Movies that Matter opens application process for the 2024 Grant

  • Grant, Award, Competition
  • Fully Funding Type
  • Ended
https://moviesthatmatter.nl/en/international/grants/
  April 09, 2024

About Opportunity

The internationally recognized organization Movies that Matter has opened an application form for its supportive grant aimed at international artists and filmmakers. Movies that Matter provides a startup grant for new human rights film events and an impact grant for established ones seeking to enhance their impact or expand their activities. These events encompass a range of forms, including human rights, LGBTI, and environmental film festivals, as well as mobile cinema projects. Film screenings will contribute to awareness and discussion about human rights in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, or Eastern Europe. The selection committee will choose the best application projects and provide them with a grant.

About Organizer

The international organization Movies that Matter was founded in 2006. It aims to promote human rights and social justice through film screenings and related activities.
Since 2007, Movies that Matter has supported over 350 projects in more than 85 different countries for a grant total of over 2,2 million Euros

Details

 

For 2024, the selection committee consists of:

  • Chris Belloni, Director, International Queer & Migrant Film Festival & Foundation Art. 1

  • Mira Chowdhury, Latin America programme lead at Free Press Unlimited

  • Will Janssen, Director Business Development at Hivos

  • Margje de Koning, Artistic director of Movies that Matter

  • Julian Ross, Film programmer and assistant professor at Leiden University

Eligibility:

  • Both emerging and professional artists or filmmakers, individually or in groups/collectives, from across the globe, can participate 

Participation fee:

  • Participation is free

Award/prize: 

  • Start-up Grant - €5,000 per project (for film events in their initial phase)

  • Impact Grant - €7,500 per project (for established film festivals, and can be used for further developing the festival and increasing its impact)

Application requirements:

  • Fill and submit the application form in English

  • Register on online application form

  • CV/portfolio

  • Artist statement

  • Motivational letter 

  • Project description (title, aim, targeted groups and etc)

  • The project should take place in one of the countries mentioned on the DAC List of ODA recipients

  • Personal information

  • Project finances 

  • Movies that Matter does not support film production, but support film festivals, mobile cinema and other types of film screenings to promote public debate on human rights

The submission closes:

  • 28 April, 2024

Specifications

Opportunity Types
Grant, Award, Competition
Deadline
28 April, 2024
Funding Type
Fully
Open to
Worldwide