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Filmmaker’s Production Assistance Program

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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.

1. Production
2. Post-Production
3. 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