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Helping independent documentary filmmakers develop the skills and resources to tell their story. From funding to development to distribution. desktop-documentaries.com

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 21/09/2025

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 19/09/2025

#FestivalFriday 🎞️ The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Feb 13–22, 2026) is one of the top doc festivals in North America....and Oscar-qualifying for shorts! 🗓️ Final Deadline: Oct 3, 2025 📍 Missoula, Montana 🔗 buff.ly/eV5kX12 #Documentary #FilmFestival

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival celebrates the art of nonfiction film by giving voice to the powerful ideas that come forth in documentary. The festival is an important international platform,…

Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 17/09/2025

Happening today 🎬 Our Doc Funding Hub workshop is diving into real crowdfunding plans from filmmakers in the room. Get live feedback on your own plan - or listen in and apply the lessons to yours. Starts 12pm ET / 5pm PT → buff.ly/ovFnzMo #Documentary #IndieFilm #FilmFunding

Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 15/09/2025

🎬 Looking for a lab that helps your doc do more than just play to an audience? The Envision Impact Lab by Perspective Fund is now accepting applications. Deadline: September 21, 2025. 🔗 buff.ly/IrzWxM0 #FundingMonday #DocumentaryFunding #ImpactLab

Films — Perspective Fund

Apply to the Envision Impact Lab. Click here to learn more.

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 14/09/2025

Thinking of crowdfunding your documentary? This Wednesday, our Doc Funding Hub workshop is dedicated to reviewing real campaign plans. Bring yours for live feedback, or learn from seeing others get workshopped. Join as a one-off or as a Hub member →

Doc Funding Hub Monthly Webinar

Join our free Live Event for Doc Funding Hub members to discover the key strategies for securing funding and building a solid foundation for your documentary filmmaking projects.

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 12/09/2025

🎬 #FestivalFriday: The Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival returns April 9–12, 2026! Oscar-qualifying for shorts & mini-docs, it celebrates bold, socially engaged storytelling. Submit by Sept 30! 👉 sebastopolfilm.org #FilmFestival #Documentary

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Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival | Discover, Submit, Engage Now

Join the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival for diverse films, industry panels, and community events. Submit your film and participate in this premier Bay Area event.

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 08/09/2025

🌟 #FundingMonday spotlight: The Firelight Fund is open till Sept 18, offering up to $50K in grants for docs by Black, Brown & Indigenous filmmakers in the U.S. & territories. Social-justice storytelling - this is your moment? 👉 buff.ly/0JMOch2 #Docs #Grants #filmfund

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Firelight Fund | Programs | Firelight Media

As Firelight Media celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2025, we launch the Firelight Fund to meet this urgent moment. The Fund supports Black, Brown, and Indigenous stories from development through…

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 05/09/2025

#FestivalFriday Documentary storytellers: the Rome International Documentary Festival (RIDF) is open for entries! Final Deadline: 15 September 2025 Categories: World-Doc, Ita-Doc, Short-Doc - think bold, creative films completed after 1 January 2024.

Submissions are open for the fourth edition of the Rome International Documentary Festival. Each year, RIDF brings to Rome a carefully curated selection of films: bold debuts, innovative forms, and…

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 29/08/2025

#FestivalFriday LAST CALL: Submit to DOC LA by Sept 8, 2025! Shorts, features, experimental & more—all genres welcome. Rolling notifications by Sept 24. Submit here: buff.ly/UJGt9r9 #documentary #filmmaker

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 25/08/2025

#FundingMonday The Catapult Film Fund is closing soon for applications! Submit for the Development Grant or new Project Accelerator by Sep 8, 2025 (5 PM PT). Details & apply: buff.ly/cOHo5Ph #DocumentaryFilm #FilmFunding

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 22/08/2025

#FestivalFriday 🎥 The NYC Short Documentary Film Festival returns for it's 11th year on Nov 2, 2025! Dedicated to nonfiction shorts 20 minutes or less, screened in the heart of NYC. 📅 Final submission deadline: Aug 31, 2025 👉 nycsdff.com

