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#FestivalFriday 🎞️
The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Feb 13–22, 2026) is one of the top doc festivals in North America....and Oscar-qualifying for shorts!
🗓️ Final Deadline: Oct 3, 2025
📍 Missoula, Montana
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#Documentary #FilmFestival
Happening today 🎬
Our Doc Funding Hub workshop is diving into real crowdfunding plans from filmmakers in the room.
Get live feedback on your own plan - or listen in and apply the lessons to yours.
Starts 12pm ET / 5pm PT → buff.ly/ovFnzMo
#Documentary #IndieFilm #FilmFunding
🎬 Looking for a lab that helps your doc do more than just play to an audience?
The Envision Impact Lab by Perspective Fund is now accepting applications. Deadline: September 21, 2025.
🔗 buff.ly/IrzWxM0
#FundingMonday #DocumentaryFunding #ImpactLab
Thinking of crowdfunding your documentary?
This Wednesday, our Doc Funding Hub workshop is dedicated to reviewing real campaign plans. Bring yours for live feedback, or learn from seeing others get workshopped.
Join as a one-off or as a Hub member →
🎬 #FestivalFriday: The Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival returns April 9–12, 2026! Oscar-qualifying for shorts & mini-docs, it celebrates bold, socially engaged storytelling.
Submit by Sept 30!
👉 sebastopolfilm.org
#FilmFestival #Documentary
🌟 #FundingMonday spotlight: The Firelight Fund is open till Sept 18, offering up to $50K in grants for docs by Black, Brown & Indigenous filmmakers in the U.S. & territories. Social-justice storytelling - this is your moment?
👉 buff.ly/0JMOch2
#Docs #Grants #filmfund
#FestivalFriday
Documentary storytellers: the Rome International Documentary Festival (RIDF) is open for entries!
Final Deadline: 15 September 2025
Categories: World-Doc, Ita-Doc, Short-Doc - think bold, creative films completed after 1 January 2024.
#FestivalFriday
LAST CALL: Submit to DOC LA by Sept 8, 2025!
Shorts, features, experimental & more—all genres welcome. Rolling notifications by Sept 24.
Submit here: buff.ly/UJGt9r9
#documentary #filmmaker
#FundingMonday
The Catapult Film Fund is closing soon for applications! Submit for the Development Grant or new Project Accelerator by Sep 8, 2025 (5 PM PT).
Details & apply: buff.ly/cOHo5Ph
#DocumentaryFilm #FilmFunding
#FestivalFriday 🎥
The NYC Short Documentary Film Festival returns for it's 11th year on Nov 2, 2025!
Dedicated to nonfiction shorts 20 minutes or less, screened in the heart of NYC.
📅 Final submission deadline: Aug 31, 2025
👉 nycsdff.com
#FundingMonday 🎬
Texas-based filmmakers, take note!
The 2025 AFS Grant for Short Films is now open. Grants support shorts in any style or genre, with a focus on uplifting diverse Texas voices.
📅 Deadline: Sept 4, 2025 (6 PM CT)
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🎬 #FestivalFriday
Submit your doc to Jackson Doc Fest - formerly Lane Doc Fest - in Jackson, Tennessee!
🗓 Final deadline: 30 Aug 2025 | Gala & awards: Oct 11, 2025
Details: buff.ly/l0kHUaq
#docfestival #DocumentaryFilm #JacksonDocFest
⏳ Last chance!
Join serial-doc funder Hank Rogerson tomorrow for Part 2 of our doc crowdfunding series - how to keep your campaign alive + thriving once it’s live.
📅 Aug 13 | 12–1pm ET
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#DocFunding #Crowdfunding #Documentary
🎥 #FundingMonday
The MOIN NEST development programme from Germany’s MOIN Filmförderung offers:
• NEST Space: €7,500 base + up to €50K for docs
• NEST Classic: €7,500 base grant
Deadline: Aug 25, 2025.
One application - pick your track! Apply here 👉 buff.ly/Xvk29jC
#docfunding #filmmakers
🎯 Crowdfunding your doc?
