Competition

Every 6 months, up to two filmmakers will be awarded this production grant of up to $30,000 in production funds. We announce the winner(s) 6 weeks after each final deadline. See Application Guidelines below for all deadlines and more info.

We are accepting applications from around the world (in English). Whether you have a simple screenplay or a film that’s already in production, we want to consider it for our grant program. We consider a range of projects, from standalone screenplays to fully packaged projects seeking finishing funds.

If your aspirations are solely to become a produced screenwriter, you can rely on ScreenCraft and BondIt to package the winning script with a talented director and in-house production resources with up to $30,000 in cash financing, judged on a case-by-case basis, depending on each project’s budget and needs as determined by our internal jury of industry professionals.

In partnership with BondIt Media Capital, a film & media fund based in Beverly Hills, ScreenCraft is offering two production grants per year to talented filmmakers for narrative features, short films and TV pilot series scripts and documentaries that display originality, vision & exceptional potential. Grant amounts will vary from $10,000 to $30,000 depending on the scale and merit of each project. This program includes creative development from the ScreenCraft team and production guidance and resources from BondIt Media Capital and Buffalo 8 Productions.

Mentors:
Alice Kharoubi, Cannes Film Festival
Alice is the Head of Cannes Film Festival’s Court Métrage, an entity dedicated to Short Films developed by the Cannes Film Festival. She is also the short film programmer for the Abu Dhabi Film Festival since its creation, as well as the international shorts programmer for Festival Tous Ecrans in Geneva, Switzerland. She is continually a part of selection committees and has participated as a jury member at festivals all over the world.

Robert Ogden Barnum
Robert Barnum is one of the industry’s most sought-after independent producers. Rob is the award-winning producer of such celebrated independent films as LAWLESS (starring Shia Labeouf, Tom Hardy, Jessica Chastain), MARGIN CALL (starring Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto), ALL IS LOST (starring Robert Redford) and THE BRITS ARE COMING (starring Sofia Vergara, Tim Roth, Uma Thurman).

Daniel Kasman MUBI Director of Content
Based in New York, Daniel Kasman is Director of Content of curated online cinema MUBI. Since 2007 Daniel has been working to increase audience awareness of, interest in, and access to great cinema by collaborating with filmmakers, distributors, international film festivals and institutions. As the founder and editor in chief of MUBI’s online cinema publication the Notebook, he has covered the Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Berlin, Rotterdam, Locarno and Toronto film festivals, among others. His criticism has been published in Cinema Scope, Cineaste, Senses of Cinema, Revolver, La Furia Umana, and Lumière.

BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PROJECTS WILL BE SELECTED EACH YEAR, DEPENDING ON THE QUALITY OF APPLICANTS IN EACH APPLICATIONS CYCLE AS DETERMINED BY OUR JUDGES. APPLY BEFORE THE NEXT DEADLINE!

1. Spring Funding Cycle opening January 1, with a Spring Early Deadline of February 1 and a final deadline of June 30.
2. Fall Funding Cycle opening July 5, with a Fall Early Deadline of August 1, a Regular Deadline of November 1st and a final deadline of December 1st.

READ MORE: https://screencraft.org/fund/