DEADLINE: APRIL 15TH, ANNUALLY.
ELIGIBILITY: FULL MEMBERS APPLYING FOR INDEPENDENT PROJECTS
Resources:
Production Assistance Grant Application – Online Form
Grant Guidelines – PDF
Application Checklist – PDF
Budget Template – Excel/Numbers/Google Sheets
Note: Once you start the grant application process, it must be finished in one sitting. It cannot be saved and returned to later.
- Production
- Post-Production
- Distribution
Each year, the Filmpool distributes $10,000 among applicants as recommended by an independent jury of peers ratified by the Board of Directors. In addition, up to $10,000 in equipment & facility deferrals will be awarded under the same conditions.
Production grants will be applied for, as either an established or emerging filmmaker.
- Established applicants may apply for up to $2,500 in funding and $2,500 in equipment deferral.
- Emerging filmmakers are eligible for up to $800 in funding and $1,000 in equipment deferral.
- The production coordinator or jury may, at their discretion, shift an application to or from either the established or emerging category as they see fit.
Post-production grants may apply for up to $2,500 in funding and $1,000 in facility deferral.
Distribution grants may apply for up to $1,000 in funding.
Examples of past successful grants:
Emerging Artist Narrative fiction grant
Emerging Artist Documentary grant
Emerging Artist Experimental grant