The Austin Film Society is requesting applications for its grant program.
Donor Name: Austin Film Society
State: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/20/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Information
AFS Grant Harrison MCCLURE Endowed Film Fund Filmmakers may apply for up to $2,500 cash for pre-production, production, or post-production through the Harrison McClure Endowed Film Fund.
Eligible Projects
A project is only eligible if it meets the following requirements for the AFS Grant:
- The length of all short films must be projected to be under 40 minutes.
- Projects must be in their pre-production, production, or post-production stage at the time of application.
- All genres of film and video are eligible, except industrial or promotional pieces, music videos, and “works-for-hire.”
- All projects must be single, stand-alone works intended to be distributed alone. Television or web series are not eligible at this time.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be incoming juniors or seniors enrolled as full-time students in a four-year college or university located in Texas.
- The short film proposed will complete a course or degree requirement.
- Those applying for Harrison McClure funds will only be considered for this special grant and will not be considered for other AFS awards in the same grant cycle.
If selected to receive an AFS Grant, you may be asked to confirm your eligibility at the time of the offer.
- The AFS Grant is intended to support the artistic community in Texas and keep it thriving. You must be a current Texas resident, who spends more than 75% of the year within the state in order to apply.
- You must be the director or co-director of the project to apply. If you have multiple directors, the “Primary Applicant” must meet all eligibility requirements.
- You can only submit one application per grant cycle, even if you’re a director of one film and a co-director of another.
- You cannot apply to the AFS Grant if the primary applicant is:
- attending school full-time outside of the state of Texas or a former Texas resident
- an out-of-state director working on a Texas-based film
- You cannot apply to the AFS Grant if either the director or co-director are:
- AFS full- or part-time staff
- on the AFS board of directors
- a current AFS Creative Careers participant
- A video sample is required for this application. If the applicant does not have at least ONE of the following to include as a video sample, they are not eligible to apply to the Harrison McClure Endowed Film Fund:
- Scene(s) from the film you’re requesting funding for
- Scene(s) from previous work(s) directed by applicant
For more information, visit AFS.
