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    • Screenwriting

    • Filmmaking

• Fresh Filmmakers Grant

• MNTV

• Non-IFP Grants & Fellowships

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Fast Track & Sloan Grant
Deadline: February 1, 2010
Taking place during the Los Angeles Film Festival, Fast Track is a selective film financing market that connects filmmakers with financiers, production companies, and other high-level industry professionals. The program is open to established as well as up-and-coming filmmakers with exceptional projects still seeking funding. The program helps filmmakers move forward with their current narrative and documentary projects, and it connects them with industry professionals who can provide advice and assistance in getting those films made. Previous Fast Track projects include: Cherien Dabis's Amreeka, Courtney Hunt's Oscar-nominated Frozen River, Scott Prendergast's feature Kabluey, Sterlin Harjo's Four Sheets to the Wind, Jennifer Westfeldt's Ira and Abby, Jessica Sanders's After Innocence. Also, for the first time, there is an Alfred P. Sloan Grant attached to Fast Track, which will award a $10,000 production grant to a Fast Track participant. Learn more about Sloan Grant eligibility here. To apply to Fast Track and the Sloan Grant, click here.

The Jerome Foundation recently announced the 2010 Travel and Study Grant Program. They will hold informational workshops, which are optional for applicants, in order to answer questions about the program and provide peer learning opportunities. Those workshops are scheduled as follows:
February 16, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Open Book, Room 203
1011 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota
www.openbookmn.org
612.215.2650
February 22, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
IFP MN Center for Media Arts
2446 University Avenue West, Suite 100 St. Paul, Minnesota

The deadline is March 8, 2010. More information at: www.jeromefdn.org.

State Arts Board Officially Creates New Amendment Grants Programs
The Minnesota State Arts Board, after a very lengthy and extensive public input and strategic planning process, has created the new grants programs made possible by the passage of the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment. The Board created four major new programs as well as a number of smaller initiatives. The four major new programs are: Touring and Presenting, Arts Participation Grants, Professional Development for Artists and OrganizationsPlus. Most of these new programs will have application deadlines in February, 2010, with award panels held in March/April, and grants made in June, 2010.

Doorpost Film Project Awarding $$ and Mentorship to Filmmakers
Doorpost Foundation, an independent film project, supports an amazing community of filmmakers whose films explore positive ideals. This year (2010) 5 filmmakers will each receive $40,000 and mentorship to make 12-30 minute films based on this year’s 7 themes. The winners of the final round will split $160,000 in prize money. Our goal is to find, mentor, and support the next generation of filmmakers. Deadline: Feburary 1, 2010. We invite you to visit us, join our community, submit a film at http://www.thedoorpost.com

WorkBook Project's Discovery and Distribution Award
WorkBook is giving a filmmaker a one week theatrical run in LA with full PR, Street Team, and Social Media Support. An amazing panel of judges will review the top 5 films – established and well known producers, directors, actors and film critics. In fact the winning filmmaker will also win a mentoring session with one of the judges. Then 20 films will be awarded a direct digital distribution package that places them on Hulu, iTunes, Xbox and Netflix. More info>

TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund
In 2010, the Fund will provide grants ranging from $10,00-$40,000 in support of innovative and compelling filmmaking that explores scientific, mathematical, and technological themes and storylines, or a leading character who is a scientist, engineer, innovator or mathematician in fresh ways. The Fund will be accepting online applications when our submissions open on October 30, 2009. This application and additional information can be found at www.tribecafilminstitute.org/sloan.

Upcoming Events:

McKnight Screenwriting and Filmmaking Fellows Show Their Work, March 3 and 10.

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