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FUND YOUR FILM
SFFILM Artist Development offers a wide range of funding and artist development services for narrative and documentary filmmakers all over the world.
SFFILM FilmHouse Residency
Providing Bay Area-based filmmakers with artistic guidance, office space, a vibrant creative community, and mentorship from established film industry professionals.
Sound and Cinema Fellowship
Pairing directors and student composers to create original scores and sound design for short films
SFFILM Rainin Grant
Applications are now closed for the 2026 SFFILM Rainin Grant.
SFFILM Rainin Filmmakers with Disability Grant
Applications open in 2027 for the SFFILM Sloan Stories of Science Development Fund.
Sloan Science in Cinema Filmmaker Fellowship
Applications are now closed for the 2026 SFFILM Documentary Film Fund.
Sloan Stories of Science Development Fund
Applications open in 2027 for the SFFILM Sloan Stories of Science Development Fund.
SFFILM Documentary Film Fund
Applications are now closed for the 2026 SFFILM Documentary Film Fund.
SFFILM Cedar Road Iyagi Grant
Applications are now closed for the 2026 SFFILM Cedar Road Iyagi Grant.
Invitation-Only
SFFILM Makers offers funding and support to independent filmmakers through several programs that are by invitation only. SFFILM’s Artist Development team hand-picks projects that surface from various other support initiatives; there is no application process for these programs.
Since 2008, SFFILM has supported nearly 800 filmmakers with over $11 million in grants and services. Explore some of our past work.