Ocean Storytelling Film Grant
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Ocean Storytelling Film Grant supports emerging filmmakers to create cinematic short films about marine life, science and conservation, engaging audiences with the ocean and its protection.
Funder: Save Our Seas Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): January 2027 (Application closing date)
Funding Amounts: USD 50,000 film production budget plus USD 2,000 cash prize
Summary: Supports emerging filmmakers to create cinematic short films that engage audiences with ocean conservation and science.
Key Information: Applicants must be committed filmmakers with no more than five years of professional experience in any film-related discipline.
Description
The Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) Ocean Storytelling Film Grant supports emerging filmmakers in producing visually compelling, engaging stories about the ocean. The program builds on the foundation’s marine conservation work and its belief that communicating knowledge through stories is essential to creating meaningful change. It seeks new voices, perspectives and approaches to conservation storytelling.
Proposed films may explore marine animals, scientific discoveries, fisheries or communities whose lives are intertwined with marine life. They must include conservation and/or science and bring audiences into the ocean through cinematic storytelling, rather than a blue-chip documentary approach. The completed short film must be no longer than 20 minutes. Women and applicants from underrepresented communities are especially encouraged to apply.
