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Documentary Grants - 2024

IDFA Bertha Fund

Underrepresented Countries Fund

The IDFA Bertha Fund is the only fund in the world dedicated solely to stimulating and empowering the creative documentary sector in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Oceania.

Diversity Development Fund

Documentary Fund for US Filmmakers

Diversity Development Fund gives producers of color up to $25,000 in research and development funding so you can develop your documentary for public media.

AAAS Science Journalism Awards

Fund for Journalists

The AAAS Science Journalism Awards have honored professional journalists for distinguished reporting on the sciences, engineering, and mathematics.

DEI Film Grant

Sports and Trail Running

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Film Grant Fund provides intentional support and funding to amplify women, BIPOC & LGBTQ+ centered stories that celebrate running across the spectrum of cultural experiences.

Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund

Music Documentaries in Canada

This documentary fund is dedicated to filmmakers telling engaging, high-quality stories that embrace music artists in all its forms and that demonstrate Canadian music’s role in the world.

Catapult Film Fund

Fund Documentaries in the US

We provide development funding up to $20,000 to documentary filmmakers who have a strong story to tell, have secured access, and are ready to create a fundraising piece to help unlock critical production funding.