Are you looking for funds to make your next feature film? Yes? Well, take note of the following grant opportunity courtesy The Global Film Initiative, which is awarding production grants of up to US $10,000 each to select applicants. This is their Winter granting cycle, and the deadline for submitting your application is January 15, 2010. Below is some text from The Global Film Initiative or you can go to their website for more information and to download an application.
Best of luck!
In its continuing effort to promote original filmmaking by individuals from around the world, The Global Film Initiative is pleased to announce the Winter 2010 cycle of its feature-film Production Grants program. Applications will be accepted from September 30, 2009 to January 15, 2010, and decisions will be announced in March 2010.
Global Film Initiative production grants are awarded twice a year, in winter and summer, to filmmakers whose work exhibits artistic excellence, authentic self-representation and accomplished storytelling. The granting program furthers the Initiative’s mission of contributing to the development of local film industries while offering audiences a variety of cultural perspectives on daily life around the world. Monies received through the Initiative’s granting program are used to support completion of film production, and to subsidize post-production costs, such as laboratory and sound mixing fees and access to modern editing systems. Application deadline: January 15, 2010.
The Global Film Initiative accepts grant applications from countries in the following regions: Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Asia (excluding Hong Kong, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan), and Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand).
