Blog
Resource Guide for Filmmakers and Creatives During COVID-19 Crisis
During this time of uncertainty we’d like to ensure our community can continue to create exciting and vital work as well as continue to build their businesses as much as possible. We’ve put together a comprehensive resource guide that will continue to be updated in the coming days.
For ways to help creatives and artists, check out our blog here.
Financial Support and Job Opportunities:
- For Artists With Reduced Wages
- NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre
- NYFA Emergency Grants
- Remote Work Opportunities
- Resources for NY Arts and Cultural Organizations
- Freelancers Union Resource List
- WMM List of Regional Resources
- Sundance Co//ab Created and Curated Resources
- Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund
- Facebook Small Business Grants Program
- SBA Small Business Guidance and Loan Resources
- National Endowment for the Arts Resource Guide
- Small Business Services Assistance & Guidance for Businesses Impacted Due to Novel Coronavirus
- Netlflix Provides Funding to Out-of-Work Production Community
- American Documentary is launching a COVID-19 Artist Emergency Fund to support the independent documentary community.
- Janus Films and the Criterion Collection contributed $25,000 each to establish the Art-House America Campaign, a fund to offer immediate assistance paying essential bills and key non-executive staff salaries.
- Artist Relief will distribute $5,000 grants to artists facing dire financial emergencies due to COVID-19; serve as an ongoing informational resource; and co-launch the COVID-19 Impact Survey for Artists and Creative Workers, designed by Americans for the Arts, to better identify and address the needs of artists.
- SheaMoisture Community Commerce Fund: SheaMoisture announces a $1M Fund to support entrepreneurs of color and small businesses, driven by its long-established Community Commerce business model.
- North Star Fund’s list of COVID-19 resources: Resources that you can give to or reach out to.
- Hello Alice COVID-19 Business for All Emergency Grant: This opportunity offers immediate grants of $10,000 to businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Sharing Work:
- Hosting a Watch Party on Facebook
- Women and Hollywood Amplifying Crowdfunding Campaigns for Films Impacted by Festival Cancellations
- Microscope Gallery invites artists from established to the emerging to submit proposals for live online performances including but not limited to performance art, durational performance, expanded cinema, film and video, sound, spoken word.
Mentorship/Learning Opportunities:
- Field of Vision Virtual Mentorship and Consultation Service
- Vimeo: How to Plan a Virtual Event
- Emergency Webinar: Weathering the Storm as a Small Business Owner
- Mark Cuban’s Advice For Small Business Owners
- 50 Ways Companies Are Giving Back During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- SCORE Mentorship
- WE NYC: WE Connect Mentor Session with Ramona Cedeno
- Creative Capital Listing of Arts Events During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Festivals / Festival Resources:
The Films After Tomorrow is Locarno2020’s competition. It will focus on the films beginning to take shape on national and international sets and had to go on hiatus due to the health crisis. The Films After Tomorrow will showcase 10 International and 10 Swiss films competing for various prizes, including the two Pardo 2020 worth ~$70,000 each. The aim of that prize is to make sure those films can be completed and reach their intended target: the audience. More info here. Apply with your film here.
- SXSW 2019 Video Archive & SXSW 2019 Audio Archive
- Tribeca Film Festival: Curated Shorts for Coronavirus Quarantine
- Film Comment Podcast: At Home (Podcast for Coronavirus Quarantine)
- Rotterdam Film Festival Talks & Masterclasses 2020
- Raindance Film Career Advice & Raindance Production Tips
Filmmaker Magazine articles
Filmmaker Magazine, published by IFP, has a variety of resources for filmmakers, screenwriters, producers, and others in the film and TV industries.
Microbudget
Screenwriting
Financing
Production
- Location Shooting and Independent Production: A History of Necessity & Innovation
- Tarantino’s Production Sound Mixer Talks On-Set Sound Mixing
Post-Production
- Budgeting for Post Production Sound
- How to Complete Post Production Quickly to Meet a Festival Deadline
Distribution
IFP Videos
If you have any suggestions, additions, or edits, please contact Chase Harrison at charrison@nymediacenter.com.