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First Feature Lab

Moving Picture Institute

Foundation Grants for Creative Writing

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Overview

Part of MPI's Rising Filmmaker Program labs providing hands-on training and mentoring for filmmakers developing their first feature film.

Participants: Emerging filmmakers working on debut features

Support: Hands-on training and mentoring through the entire production process

Focus Areas: Projects exploring human freedom themes

What Moving Picture Institute actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2021 — the most recent filing with itemized grants

Moving Picture Institute reported $18K in grants for 2022 as a total without an itemized list; the grant details below are from 2021, its most recent itemized filing.

Grants in 2021: 2
Total given: $300K
Median grant: $150K
Range: $58K–$242K

By dollars: New York 81%, California 19%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY; Venice, CA.

Example grants

Disruptive Pictures · New York, NY

Exempt mission film production

$242K
Smock Media Holdings LLC · Venice, CA

To support mindful editor workshop for the rising filmmaker program

$58K