film's grants

"In the wake of reportedly lively discussion of the Indiana Jones franchise throughout the archaeological community, ideally the following will stimulate some serious constructive afterthought:

Through the TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund, in 2008 the Tribeca Film Institute will award multiple annual grants ranging from $10,000–$40,000 in 2008, totaling $140,000.

They seek exceptional narrative work of all genres (except science fiction or fantasy) with scientifically accurate themes or characters. The fund’s purpose is “to ensure that the great untold stories and wonderful characters from science and technology reach the wider movie-going audience.”

Projects should be feature-length narratives that creatively question the role of science and technology in everyday lives, and depict the lives of scientists, engineers and mathematicians in new ways.

They can be at any stage of development, production or post-production: treatments, finished screenplays, works-in-progress (films that have commenced production), as well as completed films seeking distribution will be considered.

Note: Funding is NOT available for short films or documentaries. But beginning filmmakers of demonstrated ability will be considered.

For details and application information see
http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org/sloan/fund/17388354.html

Carole Lazio
55 West 55th St-#11(PHS)
New York, NY 10019 USA"

(Source: Wac list)