Independent Television Service (ITVS) Film Grant, TV and Documentary Funding

ITVS funds, distributes and promotes new programs primarily for public television. We work with independent producers to create and present programs that take creative risks, advance issues and represent points of view not usually seen on public or commercial television. ITVS is committed to programming that addresses the needs of underserved and underrepresented audiences. We look for programs that bring new audiences to public television and that expand civic participation by bringing diverse voices into the public sphere.

ITVS Funding Film Grant Types

Open Call 
Open Call provides completion funds for single nonfiction public television programs on any subject, and from any viewpoint. Projects must have begun production as evidenced by a work-in-progress video. Open Call funding is only available to independent producers who are citizens or legal residents of the U.S. and its external territories.

International Call 
International Call provides production funds for single non-fiction television programs that bring international perspectives, ideas, events and people to U.S. television. This initiative is for non-U.S. producers who are citizens of a different country and live outside the U.S.

Linking Independents and Co-Producting Stations (LINCS)
Provides matching funds (up to $100,000) to partnerships between public television stations and independent producers. LINCS funds single non-fiction public television programs on any subject and from any viewpoint. Producers must be U.S. citizens or legal residents.

Diversity Development Fund
The Diversity Development Fund provides up to $15,000 in research and development funding to producers of color to develop single documentary programs for public television. Producers must be U.S. citizens or legal residents.

Commissioned Funding
ITVS accepts proposals on an ongoing basis for documentary projects that fall outside of the parameters of the standing initiatives (DDF, LINCS, OPEN CALL).

More Info: https://itvs.org

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List of Film Grants

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Documentary Film Grants

Short Film Grants

Women in Film Grants

Feature Film Grants

Emerging Filmmaker Grants

Screenwriting Film Grants

Television Grants

Canada Film Grants

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Film Grant Deadlines Rolling/Various Application Deadlines

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Festival Grants
• Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) Film Grant
• British Film Institute Film Grants
• Canada Council for the Arts
• Conservation Media Group Film Grant
• Film Independent Filmmaker Grants and Awards
• Independent Production Fund Canadian Film Grant
• Independent Television Service (ITVS) Film Grant, TV and Documentary Funding
• Michigan Council for Arts, Culture And Film Affairs
• New York Foundation for the Arts Film Grant
• New York State Council of Arts Film Grants
• Rooftop Films Filmmaker Grants NYC
• Roy Dean Film Grant Awarded by From the Heart Productions
• San Francisco Film Society Film Grant
• Screencraft Film Grant (Jan/March/June)
• Film in Singapore Film Grant (FSC)
• Sundance Film Grants
• Tribeca Film Institute Grants
• Women In Film | Film Finishing Fund Grant (WIFF FFF)

Film Grant Deadlines Spring

• Austin Film Society Film Grants
• Chicago Digital Media Production Fund (April)
• Derek Freese Documentary Fund (April)
• Filmmakers Without Borders Filmmaking Grants (June 1)
• Intercept Documentary Film Grant (June 1)
• Shore Scripts Short Film Fund (May)
• Princess Grace Film Awards (May)
• Miller Packan Documentary Film Fund (May)
• Women In Film | Film Finishing Fund Grant (WIFF FFF) (May/June/July)

Film Grant Deadlines Summer

• Filmmakers Without Borders Filmmaking Grants (Aug 1)

Film Grant Deadlines Fall

• Frameline LGBTQ+ Film Grant Completion Fund (Oct)
• NYC Womens Fund for Media, Music and Theatre (Oct)
• Miller Packan Documentary Film Fund (Nov)

Film Grant Deadlines Winter

• Filmmakers Without Borders Filmmaking Grants (Jan 1)
• JDC Archives Documentary Film Grant (Feb)
• Creative Capital Film Video Grant (Feb)
• UK Jewish Film Grants (Jan)