"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.

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.

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 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."