Aside from LEF’s filmmaker opportunities, here is a list of some other ongoing filmmaker resources for locating opportunities and collaborators in New England and beyond.
Some key resources for local filmmakers are the LEF newsletter, the New England Foundation for the Arts resources page, the Alliance for Artist Communities’ artist residency directory, and the International Documentary Association’s grant directory.
Artist Communities Alliance (Artist Residencies List)
Artists U / Making Your Life as an Artist
Beautiful Trouble (strategic and creative tools for resistance and liberation)
Center for Cultural Innovation Resources
Creative Capital Professional Development Resources for Artists
Creative Study Financial Sustainability Resources for Artists
The D-Word (Documentary Film Discussion Forum)
The DART Center for Journalims and Trauma
Detroit Narrative Agency‘s Reimagine Framework for Community-Accountable Mediamaking (view a longer introduction here)
Documentary Accountability Working Group (DAWG)
Documentary Grants/Fellowships Directory (IDA)
Documentary Participants Empowerment Alliance
Experimental Cinema News and Resources
FilmLabs.org (International Network of Artist-run Film Labs)
Frameworks (Experimental Film Discussion List-serv)
Green Doc Protocol (Doc Society)
International Documentary Association
Participant Care Resources (Peace is Loud)
Points North Institute Artist Programs
Sundance Inclusion Resource Map
A-Doc (Asian American Documentary Network)
Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
Alliance of Documentary Editors
Americans for the Arts (National Arts Advocacy Organization)
Art.coop (arts collective rooted in solidarity + systems-change)
Association of Moving Image Archivists
Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC)
Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)
Documentary Producers Alliance
The Gotham (formerly Independent Filmmaker Project)
Independent Television Service (ITVS)
Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship
Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB)
NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers)
National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communication (NAMIC)
National Endowment for the Arts – Media Arts Program
National Endowment for the Humanities – Media Projects
New Day Films (filmmaker-run distribution co-op)
New Economy Coalition – Solidarity Economy Funding Library (non-film-specific funding, investing, and fiscal sponsorship opportunities)
Pacific Islanders in Communication (PIC)
Southern Documentary Fund (SDF)
Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center
Undocumented Filmmakers Collective
U.S. Department of Arts and Culture (artist/cultural worker network; resources for creative action)
Yale MFIA DocProject (pro bono legal services for independent filmmakers)
Center for Independent Documentary (local fiscal sponsor)
Creative Ground Directory of Artists/Orgs (from NEFA)
Documentary Educational Resources (local fiscal sponsor)
Documentary Producers Alliance – Northeast
Filmmakers Collaborative (local fiscal sponsor)
Arts Engage ME (arts advocacy)
Community Television Association of Maine
Maine Arts Commission (public arts funding)
Maine Film Association (local fiscal sponsor)
Boston LGBTQIA+ Artist Alliance (BLAA)
Collective Futures Fund (for Boston-area artists and organizations)
The Film Study Center at Harvard
Hire Culture (Creative Employment Listings in MA)
Mass Creative (arts advocacy)
Mass Cultural Council (public arts funding)
Mass Production Coalition (film/TV production advocacy)
Arts4NH (arts advocacy)
New Hampshire Coalition for Community Media
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (public arts funding)
Northern Routes Film Collaborative
Vermont Arts Council (arts advocacy + public arts funding)
Vermont Production Collective (networking, collaboration, mentorships, + more)
