Where could I find grants for making an independent film?

Question

I'm looking for grants, anything would be amazing. Any help would be amazing. Thanks!

Answer 1

first get urself a producer n a director

Answer 2

Try this site it lists alot of them

It has a list of organizations that give grants on a regular basis

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>> SCREENWRITING GRANTS >>

The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting

The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting program is an international competition open to screenwriters who have not earned more than $5,000 writing for film or television. Entry scripts must be the original work of a sole author or of exactly two collaborative authors. Entries must have been written originally in English. Adaptations and translated scripts are not eligible. Up to five $30,000 fellowships are awarded each year. Verified Feb 2008.

Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition

In addition to being an all around great festival, the AFF Screenwriting Competition is becoming increasingly prestigious. Best of all, they offer cash awards. Awards range from free festival passes to $5,000 and travel expenses. Verified Feb 2008.

>> PRODUCTION GRANTS >>

Creative Capital

This New York City-based nonprofit organization, acts as a catalyst for the development of adventurous and imaginative ideas by supporting artists who pursue innovation in form and/or content in the performing and visual arts, film and video, and in emerging fields. We are committed to working in partnership with the artists whom we fund, providing advisory services and professional development assistance along with multi-faceted financial aid and promotional support throughout the life of each Creative Capital project. Verified Feb 2008.

Film Arts Foundation Grants

The goal of the Film Arts Foundation Grants Program is to encourage new and diverse works by film and video artists who have little likelihood of being supported through traditional funding sources. These awards are targeted for film and videomakers in categories that are among the most difficult areas in which to raise money for media projects. Verified March 2008.

Oppenheimer New Filmmaker Grant Program

The Oppenheimer Cine Rental New Filmmaker Equipment Grant Program is a grant to support new filmmakers in producing their first serious film project. The grant awards the use of our Grant Program Arriflex 16SR2 camera package to senior and graduate thesis students and to independent filmmakers for a scheduled period of time. This specific package, which we have set aside for the grant program, should meet the needs of most 16mm projects. Proposed projects may be of any non-commercial nature: dramatic, narrative, documentary, experimental, etc. Verified Feb 2008.

Sundance Institute Documentary Fund

The Sundance Institute Documentary Fund is a key program of the Documentary Film Program, dedicated to supporting U.S. and international documentary films that focus on current human rights issues, freedom of expression, social justice, civil liberties, and exploring critical issues of our time. Documentary Fund grants are announced 2-3 times a year and between 2002-2006, the Fund has disbursed almost $5.2 million to over 175 projects in 52 countries. Verified March 2008.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Media Grants

MacArthur supports independent documentary film and video and public radio in the United States to help ensure a diversity of viewpoints and expand the availability of high-quality content. The primary focus of the Foundation’s Media grantmaking is support for independent documentary films – usually those that address subject matter close to MacArthur’s grantmaking strategies. Funding for public radio is intended to maintain and strengthen its program-production infrastructure. Verified Feb 2008.

Sarah Jacobson Film Grant

This annual film grant is intended to honor the spirit and legacy of Sarah Jacobson. Sarah, whose feature film Mary Jane’s Not A Virgin Anymore screened at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, died in 2004 after a battle with cancer. Sarah led a DIY (”Do It Yourself”) movement in the 1990s, promoting and distributing her own work with her producer and mom, Ruth Ellen Jacobson, speaking at festivals and events everywhere, and writing about film for a number of publications. A tireless, at times even shameless, promoter of her own work, Sarah was also a passionate advocate for the films of fellow filmmakers. The Free History Project, Ruth Jacobson (Sarah’s mom), and a number of Sarah’s friends have contributed money in order to give out a small annual grant to one or more female filmmakers whose work embodies some of the things that Sarah stood for: a fierce DIY approach to filmmaking, a radical social critique, and a thoroughly underground sensibility.

Texas Filmmakers Production Fund

Since 1996 the Austin Film Society has awarded $750,000 in cash and $80,000 in goods and services to 243 film and video projects. We award grants once a year to emerging film and video artists in the state of Texas through our Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund. TFPF recipients have shown their films at renowned festivals like Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, Tribeca, Slamdance and SXSW and have been nominated for Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham Awards and won Student Academy Awards. Several have been released theatrically or in the cable and home video markets. The Austin Film Society is proud to support these Texas filmmakers making their mark in the world.

Answer 3

You can look on line for grant

Answer 4

I gave up trying....got some great script ideas and fifty years in showbiz. but a handful of Hollywood studios with huge corporate backing by billionaires have the game sewn up unfortunately for indies like us.! fewer investors than ever are interested in risking millions on movies, they'd prefer to throw good money after bad taking crooked brokers recommendations and investing in the stock market and realty, both of which have dived recently and show no signs of gaining.!  It's very tough these days to get the time of day and many blockbusters with big name stars are falling flat on their pancakes.I also approached the organizations funded by governments, they just take care of their close friends in the biz and they wouldn#t recognize a good film idea if they tripped over it.!  Good luck,  but doon't quit yer day job.!