Submissions Are Now Open!

Submissions are now open for four of our programs for narrative, non-fiction and new media filmmakers. The TFI Documentary Fund, the TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund, Tribeca All Access and the TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund are all open for applications.

Beyond providing grants for filmmakers, these programs also include year-round support, resources and industry connections for the grantees, who will join us in New York for events during the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. Here's a little more about the programs:

TFI Documentary Fund: Provides grants and guidance to support exceptional character-driven, non-fiction works-in-progress that sit outside of the social issue landscape and aim to take audiences into someone else's environment and spotlight the journey of the individual.

• Project Status: For documentary films that are in the advanced stages of development or either in production or post-production
• Region: For filmmakers based anywhere
• Funding: Grants of at least $10,000

TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund: Provides grants and professional guidance in support of innovative and compelling narrative features that offer a fresh take on scientific, mathematic and technological themes.

• Project Status: For narrative films in any stage
• Region: For filmmakers based anywhere
• Funding: Grants range from $10,000 to $40,000

Tribeca All Access: Supports working filmmakers who come from communities traditionally underrepresented in the film industry, including female filmmakers and filmmakers of color, by providing grants, access to industry contacts, workshops, panels and year-round support.

• Project Status: For documentary or narrative films that are in development or in production
• Region: For filmmakers based in the U.S. and Puerto Rico
• Funding: Grants of $10,000, with participants eligible for one of two additional $10,000 awards

TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund: Supports innovative film and video artists living and working in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America whose works reflect their diverse cultures in the documentary or mixed media form.

• Project Status: For documentary or nonfiction new media projects that are in production or post-production
• Region: For filmmakers based in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America
• Funding: Grants of at least $10,000

Interested? Our online application can be found at apply.tribecafilminstitute.org. Applications close October 11th.

Check out filmmaker Tina Mabry, a 2011 TAA participant whose County Line won the narrative TAA Creative Promise Award, talking about her experiences with TFI below.

[Photos, clockwise from upper left: Jenny Deller's Future Weather (Sloan, 2010), Maryam Keshavarz's Circumstance (TAA, 2006), Leah Wolchok's Very Semi-Serious (Doc Fund, 2011); Violeta Ayala's Cocaine Prison (Latin, 2011)]