Oregon Media Production Association

Grants, Festivals, Awards, Etc.

8/24/20

Outdoor Adventure Film Grant 2021: The #OregonMade Creative Foundation and Travel Oregon are offering a $20,000 grant to produce a short film. This year they are looking for experienced BIPOC filmmakers and on-camera subjects who want to tell a personal story involving the outdoors. Deadline September 4 at 5pm PT.
Black Public Media 360 Incubator+: Now accepting applications for nonfiction or limited series projects that are in early development stages and intended for public media distribution. At least one key production member must be of African descent. Deadline September 15.
The Imagination Project: Portland-based creatives can apply for a "creative basic income" of $1,000/month for three months. During that time, winners will create a project—in any medium or form—for which they previously had no time, resources or funding. Apply by August 27.

7/8/20

Adweek Podcast of the Year Awards: regular deadline August 11
Sundance Film Festival: early deadline for shorts & episodic August 7
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition: early bird deadline July 10
Table Read My Screenplay—Action, Horror, Mystery genres: final deadline July 30
Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition: final deadline August 27
Campaign US Agency of the Year: entry deadline November 12
PIE applications open on July 13 to find the next cohort of Portland founders and startups. The next round will be completely virtual.
LAIKA is accepting applications for several paid fall internships. Deadline Friday, July 31 at 6pm PT.
Oregon Artist Grants: NW Film Center and Portland Art Museum are offering a more than a dozen grants in two phases through the Re:Imagine Artist Fund. The first deadline is July 28.
Call for Submissions - Oregon Media Lab Filmmaker Series: Female-identifying and nonbinary directors are invited to share their work as part of an online streamed media collection through the Hollywood Theater. Directors will receive a portion of their ticket sales.

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