{"id":1593,"date":"2025-09-24T11:14:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T15:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/orcs\/?p=1593"},"modified":"2025-10-02T09:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:43:11","slug":"film-media-funding-ay25-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/orcs\/2025\/09\/24\/film-media-funding-ay25-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Film & Media Funding: AY25\u201326"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many School of Film, Television, and Media Arts faculty have expressed interest in finding funding for narrative and documentary film, as well as media projects. ORCS has prepared a list of film and media funders to get you started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of these funders make awards to individual artists, while others may require a fiscal sponsor. Emerson can serve as a fiscal sponsor many of those cases. For more details, please contact ORCS<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Funder Name<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Film Independent Sloan Distribution Grant<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Film Type\/Topic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Narrative fiction feature film related to science, technology or economics in distribution phase
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Next Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applications open on a rolling basis
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CAAM Documentary Fund <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Documentaries for public television about Asian Americans: production or post-production
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October 20, 2025 (expected) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mass Cultural Council Grants for Creative Individuals<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Grants for Creative Individuals are unrestricted grants of $5,000 to Massachusetts artists, culture bearers, and creative practitioners to equitably advance creative expression throughout our diverse communities.
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October 28, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Roy W. Dean Grant (From the Heart Productions) <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction short; fiction feature; documentary short; documentary feature; TV, web, or new media series.
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October 31, 2025
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Rauschenberg Emergency Grants<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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supports artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts
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November 4, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sundance Documentary Film Program<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Non-fiction projects, priority to raising underrepresented voices
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Early 2026 (expected)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rauschenberg Emergency Grants<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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supports artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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January 6, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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NEH Media Projects Grants<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Documentary films, radio programs, podcasts that engage with humanities: development, production & distribution
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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January 15, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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LEF Foundation Moving Image Fund<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Documentary film, new works by New England filmmakers: Production or Post-Production only<\/strong>
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January 16, 2026 (expected)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Doc Society Climate Story Fund<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Long form, shorts or episodic documentaries, podcasts, radio documentaries engaging in climate conversation
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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March 9, 2026 (expected)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Roy W. Dean Grant (From the Heart Productions) <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction short; fiction feature; documentary short; documentary feature; TV, web, or new media series.
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March 31, 2026
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Short Film Grant (From the Heart Productions) <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction short; documentary short;
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April 29, 2026
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SFFILM Rainin Grant Program<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Narrative feature films that address social justice issues: screenwriting, development, or post-production
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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May 16, 2026 (expected)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ASIFA-Hollywood Faculty Grant Program<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Designed to provide support for individuals or groups with expenditures associated with research, scholarly activity, or creative projects in the field of animation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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May 23, 2026 (expected)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Latino Public Broadcasting Public Media Content Fund<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Documentaries & limited series on the Latino experience: production & post-production, limited research & development funds
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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June 2026 (expected) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Roy W. Dean Grant (From the Heart Productions) <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction short; fiction feature; documentary short; documentary feature; TV, web, or new media series.
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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June 30, 2026
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ITVS Diversity Development Fund<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Applicants of color working on standard-length non-fiction projects that have not begun production
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August 2026 (expected)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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LEF Foundation Moving Image Fund<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Documentary film, new works by New England filmmakers: Early Development\/Pre-production only<\/strong>
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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August 8, 2026 (expected)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Southern Documentary Fund Production Grant<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Documentary producers with deep roots in southern states: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV. Projects in production only.
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August 15, 2026 (expected)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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