The NYC Short Documentary Film Festival | Come Explore With Us

Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 18/08/2025

#FundingMonday 🎬 Texas-based filmmakers, take note! The 2025 AFS Grant for Short Films is now open. Grants support shorts in any style or genre, with a focus on uplifting diverse Texas voices. 📅 Deadline: Sept 4, 2025 (6 PM CT) 👉

2025 AFS Grant for Feature Films Is Now Accepting Applications

The 2025 AFS Grant for Feature Films is now open for submissions and will close on May 21, 2025, at 5:59 PM CT. Since its inception in 1996, the AFS Grant has awarded more than $2.8 million in cash…

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 15/08/2025

🎬 #FestivalFriday Submit your doc to Jackson Doc Fest - formerly Lane Doc Fest - in Jackson, Tennessee! 🗓 Final deadline: 30 Aug 2025 | Gala & awards: Oct 11, 2025 Details: buff.ly/l0kHUaq #docfestival #DocumentaryFilm #JacksonDocFest

Jackson Doc Fest – LANE DOC FEST is an award and theatrical screening event that screens international independent documentary films that focus on special emphasis on social culture and consolidating democracy, peace, and freedom.

IN JACKSON, TENNESSEE

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 12/08/2025

⏳ Last chance! Join serial-doc funder Hank Rogerson tomorrow for Part 2 of our doc crowdfunding series - how to keep your campaign alive + thriving once it’s live. 📅 Aug 13 | 12–1pm ET 🎟 buff.ly/XQQhJEY #DocFunding #Crowdfunding #Documentary

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 11/08/2025

🎥 #FundingMonday The MOIN NEST development programme from Germany’s MOIN Filmförderung offers: • NEST Space: €7,500 base + up to €50K for docs • NEST Classic: €7,500 base grant Deadline: Aug 25, 2025. One application - pick your track! Apply here 👉 buff.ly/Xvk29jC #docfunding #filmmakers

Willkommen im NEST | MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein

Unsere neue Entwicklungsförderung

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 10/08/2025

🎯 Crowdfunding your doc? Join serial-doc funder Hank Rogerson for Part 2: keeping momentum once your campaign is live. 📅 Aug 13 | 12–1pm ET Bonus: Replay of Part 1 included! 🎟 buff.ly/XQQhJEY #DocFunding #Crowdfunding #Documentary

Doc Funding Hub Monthly Webinar

Join our free Live Event for Doc Funding Hub members to discover the key strategies for securing funding and building a solid foundation for your documentary filmmaking projects.

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 08/08/2025

🎬 #FestivalFriday The Turkish World Documentary Film Festival is now accepting submissions. 🗓 Final deadline: Aug 30, 2025 📍 Open to global docs focused on Turkish culture or communities Find out more: buff.ly/EmanFlI #IndieDocs

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 04/08/2025

🎬 #FundingMonday The Southern Documentary Fund is offering $15K grants to 7 projects with strong Southern roots. Deadline: Aug 15, 2025 More info 👉 buff.ly/MLYlSgd #IndieFilm #DocFunding #SouthernDocs

Filmmaking Grants – Southern Documentary Fund

Applicants must meet the following criteria to be eligible for our grant:

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 01/08/2025

🎬 #FestivalFriday Final deadline for DOC LA is Aug 21! Showcase your doc in Los Angeles this fall - they love bold, global, and emerging voices. 🔗 Submit:

DOC LA Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival

DOC LA — Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival — presented by Parajanov-Vartanov Institute

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Disability Media Alliance @disabilitymedia.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

We’re live! Introducing Disability Media Alliance, a global nonprofit building infrastructure to resource disabled nonfiction media makers!Learn more about our work to support disabled perspectives in nonfiction media making: disabilitymedia.org Image ID next post #DisabilityMedia #DisabilityJustice

Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 28/07/2025

🌍 Young documentary filmmakers from the Global South - this one's for you. 🎬The Alter-Ciné Foundation has a $10k CAD grant to support filmmakers born and living in Africa, Asia or Latin America. 🗓️ Deadline: August 15, 2025 🔗 buff.ly/HKqkx2h #FundingMonday

Fondation AlterCiné

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 25/07/2025

🎥 #FestivalFriday Got a doc with Italian roots? Documentaria in Sicily is calling! 🌿 📍 In the stunning town of Noto 🗓 Final deadline: Aug 10 🎬 Italian shorts + features 🏆 Multiple awards, live events & more buff.ly/DSBpbBm #DocumentaryFilm #FilmFestival

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 24/07/2025

🎬 Final class is TODAY - but you can still join! Learn how to use Midjourney to create stunning AI visuals for your doc: 🎥 B-roll 📽️ Reenactments 🌀 Abstract scenes ✅ All replays available for 1 year! Join now → buff.ly/h39Cfel #DocumentaryFilm #Midjourney #AIinDocs

Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 23/07/2025

🎬 TODAY! Talking all things CROWDFUNDING at our live Doc Funding Hub session for documentary filmmakers. ✅ Pre-launch tips ✅ Platform picks ✅ Real campaign lessons 🕓 9am PT, 12pm ET, 4pm UTC 👉 buff.ly/7LVp37X #CrowdfundingDocs #DocFunding #DocumentaryTips #FilmFunding

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 21/07/2025

🎬 #FundingMonday The AXS Film Fund offers $10K grants to support nonfiction creators living with disabilities or chronic illness - or working with someone who is. ⏰ Deadline: July 31 🔗 buff.ly/Y6ngkvM #AXSFilmFund #DocumentaryFunding #InclusiveStorytelling

AXS Film Fund – How to Apply

how to Apply Application Process Letters of Inquiry are not required. Applicants should submit an application through our portal. Starting June 2, 2025, our online portal for submission opens.…

Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 18/07/2025

🎬✨ #FestivalFriday Spotlight! Docuworld Film Festival in London is calling for compelling docs with narratives that "inspire, educate, and provoke thought". Final deadline: July 31, 2025. Festival runs Oct 3–5, 2025 at Curzon Bloomsbury. Enter today! 🌍

Submit your Documentary | Docuworld

Submit your documentaries to the Docuworld Film Festival, The Documentary Film Festival in London for documentary Premiere ...

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 15/07/2025

🎙️ Fundraising is challenging, but it doesn’t have to be so lonely. Filmmaker & Desktop Docs instructor Jilann Spitzmiller shares her practical tips on The Art of Film Funding podcast. 🎧 Listen: buff.ly/HbHBexv 💡 Explore our Doc Funding Hub: buff.ly/fqeNVxH

How to Raise Money for Your Doc with Jilann Spitzmiller - The Art of Film Funding

Jilann Spitzmiller is a veteran filmmaker with over 20 awards for her documentary and multi-media work. For more than three decades, she has honed a mastery in long-range, character-driven, cinema…

Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 14/07/2025

🎬🔬 Got a compelling doc idea at the crossroads of science & culture? @Sundance.org Sandbox Fund offers grants up to $100K + mentorship! ⏰ Apply by July 21: buff.ly/q4FLq4N #FundingMonday

Sandbox Films - sundance.org

The Sandbox Fund offers grants, engagement events, and other opportunities for independent artists seeking to explore the intrinsic link between science and culture through innovative storytelling.…

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 11/07/2025

#FestivalFriday Spotlight! @PortoPostDoc is accepting submissions for its 2025 edition (20–29 Nov in Portugal). Known for celebrating innovative and hybrid nonfiction, it’s a gem on the European festival circuit. 🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025 More info: 👉

New Partnership

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 09/07/2025

🎬 Starts TOMORROW! Learn how to use #Midjourney to create stunning AI visuals for your doc, from b-roll and reenactments to abstract story sequences. Taught live by Sundance-winning filmmaker @philipashane.bsky.social. 🎟️ Still time to sign up → buff.ly/OeuJXk4 #DocumentaryFilm #AIforFilmmakers

Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 08/07/2025

🎬 Happening TODAY: How to Create a Professional Documentary Budget in 2025 Join us LIVE today at 12pm ET for a powerful budgeting session with award-winning filmmaker Jilann Spitzmiller. 🎟️ Use this link to Register Now and sign up for FREE: 👉 buff.ly/nlrEa5A #documentaryfilmmaking #docbudget

How To Create A Professional Documentary Budget Webinar

Join our free live event to learn how to create accurate budgets, attract funding, and feel in control of your documentary projects. Sign up now!

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 07/07/2025

#FundingMonday 🎥 Documentary creators: Applications are open till July 16, 2025 for Mountainfilm’s Commitment Grants ($1K–$5K). Project must be in prod or post. Apply now! 👉 buff.ly/HVj2fJi Tag a fellow filmmaker 🎬

Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 04/07/2025

🎬 #FestivalFriday Lunenburg Doc Fest (Sept 17–21, Nova Scotia, Canada) is calling for submissions! 🌊 A coastal gem with a warm, doc-loving community. Final deadline: July 25 🎟 Submit: buff.ly/Gwz4GEC #Documentary #FilmFestival #IndieFilm

Lunenburg Doc Fest

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 04/07/2025

🚨 LAST CALL for early-bird pricing! Early-bird discount ends tonight for our brand-new class on creating cinematic AI visuals with Midjourney. 🎨 Learn from Sundance-winning filmmaker Philip Shane. 🎟️ Save 25% here → buff.ly/tD9Roor #DocumentaryFilm #AItools #Midjourney

Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 01/07/2025

🎬 New webinar on how to master documentary budgeting in 2025 Learn to craft a funder-ready budget - without the overwhelm. 🗓️ July 8 | ⏰ 12pm ET 🎓 With Jilann Spitzmiller 🎟️ Sign up → buff.ly/EguKlhF #documentary #budgets #filmmaking #indiefilm

How To Create A Professional Documentary Budget Webinar

Join our free live event to learn how to create accurate budgets, attract funding, and feel in control of your documentary projects. Sign up now!

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 30/06/2025

#FundingMonday 💰 The SFFILM Documentary Film Fund offers $10K–$15K to feature doc filmmakers in post-production. 🎥 Got a bold, cinematic doc? 🗓 Final deadline: July 7 Apply here → buff.ly/1purUku #DocumentaryFunding #IndieFilm

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 30/06/2025

🚨 Just launched: New live class for doc filmmakers! Learn to create show-stopping AI visuals with Midjourney - taught by Sundance-winning filmmaker, Philip Shane @philipashane.bsky.social 🕒 Early-bird signups get 25% off. Don’t miss out → buff.ly/tD9Roor #Documentary #AItools #Midjourney

Create Stunning AI Visuals for Documentaries with MidJourney

3-Part Live Class: Learn how Midjourney can help you confidently create stunning AI-generated visuals to support your documentary

Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 27/06/2025

🚨 Just a few hours left! This is your final call to grab 50% OFF all our documentary filmmaking courses & templates. Enhance your skills, fuel your stories - before the sale ends tonight! 🎬⏳ 👉 buff.ly/WS2jlzQ #LastChance #Filmmaking

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 27/06/2025

🎬 #FestivalFriday The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival is back for its 34th year - and it’s Oscar-qualifying for Documentary Shorts! 🗓 Final deadline: July 15 📍 Hot Springs, Arkansas 🎥 Shorts + features welcome 🔗 buff.ly/1wp6eh5 #DocFilm #OscarQualifying #HSDFI #FilmFestival

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 26/06/2025

⏰ Last chance! Just 24 hrs left to grab 50% OFF all our documentary filmmaking courses & templates. Level-up your storytelling skills today! 🎥🔥 👉 buff.ly/WS2jlzQ #Filmmaking #SummerSale

