Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund Grant Program

The 2009 Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund cycle will begin in the Spring of 2009. Eligibility information is here.

Since 1996 the Austin Film Society has awarded $850,000 in cash and $80,000 in goods and services to 265 film and video projects. We award grants once a year to emerging film and video artists in the state of Texas through our Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund. The 2008 Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund grant recipients are listed here.

TFPF recipients have shown their films at renowned festivals like Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, Tribeca, Slamdance and SXSW and have been nominated for Gotham Awards and won Independent Spirit Awards, and Student Academy Awards. Several have been released theatrically or in the cable and home video markets. The Austin Film Society is proud to support these Texas filmmakers making their mark in the world.

Awards are provided to artists whose work shows promise, skill, and creativity. Every August, an independent panel of highly esteemed professionals from the national film community convene in Austin to review applications and administer awards. Award announcements are posted on our website at the conclusion of the panel session and grant disbursements are made in early September.

Every April and May, AFS hosts free informational workshops on how to apply to TFPF in major Texas cities, like Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Denton, El Paso, Marfa and McAllen. If you'd like to see a TFPF workshop in your Texas city in the Spring of 2009, please email us at tfpf@austinfilm.org.

Below you will find sample budgets and proposals from recent successful Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund applications and the 2008 application form.