking careers.

Projects Supported: Narrative, Documentary short and feature length Claims Conference Short Film, Large Subject This emerging filmmaker contest is a worldwide competition to invite talented, emerging filmmakers to make short films about the Holocaust. Films in Development, Production or Post-Production must have wide distribution potential and/or educational value.

Films will be evaluated based on historical accuracy, creativity, vision and planning. Development grants are up to $25,000. Production and post-production grants are up to $85,000.

Projects Supported: Short films about the Holocaust Claims Conference Film Grants The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) provides film grants as part of their ongoing support for Holocaust research, education, and documentation. The fund supports films in development, production, and post-production phases.

Projects Supported: Films about the Holocaust 10 selected participants will have the opportunity to develop their films with renowned experts in the field of documentary filmmaking, broaden their professional and personal networks, and position their projects in the European and international documentary film landscape. Projects Supported: Documentary films Common Pictures is a not-for-profit associated with The Edward E.

Haddock, Jr. Family Foundation. They like stories that humanize, inspire and heal our broken world. They look to understand the world as it is and pause to consider how it might be.

Through impact films, documentaries, photography and other creative mediums Common Pictures stories affirm social justice, environmental stewardship and the dignity of our shared humanity. There isn't a call for applications but if your film. fits their interest area you can contact them via their website.

Projects Supported: Impact films, documentaries, photography and other creative mediums Connecticut Humanities Planning Grants Connecticut Humanities Fund Public Presentation Grants support projects that help us understand and appreciate human history, culture, values, and beliefs with grants between $5,000 - $25,000.

Projects Supported: Films that help the humanities sector strengthen communities for all of Connecticut’s residents Creative Capital provides integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing adventurous projects in all disciplines with funding up to $50,000.

Projects Supported: Experimental film, short film, animation, documentary film, narrative film, and socially engaged and/or sustainable film/moving image-based practices Creative Work Fund’s Northern California Art Collaboration Grants Grants of up to $40,000 are available to artist/organization teams creating new collaborative projects in the media or traditional arts. Letter of Inquiry required by deadline date.

Projects Supported: Films must be in collaboration with a nonprofit organization Cucalorus - The Filmed in NC Fund The Filmed in NC Fund supports the production of indie film and video projects by artists who are permanent residents or full-time college students in North Carolina with grants between $500 and $3,000.

Projects Supported: Narrative, documentary, and experimental films, by residents of North Carolina Cucalorus and Working Films Works-in-Progress Lab The Cucalorus Works-in-Progress (WiP) Lab, launched in 2008 through a partnership between Working Films, supports social justice documentaries being made by Black filmmakers.

Participating artists will receive feedback on their work-in-progress and explore audience engagement strategies through workshops, consultations, and community screenings during a residency at Cucalorus’ campus in Wilmington, NC.

Projects Supported: Black filmmakers working on social justice documentaries The Dan David Prize recognizes outstanding scholarship that illuminates the past and seeks to anchor public discourse in a deeper understanding of history with up to $300,000.

Projects Supported: Documentary films Denver Film - Music On Film-Film On Music Grant The MOFFOM grant provides up to $20,000 annually in finishing funds for scoring, composition, and music licensing efforts for feature-length documentaries in post-production.

Projects Supported: Documentary Feature Length Films The Department of Education administers grant funding programs the fulfill the Department’s mission to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness, to foster educational excellence, and to ensure equal access.

Diane Weyermann Fellowship at Points North The Diane Weyermann Fellowship at Points North champions filmmaking teams producing cinematic feature documentaries that take artistic risks in highlighting stories of moral and ethical urgency. Up to three original, feature-length documentaries in production from global filmmaking teams will be selected to participate in an 18-month collaborative Fellowship.

Resources provided to Fellows include $100,000 in unrestricted, non-recoupable grants, mentorship from veteran filmmakers and industry leaders, festival retreat, and ongoing professional development. Projects Supported: Feature documentaries Directors Guild of America - Documentary Award The DGA Awards is our annual opportunity to celebrate outstanding directorial achievement. Feature and television documentary’s are eligible.

