Grant Guidelines and Workshops
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- Youth Digital Filmmakers is our grant line supporting projects that engage California youth in creating short films about how they see California. Eight projects received funding in June 2007. The films will be screened in spring 2008. The program is part of the Council’s youth-based campaign, “California Stories: How I See It.”
- The California Story Fund is our grant line supporting public humanities projects that bring to light new and compelling stories from California's diverse communities. The guidelines for the July 2008 round of funding for the California Story Fund are now available. An online application will be posted on June 2, with proposals due July 1.
- The California Documentary Project
A joint program of the California Council for the Humanities and the Skirball Foundation
The California Documentary Project supports documentary film, video, radio and new media projects that explore and interpret subjects relevant to California’s past, present or future. Applicants may apply for a Research and Development Grant, a Production Grant, or a New Media Grant. The deadline for each grant is October 1, 2008.
The guidelines for the October 1, 2008 round of the California Documentary Project are now available.
The online application for these grants will be posted here on September 2, 2008. - How I See It: My Place. This 10-week photography and writing project for teens will take place in 21 California libraries this summer and fall.