Grants For Filmmakers
18 Funding opportunities for filmmakers.
Hey creators!
We are back with another playlist, this time specifically for filmmakers.
Currently, there are (18) featured filmmaker grants.
If you are new here, welcome to Grants For Creators (GFC), a monthly newsletter where we research and curate grants and other funding opportunities for US-based creatives and small biz owners.
We aim to keep you updated with funding sources available so you can support your projects or ideas.
In addition to publishing a monthly newsletter, we create these “playlists” so you can quickly find relevant awards based on craft or identity.
Browse through all our playlists here. We keep these updated with new opportunities as we find them.
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Resources For Filmmakers
1. Tongal
Pitch your best ideas for video projects with noteworthy brands. If you’re a writer, that means submitting ideas, concepts, taglines, scripts, and more for brands and studios to expand on and turn into marketing campaigns. If you’re a filmmaker or animator, that means pitching creative briefs for the opportunity to be financed to produce video content. Learn more about Tongal here.
2. [NEW] Southern Documentary Fund Production Grants - For Filmmakers
This opportunity cultivates documentaries made in or about the American South. SDF is seeking Southern Makers who reside in or have deep roots in one of the twelve Southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, or West Virginia. This $15,000 grant is for production projects that are nonfiction documentaries. Projects must be in production. Proposals for research, development, post-production, distribution, or engagement/impact funding are not eligible to apply for this grant.
Deadline: August 15, 2025