Join serial-doc funder Hank Rogerson for Part 2: keeping momentum once your campaign is live.
📅 Aug 13 | 12–1pm ET
Bonus: Replay of Part 1 included!
🎟 buff.ly/XQQhJEY
#DocFunding #Crowdfunding #Documentary
🎬 #FestivalFriday
The Turkish World Documentary Film Festival is now accepting submissions.
🗓 Final deadline: Aug 30, 2025
📍 Open to global docs focused on Turkish culture or communities
Find out more: buff.ly/EmanFlI #IndieDocs
🎬 #FundingMonday
The Southern Documentary Fund is offering $15K grants to 7 projects with strong Southern roots.
Deadline: Aug 15, 2025
More info 👉 buff.ly/MLYlSgd
#IndieFilm #DocFunding #SouthernDocs
🎬 #FestivalFriday
Final deadline for DOC LA is Aug 21!
Showcase your doc in Los Angeles this fall - they love bold, global, and emerging voices.
🔗 Submit:
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🌍 Young documentary filmmakers from the Global South - this one's for you.
🎬The Alter-Ciné Foundation has a $10k CAD grant to support filmmakers born and living in Africa, Asia or Latin America.
🗓️ Deadline: August 15, 2025
🔗 buff.ly/HKqkx2h
#FundingMonday
🎥 #FestivalFriday
Got a doc with Italian roots?
Documentaria in Sicily is calling! 🌿
📍 In the stunning town of Noto
🗓 Final deadline: Aug 10
🎬 Italian shorts + features
🏆 Multiple awards, live events & more
buff.ly/DSBpbBm
#DocumentaryFilm #FilmFestival
🎬 Final class is TODAY - but you can still join!
Learn how to use Midjourney to create stunning AI visuals for your doc:
🎥 B-roll
📽️ Reenactments
🌀 Abstract scenes
✅ All replays available for 1 year!
Join now → buff.ly/h39Cfel
#DocumentaryFilm #Midjourney #AIinDocs
🎬 TODAY! Talking all things CROWDFUNDING at our live Doc Funding Hub session for documentary filmmakers.
✅ Pre-launch tips
✅ Platform picks
✅ Real campaign lessons
🕓 9am PT, 12pm ET, 4pm UTC
👉 buff.ly/7LVp37X
#CrowdfundingDocs #DocFunding #DocumentaryTips #FilmFunding
🎬 #FundingMonday
The AXS Film Fund offers $10K grants to support nonfiction creators living with disabilities or chronic illness - or working with someone who is.
⏰ Deadline: July 31
🔗 buff.ly/Y6ngkvM
#AXSFilmFund #DocumentaryFunding #InclusiveStorytelling
🎬✨ #FestivalFriday Spotlight! Docuworld Film Festival in London is calling for compelling docs with narratives that "inspire, educate, and provoke thought".
Final deadline: July 31, 2025.
Festival runs Oct 3–5, 2025 at Curzon Bloomsbury. Enter today! 🌍
🎙️ Fundraising is challenging, but it doesn’t have to be so lonely.
Filmmaker & Desktop Docs instructor Jilann Spitzmiller shares her practical tips on The Art of Film Funding podcast.
🎧 Listen: buff.ly/HbHBexv
💡 Explore our Doc Funding Hub: buff.ly/fqeNVxH
🎬🔬 Got a compelling doc idea at the crossroads of science & culture? @Sundance.org Sandbox Fund offers grants up to $100K + mentorship!
⏰ Apply by July 21: buff.ly/q4FLq4N #FundingMonday
#FestivalFriday Spotlight!
@PortoPostDoc is accepting submissions for its 2025 edition (20–29 Nov in Portugal).
Known for celebrating innovative and hybrid nonfiction, it’s a gem on the European festival circuit.
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025
More info: 👉
🎬 Starts TOMORROW!
Learn how to use #Midjourney to create stunning AI visuals for your doc, from b-roll and reenactments to abstract story sequences.
Taught live by Sundance-winning filmmaker @philipashane.bsky.social.
🎟️ Still time to sign up →
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#DocumentaryFilm #AIforFilmmakers