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List of the Best Documentary Grants to Fund Your Film

For filmmakers around the world, the documentary grants directory guides you to opportunities on how to fund your documentary.

Funding for Documentary Filmmakers

Sundance Institute Sandbox Fund

Science and Technology Documentary

Grants are offered to independent artists who are working at the intersection of science and nonfiction storytelling.

Points North Fellowship

Documentary Fund in Maine, USA

The Points North Fellowship early- and mid-career filmmakers to Maine to accelerate the development of their feature documentary.

NEH Media Production Grant

Humanitarian Documentary Fund for US Filmmakers

The Media Projects program supports the development, production, and distribution documentary film  that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways.

SFFILM Documentary Film Fund

Documentaries in Post Production Fund

The SFFILM Documentary Film Fund (DFF) supports engaging documentaries in post-production which exhibit compelling stories, intriguing characters, and an original, innovative visual approach.

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund

Documentary Fund for Canadian Filmmakers

Hot Docs and the Rogers Foundation founded the $1-million Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund to support Canadian documentary projects.

William Greaves Research and Development Fund

Documentary African Descent

The William Greaves Research and Development Fund resources talented, mid-career nonfiction storytellers from racially and ethnically underrepresented communities in the United States, as well as filmmakers who identify as being of Indigenous and/or of African descent.

BFI Doc Society Fund

Cultural Documentaries UK

The BFI Doc Society Fund aims to develop storytellers from all parts of the UK, backing feature projects with bold cultural and social ambitions.

Documentary Development Initiative

LGTQB Documentary for US Filmmakers

The program is created for storytellers who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and/or storytellers with disabilities.