Media Center funding Asian American documentaries

DO YOU HAVE an idea for a documentary? Is there a story that needs to be told? Do you know of someone or an event that deserves acknowledgement?

The Center for Asian American Media is accepting submissions for documentary projects through its Documentary Fund. Projects should be submitted for consideration on our SlideRoom page by October 1.

INTERESTED? Check here for eligibility and apply here. 

CAAM provides production funding to independent producers for national public television. 

Documentaries are eligible for production or post-production funding and must be intended for public television broadcast. Awards typically range between $15,000 and $50,000. Help us get the word out! Share this information with your filmmaker friends, networks, and contacts on Facebook and Twitter.

With support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, CAAM provides production funding to independent producers for national public television. Documentaries are eligible for production or post-production funding and must be intended for public television broadcast. Awards typically range between $15,000 and $50,000.

For more information on eligibility, visit Frequently Asked Questions and list of CAAM-funded projects. If you have questions, please contact the Media Fund team at mediafund@caamedia.org.

For 38 years, the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) has supported independent filmmakers who are producing stories by or about Asian Americans intended for public broadcast and public media. To date, CAAM has awarded $5 million to over 300 projects that illuminate Asian and Asian American experiences.

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