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ActiveFilmmakers Without Borders · 2026

Filmmakers Without Borders Grant

Quick Facts

Agency: Filmmakers Without Borders
Funding: Varies
Deadline: Check Source
Status: Active
Eligibility: Open to filmmakers worldwide.

About This Grant

Filmmakers Without Borders Grant is sponsored by Filmmakers Without Borders. Offers grants to filmmakers addressing social justice issues, which could support RedSoil Pictures' mission.

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About | Film Fellowships, Grants, & Resources FILMMAKERS WITHOUT BORDERS (FWB) is an educational nonprofit organization that is dedicated to empowering the next generation of digital storytellers.

Through various grants, educational resources, and international fellowships, FWB provides youth from underserved communities with the technical training, media literacy skills, and digital tools to leverage the creative process as a means for interpreting their role in their society. A registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. EIN: 46-5335859 https://filmmakerswithoutborders.

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svg FWB partners with a diverse range of nonprofit organizations, schools, community organizations, educational foundations, and development organizations. After working for NBC News, Gideon transitioned into the field of arts education, working with such institutions as the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts and the Tribeca Film Institute before assuming a leadership position within the NYC DOE.

As a strong advocate for minority and economically disadvantaged youth, LeMarie works closely with the Los Padres Foundation and serves as the co-director of the Young Women's Leadership Network's Bronx site. Former Executive Director of Film/Video Arts and the National Board of Review, Eileen served as Managing Director at the Tribeca Film Institute for 5 years before heading up the Center for Bronx NonProfits.

Having served as Associate Director of the Online Leadership Program at Global Kids, Juan now designs, develops, and manages system-wide media and technology education programs at the Seattle Public Library. An adjunct professor at Columbia University, a research associate at Yale's Peabody Museum, and a former leader at the American Museum of Natural History, Dr. Scott now serves as the Director of Museum Studies at Bryn Mawr College.

Before managing the Tribeca Film Institute's Youth Screening Series & Blueprint Curriculum Initiative, Flonia worked with MNN Youth Channel, Reel Works, & Rikers Island Prison and as an associate producer for WNET Channel 13. Having worked with such organizations as the Tribeca Film Institute, the Museum of the Moving Image, and the Educational Video Center in New York City, Corey leads the FILMMAKERS WITHOUT BORDERS team.

| MSc University of Oxford Honing her skills within such production companies as Scott Rudin Productions and Charlotte Street Films, Beth oversees all aspects of FILMMAKERS WITHOUT BORDERS' operations and programming.

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Partners vary from year to year. Partnerships and collaborations have included the following institutions: Donors and supporters have included the following organizations: ***UPDATE: ALL FELLOWSHIP & GRANT PROGRAMS ARE CURRENTLY ON HOLD***

Eligibility Requirements

Open to filmmakers worldwide.

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