Lynn Shelton “Of A Certain Age” Grant
Northwest Film Forum
DEADLINE: August 2, 2022
INFO: Now in its third year, the Lynn Shelton “Of A Certain Age” grant awards $20,000 to a US-based woman, non-binary, or transgender filmmaker, age 39 or older, who has yet to direct a narrative feature. Similar to the previous iteration, the grant will be a national open call, and seeks to recognize a film director for their distinct vision, storytelling, and singularity.
nwfilmforum.slideroom.com/#/Login
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FEMME FRONTERA FILMMAKER SHOWCASE
DEADLINE: August 5, 2022
INFO: The Femme Frontera Filmmaker Showcase is an annual film festival held in El Paso, Texas, which celebrates short films made by women and nonbinary filmmakers from around the world, most especially women of color from border communities. Created in 2016, the festival is run by a collective of six women filmmakers from the U.S.-Mexico border region. Femme Frontera has been featured in Variety Magazine, Texas Monthly magazine, and Remezcla. In 2018, the Showcase was listed as one of the top film festivals for female filmmakers.
The Femme Frontera Filmmaker Showcase, a 1.5 hour program, goes on tour each year and has screened at the following locations:
Echo Park Film Center Los Angeles, CA, Relativity School Los Angeles, CA, Southwestern University Georgetown, TX, Indie Grits Film Festival Columbia, SC, UWM Milwaukee, WI, 516 ARTS Albuquerque, NM, Cine Las Americas Austin, TX, San Diego, CA, Art Theater Champaign, IL and Cine Festival San Antonio, TX.
Though priority will be given to filmmakers who were born, live, and/or created their short films in El Paso, TX, Las Cruces, NM, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico and their surrounding communities, FFFS welcomes short film submissions made by all women and non-binary filmmakers, most especially BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), Migrant, Mexican, Mexican-American, Transfronterizx, and/or LGBTQIA filmmakers from around the world.
RULES:
Open to shorts under 20 minutes in length.
Projects must be DIRECTED by WOMEN and NON-BINARY filmmakers ONLY. Any genre accepted. Priority will be given to stories told by immigrants, people of color, the LBGTQ community, and most especially films that take place along border regions around the world.
filmfreeway.com/FemmeFronteraFilmmakerShowcase
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PBS/Firelight William Greaves Production Fund
PBS / Firelight Media
DEADLINE: August 8, 2022
INFO: The PBS/Firelight William Greaves Production Fund will resource documentary productions by mid-career filmmakers from diverse communities in the United States that are intended for distribution on PBS through finishing funds or co-production funding.
The Fund is designed to address the persistent structural challenges many filmmakers face after producing their first films, so that they can remain in the field and continue to create vital stories focused on underrepresented people and topics. Within the Greaves Fund, Firelight Media and PBS will hold an open call for filmmakers to submit projects for potential funding by PBS.
ELIGIBILITY: The PBS/Greaves Fund is open to documentary filmmakers who meet the following criteria:
Identifies as Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color.
Mid-Career filmmaker with a minimum of 7 years experience in documentary filmmaking.
Producer, Director, and/or Co-Director credit on a minimum of 2 hours of distributed films of any genre via Broadcast, VOD and streaming, and/or an Academy Award qualifying festival.
Is a resident of the United States or U.S. territory (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S. Samoa, Guam/Northern Mariana Islands).
Secured a minimum of 20% of the total Production budget.
Holds a minimum of 50% of the Copyright to the production.
firelightmedia.submittable.com/submit
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Writer’s Vision Grant
The Black List / Warby Parker
DEADLINE: August 15, 2022
INFO: The Black List and Warby Parker have partnered to create the Writer’s Vision Grant, which will award $20,000 each to three aspiring writers in film, television, and theater. Each writer will receive $20,000 to either film a short proof of concept based on their feature screenplay, develop a new theatrical work for the stage, or develop and write an original television pilot script.
The Writer’s Vision Grant will foster and celebrate scripts that harness and explore creativity, diversity, inclusion, empathy, and innovation in their storytelling.
Writers are invited to submit their work for consideration by uploading it directly to the Black List website. Writers can opt-in to the opportunity until midnight on August 15, 2022. Though writers can submit work of any genre, the scripts should avoid violence, illegal activity, drugs/alcohol use, and overly explicit content.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
Submission Period Closes August 15, 2022
Short List Writers Notified August 16, 2022
Personal Statements Due August 23, 2022
Final Participants Notified September 16, 2022
* In order for new script evaluations to qualify for consideration for the Grant, they must be purchased by midnight on the Evaluations Deadline. Please note, purchase of an evaluation is not required for consideration. However we strongly encourage having your script evaluated.
