This program supports female filmmakers and filmmaking teams in creating strategies to achieve impact and engagement with their completed films. It focuses on helping films create personal, cultural, or social change for the communities most affected by their topics.

Benefits

• Grants of $30,000 USD for filmmaking teams worldwide.
• At least $15,000 USD must be used for an impact campaign.
• Up to $15,000 USD can be used for post-production, completion, or distribution.
• Flexibility to design impact campaigns tailored to the film’s goals.

Eligibility and Requirements

Applicant Eligibility:

• Filmmakers must identify as women or gender-expansive individuals.
• Co-directing teams must include at least one woman or gender-expansive filmmaker.
• Applicants must commit to creating an impact campaign.
• Open to filmmakers worldwide, except from countries under US sanctions.

Project Eligibility:

• The film must be a documentary or nonfiction project, including hybrids.
• All lengths are eligible: short, medium, or feature-length.
• The film must have premiered at a festival or community screening within a set timeframe.
• The project must have a clear release or distribution plan (theatrical, educational, or broadcast).
• The film must have clear and measurable impact goals.
• Films supported by specific organizations may also be eligible.