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 24/06/2025

🎬✨ Mid-sale check-in! Still thinking about boosting your filmmaking skills? Our 50% OFF Summer Sale is on - but only until Friday! Don't miss this chance to dive into storytelling, funding, AI tools & more. 📚🔥 👉 [buff.ly/WS2jlzQ #DocFilmmaking #SummerSavings

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 23/06/2025

🎬 #FundingMonday Calling all lesbian filmmakers! The Barbara Hammer Grant offers $5,000 to support bold, experimental moving-image work - docs, hybrids, animation & more. 🗓 Deadline: July 2 📍 U.S.-based applicants 🔗 buff.ly/EehKh6X #QueerArt #LesbianFilmmakers #DocFunding #ExperimentalFilm

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 22/06/2025

🌴 SUMMER SAVINGS 🌴 Get 50% OFF every single course and template to elevate your documentary filmmaking journey. Don't miss out—sale ends this Friday! 🎥🔥 buff.ly/WS2jlzQ #Documentary #Filmmaking #SummerSale

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 20/06/2025

📽️ #FestivalFriday Tokyo Doc Film Festival is looking for bold, compelling nonfiction stories from around the world. 🌏 Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo 🗓 Final deadline: June 30th 🎥 Accepting shorts + features 🔗 buff.ly/xRCwnBy #DocFilm #FilmFestival #IndieDocs #Documentary

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 18/06/2025

🚀 HAPPENING TODAY!! 🎬 Doc Funding Hub Webinar: "Navigating Niche Foundations" How do you find and engage with the right smaller foundations for your documentary, out of the thousands that exist? 🗓️ TODAY | 9am PT / 12pm ET / 4pm UTC 👉 buff.ly/MiNVgwe #DocFunding

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 16/06/2025

🎬 #FundingMonday The Roy W. Dean Grant supports films that are “unique and make a contribution to society". 🎯 Human rights, social justice, and unique POVs welcome 🗓 Summer deadline: June 30 💰 Includes cash + in-kind services 🔗 buff.ly/TKoqDtm #IndieFilm #DocFunding #SocialImpact

Documentary & Film Fiscal Sponsorship Program For Filmmakers -

The film fiscal sponsorship program helps filmmakers raise money by giving donors a tax deduction for their donations. It is uniquely designed to help independent filmmakers get their films funded.

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 15/06/2025

🎬 Next Doc Funding Hub Webinar: "Navigating Niche Foundations" 🗓️ June 18 | 9am PT / 12pm ET / 4pm UTC How do you find and engage with the right smaller foundations for your documentary, out of the thousands that exist? 👉 buff.ly/MiNVgwe #DocFunding #Filmmakers

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 13/06/2025

#FestivalFriday 🎥 ZINEBI (Bilbao), Spain’s premier Class A documentary & short film fest, is calling for submissions! Short docs ≤30 min, made post-Jan 2024 Deadline: June 20, 2025 Festival dates: Nov 21–28, 2025 Don’t miss your chance to screen at an Oscar‑/BAFTA‑qualifier!

ZINEBI – Festival Internacional de Cine documental y Cortometraje de Bilbao

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 12/06/2025

Ben Makinen ran an entire film festival solo — in Bali — focused on AI storytelling. No crew. No big budget. Just passion and follow-through. With one edition down and the next planned for September, he shares the raw truth of what it takes: buff.ly/hZYjtXW #DIYFilmFest #AIfilm #BIAIFF

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Desktop Documentaries @desktop-documentaries.com · 09/06/2025

#FundingMonday: The Latino Public Media Content Fund is open! Grants from $10K – $100K (R&D, production, post‑production) for Latino-focused documentary storytelling by US filmmakers Deadline is June 26, 2025. 🎥 Step up and share Latino perspectives on public media platforms!

2025 PUBLIC MEDIA CONTENT FUND GUIDELINES | LATINO PUBLIC BROADCASTING

⇦ BACK to PUBLIC MEDIA CONTENT FUND

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