This partnership marks the sixth year of collaboration between the Black List and Warby Parker. In previous years, Warby Parker presented Black List Live!, a series of live readings of unproduced scripts from up-and-coming creative talent. Previous live readings include: CHARMING by Elliot Owen, featuring Rachel McAdams and Adam Scott; SAVING CHAPLIN by Justin Shady, starring Jon Hamm and Randall Park; and EL FUEGO CALIENTE by Ben Schwartz, starring Schwartz and Don Cheadle.
ABOUT WARBY PARKER
Warby Parker was founded with a mission: to inspire and impact the world with vision, purpose, and style.
Headquartered in New York City, the co-founder-led lifestyle brand pioneers ideas, designs products, and develops technologies that help people see, from designer-quality prescription glasses (starting at $95) and contacts, to eye exams and vision tests available online and in more than 160 retail stores across the U.S. and Canada.
Warby Parker aims to demonstrate that businesses can scale while doing good in the world. Ultimately, the brand believes in vision for all, which is why for every pair of glasses or sunglasses sold, a pair is distributed to someone in need through their Buy a Pair, Give a Pair program. To date, Warby Parker has worked alongside its nonprofit partners to distribute more than 10 million glasses to people in need.
Writing has always been an important cultural pillar for Warby Parker—the brand name is made up of two characters from a Jack Kerouac journal, Warby Pepper and Zagg Parker. In the past, Warby Parker has teamed up with writers, written and published books under Warby Parker Press, and partnered with the Black List to support up-and-coming filmmakers. The brand is excited to continue this tradition with the Writer’s Vision Grant.
blcklst.com/partnerships/opportunities/116
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Canadian Women Artists’ Award
New York Foundation for the Arts / Canadian Women’s Club
DEADLINE: August 30, 2022
INFO: The Canadian Women Artists’ Award is a $5,000 cash grant open to Canadian women artists ages 25-40 in New York State. The CWAA is an unrestricted cash grant and can be used in any manner the recipient deems necessary to further their artistic goals.
In 2022, CWC and NYFA will be awarding three (3) $5,000 awards, one in each of the following categories:
Visual Arts: Painting, Photography, Craft/Sculpture, Printmaking/Drawing, or Interdisciplinary Work
Media and Design: Video/Film, Experimental Sound, or Design
Literary Arts: Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, or Playwriting/Screenwriting
ELIGIBILITY:
The Canadian Women Artists’ Award is open to Canadian women artists living in New York State who meet the following requirements:
Must be a Canadian citizen, and able to provide proof of citizenship with legal documentation upon receipt of the award.
Must be between the ages of 25 and 40 before the application deadline.
Must be a current resident of New York State.
Must apply in only one of the eligible discipline categories.
Must be the originators of the work.
Must not be a previous recipient of the Canadian Women Artists’ Award.
Must not be a NYFA employee, member of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, and/or an immediate family member of any of the previous.
Students in bachelor’s or master’s degree programs are eligible to apply.
ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT:
NYFA is committed to supporting artists from every background, and at all stages in their creative careers. We strongly encourage artists of color, LGBTQ+ artists, artists with disabilities, and artists living outside of the metropolitan area to apply.
To request an accommodation or assistance in applying, please email CWAA@nyfa.org. We ask that requests for accommodation be made as soon as possible, or by Tuesday, August 9, 2022, to allow adequate time for staff to support you in submitting an application before the deadline.
https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/canadian-women-artists-award/
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Catapult Development Grant
Catapult Film Fund
DEADLINE: August 31, 2022
INFO: Catapult gives early support to propel projects forward that hold the promise of a story that should be uniquely told in film.
We provide development funding, up to $20,000, to documentary filmmakers who have a strong story to tell, have secured access, and are ready to create a fundraising piece to help unlock critical production funding. We enable filmmakers to develop their projects to the next level, at the early stage when funding is hard to find. We support powerful and moving storytelling, by filmmakers with a strong voice across a broad spectrum of subject matter.
Catapult is not tied to any specific social issue agenda. We support and encourage nonfiction filmmakers to tell a full range of stories on film in whatever form fits the film and artist. As a result our Catapult supported films can range widely in style and scope.
ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants must be 18 years of age or older. Catapult does not fund student films.
Documentaries must be 28 minutes or longer in length. We do not fund series.
Animation is okay. Documentary/narrative hybrids will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Development funds must specifically be used for the process of completing a fundraising piece, which may include writing, shooting and editing once story and characters are in place.
