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SUNDANCE-DOCUMENTARY FILM SUPPORT PROGRAM

The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program provides year-round
support to nonfiction contemporary-issue filmmakers internationally. The
program encourages the exploration of innovative nonfiction storytelling,
and promotes the exhibition of documentary films to a broader audience. It
supports independent artists both domestically and internationally through
the Sundance Documentary Fund, the Documentary Composers Laboratory and
Edit and Story Laboratory, panels at the Filmmakers Lodge at the Sundance
Film Festival and the Sundance Independent Producers Conference , and a
variety of collaborative international documentary initiatives.
Sundance Documentary Fund

The Sundance Documentary Fund is a key program of the Documentary Film
Program, dedicated to supporting U.S. and international documentary films
that focus on current human rights issues, freedom of expression, social
justice, civil liberties, and exploring critical issues of our time. The
Documentary Fund was established at Sundance Institute in 2002 with a gift
from the Open Society Institute and is supported by a leadership grant
from the Ford Foundation.

Documentary Fund grants are announced 2-3 times a year and between
2002-2006, the Fund has disbursed almost $5.2 million to over 175 projects
in 52 countries. In supporting such work, the Sundance Documentary Fund
encourages the diverse exchange of ideas crucial to developing an open
society, raising public consciousness about human rights abuses and
restrictions of civil liberties, and fostering an ongoing dialogue about
these issues.

SDF Grant Categories
The Documentary Fund now considers projects in four
categories-Development, Production and Post-Production, Engagement* and
Impact.*

Development grants provide seed funds to filmmakers whose projects are in
the early research or pre-production stage. Grant award is up to $20,000.
A previous directing sample is required. (If no directing sample is
available, a creative visual work indicating the director’s artistic point
of view and storytelling ability is required).

Production and Post-Production grants provide funds to filmmakers in
various stages of the production and post-production stages. Applications
should include at least 20 continuously edited material. Longer cuts and
fine cuts can be submitted if available. If you are early in production
and have a trailer or selected scenes that are shorter in length than 20
minutes, please contact DFP staff to determine whether your material is
sufficient to submit a formal application.

*Engagement grants are awarded to innovative distribution and audience
engagement strategies. Available to previous grantees only.

*Impact grants support on-going work on the issues by the filmmakers. By
invitation only.

http://www.sundance.org/press_subgen.html?articleID=4&colorCode=green

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