Items to submit (upload) on your application: 

1. Cover Letter
2. Proposal (for documentaries) or Synopsis (for shorts or features)
3. Marketing/Distribution/Social Media Plan
4. Crew Information
5. Budget (or Estimate)
6. Sample Work: Provide a URL to a video of your trailer or prior work (Vimeo, YouTube, etc.)

Project Proposal and Synopsis Guidelines

Submit a written proposal.  If you would like an outline for a documentary proposal, click here.  

For documentaries, please send us an outline of your documentary film. It can be from 2 to 6 pages. 

For short films and features, we want a one page synopsis (or outline) of the film and the first 10 pages of your script. 

Please be sure also include the following:

• Style, format and approach to the material, including any distinct visual or technical elements.
• What are your plans for distribution?
• Are you the producer, director, what?
• How is this project unique and how does this project benefit society?
• What is your relationship to the material?
• List name and position of proposed key production personnel (producer, director, cinematographer, editor, etc.) and their relevant experience or credits.

Sample Work(s) Guidelines

All Roy W. Dean Grant and Carole Dorothy Joyce Grant applications must be accompanied by a sample of applicant’s previously completed work via URL to an online video (Vimeo, YouTube, etc).

We need to see what you have made and what your vision is for your proposed or current film. If you do not have a prior work, submit one from a key member on your crew.