The Director must submit a completed DGA Awards online entry form. Projects Supported: Documentary feature Dirty Films and the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, PROOF OF CONCEPT Designed to accelerate the path to large-scale filmmaking for directors who give voice to the perspectives of women, trans and non-binary people.

The program will provide support for up to 8 filmmakers to make a short film that that is “proof of concept” for a feature film or television project. Short films will be funded at $50,000 and directors will participate in a mentorship and exposure program which connects them with industry leaders.

Doc Society Climate Story Fund The Doc Society Climate Story Fund provides up to $100K grants to support completion of production of creative nonfiction projects, and to pilot impact campaigns for completed creative nonfiction and fiction projects that engage audiences who are not typically included in the climate conversation.

Projects Supported: Long form, shorts or episodic documentaries Doc Society - BFI Doc Society Fund The BFI Doc Society Fund aims to develop storytellers from all parts of the UK, backing feature projects with bold cultural and social ambitions. The Fund will encourage filmmakers to take risks on form and content, where the more commercial sector cannot.

We heart the cinema, but we are also platform agnostic and open to projects that reach audiences in new ways. Projects Supported: Feature and short documentaries, UK based Doc Society Threshold Fund The Threshold Foundation looks to support documentaries that address the most important issues facing the world using a plan of action that is powerful, innovative, and unexpected.

Doc Society will invite applications from high profile feature documentaries with the ability to create lasting social impact in accordance with Threshold’s priorities. Projects Supported: Applications are by invitation only Docs In Progress - The Community Stories Film Festival Spotlights contemporary and historical documentaries about our people, places, and events of Maryland, Washington DC, and Northern Virginia.

Unfortunately if your film is about some other place, we are not the festival for you. Projects Supported: Documentary films, short and feature length DocX Residency - Another World is Possible Three to five fellows will be selected for this DocX residency program and awarded $20,000 each to support projects in a pivotal stage of late development or production.

The residency is an invitation for documentary artists working across disciplines — filmmakers, multimedia artists ... — to take space to breathe and create. At the end of the residency, fellows will participate in a public roundtable discussion about their questions and discoveries and contribute a short written piece about their practice for publication on the Center for Documentary Studies website.

Projects Supported: Documentary films Evoke Media, created in 2020, is a subsidiary of The Sabrina Merage Foundation. Through non-recoupable grants and program-related investments, we support documentaries, podcasts, and other creative media.

Firelight Media Documentary Lab Firelight Media Documentary Lab is an 18-month fellowship program that supports filmmakers in the US from racially and ethnically underrepresented communities working on their first or second feature-length documentary film.

The Documentary Lab provides filmmakers with a $25,000 grant toward their projects as well as customized mentorship from prominent leaders in the documentary world, professional development workshops, and networking opportunities.

Projects Supported: Feature documentary films that focus on underrepresented communities Firelight Media William Greaves Fund William Greaves Fund from Firelight Media grants up to $25,000 supports storytellers from racially and ethnically underrepresented communities in the US, Mexico, Brasil, Puerto Rico and Colombia with a particular interest in those who identify as being of indigenous and/or of African descent.

Projects Supported: Feature documentaries FirelightMedia - Firelight Fund Firelight Media celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2025, and are launching the Firelight Fund to meet this urgent moment. The Fund supports Black, Brown, and Indigenous stories from development through distribution, with a focus on those who are telling urgent stories and using their craft to advance social justice.

Initial grant sizes will range up to $50,000 per project, and the inaugural grant cycle will kick off in the fall of 2025.

Field of Vision - IF/Then x The Redford Center Nature Access Pitch IF/Then x The Redford Center Nature Access Pitch celebrates storytellers that spotlight the social, emotional, physical, mental, and community health benefits of time spent outdoors with a first prize award of $25,000 plus a year of wraparound mentorship and a second prize $5,000 plus distribution consultation.

