The Tribeca Film Institute is now accepting submissions for their following programs: The TFI Documentary Fund, TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund, Tribeca All Access and the TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund. In addition to grants (ranging from $10k-$40k), these programs offer a year of support, connections and resources. Grant recipients will participate in Tribeca’s 2012 festival events. More details on each of the programs below. You can apply here by October 10.
TFI Documentary Fund: Provides grants and guidance to support exceptional character-driven, non-fiction works-in-progress that sit outside of the social issue landscape and aim to take audiences into someone else’s environment and spotlight the journey of the individual.
• Project Status: For documentary films that are in the advanced stages of development or either in production or post-production
• Region: For filmmakers based anywhere
• Funding: Grants of at least $10,000
TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund: Provides grants and professional guidance in support of innovative and compelling narrative features that offer a fresh take on scientific, mathematic and technological themes.
• Project Status: For narrative films in any stage
• Region: For filmmakers based anywhere
• Funding: Grants range from $10,000 to $40,000
Tribeca All Access: Supports working filmmakers who come from communities traditionally underrepresented in the film industry, including female filmmakers and filmmakers of color, by providing grants, access to industry contacts, workshops, panels and year-round support.
• Project Status: For documentary or narrative films that are in development or in production
• Region: For filmmakers based in the U.S. and Puerto Rico
• Funding: Grants of $10,000, with participants eligible for one of two additional $10,000 awards
TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund: Supports innovative film and video artists living and working in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America whose works reflect their diverse cultures in the documentary or mixed media form.
• Project Status: For documentary or nonfiction new media projects that are in production or post-production
• Region: For filmmakers based in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America
• Funding: Grants of at least $10,000
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