Thank you for your interest in the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund. The deadline for the 2010 TFPF cycle has passed. Grant recipients will be announced on August 27th. The 2011 TFPF application period will begin in the Spring. For reference, eligibility information for the 2010 TFPF cycle is here.
But you can still participate... Donate to the Fund to ensure we are able to give out $100,000 in this year's cycle. Gifts of $25 or more will secure you an invite to our grantee party at the Mohawk on August 30th!
About TFPF
We award grants once a year to emerging film and video artists in the state of Texas through our Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund. Since 1996 the Austin Film Society has awarded 290 grants, totaling $940,000 in cash and $92,000 in goods and services to 272 film and video projects. Previous TFPF grant recipients are listed
here. Additionally, AFS has disbursed $14,500 in small stipends to Texas filmmakers traveling to prestigious film festivals through its
Texas Filmmakers' Travel Grant program.
TFPF recipients have shown their films at renowned festivals like Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, Tribeca, Slamdance and SXSW and have been nominated for Gotham Awards and won Independent Spirit Awards, and Student Academy Awards. Several have been released theatrically or in the cable and home video markets. The Austin Film Society is proud to support these Texas filmmakers making their mark in the world.
Awards are provided to artists whose work shows promise, skill, and creativity. Every August, an independent panel of highly esteemed professionals from the national film community convene in Austin to review applications and administer awards. Award announcements are posted on our website at the conclusion of the panel session and grant disbursements are made in early September.
Every spring, AFS partners with local film organizations and festivals in major Texas cities to offer free informational workshops on how to apply to TFPF. In 2010, AFS visited Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Corpus Christi, Denton and Austin. If you would like to see a workshop done in your city in 2011, send an email to
tfpf@austinfilm.org.
Below for reference, you will find the 2010 application form and sample budgets and proposals from successful applications. Check here for full
eligibility information.
Please email us at tfpf@austinfilm.org if you have any questions regarding TFPF.
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