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Short Filmmaking Grants

The completion of an independently financed film, no matter what its length, is a difficult and often expensive task when you want a well-produced end product. Luckily, multiple short filmmaking grants exist nationwide to help you with your short filmmaking endeavor. You can obtain grants for film stock, production design, post-production distribution, or equipment rental if you write a well-thought-out short film grant application to a grant distributor.

  1. Creative Capital Grant

    • Creative Capital is a grant distribution company that claims to be the only "open application" grant program in the United States catering to multiple art disciplines. As of July 2010, Creative Capital is accepting grant applications from February 1st to March 1st, 2011, for film projects. Applicants must be citizens of the United States, have at least five years of professional work experience, and be 25 years of age or older.

      Creative Capital
      65 Bleecker St.
      7th Floor
      New York, NY 10012
      212-598-9900
      creative-capital.org

    Pacific Pioneer Fund

    • The Pacific Pioneer Fund assists documentary short filmmakers in California, Oregon and Washington with the money necessary to make a project a reality. The Fund accepts applications on April 15th, August 15th, and December 15th. Grants range from $1,000 to $10,000 USD, with a total of $100,000 USD awarded every year. Filmmakers must have "a few years" of production experience, with no more than ten.

      Pacific Pioneer Fund
      2887 College Ave.
      Suite 106
      Berkeley, CA 94705
      pacificpioneerfund.com

    The Jerome Foundation

    • Founded by philanthropist Jerome Hill, The Jerome Foundation provides thousands of dollars each year to emerging filmmakers in New York and Minnesota. The Jerome Foundation grant does not have a deadline for submissions, but does advise applicants that they'll wait four to five months for a response to their submission. The Foundation typically funds short films that will advance the career of the filmmaker, regardless of age or experience.

      Jerome Foundation
      400 Sibley St.
      Suite 125
      Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101
      651-224-9431
      jeromefdn.org

    Panavision Grant

    • Panavision is a company best known for its film camera equipment, which is used in a large percentage of professional feature and short films around the world. Panavision offers a production grant to new short filmmakers in the form of donated camera equipment. New filmmakers must submit the necessary application materials, including a film budget, script, personnel list, synopsis, and cover letter explaining the status of their project. Applicants are advised to submit their application at least two months before the shoot date of their project. Selected applicants receive the free use of a 16-millimeter or 35-millimeter camera.

      NEW FILMMAKER PROGRAM
      Panavision
      6219 De Soto Ave.
      Woodland Hills. CA 91367-2602
      panavision.com

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