The Pacific Islanders in Communications is excited to announce new developments to their funding opportunity for short films.
Donor Name: Pacific Islanders in Communications
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Selected Territories
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/21/2022
Size of the Grant: $25,000
Details:
PIC is looking for fiction and nonfiction projects that are engaging and artistically innovative on subject matter that covers issues important to indigenous Pacific Islanders with the intention of social change to encourage a more informed, equitable, and inclusive society.
PIC defines Pacific Islanders as the descendants of the indigenous peoples of Hawai‘i, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas, and other Pacific Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia.
Funding Information
Applicants can request up to $25,000.
Topic
They are especially interested in projects that address the following topics.
- Social issues (i.e. physical and mental health, immigration, housing, education, food security, civil rights, race relations, etc.).
- Economic issues.
- Environment and sustainability.
- Community portraits (i.e. LGBTQ, rural, families, immigration, underserved and underrepresented, etc.).
- Travel, lifestyle, personal stories, identity, sports, etc.
- Impact and solutions to COVID-19
Additionally, they look for projects with:
- Stories that are untold, little known, have an innovative approach and/or fresh perspectives of the indigenous Pacific Islander experience.
- Fully realized stories with completed treatments and/or scripts that are engaging and compelling.
- Universal themes that have a strong potential of appealing to a wide and diverse audience.
- Robust outreach, engagement, and social impact plans with the intention of social change to encourage a more informed, equitable, and inclusive society.
- Strong training plans that strive to provide meaningful training and mentorship for emerging indigenous Pacific Islander media makers.
Eligibility Criteria
You are eligible to apply if you are:
- An independent producer who holds artistic, budgetary, and editorial control and owns the copyright to the proposed project.
- A citizen or legal resident of the United States or its territories. If you are not a U.S. citizen or legal resident, you can still apply, but you will be required to have a U.S. fiscal sponsor if awarded PIC funding.
- A producer who has previous film or television experience and has at least one completed short film in a key creative role: director, co-director, producer, co-producer, or writer.
For more information, visit Shorts Fund.
