The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program provides year-round support to contemporary-issue nonfiction filmmakers worldwide in the production of cinematic, feature-length documentaries with human rights themes. Services include the Sundance Documentary Fund, three Creative Documentary Labs annually, work-in-progress screenings held at cultural institutions globally, presentations by invitation worldwide, documentary support at the Sundance Film Festival and the Sundance Creative Producing Summit. The Sundance Documentary Fund is a core program of the Sundance Documentary Film Program, granting between $1 and $2 million per year. The Fund is very competitive, generally receiving between 1500 and 2000 applications per year and making 40-60 awards annually. A panel of world-class film professionals and human rights experts conduct a review of each docket. Proposals are evaluated on effective storytelling, originality, artistic approach, global relevance and timeliness and potential for social engagement.

Teleproduktions-Fonds was created as a joint initiative of Swissperfom, Suissimage and Société suisse des auteurs. The fund supports the development and production of TV productions by Swiss independent production companies.

The All Roads Seed Grant Program funds film projects by and about indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture filmmakers year-round and from all reaches of the globe. The program seeks filmmakers who bring their lives and communities to light through first-person storytelling. Submission deadlines are quarterly on the 15th of each March, June, September, and December. Award notifications are made approximately six weeks after each of these dates.

The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation empowers documentary filmmaking. We do this by enabling great films with global ambition, by brokering new partnerships and by building new business models for filmmakers to deploy. We deliver these goals thanks to our founding sponsor Channel 4, major sponsor PUMA.Creative and a number of innovative Foundations and organizations in the UK, Europe and US who support our work. *AT WHAT STAGE DO YOU INVEST IN A PROJECT/FILM?* Presently we have two funds available: The main Channel 4 BRITDOC fund - this is a production and completion fund for British and British-based filmmakers. The PUMA.Creative Catalyst is a development fund for filmmakers based anywhere in the world. *WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS/FILMS DO YOU SUPPORT?* Independent, one off films and unique creative developments. *WHAT IS THE AVERAGE AMOUNT GRANTED?* PUMA.Creative Catalyst Award is for 40 projects per year, each receiving €5000. With the main fund, on average, we invest between £10,000 and £30,000 per film. *AVERAGE NUMBER OF TITLES SUPPORTED ANNUALLY:* 40 development awards, 7/8 Main fund grants. *EXAMPLES OF RECENTLY SUPPORTED DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS/FILMS:* PUMA.Creative Catalyst Award - 30 awarded so far: Heralds from a Big World - Tatyana Soboleva Cal Summits - Luis Ilizarbe, Dragonslayer - Tristan Patterson, Armenia Wants A Piece of the North Pole, and the South Pole too - Vardan Hovhannisyan. BRITDOC Main Fund recently completed titles: Hell and Back Again, Bengali Detective, Self-Made, Calvet, Up in Smoke

The Fledgling Fund seeks to improve the lives of vulnerable individuals, families, and communities by supporting innovative media projects that target entrenched social problems.

We support provocative and challenging non-fiction films with an international reach. We are a not for profit co-operative raising donations from individuals, groups and organisations who believe in using the power of film to make change. We provide development and production funding, as well as campaigning outreach support to each film we work with. These elements combine to make Tipping Point Film Fund a unique and exciting new venture. We are supported by The Co-operative.

TFI Documentary Fund provides grants and guidance to support exceptional character-driven, non-fiction works-in-progress that sit outside of the social issue landscape and aim to take audiences into someone else's environment and spotlight the journey of the individual.

The TFI New Media Fund provides funding and support to non-fiction, social issue media projects which go beyond traditional screens – integrating film with content across media platforms, from video games and mobile apps to social networks and interactive websites. We’re looking for projects that activate audiences around issues of contemporary social justice and equality around the world and demonstrate the power of cross-platform storytelling and dynamic audience engagement.

The UK Film Council is the lead agency for film in the UK ensuring that the economic, cultural and educational aspects of film are effectively represented at home and abroad. We invest Government grant-in-aid and National Lottery money in film development and production; training; international development and export promotion; distribution and exhibition; and education. The UK Film Council’s main initiatives: 1/ The Development Fund with 12 million over three years to support the development of a stream of high quality, innovative and commercially attractive screenplays. This fund is the largest of its type in Europe; 2/ The Premiere Fund with 24 million over three years to facilitate the production of popular, more mainstream films; 3/ The New Cinema Fund with 15 million over three years to back radical and innovative filmmakers, especially new talent, and to explore new electronic production technologies; 4/ The Print and Advertising Fund of 6 million over three year period; 4/ The Print and Advertising Fund - 6 million, distribution support; 5/ The Digital Screen Network - 11 million; 6/ International - international strategies for development

Ukraine Film Office is an industry-sponsored non-profit organization intended to serve as promotional body for Ukrainian film industry abroad. Our aim is attaining wide recognition of Ukraine as an international film production and service centre. Ukraine Film Office provides information on every aspect of filmmaking in Ukraine. In 2009 Ukrainian Film Office starts a program of providing private equity to the co-productions on competitive basis.

The Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF) supports audiovisual production in, as well as international co-productions with Flanders. The Fund was set up by the Flemish government in 2002 and is headquartered in Brussels. The aims of the Flemish Audiovisual Fund are threefold: to develop a sustainable Flemish audiovisual industry, to encourage and support upcoming audiovisual talent and to promote a vibrant audiovisual culture in Flanders. VAF accomplishes four main tasks. It provides financial support for audiovisual productions; promotes these in Flanders as well as abroad; grants scholarships; finances professional training and supports/organises workshops; and carries out surveys in the audiovisual field.

A regional film commission that informs about the film locations in the region and provides other film-related information. The fund supports film and TV productions in the following categories: animation, documentary films, feature film, TV fiction.

Founded in 1994, Vestnorsk Filmsenter is a regional centre for the development of short and documentary film production and for the support of young filmmakers in the region.

The Vienna Film Fund helps to promote Austrian film, subsidize culture, economy and employment in the film industry of Vienna and all of Europe. In 2010 the council of the city of Vienna finances the Vienna Film Fund budget of approx EUR 11.5 million. Subsidies granted for project development, production, distribution and taking part in film festivals. Projects assessed on cultural, economic and artistic merits. While producing a movie you have to spend at least 100% of the financial contribution of the Vienna Film Fund for film production facilities and skills existing in Vienna, employing local creative staff and filmmakers and/or having an on-screen promotion of the city. The fund was partner of the Sources2 and EAVE Media programs, and is a joint organizer of meetings of producers, attended by representatives of Europe's film sector.

The Visegrad University Studies Grants (VUSG) program targeting the countries of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) expands the current VUSG program and offers grant funding to projects developing university courses of degree programs that will be launched at colleges and universities accredited in the EaP countries. The program enables these colleges, universities or their legal units (schools, faculties) to apply with proposals for courses or programs of various academic fields that focus on sharing specific V4 experience with democratization and transformation process, regional cooperation, the EU accession process, etc.

The Swiss fund visions sud est was initiated by the Foundation trigon-film Baden and the Fribourg Film Festival, with the collaboration of Nyon's Visions du Reel and the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. It supports film productions from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe, aims at making them visible worldwide and guarantees their distribution in Switzerland.

Wallimage s.a. and its subsidiary Sowalim s.a., were set up in Mons in 2001. Together, they act as the Walloon regional body for the audiovisual industry. The aim of Wallimage is to help structure the audiovisual industry in the Walloon Region and to support the set-up and development of audiovisual service companies, with investments and loans. Wallimage and Sowalim also act as co-producers for full-length feature films that use Walloon talent and technicians, either in production or in post-production.

The World Cinema Fund (WCF) was founded in October 2004 as a joint initiative of the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Berlinale. It immediately established itself as one of the leading institutions funding outstanding international productions and rapidly gained recognition from those in the industry. The World Cinema Fund supports films which could not otherwise be realized without its funding. They are uniquely aesthetic, tell memorable stories and authentically reflect the cultural background of the regions in which they are made. The WCF supports cooperative projects involving German film producers and non-European filmmakers and producers. The World Cinema Fund has previously focussed its funding activities in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia; filmmakers from Southeast Asia and the Caucasus can also apply for funding.

The World Cinema Fund (WCF) was founded in October 2004 as a joint initiative of the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Berlinale. It immediately established itself as one of the leading institutions funding outstanding international productions and rapidly gained recognition from those in the industry. The World Cinema Fund supports films which could not otherwise be realized without its funding. They are uniquely aesthetic, tell memorable stories and authentically reflect the cultural background of the regions in which they are made. The WCF supports cooperative projects involving German film producers and non-European filmmakers and producers. The World Cinema Fund has previously focussed its funding activities in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia; filmmakers from Southeast Asia and the Caucasus can also apply for funding.

Zürcher Filmstiftung was established in 2004. It supports professional filmmakers in the Canton of Zurich. The fund supports the project development, production, promotion and distribution of feature, short, animated and documentary films. The fund supports primarily projects that are related to the Canton of Zurich (location, production company or director); co-productions are also funded, provided they are connected with the region.