New York City Film Production Grant

This grant supports eligible New York City-based early career film directors whose work takes creative risks in expanding, questioning, experimenting with, or re-imagining filmmaking with production grants of up to $30,000. The Foundation seeks to fund filmmakers who take creative risks, seek innovative approaches, have a clarity of purpose and vision for imaginative storytelling, are engaged directly with those involved in their filmmaking, and work to build relationships with and impact their creative community and the field.

Requirements

• Eligible applicants are residents of the five boroughs of New York City who have been residents for at least one year at the time of application and plan to be residents (for at least 183 days of the year) during the grant period of November 2025 through April 2027.
• This production grant funds short or long form film projects in the ever expanding creative genres of experimental, narrative, animation, or documentary genres or in any hybrid combination of these forms
• This grant is for early career film directors with at least 2 years (i.e., not beginning filmmakers) but no more than 10 years, of experience directing their own films in documentary, narrative, experimental or animation, or any hybrid combination of these genres.
• Applicants must be at least 18 years of age.

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