Tribeca Film Institute Opens Submissions for Documentary Fund
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The Tribeca Film Institute Documentary Fund provides grants and guidance to exceptional filmmakers with character-driven nonfiction works-in-progress that sit outside the social issue landscape. By supporting work that engages in unexplored perspectives, the fund aims to help take audiences into someone else's environment and spotlight the journey of the individual.
Grants of at least $10, 000 will be awarded in 2014.
In addition, the TFI/ESPN Prize will provide one annual grant of $30,000for a feature-length documentary work-in-progress (in development or production stage) that captures the human element of the sports world — and brings the dramatic stakes of competitiveness to vivid life.
All submissions must be feature-length documentaries with an intended length of at least seventy minutes and should creatively document one or more unique characters. Submissions can be in the advanced stages of development, production, or post-production but must not have aired on any form of television, been screened publicly, or have been distributed in theaters or online prior to February 2013. Submitted films must show enough footage to highlight character, unique access, and storytelling ability.
Foreign language documentaries are eligible but must be subtitled and suitable for an American audience.