The Spring 2013 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grant Round is now closed.
- Letter of Inquiry period closes February 13, 2013, 4:59pm PST. Late deadline is February 20, 2013, 4:59pm PST.
- Finalists are invited to submit additional materials March 27, 2013
- Winners will be announced April 2013
LETTER OF INQUIRY
The LOI is an online application that filmmakers can submit within a one month period. If you are not a SFFS member at the Filmmaker Pro Level or higher, you will have to pay an administrative fee when submitting your application ($25 if submitting before the early deadline, $45 before the late deadline). If you are a Filmmaker Pro member or above, the fee is waived.
We recommend preparing your answers in a separate document for your records before submitting. Please be prepared to answer the following questions in the LOI:
- Logline. In a couple sentences, please describe the crux of your film (75 words or less)
- Bio (200 words or less)
- Project synopsis (300 words or less)
- Describe how your film, through plot, character, theme or setting, explores urgent social justice issue of our time. (150 words or less)
- How does the film contribute to or uplift the Bay Area filmmaking community? (150 words or less)
- Please describe your artistic vision and stylistic approach. How will your film look and feel? (150 words or less)
- How will you measure the success of this project as it relates to audience impact and basic distribution strategy? (150 words or less)
- Describe the anticipated impact of the requested grant on your short- and long-term professional and artistic goals. (150 words or less)
- List the names and roles and briefly describe the qualifications of the other key (3 to 5) individuals involved in the project. These individual could include producers, directors of photography, editors, actors, or other key cast and crew. State the date they became attached to the project (300 words or less).
Approximately ten applicants will be invited to submit finalist applications. Finalists have roughly three weeks to a month to submit finalist materials.
FINALISTS
Finalists will be asked to submit the following:
Screenwriting
- A three to ten page treatment.
- A minimum of ten pages of the script you are applying for.
- Work Sample: A minimum of ten pages of a previous screenplay (short or feature). These do not have to be the first ten pages. Please submit what you believe to be the best ten pages.
- A work sample explanation - this should give context to your previous work sample as well as connect the previous sample to the work you are applying for.
- One page director or producers statement
- Please note: screenwriters applying for the SFFS/KRF Grant must be the principal writer on the project, and must also reside in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Development
- A three to ten page treatment.
- A minimum of ten pages of the script you are applying for. These do not have to be the first ten pages - please submit what you believe to be the best ten pages. (We welcome you to send a full screenplay but we do not guarantee that it will be read. Should you want to send the full script please send this digitally.)
- Work Sample: A minimum of ten pages of a previous screenplay (short or feature). These do not have to be the first ten pages. Please submit what you believe to be the best ten pages.
- A work sample explanation - this should give context to your previous work sample as well as connect the previous sample to the work you are applying for.
- A one-page budget summary that includes a funding plan.
- One page director or producers statement
Pre-production
- A three to ten page treatment.
- A minimum of ten pages of the script you are applying for. These do not have to be the first ten pages - please submit what you believe to be the best ten pages. (We welcome you to send a full screenplay but we do not guarantee that it will be read. Should you want to send the full script please send this digitally.)
- Work Sample: A ten-minute DVD sample of a previous work (short or feature) that can be viewed on a television. This can be one ten-minute sample, two five minutes samples, etc. Be sure to make sure it works ahead of time. We will not accept online links.
- A work sample explanation - this should give context to your previous work sample as well as connect the previous sample to the work you are applying for.
- Full budget including money raised to date.
- One page directors statement
Production
- A three to ten page treatment.
- A minimum of ten pages of the script you are applying for. These do not have to be the first ten pages - please submit what you believe to be the best ten pages. (We welcome you to send a full screenplay but we do not guarantee that it will be read. Should you want to send the full script please send this digitally.)
- Work Sample: A ten-minute sample on DVD - that plays on a TV - of a previous work - short or feature - links will not be accepted.
- A work sample explanation - this should give context to your previous work sample as well as connect the previous sample to the work you are applying for.
- Full budget including money raised to date.
- One page directors statement
Postproduction
- A three to ten page treatment.
- A minimum of ten pages of the script you are applying for. These do not have to be the first ten pages - please submit what you believe to be the best ten pages. (We welcome you to send a full screenplay but we do not guarantee that it will be read. Should you want to send the full script please send this digitally.)
- Work Sample One: A ten-minute sample on DVD - that plays on a TV - of the current work-in-progress - links will not be accepted.
- Work Sample: A ten-minute DVD sample of a previous work (short or feature) that can be viewed on a television. This can be one ten-minute sample, two five minutes samples, etc. Be sure to make sure it works ahead of time. We will not accept online links.
- A work sample explanation - this should give context to your previous work sample as well as connect the previous sample to the work you are applying for.
- Full budget including money raised to date, and whether or not requested funds will finish postproduction phase
- One page directors statement
REVIEW PANEL
The Film Society will convene a panel to evaluate applications and award grants at its sole discretion. Previous review panleists have been producers, screenwriters and SFFS staff among others. Winners will be announced in a press release and on the SFFS website.
REPORTING REQUIREMENT
Grant recipients will be required to submit a progress report and a new work sample three months, and then again six months, from the date of the grant award.
MARKETING
SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grant winners are asked to help us in our marketing efforts by filling out a questionnaire and providing links to trailers and/or reviews. Unless otherwise specified for confidentiality reasons, the log line submitted for the LOI will be used in our press release.
PAYMENT
Payment will be made via business check and can be made out to an individual or company name according to recipient specifications. The Film Society will issue a 1099 form at year's end reflecting grant income. Please note - for porjects applying for production, funds will not be released until shoot dates have been set.
GIVING BACK AND SUPPORTING BAY AREA FILM CULTURE
All grant recipients will be required to:
- Offer SFFS the first look at finished work and first right of refusal for potential premiere at the SFIFF or other SFFS exhibition venues in the Bay Area.
- Write an article or participate in an interview about your work for one or more publications.
- Lead a workshop or professional development course in your area of expertise.
- Meet with filmmakers to discuss work. Show a work-in-progress or present your project at an appropriate forum.
- Participate in SFFS Golden Gate Awards prescreening activities.
- Mentor or otherwise assist filmmakers who participate after you in these programs.
- Participate in community outreach activities around the issues addressed by the film.
FINE PRINT - Filmmakers with incomplete applications will not be considered.
- All DVD work samples should be tested on a television set before sending. DVD submissions will not be returned.
- Please do not submit finalist materials on special paper or in special bindings. Please only submit materials on standard black and white paper.
- Grantees may be required to provide SFFS a return on the funds invested depending on the percentage of the budget funded by SFFS.
- Filmmaker shall provide acknowledgement with a "With the Support of San Francisco Film Society & Kenneth Rainin Foundation" credit with both logos. For Pre-Production, Production and Post Production Support - Filmmaker shall provide acknowledgement with a "Produced in association with San Francisco Film Society & Kenneth Rainin Foundation" credit with both logos. If the grant represents twenty five percent or more of project budget, credit will be above the line.
For any and all questions, please contact the Grants Coordinator at tamara@sffs.org or 415-561-5019. | | SPRING 2013 LOI NOW CLOSED
| FALL LOI OPENS SEPTEMBER 11
FALL DEADLINES ARE:
EARLY DEADLINE: October 2
LATE DEADLINE: October 9
BOTH DEADLINES ARE 4:59PM PST
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