Grant

CAPE x TAAF Rising Filmmakers Finishing Fund

CAPE

Remote

Deadline

Mar 31, 2025

Posted

Feb 05, 2025
The CAPE x TAAF Rising Filmmakers Finishing Fund provides 2 Asian American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander (AANHPI) filmmakers with $50,000 post-production finishing fund grants for their 2nd to 5th feature film.

Requirements

Filmmaker Eligibility:
* Applicant’s work should be consistent with CAPE’s mission to champion diversity by educating, connecting, and empowering API artists and leaders in entertainment and media.
* Applicant must be at least 18 years old at time of submission.
* Applicant must have the legal right to accept paid work in the United States. CAPE/TAAF do not sponsor or assist with visas or immigration. Applying to and/or participating in this Finishing Fund does not and will not create a partnership, joint venture, agency, employment, or any other such relationship between applicant and CAPE/TAAF.
* Applicant must have premiered at a festival at least one live-action narrative feature film before the time of submission. All genres accepted.
* Teams of up to two co-directors may apply, and in line with CAPE’s mission, those who identify as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander are strongly encouraged to apply. Only one director, who meets all grant eligibility requirements, need apply.
* Student projects are eligible if applicant meets all eligibility requirements.

Project Eligibility
* Project must be a live-action narrative feature film, which must be applicant’s second, third, fourth or fifth feature film. All genres accepted.
* Project must be at least 90% (to be determined by CAPE in its sole discretion) through principal photography or in post-production.
* Project must be consistent with CAPE’s mission to champion diversity by educating, connecting, and empowering API artists and leaders in entertainment and media.
* Project must be spoken or subtitled in English.

Grant Requirements:
* CAPE and TAAF logos must be featured in the credits.

Application Instructions

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