New Film Technology Grant Information

Production support is offered annually to an individual artist project for film and video, radio, sound art, or computer-generated art. The project can be a combination of media, including but not limited to, work for tape, installation, single-channel work, or interactive disc formats. Individual Artists supports projects utilizing production methods and tools ranging from the simple to state-of-the-art technologies. Grant amounts range from $5,000 to $25,000.

The Council extends equal consideration to a wide range of artists and genres. Electronic media artists or filmmakers who wish to collaborate with artists in other disciplines may apply for production support. Priority is given to projects that emphasize the collaborative process and whose goal is to produce a distinctive work resulting from the meeting of disciplines. Production support is not provided for projects that take another discipline as their major focus or aim to provide straightforward documentation of another art form.

Organizations may not impose a fee on artists for submitting their applications. However, given the responsibilities involved, organizations sponsoring projects in this category may charge up to 7% of the grant to help cover administrative fees and services if a project receives funding. This expense must be reflected in the project budget submitted in support of the application.

Funds from this category cover expenses related to any of the production phases, with the exception of out-of-state travel expenses, and include the following:

Pre-production includes expenses related to research and development, scriptwriting and archive searches. The director must initiate pre-production requests.

Production includes expenses of shooting, equipment rental, stock, crew, field or studio recording, processing, synthesis, creation of software and hardware specific to the artwork, and personnel.

Post-production includes completion expenses such as flatbed or facilities rental, effects, sound mix, captioning for the hearing impaired, and editing salaries that are incurred up to and including the first release print/master tape or equivalent.