For Filmmakers.
Women filmmaker resources to help with film funding, film grant opportunities, film distribution, inspiration, and guidance.
Filmmaker Resources
Here are some helpful links for your filmmaking work. We are always looking to add grants for women filmmakers and other opportunities to support women in film.
If you have a film you would like to submit to Voices for Change: A Film Collection Advocating Women’s Rights, please click here to fill out the application.
Inspiration
Women’s Film Festivals
Movies That Matter
SIE Society
Sundance Institute Indie Film Group
WMM – Women’s Film Groups
Guidance
The Hollywood Assistant Guide (e-book)
Interactive Video-making Tools
Documentary Filmmaking Equipment
DIY Digital Distribution Platforms
Engagement Strategists
The Impact Field Guide and Toolkit – From Art to Impact
Fellowships, Residencies, and Labs
Backstage – Cast Your Project
Third World Newsreel – Filmmaker Resources
Resources for the Student Filmmaker: Scholarships, Grants, Tools & More
Funding Opportunities
Alliance for Women in Media
Mama Cash
Loreen Arbus Grant
Open Meadows Foundation Grant
Women in Film – Finishing Fund
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice: U.S. General Fund
Chicken & Egg Pictures
Stowe Story Labs Fellowships & Scholarships
The Sister Fund
The Gracies
Women in Film
WMM – Funders
Documentary Film Funding
Altercine Foundation
Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
Asian Cinema Fund
Catapult Film Fund
Chicago Filmmakers
Derek Freese Documentary Film Fund
Doc Society Circle Fund
Connect Fund
Documentary Company
Doha Film Institute
Filmmakers without Borders
Ford Foundation – Just Films
Fork Films Fund
Cross Currents Doc Fund
Hubert Bals Fund – Post Production Support
From the Heart Productions
ITVS
National Endowment for the Arts
TFI New Media Fund
Distributing Your Social-Change Film
Alexander Street Press
FIFDH – Geneva
Film Hub
Kanopy
Video Hub
WMM – Women’s Film Festivals
WMM – Documentary Film Distributors
Women’s Voices Now Film Collection
