RESOURCES
Labs & Fellowship Programs
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Cinereach (Link): Focuses on bold, artist-driven films with cultural resonance, offering grants, fellowships, and production funding.
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Disability Belongs™ Entertainment Lab (Link): A virtual program providing disabled creatives with workshops, networking opportunities, and mentorship from high-level industry executives to support their work in development, production, and post-production.
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Film Independent (Link): Offers programs such as Fast Track, Directing Lab, Producing Lab, and Doc Lab, providing grants, fellowships, and pitch opportunities.
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The Gotham Film & Media Institute (formerly IFP) (Link): Programs include the Gotham Documentary Lab and Project Market, with support through grants, mentorship, and project incubation.
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IDFA Bertha Fund (U.S. filmmakers working internationally) (Link): Focuses on documentaries with social/political themes.
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Inevitable Foundation's Visionary Fellowship (Link): A year-long program that provides funding, mentorship, and community to help disabled filmmakers create a short film and leverage it into their first feature film.
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Inevitable Foundation's Accelerate Fellowship (Link): A six-month program offering disabled film and TV writers $40,000 grants, mentorship, and industry connections to develop their work.
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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (Link): Offers fellowships to professionals in various fields, including film.
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Sundance Institute (Link): Programs include the Feature Film Program, Documentary Fund, and Episodic Lab, offering grants, labs, mentorship, and fellowships.