Cinereach LOI deadline

Cinereach is now accepting letters of inquiry for the winter 2010 grant cycle.

Who they fund:
Each year Cinereach grants over $500,000 to well-crafted films that depict underrepresented perspectives, resonate across international boundaries, and spark dialogue.

Cinereach’s ethos favors good storytelling over didacticism and complexity over duality.  They support films that demonstrate creativity, visual artistry and take a character-based approach.

Grants range from $5,000 – $50,000 and are awarded to films at any stage, including development, production, post-production, audience building and distribution.  There are two letter of inquiry deadlines per year (Summer and Winter), after which a selection of applicants are invited to submit full proposals.  The Cinereach grants committee meets twice a year to review the proposals.  Each cycle, between five and 15 projects are selected to receive support.

Geographic Focus:
National and International

What is required:
To qualify for a grant from Cinereach, a prospective grantee must be tax-exempt under United States Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) or be fiscally sponsored by a certified 501(c)(3) organization.

Please use the third-party online form for the upcoming letter of inquiry.  Cinereach recommends first viewing the LOI, drafting your response in a word processing application, then returning to the online form to paste it in when ready to submit.

Cinereach strongly encourages submission of sample work with letters of inquiry.  Sample work can include one or more of the following:
Previously completed film, trailer of current project, work-in-progress or rough-cut of current project.

Discs MUST be labeled with title of film, running time, format (PAL/NTSC), contact name, email and tel number written on disc.

Deadline:
Only letters submitted by Midnight (EST) on December 1, 2009 will be considered for the Winter 2010 grant cycle.  All sample work sent to Cinereach must be postmarked by December 1, 2009.