New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) Now Accepting Applications For Its Four 2015 Funds For Women Filmmakers

As previously noted, despite recent strides, female directors made up only 6 percent of the total number of directors who worked on the top 250 grossing films of 2013. New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) is working to change that.

The New York-based organization is now accepting applications for its four 2015 Funds for Women Filmmakers. The deadline for each grant is June 15th. Let's take a closer look, shall we?

Loreen Arbus Diability Awareness Grant

This grant of $7,500 will be awarded to a woman filmmaker for a film on physical or developmental disability issues. Apply here.

U.S.-based directors and producers are eligible to apply.
Films may be of any length or genre.
The grant will be awarded to help complete a work-in-progress.
Films must have completed principle photography to be eligible. (Finished films are not eligible.)

In-Kind Post-Production Grants

These grants are for in-kind post-production services to documentary films directed and produced by New York area–based women filmmakers. Click here to apply.

Films may be up to one-and-a-half hours long.
Grants will be awarded to help complete a work-in-progress.
Films must have completed principle photography and be at a rough cut or fine cut stage to be eligible.
Grants for an online session and/or a sound mix will be awarded.

Nancy Malone Marketing and Promotion Grant

This grant will award $5,000 to a recently completed—or currently being completed—dramatic feature film directed by a woman. First or second-time, U.S.-based feature filmmakers are eligible. Films co-directed by a woman and a man are not eligible. Apply here.

Grant may be used for festival entry fees, marketing materials, video duplication, publicists, promotion at the film's opening, or other approved marketing and promotional expenses.
The grantee will provide a marketing plan with proposed expenses for approval by NYWIFT.
Grant funds may not be used for the filmmakers' travel or living expenses.

The NYWIFT Ravenal Foundation Feature Film Grant

The NYWIFT Ravenal Foundation Grant will support a woman second-time feature film director who is over 40 years of age in the production of a dramatic feature film with $7,500. Grant funds may be used for pre-production, production, or post-production. Apply here.

Grant-seekers must have previously directed a dramatic feature film or feature documentary that was released theatrically in the United States or included in a major film festival, or a feature-length television movie shown on a national TV platform.
Women who have directed one dramatic feature (for theatrical release or TV) or more than one feature documentary are eligible.
Applicants must be U.S. residents and the works must be primarily in English.