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Filmmaker International Travel Grant

New Zealand Film Commission

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Funding amountUp to NZD 6,500

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About this funding

The Filmmaker International Travel Grant provides up to NZ$6,500 to New Zealand directors and producers to attend major international film festivals and markets with completed feature films or qualifying short films. Applications are generally accepted at any time, with special funding rounds for European Film Market, Cannes, and Annecy opening 2-3 months before each event.

Topics: Arts, culture and heritage

Who can apply

Applicants must be New Zealand directors or producers representing a completed feature film premiering at an international festival or market; or have a short film in competition at Berlin, Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Venice, Hawai'i, or ImagineNative and have at least one feature film in development; or be a producer travelling to an established film market with at least one feature film in advanced development with a clear set of travel objectives and outcomes.

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Where

Aotearoa New Zealand

Northland: listed as coveredAuckland: listed as coveredWaikato: listed as coveredBay of Plenty: listed as coveredGisborne: listed as coveredHawke's Bay: listed as coveredTaranaki: listed as coveredManawatū-Whanganui: listed as coveredWellington: listed as coveredWest Coast: listed as coveredCanterbury: listed as coveredOtago: listed as coveredSouthland: listed as coveredTasman: listed as coveredNelson: listed as coveredMarlborough: listed as covered
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