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Grantwriting
Tips/Advice
So,
you want to apply to a film grant program or humanities
grant foundation to get funding for your independent film
project? Here are some tips for writing a successful grant
proposal, followed by listings for special interest funding
grants for film projects, humanities grants & foundation
resources for the arts that specifically apply to film
and video, and grant programs that offer production & finishing
funds for independent films, or donation of equipment or
production services to filmmakers before shooting a film
, etc. Please see the Film
Financing section for additional
ideas on how you can finance your independent feature film.
Elements
of a Grant Proposal
Corporation
for Public Broadcasting: Tips on Getting the Grant
A
Grant Case Study
Special
Interest Grants: Funding & Film Financing Sources
Alaska
Humanities Grant Program
Funds innovative humanities-based projects across
the state.
Bell Broadcast & New Media
Fund
The Bell Broadcast and New
Media Fund advances the Canadian broadcasting system by encouraging
and funding the creation of excellent Canadian digital media.
British Council: Arts
df
British
Columbia Film & TV Project Development Fund
Provides “market triggered” development
financing for individual projects. Applications are evaluated
on a first come/first served basis, and funding is available
until the budget for the program is expended. A non-recoupable
advance, matching up to 50% of the broadcast or distribution
commitment is available. Applicants must be British Columbia
owned and controlled production companies. International
treaty or interprovincial co-productions are eligible.
BravoFact
Bravo!FACT (Foundation to Assist Canadian
Talent) has distributed millions of dollars in grants for
the production of hundreds of shorts across Canada.
British
Columbia Film & TV Slate Development Fund
Targeted towards established producers who
have demonstrated the capacity to sustain production in British
Columbia. The program will provide a financing envelope up
to $150,000 for the development and marketing of a slate
of independent film and television productions. Slate financing
will be producer-directed and performance-based. Applicants
must be British Columbia owned and controlled production
companies. International treaty or interprovincial co-productions
are eligible to be included in the slate.
Canada
Council for the Arts Grant Calendar
Canadian Television Fund
Corporation
for Public Broadcasting: Production Funding
A major source of funding for innovative, educational and informational public
television programming.
Pacific Pioneer
Fund
To support emerging documentary filmmakers. The term "emerging" is
intended to denote a person committed to the craft of making
documentaries, who has demonstrated that commitment by several
years of practical film or video experience. Grants to support
filmmakers are limited to filmmakers or videographers who
live and work in California, Oregon and Washington. Creative
Capitol
Since
1999, Creative Capital Foundation, a New York City-based
nonprofit organization, has offered
project-based grants to individual
artists working in the visual arts, performing arts, film/video,
and in emerging fields.
The
Experimental Television Center Finishing & Presentation Funds
Provides support to electronic
media and film artists and organizations
in New York State to encourage
creative work. Finishing Funds
grants of up
to $1500 to help with the completion
of electronic media and film art
works which are currently in progress.
Presentation Funds provides
grants to not-for-profit organizations
throughout New York State. Support
is available for personal presentations
by independent electronic media
and film artists too.
Film
Arts Foundation Grants Program
The
goal of the Film Arts Foundation Grants Program is to
encourage new and diverse works by film and video
artists who have little likelihood
of being supported through traditional
funding sources. These awards are
targeted for film and videomakers
in categories that are among the
most difficult areas in which to
raise money for media projects.
Film Funding Resources: Europe & UK
Frameline
Completion Fund
Submissions are accepted for documentary,
educational, narrative, animation, or experimental projects
by or about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and
their communities. The Fund also seeks to bring new work to
under served audiences; with this in mind, we especially encourage
applications by women and people of color.
The
Fund for Jewish Documentary Filmmaking
Developed in 1996 with a lead grant of $650,000 from the Righteous
Persons Foundation, established by Steven Spielberg, and recently
received an additional $1 million from the Righteous Persons
Foundation and another $1 million from the Revson Foundation.
The Fund is designed to support the creation of original documentary
films and videos that promote thoughtful consideration of Jewish
history, culture, identity, and contemporary issues among diverse
public audiences.
Independent Production Fund
The Independent Production Fund is a private independent
Foundation established to assist independent production companies
to finance the production of Canadian television drama series
for private sector broadcasters.
Kodak Student Film
Production Grants
The Student Filmmaker Program is
Kodak's initiative to help support future filmmakers and
encourage excellence in the field of motion picture education.
Media Darlings Guerilla Filmmaking Grant
Established
to foster creative, resourceful filmmaking among artists
who choose to work outside of the mainstream, 2x a year $1,000
is awarded to make an entire feature film, a DVD release
of the movie provided upon completion, and DIY marketing advice.
Montana
Edit Grants
Montana
Edit offers its editing services free of charge to worthy projects.
Grants are made to documentary projects, up to ten per year.
Each project chosen receives in-kind services worth up to $50,000
per project
National
Film Board of Canada Filmmaker Assistance Program
ITVS
Funding (Public Television)
Each year ITVS funds, distributes and promotes
new programs produced by independent producers...ITVS
is looking for proposals which increase diversity on
public television and present a range of subjects, viewpoints
and forms that complement and challenge existing public
television offerings.
The
Jan Vrijman Fund
Provides financial means for documentary projects which
are aimed at research and script development, production
and post-production, distribution and sales.
