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IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund Production Grant Application Guidelines

The IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund supports in-depth explorations of original, contemporary stories that integrate journalistic practice into the filmmaking process.

The Enterprise Fund was established in 2017 to respond to documentarians, working alone or in small teams, increasingly taking on high-stakes storytelling once the domain of legacy media; media and storytelling attempting to combat the misinformation being shared on socials and other internet platforms; and using journalistic principles (such as fact-checking and rigorous, methodical research) to arrive at a verifiable truth.

In recent years, many organizations have emerged to support this type of filmmaking with resources, educational programming, and advocacy. IDA is proud to be a part of this effort. IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund seeks to support crucial facts-based storytelling while helping filmmakers retain their independent voices and artistic visions.

Since 2021, the Fund has increased access and resources for international filmmakers. The issues of press freedom, facts-based storytelling, and mediamaking are urgent globally. As our information infrastructure becomes more globalized, filmmakers from all over the world must have access to resources that can elevate their voices.

IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund, with support from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, provides production funds to documentary films using journalistic research practice while still making cinematic and artistically rigorous work accessible to general audiences.