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Open Call (Government, Public, and Private Foundations)
Armed
With A Camera Fellowship (public + community-specific)
CPB
(Corporation For Public Broadcasting)
(public)
Creative Capital (private)
ITVS (Independent Television
Services) (public)
LA-CAD (Los
Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs) (government)
Pacific
Pioneer Fund
(private)
By Nomination (Private Foundations)
The Program
for Media Artists
Herb
Alpert Awards
MacArthur
Foundation Fellow Program(AKA "Genius Award")
Completion Grants
The Durfee Foundation
Experimental Television Center (see Residencies)
Frameline
Completion Fund (community specific)
Distribution
Paul Robeson Fund
for Independent Media
Community Specific
NAATA (National
Asian American Telecommunications Association)
Frameline Completion Fund (see Completion Grants)
Armed With A Camera Fellowship (see Open Call)
Activist/Community-Based Projects
California
Community Foundation
The Funding Exchange
Many of these are adminstered through non-profit (501C3)
organizations
Residencies
Banff Center
Djerassi
Resident Artists Program
Experimental
Television Center
Travel Grants
The Durfee Foundation
The Fulbright Program
(CIES)
Other Resources
Alliance
of Artist Communities
California
Arts Council
Film Arts
Foundation
Ford Foundaton
Media, Arts, and Culture Grants
The Foundation
Center
LA
Freewaves
NAMAC (National
Alliance for Media Arts and Culture)
National Association
of Artists' Organzations
Sundance
Institute
RES ARTIS
Women in the
Director's Chair
Funding Sources Presented
by Students
http://www.documentaries.org/filmmakers/resources.htm
The site above contains funding links to such organizations as The
Independant Television Service, Nationa Endowment for the Humanities,
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Indie Scene on PBS, The
Paul Robeson Fund for Independant Media, The Association of Independant
Video and Filmmakers(AIVF), and others. The site has other links
not just for funding but for media organization, distribution, publications,
festivals, production, editing & technology, etc.
http://www.womenarts.org
From the women arts site, click on "Resources/Links." There you
will find a few links for Funding Sources for Film/Video Projects.
It seems to have some good future funding, some only for women I
believe.
http://www.northernvisions.org/funding.htm
The northern visions site doesn't give funding, but gives a good
outline and guidlines to follow for writing a grant proposal or
requestiong money for film/video projects.
(Submitted by Jose Calderon)
Anthony Radziwill Documentary
Fund to Provide Seed Funds for New Projects
Deadline: March 1, 2004
The Anthony Radziwill Documentary
Fund provides grants to emerging and established documentary filmmakers
in the form of development funds for specific projects. Administered
by IFP/New York ( http://www.ifp.org/
), the fund seeks to provide an additional source of funding for
independent nonfiction filmmakers at the earliest stage of new work.
Grants will be awarded to documentary
projects that are seeking funds needed for research, treatment,
and script development, initial interviews, the production of trailers/clips
for further funding needs, etc. Proposed films and videos on the
arts, humanities, societal issues, contemporary political issues,
history, andpersonal documentaries are all encouraged. The fund
supports a range of work, from the traditionally researchedand structured
to work that is more creatively risky and formally challenging.
In all cases the fund looks to support work that will be artistically
significant and
culturally important.
Grants are intended for feature-length
nonfiction projects (more than fifty minutes) and are awarded to
individuals with creative and financial control over the project.
The grantee must be a legal resident of the United States and be
18 years of age or older. Projects should be intended
for general audiences and for wide distribution via theatrical,
television, and festival markets.
See the IFP/New York Web site for complete application
information.
RFP Link: http://www.ifp.org/docfund
The
Chesterfield Writer’s Film Project
The Chesterfield Writer’s Film Project is a program that gives
5 screenwriters a $20,000 stipend each year in order to pursue his/her
work. The winners are chosen through competition with their prose
and dramatic writing samples, and upon receiving the award, they
must complete two
feature length screenplays in the fellowship year. Throughout the
process, executives from the parent company, Paramount Pictures,
assist the writers and serve as mentors. The hope is that they will
either create a screenplay that could be turned into a major motion
picture, or exhibit enough talent
to warrant consideration for future major projects. At the end of
the year, the writers are introduced to various agents and production
companies, and are expected to use their two pieces as supplements
to their résumés.
The application process is fairly
simple, and open to both established artists and those with no professional
experience. The only restriction is that the writers must use fiction,
theater, or film styles in their sample work. They must attach this
work to two copies of the application form and
a non-refundable $39.50 fee. The entire process and an application
form can both be found here:
http://www.chesterfield-co.com/html/application_process.html.
The deadline for last year’s
contest was June 21st, but the website does not have this year’s
deadline posted yet. However, it mentions that they usually notify
participants of their status during the following October, with
the workshop beginning in December. If anyone is interested, I
recommend checking the website for updates, or emailing them for
more information at info@chesterfield-co.com.
(submitted by Dorian Bunker Pardo)
www.documentaries.org
This
organization gives support to the up coming filmmaker by providing
them with resources other than money. They provide places to work,
technology to help develop the film project, etc. Unfortunately
they are located in Massachusetts, so unless you live there it is
not really a good resource.
(submitted by Marnie Benney)
Roy
W. Dean Film and Video Grant
Purpose: To aid in funding film/video projects (any length) that
are unique and benefits society
Deadline: June 30, 2004
Application Fee: ($28 students, $38 non-students)
Required: 2-page proposal, sample works on VHS
The winner receives thousands of dollars in film/video services
(camera rentals, film stock, video tapes, processing, lighting rental,
editing suite time, music, screening at the Wilshire, etc.). Grants
are available in both New York and LA and they may be for short
or long projects. You may apply for more than one grant (video/film)
and more than one city.
Aperture
Film Grant
Purpose: To promote creativity, diversity, and excellence in short
film
Award: $10,000
Deadline: September 30
Requirements: Entire project must be completed for less than $20,000.
Film Grant Databases
http://www.filmfestivaltoday.com/grants.asp
http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3film.htm
(submitted
by Darren McKay)
Marin
Arts Council Individual Arts Grants
The Individual Artist Grants are unrestricted awards given annually
to Marin artists through the Marin Arts Council. Grants are awarded
to artists working in a variety of media based solely on the quality
of artwork submitted. The granting cycle is September to June and
categories are funded biennially.
(submitted by Kurosh Hashemi)
Atlantic
Center for The Arts
(submitted by Bennett Erickson)
Warhol
Foundation
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual ArtsEstablished following
Andy Warhol’s death in 1987, The Andy Warhol Foundation for
the Visual Arts provides monetary grants for nonprofit organizations
that support visual arts. More specifically, the foundation is generally
interested in supporting ‘experimental and challenging’
work. As the grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations (i.e.
film festivals, museums, etc…), they tend to be on the large
side. It is apparent from the “Recently Awarded Grants”
section of the website that grants range from $40,000 to $100,000.
Instead of providing an application, the foundation requests that
grant seekers write a letter detailing their goals and budgetary
needs. Applications are reviewed twice per year.
(submitted by Calvin Synder)
World
Studio
World studio offers scholarships in the amounts of $1000 to $3000.
Entries must be received by March 18, 2005 for the 2005/2006 year.
Students must reapply for scholarships annually.
Students planning on starting businesses should take note to these
programs. Programs like these can help further subsidize the cost
of a college education so you have better credit to borrow to start
a business. The website also features samples of work by past members
of the program.
(submitted by David Coleman)
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