Projects Supported: Short documentary films Film Independent Imaginar Producers Residency The Film Independent Imaginar Producers Residency is a new program created to support Latinx Producers, made possible by The Walt Disney Company and Searchlight Pictures, in collaboration with the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP). The Residency will support three Latinx Producers during a nine-month period.

Each Fellow will receive a $50,000 grant to financially assist the continued development of their projects. Projects Supported: Feature and short films by Latinx filmmakers FilmNorth - Inclusive & Socially Conscious Filmmaking Lab The lab, is a free six-week virtual course designed to help filmmakers at any stage of their career practice greater inclusive and socially responsible filmmaking and become leaders of change in the field.

Each participant will conclude their Lab experience by being paired with an industry professional for a one-on-one mentorship session tailored to their interests and work. Additionally, you’ll gain access to a resource hub to support your work now and in the future.

Projects Supported: Short and Feature Films Film Independent - Imaginar TV Incubator for Fearless Latinx Creators A new program created to support Latinx Creators, made possible by FX Networks, in collaboration with the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP).

Held over two weeks in June at the Film Independent offices in Los Angeles, this innovative new program will sponsor six Latinx Creators as they participate in a series of workshops, conversations and individual meetings designed to provide them with valuable support, insight on the FX Networks drama programming brand and direct access to industry leaders. A $3,000 grant will be awarded to each participant.

Projects Supported: Fiction long and short form FilmFreeway - Big Sky Pitch The Big Sky Works-in-Progress Pitch is the headline event of DocShop Filmmaker’s Forum held during the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Only documentary feature length works-in-progress are eligible to apply. Documentaries may be in any phase of development, production, or post production, but must be in need of funding.

Submissions must have a visual sample that represents their story. Projects Supported: Documentary Feature Length Film Independent Producing Lab Producers may apply with feature length narrative projects that are in active development or post-production. Through the Lab, Fellows develop strategies and action plans to bring their projects to fruition.

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will award one participant of the Film Independent Producing Lab the annual Sloan Producers Grant of $30,000 with which to further develop their project. Projects Supported: Films with scientific, mathematical and/or technological theme All you need is a log line for this super easy grant application!

Grant is $10,000 Projects Supported: Short documentary films Fleishhacker Foundation Small Arts Grants for Bay Area Arts Organizations Grants of up to $10,000 are available to Bay Area arts organizations in support of programs within a range of disciplines that includes film and the media arts.

Projects Supported: Post-production films by Bay Area filmmakers Ford Foundation: JustFilms The Ford Foundation seeks to reduce inequality in all of its forms, and artist-driven documentary and emerging media projects are crucial to this effort. As part of the Creativity and Free Expression program, JustFilms funds social justice storytelling and the 21st-century arts infrastructure that supports it.

The projects and people supported inspire imaginations, disrupt stereotypes, and help transform the conditions that perpetuate injustice and inequality. JustFilms focuses on film, video and digital works that show courageous people confronting difficult issues and actively pursuing a more just, secure and sustainable world. JustFilms accepts inquiries for grants year-round, they welcome submissions from any region of the world.

Projects Supported: Documentary films Frameline Completion Fund The Frameline Completion Fund provides grants to emerging and established filmmakers. Grants up to $5,000 are available for the completion of films that represent and reflect LGBTQ+ life in all its complexity and richness. Submissions are accepted for documentary, narrative, experimental, animated, or episodic projects about LGBTQ+ people and their communities.

Projects Supported: Films about LGBTQ+ people and their communities Frontline Investigative Journalist Equity Initiative Supports mid-career journalists/reporters from underrepresented communities who are interested in investigative long-form documentary storytelling. The participants will receive support for the full trajectory of these projects from the award-winning FRONTLINE team.

From the earliest stages of research and development to production to distribution and promotion.

Projects Supported: Feature Documentaries dealing with underrepresented communities interested in investigative long-form documentary storytelling The Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship The Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship provides opportunities for U.S. citizens to participate in an academic year of overseas travel and storytelling in one, two, or three countries on a globally significant theme.

