The Out on Film Filmmaker Fund strives to support emerging and established LGBTQ+ filmmakers with a focus on Georgia and Southeastern storytellers.
Donor Name: Out on Film
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline:Â 02/28/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This fund provides financial assistance to queer artists who often struggle to secure funding to complete their project.
The Filmmaker Fund was established to promote LGBTQ+ storytellers through grants, programs, and awards. Submissions are accepted for documentary, narrative, experimental, animated, or episodic projects about the LGBTQ+ experience. The Fund also seeks to support work of traditionally under-represented voices in film; they encourage applications from queer, southern artists, Lesbians, people of color, transgender and gender expansive people, disabled people, and other underrepresented people and communities. They especially seek to fund projects with production teams comprising LGBTQ+ cast and crew.
Funding Information
- Grants up to $2,500 are available for the completion of films that tell the stories of LGBTQ+ life in all its humanity and complexity.
- The standard Filmmaker Fund grant ranges from $250 to $2,500 depending on the amount requested, although the panel can recommend a higher or lower amount.
Eligibility Criteria
They will consider applications for:
- Narrative Feature films over 70 minutes;
- Documentary Feature films over 60 minutes,
- Narrative OR Documentary short films over 9 minutes.
Funding will be given to projects:
- In need of finishing, marketing or accessibility inclusion (i.e. closed/open captions, audio description) funds.
- Have already completed the development and production (at least 85%) phase and are in post-production stage or ready to begin post.
- Projects by, for, and about LGBTQ+ people and their communities.
- Based in the USA (with preference given to southern-based filmmakers).
Evaluation Criteria
Awards will be based on a demonstration of the following:
- Quality of LGBTQ+ subject matter with an emphasis on telling stories of the queer experience;
- Strength, originality and distinctiveness of story;
- Evidence of directorial skill displayed in the provided rough cut/edit;
- Authentic representation of LGBTQ+ individuals on the creative and production teams.
For more information, visit Out On Film.
