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Film Grants - 2024

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.

BlueCat Screenplay Competition

Competition for Screenwriters

BlueCat accepts both feature length and short screenplays, every screenplay will receive one written analysis, with our best screenplays receiving over $40,000 in cash prizes.

Documentary Development Initiative

LGTQB Documentary for US Filmmakers

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

Berlinale Talents Lab

Talent Development Program in Berlin

Berlinale Talents is aimed at emerging film actors, audience designers, composers, cinematographers, directors, distributors, editors, film critics, producers, production designers, sales agents, screenwriters, sound designers and digital set designers with an existing portfolio of work.