AFS Grants
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Other requirements
- Filmmakers from Texas
- Projects at various stages: development, pre-production, production, and post-production
Overview
AFS Grants Overview
Geographic Scope: Texas, with particular focus on Austin and North Texas regions
Purpose: Support filmmakers in Texas at various stages of production through grants for feature films, documentaries, and short films.
Focus Areas:
- Narrative feature films (in development, pre-production, and production)
- Documentary features (in development, pre-production, post-production)
- Narrative and documentary shorts
- Animated shorts
- Works-in-progress projects
Special Award Categories:
- Stuck On On DCP Award
- New Texas Voices Award
- North Texas Pioneer Award
- MPS Camera and Lighting Award
Eligibility:
- Filmmakers from Texas
- Projects at various stages: development, pre-production, production, and post-production
Recent Grant Recipients (2025):
The program has supported numerous filmmakers including:
- Feature films: CROWNED (documentary), GONE WITHOUT A PAST (narrative), AIRPORT BLVD (narrative), AN UNQUIET MIND (documentary), FALOPIA (narrative), SITORA (narrative), LET YOUR HANDS GO (documentary), THE DECISION (narrative), COHETES (narrative), MOTHER OF BUFFALO (documentary)
- Short films across narrative, documentary, and animated categories
What Film Society of Austin Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 12
- Total given
- $272K
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $8,500–$71K
- By dollars: Texas 88%, North Carolina 8%, California 4%. Top recipient cities: Austin, TX; Asheville, NC; El Paso, TX.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Sugarloaf Pictures LLC (Andrew Richey) · Austin, TX
Sponsored Project
$71K
TTJ LLC (Margaret Brown) · Austin, TX
Sponsored Project
$48K
Sunspots Production (Bryan Poyser) · Austin, TX
Sponsored Project
$36K
Beef and Pie LLC · Austin, TX
Sponsored Project
$25K
The Glades Comm Media (Patrick Bresnan) · Asheville, NC
Sponsored Project
$23K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Arts
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