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🚨 New GRANT opportunity for independent filmmakers: Docs, features, shorts & web series.
The application window is now open for the Roy W. Dean Film Grant – Summer 2025! The grant is open to documentaries, narrative features, short films and web series budgeted at $500,000 or less. Films can be at any stage of production. The winner will receive a cash prize of $3,500 and $20,000+ in donated film products and…
The Picture Shop Feature Film Grant ($50k) is Now Open! Deadline: July 15
Attention Filmmakers! Apply today for the Picture Shop Film Grant for Fiction and Nonfiction Feature Films. Are you in the final stages of your feature film and need help getting to the finish line? Film Independent and Picture Shop will select a qualified filmmaker who will receive the Picture Shop Feature Film Grant: Up…

Upcoming Events

NFMLA Virtual Conversation | Feature Film Executive Producing with Niels Juul
Join us for a virtual conversation with Niels Juul, executive producer of notable films such as “THE IRISHMAN,” “KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON,” and “FERRARI”! These films have collectively received over 20 Oscar® nominations from the Academy, winning and earning numerous additional awards and accolades from the Golden Globe…
NFMLA Film Festival | InFocus: Canadian Cinema
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) hosts its July Monthly festival, which includes its annual InFocus: Canadian Cinema program, spotlighting independent Canadian storytellers with support from Telefilm Canada and the Québec Government Office in Los Angeles, and community partnership with its longstanding partner, the…