NEH America's Media Makers
The NEH has announced the deadline for both the Production and Development Grant for their initiative America's Media Makers. Grants for America's Media Makers support projects in the humanities that explore stories, ideas, and beliefs in order to deepen our understanding of our lives and our world.
Deadline: January 12th 2011
For more info please send email to publicpgms@neh.gov.

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Diverse Voices Project
POV, public television's premier showcase for independent, non-fiction film is seeking to support emerging filmmakers through its Diverse Voices Project, a co-production fund supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Deadline: January 14th 2011
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Project VoiceScape
Adobe Youth Voices, PBS and POV are searching for the next generation of documentary filmmakers. Project VoiceScape welcomes good ideas, films-in-progress or completed short films made by aspiring filmmakers in grades 7-12.
Deadline: January 14th 2011
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NEH - Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics
This program supports projects that examine international and transnational themes in the humanities through documentary films. These projects are meant to spark Americans' engagement with the broader world by exploring one or more countries and cultures outside of the United States.
Deadline: January 15th 2011
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The Global Film Initiatives Production Grants
Global Film Initiative production grants are awarded twice a year to filmmakers whose work exhibits artistic excellence, authentic self-representation and accomplished storytelling. The granting program furthers the Initiative's mission of contributing to the development of local film industries while offering audiences a variety of cultural perspectives on daily life around the world.
Deadline: January 15th 2011
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ITVS Open Call
Open Call provides completion funds for single nonfiction public television programs on any subject, and from any viewpoint. Projects must have begun production as evidenced by a work-in-progress video. Open Call funding is only available to independent producers who are citizens or legal residents of the U.S. and its external territories.
Deadline: January 15, 2011
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Rincón International Film Festival
The mission of the Rincón International Film Festival is to support and promote culture and the arts in Puerto Rico through the medium of film. The festival seeks to inspire future and current filmmakers in the art of filmmaking, and to enhance the movie viewing experience in Puerto Rico through creative, unique and entertaining events.
Early Bird Deadline: December 25, 2010
Regular Deadline: January 20, 2011
Late Deadline: February 15, 2011
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2011 BANFF World Television Awards
The Program Competition looks to honor the best programming across all areas of entertainment, including digital media, drama, and documentary.
Early Bird Deadline: January 28, 2011
Final Deadline: February 18, 2011
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Sundance Documentary Fund
Documentary Fund encourages the diverse exchange of ideas that is crucial to fostering an open society, raising public consciousness about human rights abuses and restrictions of civil liberties, and fostering an ongoing dialogue about these and other pressing social issues.
Deadline: February 9, 2011
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