"The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund will provide finishing funds to documentaries that promote social change and illuminate issues in need of comprehensive coverage currently missing in mainstream media. Funded films will be driven by thoughtful, accurate and complete storytelling and an innovative approach to the use of source material, production techniques, or audience engagement."

Named after Jan Vrijman, the man who inspired and co-founded IDFA, focuses its activities on the improvement of the documentary climate in developing countries. Independent documentary makers living in these countries can submit applications for financial support in two rounds each year. Grants are intended for script development, production and post-production.

Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), an agency of the Ministry of Culture is the central catalyst for the province’s cultural media cluster including book publishing, film and television, interactive digital media, magazine publishing and music industries.

OMDC promotes, enhances and leverages investment, jobs, and original content creation by:

Grants and Services for Women Filmmakers

Hot Docs and Canwest have partnered in the creation of the Canwest-Hot Docs Documentary Funds. These Funds consist of a $3-million completion fund and a $1-million development fund. The Canwest-Hot Docs Funds aim to increase the quantity and quality of social, cultural and political one-off documentaries produced in Canada by Canadian-based production companies. Completion grants and no-interest development loans.

Arts Awards support imaginative and experimental arts projects that investigate biomedical science. We believe the arts are an effective way of stimulating debate and engaging people with biomedical science. Visual art, music, moving image, creative writing and performance can reach new audiences which may not traditionally be interested in science and provide new ways of thinking about the social, cultural and ethical issues around contemporary science. Collaborative and interdisciplinary practice across the arts and sciences can help to provide new perspectives on both fields.

Projects submitted to this solicitation must be intended for national public television broadcast. Assignment of exclusive broadcast rights for four years, off-air recording rights, educational, home video, foreign distribution and Internet broadcasting rights are included in NAPT's Production License Agreement. Must have Native American participation in significant creative, technical and advisory roles. Power of the finished program to illuminate the Native American experience through.

The aims of the European Association for Jewish Culture are to support work and activities which address or reflect contemporary Jewish experience, encourage a diversity of voices and forms of cultural expression, create synergies between artists, presenters, sponsors and audiences, foster a better understanding and appreciation of Jewish culture among Jews across Europe. Documentary proposals were not accepted in 2008.

"The Park Foundation values a diverse and transparent media landscape. Its goal is to fund non-commercial broadcasting, investigative journalism, and independent media that is substantive, unbiased, and accurate. It aims to heighten public awareness of critical environmental, political, and social issues to foster a more fully informed electorate."

Established in 1990, the Fund's primary purpose is to promote film and TV productions of high quality in the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden), by providing support for top-up financing of feature films, TV-fiction / series and creative documentaries.

"awards grants to artists working in a wide variety of performing, visual, and literary disciplines. The grants provide financial support directly to the artists so that they may have the opportunity to dedicate themselves to creative pursuits exclusively."

"In-kind training and post-production grants for independent artists with a particular focus on supporting emerging artists and under served communities. The Awards are designed to give independent artists direct access to the latest digital media technologies. "

The Hubert Bals Fund is designed to bring remarkable or urgent feature films and feature-length creative documentaries by innovative and talented filmmakers from developing countries closer to completion. The HBF provides grants that often turn out to play a crucial role in enabling these filmmakers to realize their projects.

The NZFC is committed to allocating the major part of its budget to feature film production financing to ensure the ongoing production of quality New Zealand films that appeal to diverse cinema audiences in New Zealand and overseas. Applications for production financing are considered by the Board of the NZFC with advice from senior staff and independent assessment. Decisions are made at the Board's regular meetings held six times a year. New Zealand producers with experience in film production are eligible to apply.

The NFI allocates grants to film, TV and game producers, as well as to Norwegian script writers.

The CNC manages allocations from the ministry of culture for the cinema : grants for film production and distribution, creation and modernization of cinemas, technical industries. For television : grants to produce programmes made for all television channels (terrestrial television, cable and satellite broadcast channels).

In 2007 the Bavarian Film and Television Fund (FFF) made available a total of approx. 27 Million € for screenplay, production, distribution and sales, as well as theatre funding. Financial support can be requested at each stage of the production process starting with script funding to packaging, production of theatrical and TV-movies as well as exhibition of same. At least 50% of the production support must be spent in Bavaria, and feature films can be supported with up to 1,6 million Euro as long as the producer or co-producer is based in Germany.

Funding to enable the production of documentary films, with increasing emphasis on feature-length creative documentaries capable of reaching an international audience through theatrical and festival exposure. Funding is provided in the form of limited-recourse loans recoverable from a share of revenues from exploitation of the film and entitling BSÉ/IFB to a share of net profits. Films must be originated and creatively led by Irish talents, the practical management of which will be primarily in Irish hands.

RTÉ commissions hundreds of hours in independently-produced programmes each year, across all programme genres. Independent commissions are an integral part of our schedules on both RTÉ ONE and RTÉ TWO, and have delivered some of the most innovative and exciting programmes on RTÉ in recent years.

The Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) supports audiovisual production in, as well as international co-productions with Flanders. The aims of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund are threefold: to develop a sustainable audiovisual industry, to encourage and support upcoming audiovisual talent and to promote a vibrant audiovisual culture in Flanders.

EM Media’s purpose is to add value - to talent, to audiences and to the region’s economy using our key intervention methods of Investment, Services and Brokerage. To be eligible to apply to EM Media for support you must be either resident or have a trading address in the East Midlands region.

Northern Film & Media's economic impact funding supports projects that demonstrate a strong creative and commercial impact on the moving image industry.

Screen Australia aims to support Australian screen professionals in creating outstanding Australian content across a range of platforms. Screen Australia’s investment in documentaries aims to encourage the presentation of Australian culture and an Australian viewpoint on international culture to Australian and international audiences.