Projects Supported: writing, photography, video, audio/podcasts, maps, or graphic illustrations on Oceans, Land, Wildlife, Human History & Cultures, and Human Ingenuity The Future is Female Short Film Fund awards individual financial grants and post-production service in-kind grants twice annually to short films directed by women and non-binary filmmakers.

Projects Supported: Short films directed by women or non-binary filmmakers Getty Images - Chosen Family Grant Getty Images’ goal is to enable photographers, filmmakers and content creators to bring attention to significant social and cultural issues, as well as to take new and inspiring strides in creative work.

Projects Supported: Film and photography Ghetto Film School - The Melissa Rucker Fellows Fund A 3-year Ghetto Film School Fellows Program for two students. Fellows receive more than 1,000 hours of immersive, college-level cinematic storytelling training while getting the preparation to advance their education at top universities.

Projects Supported: Filmmakers Google Image Equity Fellowship Google’s first-ever Image Equity Fellowship is a 6-month, application-based Fellowship awarded to 20 early-career image-based creators of color in the U.S. Selected Fellows will receive $20,000 in unrestricted funds to create an image-based project that explores and uplifts community(ies) of color with care and nuance.

Projects Supported: Photography There will be ten competitive awards for feature: Best Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best International Feature, Best Director, Breakthrough Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, Outstanding Lead Performance, Outstanding Supporting Performance, and Breakthrough Performer.

All eligible submissions must meet the following criteria for competitive awards: Filmmaking with a point of view. Each Gotham Award™ will be given to individual films or performers in films where the vision of an individual director, producer, writer or writer/director is abundantly evident.

Projects Supported: Documentary films, short and feature length, series HamptonsFilm Screenwriters Lab An intimate gathering taking place each spring in East Hampton, NY, the Lab fosters emerging talent by pairing selected fellows with established writers and creative producers for a weekend of one-on-one mentorship.

Over the course of the weekend, these film industry veterans advise the participating fellows on their feature length projects in a series of individual and group development sessions Projects Supported: Feature screenplay The Harpo Foundation was established in 2006 to support emerging visual artists. The foundation seeks to stimulate creative inquiry and to encourage new modes of thinking about art.

The award provides direct support to under-recognized artists 21 years or older. Projects Supported: Visual art The Harnisch Foundation supports media activism, particularly documentary film projects that challenge social norms, elevate diverse perspectives, and create opportunities for action.

Projects Supported: Short films Hot Docs - CrossCurrents International Doc Fund Supporting interactive, short or feature-length doc projects made by filmmakers from, and telling the stories of, underrepresented and marginalized communities from around the world.

Projects Supported: Shorts and feature documentaries Hot Docs-Blue Ice Group Documentary Fund Provides financial support to African documentary filmmakers for development and production. Development grants of $3000 - $10,000 CAD and Production grants of $5000 - $40,000 CAD are awarded to approximately four to 10 projects annually.

Projects Supported: Short and feature documentaries Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund will provide successful Canadian applicants with a grant of up to 20 Projects Supported: of the total production costs to a maximum of $20,000 CAD for documentaries intended for public broadcast. Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund is dedicated to feature and short projects celebrating Canadian music.

Development and production grants range from $15,000 to $60,000 CAD. Projects Supported: Short and feature films featuring music Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Filmmaker Forum Submit your work in progress, short or feature documentary to the Southern Storytellers WIP Showcase at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival’s Filmmaker Forum.

If selected, you will have the opportunity to share a 3-5 minute clip of your work with fellow filmmakers and industry, followed by a post-screening Q&A. The Filmmaker Forum will cover the cost the travel and accommodation costs.

Projects Supported: Documentary films, short and feature length Huli/Firelight Kindling Grant The Hulu/Firelight Kindling Fund will resource three filmmakers with a $25,000 award to develop an original, non-fiction documentary feature film or limited series for a first look by Firelight Films