The New Zealand film grant is for all residents of New Zealand. If you are a resident living abroad, you can enter but you must film in New Zealand.

Grant Deadline: February 15, 2004

Image: The effervescent and generous Grants organiser Carole E Dean. The New Zealand film grant is for all residents of New Zealand. If you are a resident living abroad, you can enter but you must film in New Zealand.

Grant Deadline: February 15, 2004

Image: The effervescent and generous Grants organiser Carole E Dean.This grant is goods and services from heart-felt companies who want to see documentaries made on film that "are unique and make a contribution to society". You will own the rights to this film. From the Heart Productions requests a producer credit and a "thank you credit" on the film to all of the donors, individually.

This film grant gives the winner the following:
16mm film stock from Kodak
Processing by Film Unit
Camera from Panavision
Lights from Avalanche Lighting
Communications equipment from Tait Communications
Editing on an Avid by David
Music for the documentary from Bobby Robinson of the USA
Editors will consider the project and their availability before committing
Film to tape Transfer by Digital Post
The WWWeb Company will build a web site for the winning film
$1000 in legal services granted by Farry & Co Barristers & Solicitors of Auckland
$500 in voice over services from Kevin J. Philbin www.voiceovernyc.net
$279 in free storyboarding software from PowerProduction.
Keep watching the site as we are still contacting companies in New Zealand and will have more donors for this grant before the closing date of Feb 15, 2003.

TheWriters Grantis also open to New Zealanders. We will have a separate NZ grant for you that we will close in Feb 15, 2003. You can mail me your application to the Wye cottage and email me any questions at caroleedean@att.net. If you have produced documentaries before you can send those tapes to the Wye Cottage, address below.Follow instructions for the writing grant on www.fromtheheartproductions.com/writing.html fee is $38.00 NZ.

To apply for the film grant, go to the applications page and complete itbeing sure to attach a full outline of the film you want to make, it canbe a minimum of 2 pages with no maximum. If you have produced any film,send that on VHS, if not, send us something your cameraman has made on VHS. Mail your application, overview and tapes with a check for $38.00 NZ madeout to From the Heart Productions. This donation is to cover phone, fax,postage and office supplies and is greatly appreciated. All donationsfrom above sponsors go directly to the winner. Mail by the postmarkdeadline of Feb 15, 2003 to:

Carole Dean,
The Wye Cottage,
Rd 1 Highway 63 # 4613,
Blenheim, New Zealand 007321
For questions, email Carole CaroleEDean@att.net

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Grant Deadlines
February 15, 2004 for the New Zealand Film Grant (for NZ residents only)