Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film International Grant

“The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film will award a $5,000 USD grant to a single completed “Short-Short” documentary film project. Our grant is open to up and coming, non-professional film makers and directors in all countries. Participant must be committed to the field of reportage and documentary filmmaking.”

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Bertha BRITDOC Fund funds journalistic documentaries

“The new Bertha BRITDOC Fund for Journalism is an international film fund dedicated to supporting long form feature documentaries of a journalistic nature.

We are looking for films that break the important stories of our time, expose injustice, bring attention to unreported issues and cameras into regions previously unseen.

This new fund recognises such films are often delicate and protracted, making them difficult to fund. With a mission to enable in-depth analysis of issues through long-form investigative filmmaking, we are particularly looking to work with filmmakers with a journalistic background or those who are collaborating with journalists.

It is key that the journalistic intent is embedded within the film itself rather than the film simply being about a journalist or journalistic institution.”

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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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Global Film Initiative offers completion grants

The Global Film Initiative is offering completion grants for films that offer an international perspective.  The grant is open to films  from Africa, Asia (excluding Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan), the Caribbean (excluding Cuba), Central and Eastern Europe (excluding European Union), Latin America, the Middle East (excluding Iran) and Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand).

Grant amount: $10,000.

Find out about his grant at The Global Film Initiative website.

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