Brief
Type of projects: artist-driven film and new media projects, and other forms of creative visual storytelling, that explore the rich diversity of the human experience. These stories inspire imaginations, disrupt stereotypes, and help transform attitudes that perpetuate injustice.
Countries: worldwide
Grant range: unspecified
We support artist-driven film and new media storytelling projects that explore aspects of inequality, as well as the organizations and networks that support these projects.
Considerations when applying for grants
JustFilms accepts letters of inquiry for grants year round, averaging between 800 and 1,000 inquiries. Our funds are limited, and we are able to support only a small percentage of these projects through direct grants. JustFilms strongly advises that you use the priorities and guiding application questions below to determine whether your project might be competitive in this process. Please note that JustFilms also makes partnership grants, which are allocated as JustFilms partners described here. We invite you to explore whether your project might be better suited for support through one of these partners.
All projects submitted for JustFilms grants will be judged on the basis of
- Artistic excellence
- Contemporary relevance
- Potential for strategic impact
- Alignment with Ford priorities
- Potential to transform stereotypes, beliefs, and value systems
- Creativity and innovation in form
- Focus on vulnerable population
To apply for a grant
Please note that we have very limited staffing and therefore regret that we cannot respond to each applicant directly. We do not have the capacity to respond individually to phone calls or e-mails asking about the status of your application.
Upon review of your materials by Ford staff, you may receive an invitation for a full proposal. If you do not hear from JustFilms within 30 business days of submitting your application, your project has not advanced in consideration.If you are contacted for further information, the entire review and decision process may take between 30 and 50 business days, given a number of variables specific to each grant.
Contact
Website : http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/justfilms/justfilms-inquiry/#top
