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01 ITVS Open Call
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 ITVS Open Call provides finishing funds for single non-fiction or animation public television programs on any subject, and from any viewpoint. Projects must have begun production as evidenced by a work-in-progress video.
FOR OPEN CALL, ITVS IS LOOKING FOR:
Single programs of standard broadcast length (56:40 or 26:40). In rare cases, when a filimmaker’s skills, subject and story structure warrant it, ITVS will consider programs at feature lengths
Works-in-progress (for non-fiction submissions), i.e. projects that have already begun production
Programs that can be completed within one year of contract
There is no minimum or maximum amount, but ITVS monies must be the last dollars in—meaning they should be sufficient for completing the production. Be realistic and request what you need to finish your program. After review of your budget, ITVS will make an offer of funds that we believe will allow you to complete your project. Please read “How ITVS Funding Is Different from a Grant,” in ITVS Funding Guidelines. |
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02 The Gucci Tribecca Documentary Fund
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 The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund is seeking feature-length documentaries that are in the stages of advanced production or post-production. Eligible films should explore broad social issues or movements through engaging stories that may have potential impact and the ability to inspire dialogue. Films may also challenge the status quo by examining people who are ignored, ostracized or otherwise marginalized; or those fighting for social or political change. We are looking for films that are suitable in style to be able to sustain a festival and/or theatrical run and that could resonate with a mainstream U.S. audience. |
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03 IDFA's Jan Vrijman Fund
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 IDFA's Jan Vrijman Fund supports filmmakers and festivals 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.
In addition to individual film projects, the Fund also supports projects that promote local documentary production and distribution in general, such as workshops, documentary film festivals and educational programmes. The Fund does not only provide financial support, but also plays an advisory role. |
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04 The Rockefeller Foundation
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 The foundation supports documentaries, from $30,000 - $3,000,000 per film. The fund is open for all without restriction on national background. |
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Channel 4 Britdocs Real Funds
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 The fund gives grants to support independent filmmakers and artists making documentary projects that would not be commissioned by a UK broadcaster. Since our inception in 2005 we have funded over 40 film projects. Please check out our Funded Films pages for full details. |
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EAST EUROPEAN FORUM PITCHING
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 The East European Forum is a meeting of East European documentary filmmakers and significant European commissioning editors where the filmmakers and their independent producers offer their creative projects for co-production, pre-sale and acquisistion. The Forum is organized by the Institute of Documentary Film in co-operation with the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.The Pitching forum – a public presentation in which the director and producer have an opportunity to present/pitch their film projects to leading East and West European television producers in order to enroll their aid in co-financing or co-production. The pitching forum is followed by individual meetings, which enable the producers and directors to introduce the project to the commissioning editors in more detail. |
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European Support Film Fund
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 Eurimages is the Council of Europe fund for the co-production, distribution and exhibition of European cinematographic works. Set up in 1988 as a Partial Agreement it currently has 34 Member States.
Eurimages aims to promote the European film industry by encouraging the production and distribution of films and fostering co-operation between professionals. |
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Film Angels
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 Silicon Valley Capital venture investors. Meeting twice a month to discuss film pitches submitted by filmmakers. The group operates quietly, their website hardly gives any information. Send an email, and hope for the best. |
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Ford Foundation
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 Each year the Ford Foundation receives about 44,000 proposals and makes some 2,000 grants. Requests range from a few thousand to millions of dollars and are accepted in categories such as project planning and support; general support; and endowments. Grant applications are reviewed at our New York headquarters and in our regional offices. Please check the locations of our regional offices to determine if we operate in your country of interest. |
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Future Films pre-financing
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 Future Films is a specialist, integrated motion picture organisation that takes productions from pre-financing to post-production and beyond.Future Films focuses on delivering a reduced cost of funds and acting as a portal to the investment community. Their goal is to provide appropriate production and financing options to producers through integration of new financing methods, co-production, distribution and post-production facilities. Future Films have been involved in more than 120 films, co-producing over 30 of them |
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Goldcrest Capital
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 Goldcrest Pictures and Goldcrest Capital Partners structure equity investments and specialist financing transactions in the media sector. In the past two years, the companies have structured 18 films ranging in budget from $3 million to $98 million, of which four have opened at number 1 at the US box office.
