Pretty Wild Fellowship
Forecasted
Pretty Wild Fellowship supports emerging and established filmmakers creating character-driven short documentaries that honor the outdoors and amplify stories from historically underrepresented regions.
Funder: Points North Institute
Due Dates (Anticipated): January 2027 (Annual open call deadline)
Funding Amounts: Financial and creative support for four short documentary films
Summary: Supports cinematic, character-driven short documentaries honoring the outdoors and the people whose stories unfold there.
Key Information: Supports both emerging and established filmmakers, with a priority on stories from historically underrepresented regions.
Description
The Pretty Wild Fellowship provides financial and creative support for four cinematic, character-driven short documentary films about the outdoors and the stories anchored there. Presented by YETI and developed in partnership with Points North Institute and Little Monster Films, the program spotlights the beauty, grandeur, and vulnerability of wild places alongside the people whose lives unfold within them.
The fellowship supports emerging and established filmmakers working across a wide range of creative approaches and styles. Its priorities include amplifying voices, stories, issues, and narratives from historically underrepresented regions. Previous supported projects have centered on river rafting and ecological conservation in the Colombian Amazon, a child’s adventure with a Highland cow, women polar explorers in Svalbard, and a woman training to skydive from the stratosphere.
