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First Flights / Kodak Short Film Fund
April 30, 2026Worldwide
This unique private-sector fund supports emerging talent in scripted or documentary short films worldwide. It offers significant production and post-production support, including analog celluloid, highlighting a sub-trend toward photochemical processes as an aesthetic counter-narrative to digital rendering.
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Up to $10,000 toward production costs, alongside a $10,000 post-production package from Periscope and five 400-foot rolls of Kodak 16mm film stock.
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Emerging talent working within commercial or semi-commercial short film frameworks, scripted or documentary shorts.
Dates & details
- Deadline
- Deadline of April 30, 2026
- Language
- No specific requirement (implied English)
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Up to $10,000
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