Filmmaker Paul Devlin hates fundraising. He would never solicit donations in a newsletter to friends and fans; he considers it an improper imposition
Funding

Towards a Sustainable Model for Social Issue Filmmakers

Your tax dollars at work: A brief guide to federal funding agencies.

Making a film is a huge undertaking, and definitely not for the faint of heart. A major part of the work--more than you ever imagined--is the process

Editor's note: This article was revised for the Winter 2019 issue, adapted from the session Getting Real '18. Since then, a second revision was

On Saturday, September 27, 2008, I attended “The Documentary Marketplace” panel at Film Independent’s Filmmaker Forum, which was held in Los Angeles

Faith, hope and charity: A long walk down funder’s alley.

" It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every 12 minutes one is interrupted by 12 dancing rabbits

The National Science Foundation (NSF), an independent government agency that was created in 1950 by an act of the US Congress, funds research and

Groundbreaking documentaries and animation shorts... over 4,000 awards in countless festivals, including ten Oscars and five Palmes d'or at Cannes