It’s Now Easier To Do A Documentary; Funding Available

DOCUBOX is a new East African documentary film fund that supports documentary filmmakers from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania with grants to complete their projects. We also provide support and input from internationally acclaimed documentary filmmakers from the conceptual stage, right through to the production and post-production stages of our supported projects.

Applications for funding are currently only for projects being shot and produced within Kenya, by nationals from the specified regional countries.

WE SUPPORT FILMS IN TWO STAGES:

• project development & trailer development
• production & post-production

In the first part of the program, DOCUBOX will offer a maximum of 10 filmmakers the chance to develop their concept and make trailers, or shoot a short section of their film, supported by grants of $2,000.

All participating filmmakers granted $2,000 to make these trailers and are free, if not selected for further development by DOCUBOX, to use these trailers to pursue further funding or to develop the trailers into feature films, provided they credit DOCUBOX for the development grant assistance.

In the second stage our program, a selection panel chooses the most promising projects from the completed trailers and supports a maximum of 6 projects each receiving a maximum of $25,000 to complete production of their films.We hope to invite broadcasters in at this stage to contribute to the selection process, highlighting those films which they would be interested in part-funding.

To apply click HERE.