Supports filmmaking in Berlin-Brandenburg and adjacent states. Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg supports films and film-related projects in the categories of script development, project development, package promotion, production, distribution and sales, and other activities.

The Council of Europe fund for the co-production, distribution and exhibition of European cinematographic works. Eurimages aims to promote the European film industry by encouraging the production and distribution of films and fostering co-operation between professionals. There are 33 member states.

As part of the licensing approval process for OMNI.2, Rogers Media Television made a number of important commitments to finance the independent production of ethnic programming and to support multicultural public service projects. For Canadia programs in a language other than English, French, or aboriginal languages.

The Media Fund is the prime vehicle to spark the development of Pacific Islander programming for national public television. With the Media Fund, PIC hopes to assist projects that bring to light untold stories from the Pacific Islander experience and that provide a training ground for emerging media talent.

The California Documentary Project supports documentary film, video, radio and new media projects that explore and interpret subjects relevant to California’s past, present or future.

Supports inventive film, television, and radio programs and is particularly interested in media productions that focus on the “new face” of the South, offering insights into the region’s changing social, economic, and political conditions. A partnership between the state humanities councils of Arkansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, the Fund is administered by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.

London Artists' Film and Video Awards (LAFVA) is the open admission awards scheme that Film London runs for artists working in the moving image who live and work in the London region. The London Borough Film Fund Challenge supports five film fund partnerships which currently represent a total of 15 London boroughs.

The Production, Trade, and Investment department assists the [Northwest England] region’s media industries, helping them to grow and encouraging not only film and TV, but also the region’s radio, games and digital sectors.

Scottish Screen’s investment in the production of Content aims to provide the necessary support to production companies to finance the physical production of the intended project. Projects should be distinctive, high quality and commercially viable. They should provide opportunities for Scotland’s talent to demonstrate their ability in an international arena. Scottish Screen’s investment in Content Development aims to assist Scottish talent in developing projects to take to the marketplace.

The Northern Ireland Screen Lottery Film Fund re-opened for receipt of applications on 1 April 2008, with development being the top priority. Due to budgetary constraints on the National Lottery fund as monies are diverted to the London 2012 Olympics, overall funding is limited. The Production Fund primarily targets inward investment in the form of high value productions - film, television and digital content – to shoot on location in Northern Ireland but will also support indigenous projects.

The WCIPF provides equity investment, typically between £50,000 and £700,000, for feature films, TV productions, new media and music projects. Applicants must have secured a minimum of 60% of their budget from third parties and be able to demonstrate that a proportion of their spend will be in Wales.

The New Cinema Fund usually contributes between 15%-50% of the production budget for features. Funding is usually provided through equity investment. We only support documentaries that we believe have the potential to draw a cinema audience on release. The Premiere Fund is looking for projects across the full range of budgets and genres. As the more mainstream production fund, the Premiere Fund tends to invest in bigger-budget projects and films from established filmmakers.

The Frameline Film & Video Completion Fund provides grants to emerging and established lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender filmmakers. The Fund seeks to provide a much-needed source of funding for LGBT artists constantly struggling to secure the funding needed to complete their works. Submissions are being accepted for documentary, educational, narrative, animated or experimental projects about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their communities.

Created to support high profile, primetime limited series and specials for the national public television schedule. The Challenge Fund is jointly administered by CPB and PBS, which make funding decisions based on mutually established programming goals and objectives.

To support emerging documentary filmmakers. Grants are limited to filmmakers or videographers who live and work in California, Oregon and Washington.

Awards are provided to artists whose work shows promise, skill, and creativity. Every August, an independent panel of highly esteemed professionals from the national film community convene in Austin to review applications and administer awards. For residents of Texas only.

The foundation considers proposals for media projects in each program area if they address the foundation's current program priorities and relate to the work of organizations already funded by the foundation. The foundation gives priority to San Francisco Bay Area film makers; and to films or videos that will be used by Columbia Foundation-funded public-interest organizations to further their work on the issue. Program areas include Arts and Culture, Human Rights, and Sustainable Communities and Economies.

"Supports the completion of original documentaries that explore the Jewish experience in all its complexity. The fund was created with a lead grant from Steven Spielberg’s Righteous Persons Foundation and is sustained with major support from the Charles H. Revson Foundation. The priority of the fund is to support projects that address significant subjects; offer fresh, challenging perspectives; engage audiences across cultural lines; and expand the understanding of Jewish experiences. "

The Jerome Foundation operates a grant program for individual media artists who reside within the five boroughs of New York City. This program serves film and video artists who work in the genres of experimental, narrative, animation and documentary production. It does not support commercial, industrial, informational or educational work. Full-time students are not eligible to apply.

"We give grants to support independent filmmakers and artists making documentary projects that would not be commissioned by a United Kingdom broadcaster....We look to widen the spectrum of documentaries being made in this country by giving filmmakers the ability to complete passion projects that might not otherwise get made."

"From short form narrative to four-part series, NBPC supports programs that reflect a variety of subjects and production styles. However, we encourage submissions of projects that are unlikely to appear on the Hollywood screen, but which generally offer a more realistic, historically accurate, diverse, and non-stereotypical picture of the Black World."

"Since 1991, CAAM Media Fund has provided funding and support for Asian American film and media projects. The Media Fund is made possible through funds from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Because these are public television monies, projects submitted to CAAM should be intended for public television broadcast."

"BBC Documentaries aim to explore modern life in all its variety. We work across BBC ONE, BBC TWO, BBC THREE and BBC FOUR so there is scope for a full range of ideas from niche and progressive to mainstream and engaging for all."