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Independent Feature Documentary Fund

Funding for filmmakers worldwide developing, producing, or finishing an independent feature documentary with strong artistic vision and contemporary relevance.

This fund supports independent filmmakers worldwide working on cinematic feature documentaries at the development, production, or post-production stage.

It is designed for nonfiction projects with a clear artistic vision, strong storytelling, and meaningful contemporary relevance, including hybrid and experimental documentary work.

  • Open to independent feature documentary projects worldwide
  • Supports development, production, and post-production
  • Strong fit for films with creative ambition and cultural relevance
  • Hybrid and experimental documentaries are eligible
  • Projects should have a clear story, structure, and confirmed access
  • Creative and editorial control must remain with the key creative team
  • Best suited to projects with budgets under $1.2 million
  • Shorts, fiction, series, branded content, NGO, advocacy, and educational films are not eligible
Grants between $40,000 and $100,000 - Member Area

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