The Sundance Documentary Fund provides grants to filmmakers worldwide for feature-length projects that display: artful film language, effective storytelling, originality and feasibility, contemporary cultural relevance, and potential to reach and connect with its intended audience. Preference is to projects that convey clear story structure, higher stakes, and contemporary relevance, in addition to forward-going action or questions, demonstrated access to subjects, and quality use of film craft.

Up to $100,000

Sundance Documentary Fund also funds: development, production

A rough cut of at least 20 minutes is required for post-production grants. The reel should convey the narrative and aesthetic approach for the final film.

Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program It is made possible by founding support from Open Society Foundations. Generous additional support is provided by Skoll Foundation; the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Ford Foundation; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; The Charles Engelhard Foundation; Hilton Worldwide; The Rockefeller Foundation; Arcus Foundation; TED; Time Warner Foundation; CNN Films; the Joan and Lewis Platt Foundation; Compton Foundation; Threshold Foundation; the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Candescent Films; Kenneth Cole Productions; the J.A. & H.G. Woodruff, Jr. Charitable Trust; Nancy Blachman and David desJardins; and the S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation.