Deadline: 1-Nov-22
The NYC Women’s Fund for Media – Feature is now open for applications to encourage and support the creation of content that reflects the voices and perspectives of all who identify as women.
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) in partnership with the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME), the NYC Women’s Media, Music and Theatre Fund (“Women’s Fund”) is the latest in a groundbreaking series of initiatives by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) that address the underrepresentation of women in film, music, television and theatre.
Categories
- The program will provide finishing funds for film, television, and digital projects. Recipients will be selected from the following categories:
- Fiction Feature (running time of 60 minutes or more)
- Documentary Feature (running time of 60 minutes or more)
- Fiction Short (running time of 59 minutes or less)
- Documentary Short (running time of 59 minutes or less)
- Fiction Webisode/Webseries (all forms)
- Documentary Webisodes/Webseries (all lengths and form
Funding Information
- Fiction Feature (running time of 60 minutes or more): $50,000
- Documentary Feature (running time of 60 minutes or more): $50,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Projects must be made by, for, or about women and woman-identified individuals and/or feature a strong female or woman-identified perspective; and/or include a meaningful woman-identified producer credit; and/or include a meaningful woman-identified writing credit; and/or include a woman-identified protagonist(s).
- Projects must be completed by March 31, 2024. “Completed” means ready to be shown theatrically, on television, through a streaming service or online. Projects can be either commercial or not-for-profit in nature.
- Projects must have wrapped principal photography and must be able to submit a timeline that outlines final cut and distribution that meets program deadline of March 31, 2024.
- Eligible projects can be live action or animated.
- The applicant can be either the filmmaker or a producer.
- The applicant (or, if different, recipient of funds) must reside in any of the five boroughs of New York City.
- All recipients must complete a final report clearly outlining how the NYC Women’s Fund was used to complete the project along with sharing information on attendance numbers and public access plans or outcomes.
- Funds must be used to complete the project outlined in the application form. Funds may be allocated as the applicant needs to complete the project. However, funds cannot be used to purchase capital goods.
- Must follow at least one of two criteria:
- 75% of its total shooting days take place in New York City, or
- 75% of its production costs are “qualified production costs”. Funds can be used for any purpose critical to the completion of the project.
- Anyone can apply and be awarded a grant regardless of actual or perceived sex, gender, gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, partnership status, marital status, disability (including use of a service animal), race, color, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, military status, or any other class protected by City, State, or Federal law.
For more information, visit https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/nyc-womens-fund-for-media-music-and-theatre/film-guidelines/