Applicants must own the copyright of their production, and have artistic, budgetary and editorial control over their project.
Applicants should preferably have previous film or television production experience in a principal role (director, co-director, producer, co-producer) as demonstrated by submitting previously completed work sample. Applicants who have not yet produced or directed their own feature length documentary should demonstrate that they will be working with an experienced filmmaker in a principal role.
Catapult only makes grants to 501(c)(3) organizations. In most cases, this will mean getting a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor for the project. A film production company or individual, including applicants from outside the US, may submit an application without a fiscal sponsor in place. Please see the FAQ section for more details.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
Creative, artful, compelling and innovative storytelling techniques
Strong story narrative at the core of the film
A unique perspective or approach; use of humor a plus
Contemporary relevance
Feasibility of the project with respect to its budget, financing, schedule and scope
Demonstrated ability of the creative team to have implemented previous projects
Grant amount should have significant impact on development stage of the project
Emphasis on the story not the lesson or agenda of the filmmaker
Filmmakers must demonstrate credible access and rapport with the proposed subject(s) of the story.
Originality of form, approach or content
Potential of the project to generate public discourse and social engagement
GUIDELINES:
Catapult Film Fund development grants range from $5000 to $20,000.
Catapult accepts applicants who can arrange to have a US 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor.
Catapult may contact the applicant with questions about the proposal.
Grantees must submit two financial reports during the course of the grant period: an interim report, which will accompany a narrative report; and a final financial report to be submitted once the grant is complete.
Grantees must submit at the end of the grant period an edited piece that can be used for production fundraising.
Catapult Film Fund support must be acknowledged with a tag line and logo–of similar size and stature to other logos in the credits–at the end credits of the film as well as on all publicity and promotional materials relating to the production.
Catapult will not return DVDs to applicants.
catapultfilmfund.org/how-to-apply/
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2022 LATINX LIST
The Black List
DEADLINE: September 2, 2022
INFO: For the third year in a row, the Black List has partnered with the Latin Tracking Board, NALIP, and the Untitled Latinx Project to create the Latinx List, highlighting the very best in Latinx storytelling in film and television.
Filmmakers and content creators are invited to submit a script for consideration by uploading it to The Black List website during Summer 2022. The submission period for this year is June 21, 2022 through September 2, 2022 with an evaluation purchase deadline of August 2, 2022. Feature film, one-hour, and half-hour original pilot submissions will be considered for this opportunity (no webseries, theatrical scripts, or documentaries, please.) The final Latinx List will include 5 feature film scripts and 5 pilot scripts. Scripts from any genre are eligible for this partnership. Selected scripts will be written by at least one Latinx writer and feature a Latinx or Latin American character in a prominent role.
Writers selected for the Latinx List will be notified of their placement in Fall 2022 with a public announcement to follow. Further, Netflix has committed to offering WGA minimum script deals to two of the ten writers selected for this year’s Latinx List. Writers retain the right to decline a deal if offered.
REQUIREMENTS:
Writers should be Latinx and currently residing currently in the US - any country of origin or other status is fine
Any kind of story is eligible and will be considered
All scripts must have one Latinx character in a prominent, lead role
Scripts can be bilingual as long as they are written primarily in English
Original feature films, half-hours and one-hour pilots considered, no webseries or documentaries
All levels of experience considered for submitting writers
Writing teams are eligible as long as one member of the team identifies as Latinx.
Scripts submitted should be as free from attachments as possible
blcklst.com/partnerships/opportunities/120
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MACDOWELL FELLOWSHIP
MacDowell
DEADLINE: September 10, 2022 at 11:59pm EST*
PROCESSING FEE: $30
INFO: MacDowell is a fellowship and residency program for writers, visual artists, composers, filmmakers, playwrights, interdisciplinary artists, and architects. About 300 artists are awarded Fellowships each year and the sole criterion for acceptance is artistic excellence.
There are no residency fees. Need-based travel grants and stipends are available to open the residency experience to the broadest possible community of artists. Artists with professional standing in their fields, as well as emerging artists, are eligible to apply.
MacDowell encourages artists from all backgrounds and all countries in the following disciplines: architecture, film/video arts, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre, and visual arts. Any applicant whose proposed project does not fall clearly within one of these artistic disciplines should contact the admissions department for guidance. We aim to be inclusive, not exclusive in our admissions process.
MacDowell is currently accepting applications for the Spring Summer 2023 residency season (March - August 2023) and has suspended a longstanding admissions requirement that applicants supply reference letters as part of the application process.