APPLICATIONS FOR THE WOMEN IN FILM FOUNDATION
2014 FILM FINISHING FUND GRANTS ARE OPEN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Los Angeles, CA – Applications are now being accepted for the Women In Film Foundation’s 2014 Film Finishing Fund grants. The application period runs through June 6, 2014. Winners will be announced in October 2014.
Women In Film will give up to $15,000 in cash, in-kind and consultation grants for the selected entries. Women In Film International is making a great contribution for the 2014 grant cycle.
The Film Finishing Fund is run by Committee Co-Chairs Betsy Pollock and Nancy Rae Stone, and was started 29 years ago. Since its inception, the Film Finishing Fund has awarded more than $2 million worth of grants to over 170 films from all over the world. The Film Finishing Fund has an impressive track record selecting films for completion that went on to win major awards, distribution and network deals, including:
• Cynthia Wade’s Freeheld, the 2008 Academy® Award-winner for Best Documentary Short Subject
• Freida Lee Mock’s Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision, the 1994 Academy® Award-winner for Best Documentary
• Esther Robinson’s A Walk Into The Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory, 2007 Teddy Award Winner at the Berlin Film Festival
• Maryam Keshavarz’s Circumstance, the 2011 Sundance Audience Award winner
QUALIFICATIONS
To qualify for entry, submitted projects must be by, for or about women. Filmmakers must have completed at least 90% of principal photography, and have a rough cut at the time of application.
The program funds both short and long formats in all genres: narrative, documentary, educational, animated and experimental. Entrants do not have to be Women In Film members to apply for a grant, and WIF encourages international applications.
Detailed criteria for each category and a download of the application can be obtained at www.wif.org.
Women In Film published an interview series on wif.org with notable Film Finishing Fund recipients called “Grant Winners Talk”. The interviews are available at www.wif.org.
2013 grant winners include Pelin Uzay, producer of The Bravest, the Boldest, nominated for the Short Film Grand Jury Prize At Sundance 2014
The 2014 Women In Film Foundation Film Finishing Fund Committee:
Co-Chairs:
Betsy Pollock, Associate Dean of Production, American Film Institute Conservatory
Nancy Rae Stone, Producer
Members:
Lisa Gewirtz
Ellen Olivier
Chevonne O’Shaughnessy
Marion Rosenberg
Cathleen Summers
Women In Film (WIF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women achieve their highest potential within the global entertainment, communication and media industries. WIF’s fundamental belief is that entertainment created by and for women should represent 50% of all content worldwide, in sync with the voice of the population itself. WIF’s mandate is to ensure gender parity for women in management positions as well as in front of and behind the camera, and to preserve the legacies of all women within the media industries. Founded in 1973, WIF and its Women In Film Foundation provide for members camaraderie, networking opportunities, educational programs, scholarships, grants, film finishing funds, access to employment opportunities and mentorships, as well as enabling members who exhibit advanced and innovative skills numerous practical services, as well as participation in the organization’s film and television shadowing programs and its award-winning PSA program. For more information visit www.wif.org
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