TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund
Tribeca Film Institute
Award: $12,000
To support innovative filmmakers living and working in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America who are working on feature-length scripted, documentary or hybrid films. Qualifications: Applicants must be innovative film and video artists working and living in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America who are 18 years of age, and whose works reflect their diverse cultures. How to apply: Applicants must comply with all of the following rules and eligibility requirements; failure to comply with these rules will render a submission ineligible; submissions must be scripted, documentary, animation, and/or hybrid feature-length films with an intended length of at least 70 minutes; submissions must be in advanced development, production or post-production and must not have aired on any form of television, been screened publicly or have been distributed in theaters or via the internet prior to February the following year; submitted films must show enough footage to highlight unique access and storytelling ability; eligible projects should not have any existing US or Latin distribution in place; projects may be in any language or dialect, but if they are not in English, then they must be subtitled in English. Focus: Media arts.