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Deadlines of 15 massive fellowship for filmmakers

Fellowships play a crucial role for a filmmakers career. To address this issue we have compiled for filmmakers a complete list of of 15 massive fellowships for filmmakers. This list is a comprehensive list of all fellowships available with important details and deadlines.

Film grants for aspiring directors aim art and films by supporting independent filmmakers financially.

Know The Deadlines of 15 massive fellowship for filmmakers

1.VAF:The Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) For Filmmakers

It helps in producing movies of different genres- animation, documentary, fiction and experimental. Films of all lengths are eligible. The Fund was set up in 2002 by the Flanders government and is headquartered in Brussels. There are three objectives of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund: to develop a sustainable audiovisual industry, to encourage and support upcoming audiovisual talent and to promote a vibrant audiovisual culture in Flanders. For more details, log on to – http://www.vaf.be/flanders-audiovisual-fund

2.San Francisco Film Society grant For Filmmakers

This grant supports feature narrative films that explore human and civil rights, discrimination, sexual and gender identity and other social issues through their plot, story or idea.The grants, which first began in 2009, are awarded in the spring and fall every year.  The SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grant provides encouragement and support to meaningful projects that help uplift the Bay Area filmmaking community in a great way. Apart from the cash grants, the winners will get a chance to attend free programs. For more details about this program for Filmmakers, check out – https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/grants-for-films/san-francisco-film-society-grants-for-film.html

3.Sundance Documentary Fund For Filmmakers

Sundance documentary film program offers great formal and informal support in making a film to the winners of the grant. They also become a part of the global community. The winners are also eligible for fellowship opportunities and creative labs at sundance. It supports non-fiction filmmakers all over the world in the production of cinematic documentaries on contemporary themes. Established in 2002 with founding support from Open Society Foundations, the program is a vibrant global resource for independent non-fiction storytelling. Recent projects include The SquareThe Queen of VersaillesRich HillThe Invisible War and The Genius of Marian. For more details- http://www.sundance.org/programs/documentary-film

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4.Hubert Bals Fund For filmmakers

The Hubert Bals Fund, given away by International Film Festival Rotterdam, is designed to help striking feature films by ingenious and talented filmmakers from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe on their journey to the finish. The HBF has diverse grants designated for the various levels of production. The International Film Festival Rotterdam also screens many films that are produced by HBF.

Deadline: 1st August

For more details – https://iffr.com/en/professionals/hubert_bals_fund/

5.Roy W. Dean Grant

The Roy W. Dean Grant funds features movies that are different and make an impact in the society. The grant generally encourages stories about subjects that are emotional and can connect to with the masses. The main criterion for receiving a grant is bringing alive a story that enriches people’s lives and has the potential to bring about a change.

Deadline: 30th June, 30th September 2017

For more details- http://fromtheheartproductions.com/how-to-apply-for-grants/

6.Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund

  1. The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund with support from AOL Charitable Foundation seeks feature-length documentaries that are in production or post-production with the premiere in late 2017 or 2018. The best movies bring to the fore the most critical, relevant stories affecting the world we live in today told in a humanizing, illuminating way. The movies should resonate with a wide audience.

The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund will also look for applicants whose stories: explore the biggest issues impacting women and under-resourced youth; highlight the extraordinary ways they are overcoming these challenges; celebrate the acts of courage, compassion and strength that are driving change; showcase using innovation for good; and honor and salute women leaders who are making a difference.

Deadline: Before June 2017.

For more details –https://tribecafilminstitute.org/programs/detail/gucci_tribeca_documentary_fund

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7.Doha Film Institute Grant For Filmmakers:

Doha Film Institute’s film funding initiatives offer creative and financial support to filmmakers based in Qatar and around the world, helping them to unlock their artistry, manage their productions effectively and make high-quality films.

The Institute supports emerging voices from Qatar and around the world, and provides them with creative and financial assistance so they can translate their stories into viable film projects.

The Doha Film Institute Grants Programme, which provides development, production and post-production funding to filmmakers from Qatar, and first- and second-time filmmakers from around the world.

Deadline- 1st august 2017

For more details – http://www.dohafilminstitute.com/financing

8.Panavision

The New Filmmaker Program is an ongoing grant program that loans camera packages to film schools, training programs, and independent filmmakers – at little or no charge. Panavision’s commitment to film industry’s future provides student and beginning filmmakers the opportunity to work with professional grade equipment early in their careers.

The New Filmmaker Program loans film or digital camera packages (based on availability) to filmmakers for student thesis films, “low-budget” independent features, showcase reels, Public Service Announcements, or any other type of short not-for-profit project.

For more details – http://panavision.com/new-filmmaker-program

9.BRITDOC Bertha Journalism Fund:

For Filmmakers:- This fund is for documentaries of a journalistic nature that bring important and unreported issues to the screen. The fund may go to research and development, production, editorial support, hostile environment training, and legal advice. International filmmakers are eligible and applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

For more details – https://britdoc.org/bertha-journalism/

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10.Firelight Media Documentary Lab

  1. In 2008 Firelight expanded its mission and created the Documentary Lab. The NSF will provide up to $25,000 in production and post-production funding to five to seven filmmakers who are already in the Producers’ Lab to complete innovative documentary films that tell stories about people, places, and issues that are underrepresented in the mainstream. Funded activities may include travel, shooting, editing, and other mid to completion phase activities.

For more details – http://firelightmedia.tv/make/#_next-step-fund

11.Catapult film fund

This fund, worth $20,000, gives development funding to documentary filmmakers who have a great story to tell, have visualized their story and are ready to shoot and edit a piece for production fundraising purposes.

For more details – http://catapultfilmfund.org/about-us/

12. Ford Foundation Fellowship For Filmmakers:

 Ford’s JustFilms Initiative provides an astronomical value to the recipients. With it comes an enormous amount of competition. Winning this grant becomes easier when the movie has a social angle. Ford JustFilms grants range from $50,000 to $1 million.

For more details – https://www.fordfoundation.org/people/grant-makers/

13.Miller Packan film fund

The film fund began in 2016. In its first year, grants totaling $150,000 will be awarded to between six and ten filmmakers. The fund operates an open call submission process, and awards are announced bi-annually.
Each grant is one-time only and offered in amounts in between $5,000 to $25,000. Due to the large number of submissions, their selection process is highly competitive.

For more details – http://rogovy.org/film-fund/overview/

14.The fledgling fund –

Fledgling has an open rolling application process for grants to support outreach and engagement for social issue documentary film projects that have the potential to inspire positive social change around issues that affect the most vulnerable. The fund is between $10,000 and $25,000. So, the competition is tough.

For more details – http://www.thefledglingfund.org/documentary-fund/#sthash.1keXuQI4.dpuf

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15. Rooftop film funds

Rooftop Films is a New York based non-profit whose mission is to engage diverse communities by showing independent movies in outdoor locations, producing new films, coordinating youth media education, and renting equipment at low cost to artists. There are seven subcategories in the form of grants. There are five prizes to be won in feature film.

For more details – http://rooftopfilms.com/2016/info/feature-grant-application

For more details – http://rooftopfilms.com/2016/info/feature-grant-application

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Niharika is specializing English literature from Delhi University. She is a poet, a writer and a film fanatic, and loves to get to the bottom of things. Her zest for research in the field of filmmaking makes her equipped with the nooks and corners of it.

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