SUBMITTING YOUR SHORT to


The FOFIF Short Film Fund

WINTER/SPRING 2024 CYCLE
***SUBMISSIONS CLOSE - REACHED OUR 400 LIMIT***
Notification date: March 26
Next round opens August 9, 2024

We look at short films directed by women or non-binary filmmakers for two funding cycles a year. We consider films for financial pre-production grants or post-production grants from Heard City (sound) and Nice Shoes (color).

Here are our general guidelines:

For ALL women and non-binary directors
Preferred length is no more than 20 minutes
At this time we're not funding episodic works or festival submission fees
Non-U.S. films are considered
All genres accepted!
For Pre-production funds, you MUST include samples of previous work.

SUBMITTING YOUR SHORT FILM to


The FOFIF Shorts Program

NEXT CYCLE IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN JULY 2024
SCREENING AT NITEHAWK CINEMA: September 2024

Our new initiative, The FOFIF Shorts Program, is a combination of our two loves: short films and exhibition. For the first time, filmmakers can submit their completed short films in consideration for one of our screenings! This one will take place at Nitehawk Cinema (Williamsburg) and will feature 7-9 short films selected from FilmFreeway.

Visit FilmFreeway for all information and to submit: