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Find similar grantsMoving Image Grants is sponsored by LEF Foundation. LEF is a private family foundation that invests in documentary film and video projects demonstrating excellence in technique, originality of vision and voice, and creativity in form. They offer pre-production, production, and post-production funding.
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Moving Image Fund - LEF Foundation The goal of LEF New England is to fund the work of independent documentary film and video artists in the region and to broaden recognition and support for their work, both locally and nationally. It also supports programs that highlight the rich history and ongoing legacy of innovation within New England’s independent film community.
LEF New England launched the Moving Image Fund (MIF) in 2001 to support new film and video work. The Moving Image Fund provides funding across all phases of production, supporting films from the early risk-taking stage, through a film’s completion. Since its inception, LEF’s Moving Image Fund has awarded over 500 grants to New England-based independent filmmakers with over $5.
5 million in funding. The overarching goal of LEF New England’s philanthropic investment is to help build a sustainable and strong community of support for artists and their work over time.
Individual creative voices: We are committed to supporting the individual creative voices of artists, and encouraging filmmakers to refine their unique lens and opportunity for meaning-making in work that is provocative, heartfelt, and challenging in style and substance.
Artistic risk-taking: We are committed to supporting nascent vision and creative risks that are a part of the process of making a film, which might be expressed as playfulness, provocation, or experimentation in form and/or content. LEF is deeply rooted in its origins as an arts funder.
Creative growth and capacity-building: We are committed to nurturing and maintaining the creative growth of filmmakers, knowing that an individual artist’s evolution has ripple effects within the community they’re a part of. Diversity in all forms: We are committed to considering how each group of supported projects reflects the diversity of the community of filmmakers living and working in New England.
Relationship-building: We are committed to being in dialogue with filmmakers over time and to building relationships through our peer review process , as well as by offering peer review feedback as a form of constructive in-kind support and mentorship.
Consistent support: We are committed to offering consistency in our grantmaking, maintaining a predictable calendar, support for feature-length works, and similar grant amounts for each phase. Applicants are also able to re-apply.
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Written proposal adapted from the Documentary Core Application checklist
Summary or full line-item budget depending on stage
Work samples (current footage from project, or two past samples for Early Development)
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Feature-length documentary film and video projects. Primary creative personnel must reside in California or the New England region. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Moving Image Grants is funded by LEF Foundation. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in California. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
Applications go through the funder's official portal — the Apply Now link on this page goes there directly.
The solicitation lists 4 required documents: written proposal (Nonfiction Core Application format), project budget summary, film/video work sample (up to 10 min), and confirmed 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor. Check the official notice for formatting and page-limit rules.