If you are an Investor and would like to know more about opportunities to participate in the global film industry in conjunction with Goldcrest, please contact +44 (0)20 7220 2165. |
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Good Pitch
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 The Good Pitch, the climactic event of IFP's Independent Film Week of panels and screenings in New York City. The Good Pitch is an opportunity for filmmakers to get financing, advice and make vital connections to a mass of reps from NGO's, distributors and financiers. |
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Impact Partners
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 Impact Partners Films is committed to financing independent cinema that addresses pressing social issues |
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Matador Pictures Fund
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 Established in 1999, Matador Pictures has become one of the UK's leading independent feature film production companies with a distinguished track record of distinctive productions earning both commercial and critical success. 2007 saw the creation of the Cinema companies, a film financing initiative in collaboration with boutique finance house Regent Capital. Films it has produced, co-produced or co-financed have achieved over 120 major awards, nominations and festival selections. |
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MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg
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 MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg is the centre of excellence for IT, media, and film of the federal state Baden-Wuerttemberg in Germany's southwest. With an annual business volume of 15 million Euro and more than 60 highly qualified employees in our headquarter in Stuttgart.
The fund signed cooperation agreements with Arte/ZDF and SWR. |
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Northern Film Media - England
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 Fund invest in new media doc and games. it invests capital in commercially viable projects from a number of funds, including £2.4m Finance for Business - North East Creative Content Fund with our venture capital partners North Star Equity Investors.
DocMovies Recommends - Great for new media, and co productions. |
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OBC - France
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 The company specializes in privet banking. The ABN Amro Private Banking options funding for documentaries and features. Capital is generated by companies who are interested in owning the film's stocks. The French law allows free tax up to 40-48 percents for a minimum of 18,000 euro for sole owner. The laws is France recognizes film as tax free investments also known as "Soficas" up to 75 percent fund closely 25 - 50 percent of the films in France. In order to obtain funding you should refer to Neuflize OBC with an idea for a film represented by a French local producer. Thumb of rule is that 90 percent of films getting funds should have 90 percent French content, but in practical terms it's known to receive funds lower than that percentage. |
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PaleyDocFest Pitch Workshop - New
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 he PaleyDocFest Pitch Contest, offers a $5,000 grant for an unfinished or work-in-progress documentary from an emerging filmmaker.
The Paley Center for Media is using this contest to choose five finalists who will pitch their unfinished films to panel of experts and producers in front of an audience. This event, the PaleyDocFest Pitch Workshop, will take place on Sat., Oct. 16 in New York during the Paley Center's 11th annual Documentary Festival.
To qualify for the contest, you must be an emerging filmmaker with two or less credits for directing a feature-length documentary, whether released or unreleased, and a U.S. citizen or legal resident. You must be able to travel to New York City AT YOUR OWN EXPENSE for our October 16, 2010 pitch workshop.
To enter this contest, you must submit no more than ten minutes of footage from an UNFINISHED or WORK-IN-PROGRESS feature-length documentary that you hope to pitch to our panel.
We will judge entries based on the originality of your vision and the viability of the concept. At the pitch workshop, finalists will be judged by originality, viability and the persuasiveness of their pitch to our panel. |
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Russian World Studios - Fund
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 ussian World Studios (RWS), founded in 1998, is one of the largest film and television production companies in the Russian market, and among the leaders in film production services. By 2010 RWS has produced and/or serviced several hundreds of TV and film projects, including services for some of the world’s best known international entertainment companies, including Sony Pictures Television International, Hallmark Entertainment, HBO Films, and Beacon Pictures.
DocMovies tip - The company support commercial co productions, there is no limitation on subject matter since the fund section is not public owned. |
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The Alter-Ciné Foundation
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 The Alter-Ciné Foundation offers a yearly grant to young film and video makers from Africa, Asia and Latin America to direct a documentary film on the theme of rights and freedoms, including social and economic rights, women’s rights, the right to culture and artistic creation. The Foundation particularly supports documentary films that dare to go against the tide, that take the side of the defenceless and question common assumptions by giving a voice to the voiceless, enriching our understanding of the world and helping us reflect on the possibility of changing the world from a perspective of peace, justice, equality and respect for differences.
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