Procedure and Checklist for the Catapult Development Grant:
Catapult accepts applications online twice a year through the online platform Submittable. Our application is based on the Nonfiction Core Application 3.1, a collaborative effort to standardize application requirements for documentary filmmakers. We do not accept unsolicited pitches for individual projects outside of application cycles.
Checklist:
Our application includes questions from the Nonfiction Core Application, in addition to Catapult-specific grant questions. Preview Nonfiction Core Application questions (available in English and Spanish)ยป
Step 1 checklist:
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Contact information: director name, email, and address;
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Project information: title, length, logline, story or concept summary, topic summary
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Approach and ethics: artistic approach
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Catapult requirements: previous application update, grant impact based on project stage, timeline
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Key creative personnel: brief team bios, relevant expertise, and project role
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Funding: Total budget and funding raised
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Prior work sample: visual sample descriptions, links, passwords
Step 2 checklist:
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Contact information: director name
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Project information: title, length, logline, story or concept summary, topic summary, creative control, and project stage and timeline
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Approach and ethics: artistic approach, connection and access, perspective, protagonist agreement, accountability, community care and safety, and accessibility
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Key creative personnel: brief team bios, relevant expertise, and project role
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Funding: fundraising strategy, total budget, funding raised and spent to date
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Catapult requirements: previous application update, grant impact
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Fiscal sponsor: a fiscal sponsor is not required to apply, but if selected, must be confirmed in order to accept the grant award
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Work sample(s): may include project material and/or representative work. For visual work samples, captions or English subtitles are required. For further guidance on creating captions, reference FWD-Doc Practices & Resources We Recommend, as well as the NAI Captioning and Audio Description Resources.
Please carefully review the Guidelines and Eligibility and FAQ sections before applying. If you still have questions, email info@catapultfilmfund.org with the full title of your project in the subject line. We are a small team with limited capacity - we are not able to reply during peak application periods.