Whole Foods Market and AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Film Festival $50,000 Environmentally-Themed Filmmaker Grant

Whole Foods Market, leading retailer of natural and organic foods, and AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival, the nation’s leading documentary festival, announce the launch of a $50,000 grant program for filmmakers working in the green film genre.

Please click here to view rules and regulations, as well to submit an application.

TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund call for entries

The TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund is awarding $140,000 in grants of $10,000 - $40,000 to narrative features at any stage from treatment to completed film. The Fund seeks narrative projects of all genres (except science fiction or fantasy) that creatively address the role of science and technology in everyday lives, or that depict the lives of scientists, engineers, innovators and mathematician in new, but still accurate, ways.

Selected projects from eligible directors, screenwriters and producers will be highlighted at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2011. In addition to funding, TFI provides guidance, introductions and industry exposure to help move selected projects closer to completion. For more info and to apply, click here.

TLAGay.com is hosting a short film contest!

For details as well as rules and regulations click here before Novemeber 1st

FAQ for Independent Filmmaking Grants

Get answers to common Filmmaking questions by clicking here.

The All Roads Seed Grant Program funds film projects by and about indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture filmmakers year-round and from all reaches of the globe. The program seeks filmmakers who bring their lives and communities to light through first-person storytelling.

Get more info here.

Deadline: September 15th and December 15th, 2010 (Submission deadlines are quarterly on each 15th of March, June, September, and December)

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides $50 million to be distributed in direct grants to fund arts projects and activities which preserve jobs in the non-profit arts sector threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn.

See the step-by-step instructions for registering here.

Deadline: Various deadlines for different grants.

The Fledgling Fund seeks to improve the lives of vulnerable individuals, families, and communities by supporting innovative media projects that target entrenched social problems.

Get more info here.

Deadline: Begins on August 23rd, 2010 and will close on October 1st, 2010.

Tribeca Film Institute Documentary Fund, presented by HBO

The TFI Documentary Fund, presented by HBO, provides grants and guidance to exceptional filmmakers developing engaging feature-length documentaries which emphasize character and that allow audiences to consider history, culture and society through the experiences of extraordinary individuals.

Get more info here.

Deadline: November 8, 2010 (Early). December 8, 2010 (Final). 

Center for Asian American Media Fund

The Center for Asian American Media provides funding and support for provocative and engaging Asian American film and media projects from independent producers. CAAM awards production and completion funds for projects intended for public television broadcast. Since 1990, more than $3 million has been granted to over 150 projects. Funding is made possible with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Get more info here.

Deadline: December 10, 2010

Creative Capital

Creative Capital is a national nonprofit organization that provides integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing adventurous projects in all disciplines: Emerging Fields, Film/Video, Innovative Literature, and Performing Arts and Visual Arts.

Get more info here.

Deadline: February 1 – March 1, 2011: Open submissions for projects in Film/Video and Visual Arts

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.

Get more info here.

Deadline: At this time there are no current guidelines or deadlines for calendar year 2010.

Film Independent

Each year, Film Independent awards a number of grants to help filmmakers with their current projects, as well as to recognize them for past accomplishment.

Get more info here. 

Deadline: Various deadlines for different grants.

PANAVISION CAMERA (New Filmmaker Equipment Grant)

Through this ongoing 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.

Get more info here. 

Deadline: Not specified.

 Oppenheimer New Filmmaker Equipment Grant Program

The Oppenheimer New Filmmaker Equipment Grant Program supports new filmmakers in producing their first serious film project by awarding the use of their grant program Arriflex 16SR camera package to senior and graduate thesis students and to independent filmmakers for a scheduled period of time.

Get more info here. 

Deadline: Not specified.