PIC’s Media Fund

• Eligibility Criteria: You are eligible for the media fund 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 fiscal sponsor if awarded PIC funding;
  – A producer who has previous film or television experience in a key creative role (director, co-director, producer, co-producer or writer) with at least one completed full length documentary of your own;
  – Please note that you can only apply with one project to the Media Fund. If you have more than one project, they suggest applying with the one that you consider the strongest;
  – 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 Media Fund application won’t be considered;
• Type of Funding: Programmatic
• Target Region: United States
• Application Language: English

The Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC) has launched submissions for the Media Fund which provides funds for single non-fiction projects of half an hour or an hour in length about the indigenous Pacific Islander experience for two critical phases of production Post-production.

Projects applying to the Media Fund must be intended for national public television broadcast, and therefore must be able to enter into a production agreement – this is not your typical grant.

Topics

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

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

Funding Information

They’re pleased to announce that they’ve increased the maximum amount of funding applicants can request from $50,000 to $65,000.

See here to learn more and apply.

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