The Jerome Foundation
Supports the creation and production of new artistic works
by emerging artists in Minnesota or the five boroughs
of New York City.
Marin Arts
Council
Individual Artist Grants are unrestricted awards given annually.
Grants are awarded to artists residing in Marin County (SF
Bay Area) working in a variety of media based solely on the
quality of artwork submitted
The Maryland Humanities Council's Grant Program
Supports
public humanities programs that engage Maryland 's residents
in exploring the rich and varied aspects of the human experience.
MoxieDocs Co-production Award
Open for submissions – rolling submission
basis (no deadlines). Over $150,000 in products and services including: Panasonic
HD 24P Camera package access, production budgeting/scheduling
software, post-production services, theatre screening access
(Academy Awards qualifying 7 consecutive days run), expendables
and more.
NAATA
Media Fund
interested in projects that examine the social
issues intertwined with societal/historical changes in America
from Asian Pacific American points of view
NYFA
Artists's Fellowships
Artists' Fellowships are $7,000 cash
awards made to individual originating artists living and working
in the state of New York for use in career development. Grants
are awarded in 16 artistic disciplines, with applications accepted
in eight categories each year.
National
Black Programming Consortium: Annual Open Call
Seeking contemporary films about the African American
and African Diaspora experience for the National PBS Schedule. open
to all producers and directors who are creating work about
the African American and African Diaspora Experience. NBPC
funding awards range from $1,000 to $80,000 to begin or complete
a project.
National Endowment for the Humanities
An independent grant-making agency of the United States government
dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation,
and public programs in the humanities.
Oppenheimer Camera New Filmmaker
Equipment Grant
A grant to support new filmmakers
in producing their first serious film project by awarding
the use of the Grant Program Arriflex 16SR camera package
to senior and graduate thesis students and to independent
filmmakers for a scheduled period of time.
Panavision Camera New Filmmaker
Equipment Grant Program
Through this onoging program, Panavision donates the use of
16mm or 35mm motion picture camera equipment to filmmakers
who are making Public Service Announcements, Showcase Reels, “Low-Budget” Independent
Features or any other type of Short, Non-Profit films.
The Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media
Supports
media activism and grassroots organizing by funding the
pre-production and distribution of social issue film and
video projects, and the production and distribution of radio
projects. In order to qualify, proposed film and video projects
must promote social change in their treatment of themes such
as political and economic injustice, racial and gender justice,
sexual politics, AIDS, censorship, cultural wars, militarism
and environmental justice. Grants vary with a maximum award
of $15,000 (most grants are from $3000 to $8000).
Rhode
Island Committee on the Humanities Grants
Deadlines and an application checklist for the grants
offered by this organization for media production
and script development.
The Roy W. Dean Film and Writing
Grants
From the Heart Productions is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization
dedicated to funding films that are “unique and make
a contribution to society”
Sacramento
International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Completion
Fund
The grants will be awarded to filmmakers in No. CA who are currently producing
films that have a gay, bisexual or transexual/ transgendered theme and will
be made in the range of $500 - $1,000. Preferably the grants will be awarded
to films in post-production as well as video-to-film transfer.
Solaris
Entertainment Completion Partners Fund
Solaris created
a "Finishing
Fund" to
support fellow indie filmmakers who seek the financial
and technical resources necessary to complete their films.
Greg and Gavin O'Connor originally created the Completion
Partners as a response to their own efforts in trying
to raise the capital to complete post-production for
their film Tumbleweeds. In addition to financing the
completion of these films, the Completion Partners Fund
will offer the expertise necessary to help navigate the
post-production waters, enabling filmmakers to get the
film they envision to the market in the most effective
way. They will be instrumental in the films' promotion,
festival strategy, and sales strategy. Solaris will provide
the capital to complete post-production on three to five
independent features each year.
Southern
Humanities Media Fund
Devoted to exploring topics of widespread Southern significance
and of regional or national interest, with an emphasis on
analytical and interpretive documentaries. Only considers projects
developed or sponsored by non-profit organizations or governmental
agencies.
Sundance Documentary Fund
Supports U.S. and international
documentary films and videos focused on current and significant issues
and movements in contemporary human rights, freedom
of expression, social justice, and civil liberties.
Development funds are available for projects in the
research or preproduction phase. Grants in this category range up to $15,000.Work
in progress projects must be in production or postproduction. These submissions
are eligible for the maximum grant award of $75,000, but generally, awards
in this category will range from $20,000 to $50,000.
Telefilm
Canada: Low Budget Independent Feature Film Assistance
Program
Launched in 2000 as a complementary creator
program of the Canada Feature Film Fund, LIFAP operates with
an annual budget of approximately $1.7 million, and is designed
to support director-driven projects, from both emerging and
established filmmakers, up to an amount of $900,000 per project.
Texas
Filmmakers Production Fund
An annual grant awarded to emerging film and video artists
(varied genres) in the state of Texas.
Grants/Foundation
Information and Resources
Arts
and Humanities Grant Info
MPTV.com Funding Sources
Foundation Center
SRA
International Grantsweb
Fundsnet
Grantwriting Resources
Writers Guild of Canada: Development Resources
Funding
Resources from the Fund for Women Artists
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