Catapult Film Fund Provides Development Grants

“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. Our mission is to enable filmmakers to develop their film projects to the next level at a moment where funding is hard to find. We support powerful stories, and moving storytelling, across a broad spectrum of issues and perspectives.”

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Whole Foods Sliver Doc Grant for Documentaries

Whole Foods Silver Docs grant: “The AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival and Whole Foods Market is currently accepting applications from filmmakers who are looking for grant money towards the development or completion of a documentary feature film project for green-themed films.” The grantees receive $25,000.

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A&E And The NYTVF Offering Guaranteed Deals For Non-Fiction Series

“Five finalists will  receive development funding from the network; one winner awarded $10,000 and  the opportunity to participate in pilot production.

A&E Network and the New York Television Festival are accepting submissions for unscripted television formats from indie producers  and doc production companies. Entries should focus on big characters in  exciting and fresh worlds that are highly entertaining and of the moment.

Submission Requirements: A short treatment (1-2 pages) describing your original  unscripted format and a brief video introducing the subject(s). Five finalists,  selected by A&E, will receive notes and $2,500 to shoot additional tape. One winner will be  awarded $10,000 and the opportunity to participate in pilot production. All 25 semi-finalists will be invited to participate at the NYTVF and will be eligible for  additional opportunities.”

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Hot Docs-Blue Ice Flim Documentary Fund for African Documentaries

Hot Docs-Blue Ice Film Documentary Fund

The Hot Docs – Blue Ice Film Documentary Fund is a grant program providing financial support to African documentary filmmakers for development and production. Development grants of $3,000 – $8,000 and Production grants of $5,000 – $40,000 are awarded to approximately four to 10 projects annually.

The $1-million fund was created to enable more African documentary filmmakers to tell their own stories and contribute to a new generation of the African documentary community. Applications are open to professional filmmakers who are citizens and residents of continental Africa and are also living and working in the region.  In addition to financing, the initiative also offers valuable resources to support production and professional development, and offers filmmakers opportunities to access the international documentary community. Through an accompanying peer-to-peer mentorship program, grantees may team with international production partners to bring their projects to international markets, festivals, broadcast and online audiences. Additionally, grantees will have travel, accommodation and accreditation support to attend Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and Hot Docs Blue Ice Filmmakers Lab.

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Heineken Voces Grant Supports Latin American Filmmakers

The Heineken Voces Grant “supports Latin American artists living in the U.S. and working  on feature-length narrative and documentary projects that offer new  perspectives on their cultural experiences.

• Project Status – For narratives: films at any stage of production from treatment to rough cut. For documentaries: films in the advanced stages of development, production and/or post-production.
• Region: For Latino filmmakers based in the United States
• Funding: Two $10,000 grants being awarded (for one feature narrative and one feature documentary)”

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Asian Cinema Fund has three grants for Asian filmmakers

“The Asian Cinema Fund is a new initiative that aims to help creative, talented Asian Filmmakers realize their artistic vision. To this end, ACF is extending its support in the following three categories: Script Development Fund, Post-Production Fund and Asian Network of Documentary (AND) fund.

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California Documentary Project offers grants for film, radio and new media

“The California Documentary Project (CDP) is a competitive grant program of the California Council for the Humanities (CCH). CDP supports the research and development, production, and public engagement stages of film, radio, and new media projects that document the California experience and explore issues of significance to Californians. Projects must approach subject matter from a humanities perspective; enhance our understanding of California and its cultures, peoples and histories; and be suitable for California and national audiences. The intent of the CDP grant program is to increase access to, understanding of, and awareness of the public humanities through the support of humanities-based documentary media productions. ”

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PUMA Offers Documentary Development Grants

“An international documentary development fund, offering 40 awards annually of up to 5,000 euros each.”

“This is a rapid response fund, providing resources in the early stages of documentary projects, to shoot and edit a film trailer. The fund is open to filmmakers of any nationality and grants will be awarded on a quarterly basis.  These awards are open to emerging and established filmmakers working anywhere in the world.
We welcome one-off, creative documentary ideas of any length and subject, in any style and form, but we are particularly keen on ideas that speak to PUMA.Vision’s core values of safe, peace and creative.”

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ITVS Funding Initiatives

ITVS (Independent Television Service) has a number of funding initiatives that are funded during various parts of each year.  They include:

• Open Call – completion grants
• International Call – brining international subject to the U.S. audience
• Diversity Development Fund – research and development grants for producers of color
• Commissioned Funding – grants given at the discretion of ITVS for projects that fall outside of the other categories

For more information, visit the ITVS funding webpage.

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Pacific Islanders in Communications offers Grants for public television programming

“The goal of Pacific Islanders in Communications is to support the development of national public broadcast programming that enhances public recognition of and appreciation for Pacific Islander history, culture, and society. PIC accomplishes this by nurturing and supporting filmmakers through its Research & Development (R&D), Production, and Completion funds. PIC staff is available to help throughout the application process and to provide feedback on all film proposals.”

The next deadline is July 29, 2011.  Click here for more information.

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