PIC Shorts Fund Projects

• Eligibility Criteria: You are eligible to apply for the Shorts Fund Projects, if you are:
  – An independent producer who holds artistic, budgetary, and editorial control and owns the copyright to the proposed project;
  – A citizen or legal resident of the United States or its territories.  If you are not a U.S. citizen or legal resident, you can still apply, but you will be required to have a U.S. fiscal sponsor if awarded PIC funding;
  – A producer who has previous film or television experience and has at least one completed short film in a key creative role: director, co-director, producer, co-producer or writer;
  – Please note that you can only apply with one project to the Shorts Fund. If you have more than one project, they suggest applying with the one that you consider the strongest;
  – Additionally, they only accept applications to one PIC funding initiative at a time. If you currently have an application under consideration for another PIC funding initiative your application to the Shorts Fund won’t be considered.
• Type of Funding: Programmatic
• Target Region: United States
• Application Language: English

The Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC) provides funding for the completion of fiction and nonfiction short films of untold stories and fresh perspectives on the indigenous Pacific Islander experience.

The Shorts Fund selects projects for public media digital distribution and television broadcast.

Topics

They are especially interested in projects that address the following topics.

• Social issues (i.e. physical and mental health, immigration, housing, education, food security, civil rights, race relations, etc.).
• Economic issues.
• Environment and sustainability.
• Community portraits (i.e. LGBTQ, rural, families, immigration, underserved and underrepresented, etc.).
• Travel, lifestyle, personal stories, identity, sports, etc.
• Impact and solutions to COVID-19

Additionally they look for projects with:

• Stories that are untold, little known, have an innovative approach and/or fresh perspectives of the indigenous Pacific Islander experience.
• Fully realised stories with completed treatments and/or scripts that are engaging and compelling.
• Universal themes that have a strong potential of appealing to a wide and diverse audience.
• Robust outreach, engagement and social impact plans with the intention of social change to encourage a more informed, equitable and inclusive society.
• Strong training plans that strive to provide meaningful training and mentorship for emerging indigenous Pacific Islander media makers.

Funding Information

Applicants can request up to $25,000.

See here to learn more and apply.

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