Still from Still Judy (dir. Lisa Denker, 2020 Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness grantee)
Through the generosity of Loreen Arbus, New York Women in Film and Television has established the Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant. The film completion grant for $6,500 will be awarded to a woman filmmaker for a film on physical or developmental disability issues. Directors and producers are eligible to apply.
Films may be of any length or genre. Films must have completed principle photography to be eligible. The Grant will be awarded to help a film in the post production phase. Distributed films are ineligible. Filmmakers must be US-based.
SUBMISSIONS are now closed for 2023.
Please check back in the Fall for new submission date.
Woman of Her Word Grant
Courtesy of Michele Spitz, Woman of Her Word will produce the film’s audio description asset as a post production in kind grant. Her generous donation will allow for the film to be accessible for blind or visually impaired audiences.
Learn more.
Reel Abilities Film Festival Grant
ReelAbilities Film Festival, the largest disabilities film festival in North America, will provide captioning service for the selected film as well as support of the film’s outreach and distribution, through the ReelAbilities North American network of festivals and beyond.
Behind the scenes of Faith Brings the Wild
The 2023 Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant was awarded to filmmaker Ravit Markus for Nina. Learn more about this powerful documentary feature.
Questions?
Contact grants@nywift.org
